Oral history interview with Robert Sperry
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 4 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Sperry, Robert, 1927-1998
label: Interviewer
content: Harrington, LaMar, 1917-2005
label: Names
content: Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk art
label: Topic
content: Ceramics
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Ceramicists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Sperry, Robert, 1927-1998
label: Interviewer
content: Harrington, LaMar, 1917-2005
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Sperry (1927-1998) was a ceramist from Seattle, Washington.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 75 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983 August 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sperry83
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3594 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Robert Sperry conducted 1983 August 11, by LaMar Harrington, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Sperry speaks of his family background; his army service; his education; his early career in ceramics; the Oriental influence in his work; folk art; his contemporaries in ceramics; and his current plans. He recalls Peter Voulkos.