Oral history interview with Sargent Johnson
name: label: Interviewee
content: Johnson, Sargent (1888-1967)
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Johnson, Sargent (1888-1967)
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sargent Johnson (1888-1967) was a sculptor from San Francisco, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings (1 hour), 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 51 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 July 31
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.johnso64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Sargent Johnson conducted 1964 July 31, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Johnson recalls his early career and the work he did as part of the federal arts programs, both independently and under Beniamino Bufano.