Willem Volkersz interviews

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Title

Willem Volkersz interviews

Date

1975-1985

Resource Link

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92cd85520-ddfd-461a-a903-0ce2e9ec11bc

Abstract

The Willem Voklersz interviews measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1975-1985. The collection consists of twenty-nine sound cassettes containing thirty-one interviews of folk artists conducted by Volkersz for a personal research project, a monologue, and readings by Volkersz of notes on individual artists. Subjects include folk artists such as Howard Finster, Jesse Howard, and St. EOM (Eddie Owens Martin). Also found are thirty-seven transcripts of the recordings.

Extent

37 transcripts.

Holding Repository

Archives of American Art

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8312635

Archives of American Art

Related Entities

There are 32 Entities related to this resource.

Gilkerson, Robert, 1922-

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Volkersz, Willem.

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Teacher, collector, director of School of Art, Montana State University; Bozeman, Mont. From the description of Willem Volkersz interviews, 1975-1985 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84052102 ...

Jorgensen, Hans, 1889-1976.

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Walls, Oliver Edward, 1868-1964.

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Hall, Dilmus, 1900-1987.

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Gehrke, Emil, 1884-1979.

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Miller, R. Alden

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Suddouth, Jimmy Lee, 1910-

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Martin, John T.

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Dr. John Martin was an officer in the United States Army during World War II. He served in France after the Normandy invasion and throughout the European campaign until Germany surrendered. From the description of Papers, [194-?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122562448 John Martin is editor/publisher of Black Sparrow Press. William Young was the owner of Sans Souci Press (William Young and Company, Beacon Hill Booksellers, Cambridge, Massachusetts). From the de...

Pugh, Dow, 1906-

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Hall, Irene Gibson, ca. 1895-1983.

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Finster, Howard, 1916-2001

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Self-taught visionary artist; Georgia. From the description of Howard Finster papers, 1932-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502741 From the description of Howard Finster illustrated letter and cards, [ca. 1981]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122546159 The Reverend Howard Finster emerged from the rural Appalachian culture of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia to become one of America's most important creative personalities in the last quarter of the twen...