Oral history interview with William H. Pierson, 1981 Mar. 11-1982 Jan. 14, Transcript
Oral history interview with William H. Pierson, 1981 Mar. 11-1982 Jan. 14, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
Originally recorded on 4 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 7 hr., 39 min.
An interview with William H. Pierson conducted 1981 Mar. 11-1982 Jan. 14, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Pierson speaks of his education at Yale Art School; becoming a drawing instructor at Yale; his graduate work at New York University; his World War II naval service in radar research; his doctoral studies at Yale on New England industrial architecture; teaching studio art and art history at William College, Williamstown, Mass.
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
William H. Pierson (1911-2008) was an art historian and educator from Williamstown, Mass.
These interviews are 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.