Elaine Gurian, Clip 4: Museum Career

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Elaine Gurian

Date: Time Period: 1940-2017; 2017-08-11; Interview recorded: August 11, 2017 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder. Dimension: Total running time: 0:04:13

Creator: Elaine Gurian interviewed by Fran Knipnis Identifier: aql:24546 gurian-elaine-clip4

Description: Elaine speaks about how she got into her museum career. She also mentions the limited “respected” career options for her (women) at the time and the challenges she faced.

Title : Elaine Gurian, Clip 4: Museum Career

Collection : aql:20455; aql:24554

Creator : Elaine Gurian interviewed by Fran Knipnis

Date : Time Period: 1940-2017; 2017-08-11; Interview recorded: August 11, 2017

Summary/Description : Elaine speaks about how she got into her museum career. She also mentions the limited “respected” career options for her (women) at the time and the challenges she faced.

Subject : Museums; Women

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Elaine Gurian

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Queens, NY Jamaica Estates (New York, N.Y.) Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder.; Total running time: 0:04:13

Identifier : aql:24546 gurian-elaine-clip4