Oral history interview with Marshall Fredericks
name: label: Interviewee
content: Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
label: Interviewer
content: Colby, Joy Hakanson
label: Names
content: Milles, Carl, 1875-1955
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Michigan -- Birmingham -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
label: Interviewer
content: Colby, Joy Hakanson
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marshall Fredericks (1908-1998) was a sculptor from Birmingham, Mich.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 68 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 Aug. 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.freder81
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Marshall Fredericks conducted 1981 Aug. 5, by Joy Colby, in Fredericks' studio, in Royal Oak, Mich.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Fredericks speaks of his childhood and family background; his education; how his interest in sculpture began; Carl Milles and others who influenced him; his interest in Scandinavia; his early career in sculpture; his important commissions, including the Cleveland War Memorial; his service in the military during World War II; his work in Norway; and his family. His wife Rosalind also contributes to the interview.