Oral history interview with John Spencer
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 23 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Spencer, John, 1911-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960
place: label: Place
content: Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American -- California, Southern
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California, Southern
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- California -- Los Angeles
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: Spencer, John, 1911-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Spencer was a painter from Pasadena, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound cassettes (1 hr., 23 min.), analog.)
label: Extent
content: 41 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1994 September 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.spence94
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 with John Spencer conducted 1994 September 1, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Spencer discusses his work assisting Dean Cornwell on the Los Angeles Central Library murals between 1927-1933; his subsequent relationship with Cornwell; and his experience as a young artist in Southern California in the 1930s.