C. Edgar Patience, American, 1906 - 1972 Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
Duration (2016.129.17.1a): 38.07 min.
Duration (2016.129.17.2a): 37.72 min.
63.82 GB
Type:
video recordings
oral histories
digital media - born digital
Place collected:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
West Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
November 3, 2016
Description:
The oral history consists of 2016.129.17.1a and 2016.129.17.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
Dr. Juanita Patience Moss was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Dr. Moss donated some of her father, C. Edgar Price's equipment and art work to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In this oral history interview Dr. Juanita Patience Moss discusses her father C. Edgar Patience’s life and work at length-including the Anthracite coal industry and how he became an artist in this medium. She also discusses the African American community of West Pittston, Pennsylvania.