Oral history interview with Mary Beth Edelson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 40 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Edelson, Mary Beth
label: Interviewer
content: Richards, Judith Olch
label: Names
content: Heresies Collective, Inc.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Performance artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Collagists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
label: Topic
content: Women performance artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Edelson, Mary Beth
label: Interviewer
content: Richards, Judith Olch
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mary Beth Edelson (1933-2021) was a feminist artist who lived and worked in New York, New York. 

Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is former Executive director of iCI in New York, New York. Edelson is considered a pioneer in the Feminist Art movement.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (wav files (4 hr., 39 min.), digital)
label: Extent
content: 80 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2009 February 1-16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.edelso09
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Mary Beth Edelson conducted 2009 February 1 and 16, by Judith Olch Richards, for the Archives of American Art, at Edelson's studio in New York, New York.