Richard Cándida Smith, Principal Editor, UCLA Oral History Program. B.A., Theater Arts, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Ph.D., United States History, University of California, Los Angeles.
Brown's home, Tyringham, Massachusetts.
February 24, 1992 (116 minutes); February 25, 1992 (139); February 26, 1992 (134); February 27, 1992 (90).
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Brown and Smith.
This is one in a series of interviews intended to examine the development of art history as a professional discipline and conducted under the joint auspices of the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities and the UCLA Oral History Program.
The interview is organized by topic rather than chronologically. Major topics covered include the various Fluxus artists, particularly George Maciunas, and the assembling of Brown's archives.
Rebecca Stone, editorial assistant, edited the interview. She checked the verbatim transcript of the interview against the original tape recordings, edited for punctuation, paragraphing, and spelling, and verified proper names. Words and phrases inserted by the editor have been bracketed.
Brown reviewed the transcript. She verified proper names and made minor corrections and additions.
Teresa Barnett, senior editor, prepared the table of contents, biographical summary, and interview history. The index was compiled by Janet Shiban, editorial assistant.
The original tape recordings of the interview are in the university archives and are available under the regulations governing the use of permanent noncurrent records of the university. Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Oral History Program.