Oral history interview with Jan Thompson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 11 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Thompson, Jan Newstrom
label: Interviewer
content: Prince, Sue Ann
label: Names
content: Callahan, Harry M.
label: Names
content: Callahan, Kenneth, 1905-1986
label: Names
content: Graves, Morris, 1910-2001
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content: Tobey, Mark
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art patrons -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Art patronage
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women art patrons
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Thompson, Jan Newstrom
label: Interviewer
content: Prince, Sue Ann
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jan Newstrom Thompson is an arts patron from Seattle, Washington.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 67 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983 September 6-November 16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.thomps83
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Jan Thompson conducted 1983 September 6-1983 November 16, by Sue Ann Kendall, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project at the artist's home in Seattle, Washington.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Thompson speaks of her association with Morris Graves, Mark Tobey, Kenneth Callahan and others; women in Northwest art; her lack of interest in figurative painting; and abstract expressionism and pop art. She recalls John Cage.