Oral history interview with Francis Speight
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 40 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Speight, Francis, 1896-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Blakeslee, Sarah Jane, 1912-
label: Interviewer
content: Sellin, David
label: Names
content: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Breckenridge, Hugh H. (Hugh Henry), 1870-1937
label: Names
content: Carles, Arthur B., 1882-1952
label: Names
content: Garber, Daniel, 1880-
label: Names
content: McCarter, Henry, 1866-1942
label: Names
content: Pittman, Hobson Lafayette, 1899 or 1900-1972
label: Names
content: Sartain, Harriet, 1873-1957
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Speight, Francis, 1896-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Blakeslee, Sarah Jane, 1912-
label: Interviewer
content: Sellin, David
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Francis Speight (1896-1989) was a painter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in North Carolina.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 118 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987 April 4-5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.speigh87
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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 Francis Speight conducted 1987 April 4-5, by David Sellin, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Speight speaks of his family background; early aspirations; his studies at the Corcoran School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the faculty and administration at the Academy including Arthur B. Carles, Hugh Breckenridge, Henry McCarter, Daniel Garber, and Hobson Pittman; his scholarships and fellowships; teaching at the Academy; the Academy's summer school at Chester Springs; painting in Manayunk; and his experiences as a juror. Speight's wife Sarah Blakeslee is also present during a portion of the interview and describes her studies at Chester Springs.