Oral history interview with Sarah Spurgeon
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 54 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Spurgeon, Sarah, 1903-1985
label: Interviewer
content: Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Wood, Grant, 1891-1942
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
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.
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: Spurgeon, Sarah, 1903-1985
label: Interviewer
content: Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sarah Spurgeon (1903-1985) was a painter and educator from Ellensburg, Washington. She was a professor in the Department of Art + Design at Central Washington University between 1939 and 1971.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 30 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963 October 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.spurge63
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The original transcript was edited. In 2021 the Archives retranscribed the original audio and attempted to create a verbatim transcript. This interview was audited and edited by Ellen Brooks in 2025.
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 Sarah Spurgeon conducted by Dorothy Bestor on 1963 October 3 for the Archives of American Art.