{"id":35,"date":"2013-11-19T21:27:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T21:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/jlmcelhinney\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2022-12-12T10:32:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T10:32:45","slug":"oral-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/jlmcelhinney\/oral-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/oral-history-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/jlmcelhinney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ORAL-HISTORY-TILE-2-292x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/jlmcelhinney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ORAL-HISTORY-TILE-2-292x280.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/jlmcelhinney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ORAL-HISTORY-TILE-2-1024x983.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/jlmcelhinney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ORAL-HISTORY-TILE-2-768x737.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com\/jlmcelhinney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ORAL-HISTORY-TILE-2.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a>In 2006 James was engaged by the Smithsonian Archives of American Art to collect an oral history from noted art-dealer John Weber. 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