Oral history interview with Calvin Burnett
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 19 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Burnett, Calvin, 1921-2007
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Designers -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American painters
label: Topic
content: African American educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Burnett, Calvin, 1921-2007
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Calvin Burnett (1921-2007) was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and designer from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Full name Calvin W. Burnett.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 55 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 June 13-1981 January 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.burnet80
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 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 Calvin Burnett conducted 1980 June 13-1981 January 6, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Burnett speaks of his education at the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston; freelancing in commercial art; his career as a Black artist; teaching methods; recent paintings; and his civil rights activities.