Oral history interview with Eleanor Hershey, 1990 Apr. 10, Transcript
Oral history interview with Eleanor Hershey, 1990 Apr. 10, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
An interview with Eleanor Hershey conducted 1990 Apr. 10, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Hershey speaks of growing up in Rockport, Mass.; her recollections of the many artists she knew there, from the 1920s onward; the quality of art done by Rockport artists; the role of the Rockport Art Association; and her husband's career and colleagues at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Eleanor Hershey (1908-1993) was the wife of Samuel F. Hershey, noted arts administrator from Providence, R.I. and Berkeley, Calif.
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.