Oral history interview with Medora Clark
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 32 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Clark, Medora
label: Interviewer
content: Hunter, Margaret Truax
label: Names
content: Clark, Alson Skinner, 1876-1949
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Artists -- California
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview was conducted in 1956, prior to the establishment 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: Clark, Medora
label: Interviewer
content: Hunter, Margaret Truax
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Medora Clark (1881-1962) was the wife of Alson Skinner Clark. She lived in Pasadena, California. She was a writer and assistant to her husband in his career as an artist.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 92 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956 April 21 and 1957 March 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.clark56
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 is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Medora Clark (Atta Medora McMullin Clark) conducted 1956 April 21 and 1957 March 10, by Margaret Truax Hunter, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Clark reads the biography of the life and work of her husband, painter, and printmaker, Alson Skinner Clark. Clark wrote the biography. She recalls their early years in Chicago; Art Students League; William Merrit Chase, John Holabird; Senefelder Club; William O'Brien Gallery; Henry Reinhardt and Sons Gallery; relocating in Padadena, California; Alson's various commisions; travels, including France, Quebec, Dalmatia, Mexico, and the Panama Canal.