Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Benjamin Harjo, Jr., 2022 September 19-October 2. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Absentee Shawnee [Shawnee, Oklahoma-Pottawatomie County] Search this
Absentee Shawnee [Shawnee, Oklahoma-Pottawatomie County] Search this
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Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Interviews
Video recordings
Date:
2022 September 19-October 2
Scope and Contents:
An interview with Benjamin Harjo, Jr. conducted 2022 September 19-October 2, by Laura Marshall Clark for the Archives of American Art, at Harjo, Jr's home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Biographical / Historical:
Benjamin Harjo, Jr. (absentee Shawnee-Seminole Nation; 1945- ) is a painter and printmaker based in Oklahoma City. He is known for his vivid colors and evocations of Seminole patchwork and other traditional graphic lexicons in his syncretic, modern style. Laura Marshall Clark (Muscogee Creek; 1953- ) is an Indigenous scholar, curator, and educator who has worked across the United States; she has been based in Oklahoma City and Houston, Texas.
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.
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Search this
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New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Search this
Extent:
37 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1964 June 4
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Nan Sheets conducted 1964 June 4, by Richard Doud for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical / Historical:
Nan Sheets (1885-1976) was a painter and printmaker from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 42 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.
