Oral History Interview with Frank Schoonover
Oral history interview with Frank Schoonover
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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 General...... 2 Scope and Contents...... 1 Biographical / Historical...... 1 Names and Subjects ...... 2 Container Listing ...... Oral history interview with Frank Schoonover AAA.schoon66
Collection Overview
Repository: Archives of American Art
Title: Oral history interview with Frank Schoonover
Identifier: AAA.schoon66
Date: 1966 April 6
Creator: Schoonover, Frank Earle, 1877-1972 Doud, Richard Keith (Interviewer)
Extent: 23 Pages (Transcript)
Language: English .
Digital Audio: Oral history interview with Frank Schoonover, 1966 April 6, Content: Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others. Available Formats Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3418 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Restrictions Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.
Biographical / Historical
Frank Earle Schoonover (1877-1972) was an illustrator, from Wilmington, Delaware.
Scope and Contents
An interview of Frank Schoonover conducted 1966 April 6, by Richard Doud, for the Archives of American Art. Schoonover speaks of his first meeting with Howard Pyle; studying under Pyle at Drexel Institute and at Pyle's own school; Pyle's work for "Harper's"; working for "Harper's" himself as an illustrator; Pyle's contribution to illustration; and meeting Maxfield Parrish.
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General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 34 min.
Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Subjects: Illustrators -- Interviews
Types of Materials: Interviews Sound recordings
Names: Harper's Magazine Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911
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