Oral history interview with Roy R. Neuberger, 1977
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Reminiscences of Roy R. Neuberger, 1977
Abstract
Childhood; education in New York, N.Y., New York University work in journalism; experiences as a buyer, 1922-25, B. Altman & Co.; cafe life, art studies in Europe, 1925-29; broker, Halle & Stieglitz, New York, N.Y., 1929-1940; formation of Neuberger and Berman, 1940; economic perspectives of Wall St., United States, 1920s-70s; financial workings, acquisition processes of United States museums; hist ory, functions of American Federation of Arts, involvement since 1946, president 1957-67; development of personal art collection, 1938-, philosophy of acquisition, discussion of individual artists, works, loans, donations to museums, Neuberger Museum at Purchase, New York, trusteeship, Whitney Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Board of Directors, City Center of Music and Drama, New York, N.Y., 1957-74; historical overview of American art