Willem Volkersz interviews
name: label: Creator
content: Volkersz, Willem
label: Names
content: Finster, Howard, 1916-2001
label: Names
content: Howard, Jesse, 1885-1983
label: Names
content: St. EOM, 1908-1986
topic: label: Occupation
content: Folk artists -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Montana -- Bozeman
label: Occupation
content: Collectors -- Montana -- Bozeman
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Montana -- Bozeman
label: Topic
content: African American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Sound recordings of the Willem Volkersz interviews were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1986 by Willem Volkersz, who made them primarily for his own use as a researcher, collector and teacher of folk art. They were transcribed in 1989 for the Archives of American Art by Toni Reineke.
creator: label: Creator
content: Volkersz, Willem
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content: Willem Volkersz interviews
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Willem Voklersz interviews measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1975-1985. The collection consists of twenty-nine sound cassettes containing thirty-one interviews of folk artists conducted by Volkersz for a personal research project, a monologue, and readings by Volkersz of notes on individual artists. Subjects include folk artists such as Howard Finster, Jesse Howard, and St. EOM (Eddie Owens Martin). Also found are thirty-seven transcripts of the recordings.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Willem Volkersz is a teacher, collector, and sculptor of Bozeman, Montana, who was born in Holland and came to the United States following World War II.  He completed his education at the University of Washington in 1965, and completed a Masters of Fine Art at Mills College in 1967. 

Volkersz began researching and collecting work by visionary and naive artists while a professor at the Kansas City Art Institute. His collection is now at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and the Missoula Art Museum, in Missoula, Montana.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975-1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.volkwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2020.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcripts of interviews are available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Willem Voklersz interviews measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1975-1985. The collection consists of twenty-nine sound cassettes containing thirty-one interviews of folk artists conducted by Volkersz for a personal research project, a monologue, and readings by Volkersz of notes on individual artists. Subjects include folk artists such as Howard Finster, Jesse Howard, and St. EOM (Eddie Owens Martin). Also found are thirty-seven transcripts of the recordings.