Oral history interview with Margaret Roach Wheeler
name: label: Interviewee
content: Wheeler, Margaret Roach, 1943-
label: Interviewer
content: Clark, Laura, 1953-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Weavers -- Oklahoma
label: Topic
content: Women textile artists
label: Topic
content: Native American artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: 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: Wheeler, Margaret Roach, 1943-
label: Interviewer
content: Clark, Laura, 1953-
culture: label: Culture
content: Chickasaw
label: Culture
content: Choctaw
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Margaret Roach Wheeler (Chickasaw/Choctaw) (1943- ) is a weaver and textile artist based in Oklahoma known for her research into and revivification of pre-colonial designs and techniques.

Laura Clark (Muscogee Creek) (1953- ) is an Indigenous scholar, curator, and educator based in Houston, Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Items (video files (5 hrs., 23 min), digital, mp4)
label: Extent
content: 90 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software) [Kit 5: iPad G7DVRXMQ16M + Plantronics Poly Sync 20 EE75M6]
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2022 October 21-24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wheele22
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
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: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Margaret Roach Wheeler conducted 2022 October 21-24, by Laura Clark for the Archives of American Art, at Wheeler's home and studio in Sulphur, Oklahoma.­