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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Wesley C. Wehr
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.wehr83
- Creators:
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Wehr, Wesley, 1929-2004Kingsbury, Martha, 1941-
- Dates:
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1983 May 26-September 22
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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109 PagesTranscript
- 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
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
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