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Interviewee:

Howe, Thomas Carr, 1904-1994  Search this

Interviewer:

Fairbanks, Peter  Search this

Subject:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Neuhaus, Robert, 1909-  Search this

California Palace of the Legion of Honor  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Thomas Carr Howe and Robert Neuhaus, 1987 Sept 25. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Museum directors -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11619

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215597

AAA_collcode_howe87

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_215597

Creator:

Montgomery, Evangeline J.  Search this

Names:

Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006  Search this

Jones, Lois Mailou, 1905-1998  Search this

Saar, Betye  Search this

Waddy, Ruth G. (Ruth Gilliam), 1909-2003  Search this

Extent:

26.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Date:

1928-2018

Summary:

The papers of African American artist, curator, and arts administrator Evangeline "EJ" Montgomery measure 26.1 linear feet and date from 1929-2019. The papers relate to Montgomery's career and involvement in the African American art scene in California and Washington, D.C. The collection includes biographical materials consisting of calendars and appointment books, certificates and awards, records regarding Montgomery's personal art collection, resumes and biographies, and other personal records; correspondence with colleagues and friends such as Benny Andrews, Willis Bing Davis, Edmund Barry Gaither, Eugene Grigsby, Dele Jegede, Samella Lewis, Nzegwu Nkiru, and A.M. Weaver; professional activity files documenting Montgomery's career as a consultant, curator, member, and volunteer for a myriad of organizations including the American Association for State and Local History, National Conference of Artists, and the Oakland Museum; and research files and notes on African and African American arts and history, Black media, Black photographers, the museum profession, and the artists Betye Saar, Lois Mailou Jones, Nike Davies-Okundaye, Romare Bearden, Ruth Waddy, Sam Gilliam, and Sargent Johnson. Also included are files regarding Montgomery's career as an artist containing material on the Brandywine Workshop, interviews with Floyd Coleman and for The Historymakers, sales and consignment records, and other material; printed and documentary material consisting of art reproductions, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and posters regarding Montgomery and other African American artists; artwork by Montgomery, including student sketchbooks, and others; photographic material of Montgomery, friends and colleagues, events, personal snapshots, and works of art; and unidentified audiovisual material.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of artist, curator, and arts administrator Evangeline "EJ" Montgomery measure 26.1 linear feet and date from 1929-2019. The papers relate to Montgomery's career and involvement in the African American art scene in California and Washington, D.C. The collection includes biographical materials consisting of calendars and appointment books, certificates and awards, records regarding Montgomery's personal art collection, resumes and biographies, and other personal records; correspondence with colleagues and friends such as Benny Andrews, Willis Bing Davis, Edmund Barry Gaither, Eugene Grigsby, Dele Jegede, Samella Lewis, Nzegwu Nkiru, and A.M. Weaver; professional activity files documenting Montgomery's career as a consultant, curator, member, and volunteer for a myriad of organizations including the American Association for State and Local History, National Conference of Artists, and the Oakland Museum; and research files and notes on African and African American arts and history, Black media, Black photographers, the museum profession, and the artists Betye Saar, Lois Mailou Jones, Nike Davies-Okundaye, Romare Bearden, Ruth Waddy, Sam Gilliam, and Sargent Johnson. Also included are files regarding Montgomery's career as an artist containing material on the Brandywine Workshop, interviews with Floyd Coleman and for The Historymakers, sales and consignment records, and other material; printed and documentary material consisting of art reproductions, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and posters regarding Montgomery and other African American artists; artwork by Montgomery, including student sketchbooks, and others; photographic material of Montgomery, friends and colleagues, events, personal snapshots, and works of art; and unidentified audiovisual material.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 9 series.

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1967-2015 (1.0 linear feet; Box 1, OV 27)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1963-2014 (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 2-4)

Series 3: Professional Activity Files, 1963-2017 (7.6 linear feet; Boxes 4-11)

Series 4: Research Files and Notes, 1928-2018 (4.0 linear feet; Boxes 11-16)

Series 5: Files Regarding Montgomery's Career as an Artist, 1970-2016 (1.5 linear feet; Boxes 16-17)

Series 6: Printed and Documentary Materials, 1964-2018 (7.2 linear feet; Boxes 17-23, 26, OVs 27-29, 31-34

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1957-2006 (0.2 linear feet; Boxes 23, 26, OV 30)

Series 8: Photographic Materials and Moving Images, circa 1965-2017 (3.0 linear feet; Boxes 23-27, OV 27)

Series 9: Unidentified Audiovisual Materials, circa 1990s (1 folder; Box 25)

Biographical / Historical:

Evangeline "EJ" Montgomery (1930- ) is an African American artist, curator, and arts administrator in California and Washington, D.C.

Montgomery was born in New York and moved to Harlem in New York City after the divorce of her parents, Oliver and Carmelite Thompson. Upon graduating from Seward Park High School in 1951, Montgomery worked painting faces on dolls and statues. In 1955, she married Ulysses "Jim" Montgomery and moved to Los Angeles. In California she began working for jewelry designer Thomas Usher while attending Los Angeles City College. She continued her education at California College of the Arts (California College of Arts and Crafts) where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1969. During the late 1960s, Montgomery began curating exhibitions. From 1971 to 1976, she was curator for Rainbow Sign Gallery in Berkeley. Other roles Montgomery held were as the national exhibits workshop coordinator at the American Association for State and Local History and as program development consultant at the African American Museums Association. From 1976 to 1979, she was art commissioner for the city of San Francisco.

Montgomery moved to Washington, D.C. in 1980 to serve as the community affairs director for Howard University's WHMM-TV station. She then began working for the United States Information Agency (USIA) as a program officer in their Arts America program in the early 1980s. In her role, she worked to promote cross-cultural exchanges through art, specializing in American exhibitions touring abroad. Montgomery retired from the USIA in 2008.

As an artist, Montgomery gained recognition for her work in printmaking and metalworking. She was the recipient of the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities fellowship in 2012 and an Excellence in the Arts Award from the Brandywine Print Workshop in 2004. Due to her diagnosis of Parkinson's disease in the 1990s, Montgomery had to stop working with metal but continued her printmaking work.

Provenance:

The Evangeline J. Montgomery papers were donated in 2019 by Evangeline J. Montgomery, as part of the Archives' African American Collecting Initiative funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Art museum curators -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Art museum curators -- California  Search this

Printmakers -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Metal-workers -- California  Search this

Printmakers -- California  Search this

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

African American art museum curators  Search this

Black Arts movement  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women arts administrators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Evangeline J. Montgomery papers, 1928-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.montevan

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Evangeline J. Montgomery papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9915d0dc7-2f94-41bd-9b8b-d04432f7df32

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-montevan

Creator:

Kistler, Aline  Search this

California Palace of the Legion of Honor  Search this

Subject:

Epstein, Jacob, Sir  Search this

Citation:

Aline Kistler papers, 1930-1936. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7743

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209908

AAA_collcode_kistalin

Theme:

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209908

Creator:

Howe, Thomas Carr, 1904-1994  Search this

Subject:

Rorimer, James J. (James Joseph)  Search this

Ritchie, Andrew Carnduff  Search this

Wittmann, Otto  Search this

Mills, Paul Chadbourne  Search this

Valland, Rose  Search this

Stout, George L. (George Leslie)  Search this

Standen, Edith Appleton  Search this

Berenson, Bernard  Search this

Göring, Hermann  Search this

Cronyn, Hume  Search this

Hancock, Walker Kirtland  Search this

Faison, S. Lane (Samson Lane)  Search this

Mallory, Margaret  Search this

Moore, Lamont  Search this

Kelleher, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph)  Search this

United States. Army. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section  Search this

Bohemian Club (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section  Search this

California Palace of the Legion of Honor  Search this

M.H. de Young Memorial Museum  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Photographs

Citation:

Thomas Carr Howe papers, 1932-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Cultural property -- Protection -- Europe -- History -- 20th century  Search this

Art thefts -- Germany -- History -- 20th century  Search this

Museum directors -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art treasures in war -- Germany  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this

Art treasures in war -- France  Search this

Theme:

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7812

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209978

AAA_collcode_howethom

Theme:

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209978

Creator:

McGrath, James A., 1928-  Search this

Subject:

Wiley, William T.  Search this

Tobey, Mark  Search this

Rauschenberg, Robert  Search this

Type:

Drawings

Poems

Prints

Postcards

Paintings

Sketches

Illustrated letters

Christmas cards

Photographs

Citation:

James A. McGrath papers, 1950-2011. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Performance artists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Illustrators -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15948

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)301046

AAA_collcode_mcgrjame

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_301046

Interviewee:

Painter, Arthur  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

38 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Dec. 2

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Arthur Painter conducted by Mary McChesney on 1964 Dec. 2 for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical:

Arthur Painter was an art administrator in San Francisco, Calif. Painter was Director of Information for the Federal Arts Project of San Francisco, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 8 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Use requires an appointment.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.painte64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9601bf91e-022a-486d-b901-1789a956478a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-painte64

Interviewee:

Lucero, Linda, 1947-  Search this

Interviewer:

San Miguel, Melissa, 1986-  Search this

Extent:

4 Items (audiovisual files (6 hrs., 7 min.), digital, mp4)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Video recordings

Date:

2022 March 14–16

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Linda Lucero conducted 2022 March 14–16, by Melissa L. San Miguel for the Archives of American Art, at Lucero's home in San Francisco, California.­

Biographical / Historical:

Linda Lucero (1947- ) is a printmaker who was co-founder and executive director of La Raza Graphic Center, she is based in San Francisco, CA. Lucero also served as the executive and artistic director of Yerba Buena Arts and Events and Gardens Festival.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the recording is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Printmakers -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Video recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Alice L. Walton Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.lucero22

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97944103c-0d38-48e3-908a-14d5b8b10208

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-lucero22

Interviewee:

Shaw, Richard Blake, 1941 Sept. 12-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Braunstein, Ruth  Search this

Chanco, Pauletta  Search this

Hudson, Robert  Search this

Melchert, Jim  Search this

Braunstein/Quay Gallery  Search this

San Francisco Art Institute  Search this

Archives of American Art  Search this

Type:

Video recordings

Interviews

Place:

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Richard Shaw [videorecording], 1998 April 3 and 6. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Ceramics  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13046

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216429

AAA_collcode_shaw98

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_216429

Interviewee:

Shaw, Richard, 1941 Sept. 12-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Names:

Braunstein/Quay Gallery  Search this

San Francisco Art Institute -- Students.  Search this

Braunstein, Ruth, 1923-  Search this

Chanco, Pauletta, 1959-  Search this

Hudson, Robert, 1938-  Search this

Melchert, Jim, 1930-  Search this

Extent:

12 Items (Master: 12 videocassettes (Beta) (30 min. each), sd., col., 1/2 in.)

12 Items (Duplicate: 12 videocassettes (30 min. each) (VHS), sd., col., 1/2 in.)

1 Item (Edited version: "Richard Shaw : Love of the Common Object": 1 videocassette (60 min.) (Beta), sd., col., 1/2 in.)

1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Edited version: "Richard Shaw: Love of the Common Object" (10 min.), sd., col., 1/2 in.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Videocassettes (vhs)

Video recordings

Interviews

Place:

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)

Date:

1998 April 3 and 6

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Richard Shaw conducted 1998 April 3 and6, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, at Shaw's home and studio, Fairfax, California, and at the Quay Gallery, San Francisco, California.

The interview covers the development of Shaw's career, life, and art. The first session took place in Shaw's studio and introduces his living and working environment. Shown is a step-by-step technical demonstration of Shaw creating his trompe l'oeil ceramic pieces. Shaw discusses his family background, values, his choice of a semi-rural environment of Marin County in which to live; bohemianism; connections with the counter-culture of northern California; relationships with other artists and friends and their importance to the development of his ideas and creativity; the differences in art communities of northern and southern California and the East and West coasts; experiences at the San Francisco Art Institute and instructors there which influenced him, as well as the influences of San Francisco in general. He described his illusionism, alchemy of technique, and his artistic philosophy and goals in his art. The second session took place at the Braunstein/Quay Gallery where a Shaw exhibit was then on display. The interview focused on his work, their meaning, and the evolution of ideas and expressions; his collaboration with Robert Hudson; the idea of a broader collaboration in the Bay Area over the years, especially in the 1960s, and the changes since then; and Shaw's reflections on the importance of ceramics in Bay Area art, his role, and direction for the future. The video was directed by David Bolt, the cameraman was Robert Boudreaux, and sound technician was William Steffanacci. In addition to Shaw, other participants include Shaw's wife, Martha; Ruth Braunstein, owner of the Braunstein/Quay Gallery; Pauletta Chanco, painter and former student; and James Melchert, sculptor and art administrator.

Biographical / Historical:

Richard Shaw (1941- ) is a ceramicist and sculptor from the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

For information on how to access this interview contact Reference Services.

Occupation:

Ceramicists -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this

Topic:

Ceramics  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Mrs. Yoshiko Mori Fund.

Identifier:

AAA.shaw98

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw982e72bf5-f6e7-469b-ab87-547ca0d4e70b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-shaw98

Interviewee:

Cogan, Sheila, 1942-  Search this

Interviewer:

Schwartz, Barry N.  Search this

Subject:

National Center for Experiments in Television  Search this

Richmond Art Center (Calif.)  Search this

Street Artists Guild  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral History interview with Sheila Cogan, 1972 July. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Art -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Video art  Search this

Women arts administrators  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13190

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212590

AAA_collcode_cogan72

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212590

Interviewee:

Johnson, Robert E. (Robert Emory), 1932-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Robert Emory Johnson, 1975 Mar. 14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, American -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Arts administrators -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12713

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212751

AAA_collcode_johnso75

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212751

Interviewee:

Danysh, Joseph A., 1906-1982  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Subject:

Adams, Ansel  Search this

Bufano, Beniamino  Search this

Cahill, Holger  Search this

Gaskin, William  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton  Search this

Zakheim, Bernard Baruch  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

Group f.64  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Joseph A. Danysh, 1964 December 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Art and state  Search this

Art criticism  Search this

Arts administrators -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12708

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213392

AAA_collcode_danysh64

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213392

Creator:

Cogan, Sheila  Search this

Interviewer:

Schwartz, Barry N.  Search this

Names:

National Center for Experiments in Television  Search this

Richmond Art Center (Calif.)  Search this

Street Artists Guild  Search this

Extent:

11 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Date:

1972 July

Scope and Contents:

Interview of Sheila Cogan conducted 1972 July, by Barry Schwartz, for the Archives of American Art.

Cogan discusses the arts scene in San Francisco, especially the rise of the Street Artists Guild; her work with the Richmond Arts Center; and the beginnings of video art at the National Center for Experimental Television in San Francisco.

Biographical / Historical:

Sheila Cogan (1942- ) was an educator and art administrator, in San Francisco, California.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Educators -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Art -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Video art  Search this

Women arts administrators  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.cogan72

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a5af093f-4e51-4deb-8471-be54d57d9829

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cogan72

Interviewee:

Rodriguez, Peter, 1926-  Search this

Interviewer:

Wagner, Nora  Search this

Names:

Galería de la Raza (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Mexican Museum  Search this

Dickey, Terry P.  Search this

Garcia, Rupert, 1941-  Search this

Hernandez, Ester, 1944-  Search this

Reyes Ferreira, Jesus  Search this

Tamayo, Rufino, 1899-  Search this

Williams, Adriana, 1933-  Search this

Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás, 1938-  Search this

Extent:

32 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2004 October 23-24

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Peter Rodriguez conducted 2004 October 23-24, by Nora Wagner, for the Archives of American Art, in San Francisco, Calif.

Rodriguez speaks of his family background, early childhood and elementary art education; travels to Mexico, Alaska, Colorado, and Washington, D.C.; exhibitions he participated in as well as curated; joining Galería de la Raza; the founding of the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, grants received and support from the San Francisco community; artists Jesse Aguirre, Manuel Villamor, and Ester Hernandez; Ann Rockefeller Roberts and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection of Mexican Folkart, acquired by the Mexican Museum in 1985. Rodriquez also discusses the various art forms he works in, including, sculpture, tapestry, oil painting, acrylic painting, portraits of artists, and pen and ink drawings; a collection of chairs he made; his 1992 Retrospective at the Haggin Museum, in Stockton, Calif.; his creativity and color scheme for exhibitions; appointment as an Art Commissioner for the city of San Francisco, 1977-1986; the Rosa Covarrubias collection; the different locations of the Mexico Museum; current funding for a new building on Mission Street; the exhibition "Lo del Corazon"; and his own hopes for the future of the Mexican Museum. Rodriguez also recalls Rufino Tamayo, Adriana Williams, Lauro Lopez, Chucho Reyes Ferreira, Rupert Garcia, Alfredo Arreguin, Candelario Medrano, Terrey Dickey, Bea Carrillo, and Tomás Ybarra-Frausto.

Biographical / Historical:

Peter Rodriguez (1926- ) is the founder and former director of the Mexican Museum, in San Francisco, Calif. Nora Wagner (1938- ) is a program director at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 14 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 34 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Philosophy  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview provided by the Goldsmith Foundation.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.rodrig04

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95ed24d12-816f-44f5-b321-1c6335ad4919

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rodrig04

Interviewee:

Smith, Margery Hoffman, 1888-1981  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Timberline Lodge (Mount Hood, Or.)  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Extent:

45 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 April 10

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Margery Hoffman Smith conducted 1964 April 10, by Lewis Ferbraché, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's home, in San Francisco, California.

Discusses her involvement with the design of Timberline Lodge in Oregon for the Works Progress Administration.

Biographical / Historical:

Margery Hoffman Smith (1888-1981) was a painter, craftsman, and interior decorator from San Francisco, California. Smith was art director for the Timberline Lodge project on Mount Hood, Oregon, which was built under the authority of the WPA in the 1940s. She became the assistant state director of the Federal Art Project in Oregon.

General:

Originally recorded 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 2 min.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- Oregon  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.smith64apr

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91fd88c91-ffa3-4d5b-bb19-2fdd4a3f6957

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-smith64apr

Interviewee:

Johnson, Robert E. (Robert Emory), 1932-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)

41 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1975 Mar. 14

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Robert Emory Johnson conducted 1975 Mar. 14, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art. Johnson discusses his central role in "Rolling Renaissance - San Francisco Underground Art Celebration: 1945-1968" as executive director of the arts group Intersection in San Francisco.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Emory Johnson (1932-) is a painter from San Francisco, Calif.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Art, American -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Arts administrators -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Function:

Art festivals -- California

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.johnso75

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90ab12524-6aa5-449c-b997-23dc35e459d4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-johnso75

Interviewee:

Danysh, Joseph A., 1906-1982  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

Group f.64  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984  Search this

Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970  Search this

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Gaskin, William, 1892-1968  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973  Search this

Zakheim, Bernard Baruch, 1898-1985  Search this

Extent:

33 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 December 3

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Joseph A. Danysh conducted by Lewis Ferbraché on 1964 December 3 for the Archives of American Art.

Danysh speaks of his background and education at Columbia University; moving to California; starting a gallery in a store in San Francisco; critics' reaction to the art in the gallery; the beginning of the f64 photography group; opening a short lived gallery with Ansel Adams; writing an art column; starting out with the Federal Art Project, directing the project in Northern California; how the project was administered; particular projects he was involved in; his feelings about government support for the arts. He recalls Beniamino Bufano, Holger Cahill, William Gaskin, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Bernard Zakheim.

Biographical / Historical:

Joseph A. Danysh (1906-1982) was an art administrator from Monterey, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 43 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Art and state  Search this

Art criticism  Search this

Arts administrators -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.danysh64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw986a531c9-ffae-442d-a88e-c3ea215b18ee

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-danysh64

Interviewee:

Magnani, Margery Livingston, 1918-1997  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller, 1922-2022  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Margery Magnani, 1965 July 7. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12253

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213649

AAA_collcode_magnan65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213649

Interviewee:

White, Ian McKibbin, 1929-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

M.H. de Young Memorial Museum  Search this

California Palace of the Legion of Honor  Search this

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ian McKibbin White, 1987 January 8-12. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Museum directors -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12205

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215700

AAA_collcode_white87

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_215700

Interviewee:

Magnani, Margery Livingston, 1918-1997  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings: (50 min.), 5 in.)

18 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 July 7

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Margery Magnani conducted 1965 July 7, at the artist's home in San Francisco, Calif., by Mary Fuller McChesney, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical:

Margery Magnani (1918-1997) was an art administrator for the Federal Art Project from San Francisco, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 4 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.magnan65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9255393f4-3d76-4c92-abff-cdf80f8e0182

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-magnan65