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Oral history interview with Frank Schoonover Archives of American Art 750 9th Street, NW Victor Building, Suite 2200 Washington, D.C. 20001 https://www.aaa.si.edu/services/questions https://www.aaa.si.edu/ Table of Contents 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. Page 1 of 2 Oral history interview with Frank Schoonover AAA.schoon66 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 Page 2 of 2.

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