Oral history interview with William Carter
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 37 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Carter, William, 1909-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Costonie, Toni
label: Names
content: African American Artists in Chicago Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Art Institute of Chicago -- Student
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: South Side Community Art Center
label: Names
content: University of Illinois. -- Student
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American painters
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Carter, William, 1909-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Costonie, Toni
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William Carter (1909-1996) was a painter from Chicago, Ill.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 127 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 Oct. 27- Nov. 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.carter88
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 William Carter conducted 1988 October 27-November 3, by Toni Costonie, for the Archives of American Art African-American artists in Chicago oral history project (1988-1989).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Carter speaks of his early life in St. Louis and Chicago, and of his education at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Illinois. He recalls his involvement with the WPA Federal Art Project's easel project. He discusses the impact of the South Side Community Art Center and his involvement with it. Carter also reminisces about his travels, teaching, collectors and issues involving black artists and writers.