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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Works that record interviews conducted to preserve the recollections of persons whose experience or memories are representative or are of special historical or social significance.

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Adams, Mary, 2000-03-10

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Identifier: 1
Overview Mary Elizabeth Adams (1921-2012) was interviewed in her Albuquerque home by Jane Cook on March 10, 2000. Follow-up interview conducted on August 7, 2000. Subsequent corrections to transcript are in brackets. Very short excerpts on the tape have been omitted and only material included in this transcription may be referenced. Adams worked professionally as a literary editor, social services outreach worker, and as a psychotherapist. She is the wife of Clinton Adams. They were both close...
Dates: 2000-03-10

Bode, Karl, 2000-03-18

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Identifier: 1
Overview Karl Bode discusses Georgia O'Keeffe's house in Abiquiu among other topics with Jane Cook. Bode is the former owner of Bode's General Store in Abiquiu, New Mexico, which he acquired from his father, Martin Bode, a German immigrant who moved to the village in the early twentieth century. Martin Bode bought the house later owned by Georgia O'Keeffe, which he deeded to the Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe. O'Keeffe purchased the house from the Archdiocese. Karl Bode was a friend and neighbor of...
Dates: 2000-03-18

Bode, Karl and Maria Chabot, 2000-07-29

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Identifier: 1
Overview Karl Bode discusses Georgia O'Keeffe's house in Abiquiu among other topics with Maria Chabot and Jane Cook. Bode is the former owner of Bode's General Store in Abiquiu, New Mexico, which he acquired from his father, Martin Bode, a German immigrant who moved to the village in the early twentieth century. Martin Bode bought the house later owned by Georgia O'Keeffe, which he deeded to the Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe. O'Keeffe purchased the house from the Archdiocese. Karl Bode was a...
Dates: 2000-07-29

Chabot, Maria, 2001-02-12

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Identifier: 1
Overview

Maria Chabot (1913-2001) was a friend of Georgia O'Keeffe who lived with O'Keeffe at her Ghost Ranch house (1941-1944) and oversaw the renovation of the ruined adobe hacienda that O'Keeffe purchased in the village of Abiquiu (1946-1949). Maria Chabot is interviewed by Jane Cook.

Dates: 2001-02-12

Garfield, Brian, 2000-08-25

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Identifier: 1
Overview

Brian Francis Wynne Garfield (b. 1939) is an American novelist and screenwriter. Garfield's mother Francis O'Brien became friends with Georgia O'Keeffe in New York, and she and her son moved to Tucson in 1950. They visited O'Keeffe in Abiquiu several times. Garfield knew O'Keeffe best from 1949 to 1956 and then intermittently until 1971. Garfield is interviewed by Jane Cook at his home in Santa Fe.

Dates: 2000-08-25

Georgia O'Keeffe Oral History Project

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Identifier: MS-32
Overview

The collection consists of interviews with Georgia O'Keeffe's surviving relatives, colleagues, friends, and employees as well as supporting project documentation. The bulk of the materials date from 2000 to 2003 and include audiocassette recordings, typed transcripts, photographs, and research and project records.

Dates: circa 1970s, 1991-2010; Majority of material found within 2000-2003

Hart, Paul and Joel Muller, 2001-03-20

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Identifier: 1
Overview

Architects Paul Hart and Joel Muller conducted the renovation of Georgia O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch house in 1999-2000. They were interviewed at the Ghost Ranch house about the restoration process by Jane Cook as they walked through the building.

Dates: 2001-03-20

Lane, Saundra, 2001-07-15

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Identifier: 1
Overview

Saundra B. Lane is an art collector and widow of William H. Lane (1914-1995). The Lane Foundation owned many modernist paintings and photographs, which it donated to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lane was interviewed by Jane Cook.

Dates: 2001-07-15

Lebron, James Joseph, 2000-10-09

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Identifier: 1
Overview

James Lebron (1928-2005) was an art handler, framer, and installer. He was involved with shipping O'Keeffe's paintings between New Mexico and New York. Lebron was interviewed by Jane Cook.

Dates: 2000-10-09

Margolis, Judy, 2001-01-23

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Identifier: 1
Overview

Judy Margolis is the owner of Origins, a designer clothing boutique through which O'Keeffe ordered custom clothing. Margolis was interviewed by Jane Cook.

Dates: 2001-01-23