Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Wesley C. Wehr

Summary

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Wesley C. Wehr, 1983 May 26-September 22, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.wehr83
Creators:
Wehr, Wesley, 1929-2004
Kingsbury, Martha, 1941-
Dates:
1983 May 26-September 22
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
109 Pages
Transcript
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Wesley C. Wehr conducted 1983 May 26 - September 22, by Martha Kingsbury, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project in Seattle, Washington.
Scope and Contents
Wehr speaks of meeting the artists Morris Graves and Mark Tobey, their fame, their personalities and his relationship with them; his own background and education in music, poetry, paleobotany, and painting; the Seattle art scene and changes in it during the 1960s; and important Seattle collectors.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Wesley C. Wehr (1929-2004) is a painter and writer from Seattle, Washington.
Administration
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.
Existence and Location of Originals
Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.
Digital Content

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Wesley C. Wehr, 1983 May 26-September 22, Transcript

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Wesley C. Wehr, 1983 May 26-September 22, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 8 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 13 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 4 min.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Washington (State) -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art -- Washington (State) -- Seattle Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art, Modern -- Northwestern States Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art, American -- Northwestern States Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sound recordings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Interviews Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Graves, Morris, 1910- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tobey, Mark Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
Archives of American Art
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Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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