Oral history interview with Jerry Farnsworth and Helen Sawyer
name: label: Interviewee
content: Farnsworth, Jerry, 1895-1982
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Interviewee
content: Sawyer, Helen
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Massachusetts -- North Truro -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Massachusetts -- North Truro -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- North Truro -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Farnsworth, Jerry, 1895-1982
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Interviewee
content: Sawyer, Helen
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jerry Farnsworth (1895-1982) and Helen Farnsworth (1989-1999) were painters, instructors, and writers from North Truro, Mass. Helen was born in Washington, D.C. and died at age 102.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 39 Pages (Transcript, Helen Farnsworth only)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 Sept. 21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.farnsw72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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 Jerry Farnsworth, followed by an interview of his wife, Helen Sawyer (Farnsworth) conducted 1972 Sept. 21, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.