Woodward S. Bousquet research material relating to Marshall B. Fleming
name: label: Creator
content: Bousquet, Woodward S.
label: Names
content: Fleming, Marshall B., 1916-1998
topic: label: Occupation
content: Folk artists -- West Virginia
label: Topic
content: Folk art
label: Topic
content: Woodwork
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by Woodward S. Bousquet in 1990.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bousquet, Woodward S.
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content: Woodward S. Bousquet research material relating to Marshall B. Fleming
abstract: label: Summary
content: The research material of educator Woodward S. Bousquet relating to folk artist Marshall B. Fleming measures 0.2 linear feet and dates from 1989 to 1992. This small collection includes indexed transcripts of interviews with Fleming conducted by Bousquet at Fleming's home in New Creek, West Virginia; Bousquet's notes from a telephone conversation with Fleming; a field survey of Fleming's folk art environment prepared by Bousquet for Los Angeles-based organization SPACES (Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments); indexed photographs of Fleming and his artwork taken by Bousquet; and copies of two articles on Fleming written by Bousquet.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Woodward S. Bousquet is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. Marshall B. Fleming (1916-1998) was a woodcarver and folk artist who lived and worked in New Creek, West Virginia. His wood carving of President John F. Kennedy's funeral caisson is part of the Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. folk art collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989-1992
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bouswood
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the materials are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Mae Hunt in 2025.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The research material of Woodward S. Bousquet relating to Marshall B. Fleming measures 0.2 linear feet and dates from 1989 to 1992, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1990. This collection includes transcripts of Bousquet's interviews with Fleming, 144 pages total, along with an index; Bousquet's notes from a telephone conversation with Fleming; a copy of an "environment field survey form" describing Fleming's folk art environment, prepared by Bousquet for Los Angeles, California-based organization SPACES (Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments); photographs of Fleming and his work taken by Bousquet, 18 total, along with an index; and photocopies of two articles by Bousquet: "Work, Family, and Faith: Marshall Fleming's Folk Art," published in Appalachian Journal in Spring 1992, and "Stories in Wood and Metal: Marshall Fleming's Little Hidden Valley," published in Goldenseal in Summer 1992.