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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

Frances O'Brien Papers Relating to Georgia O'Keeffe

 Collection
Identifier: MS-38
Overview

Collection includes materials related to the friendship between Georgia O'Keeffe and Frances O'Brien. The bulk of the items are letters from Georgia O'Keeffe to Frances O'Brien dating 1927-1973.

Dates: circa 1927-1993, undated

Garfield, Brian, 2000-08-25

 File
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

Garfield, Brian, 2001-05-11

 File
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 Sarah Burt.

Dates: 2001-05-11

Georgia O'Keeffe Oral History Project

 Collection
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