Oral history interview with William McBride
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 10 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: McBride, William, 1912-2000
label: Interviewer
content: Adams, Carol
label: Names
content: African American Artists in Chicago Oral History Project
label: Names
content: South Side Community Art Center
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: African American art -- African influences
label: Topic
content: African American artists
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: McBride, William, 1912-2000
label: Interviewer
content: Adams, Carol
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William McBride (1912-2000) was a painter in Chicago, Ill.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 149 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 Oct. 30-31
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mcbrid88
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 McBride conducted 1988 Oct. 30-31, by Carol Adams, for the Archives of American Art African-American artists in Chicago oral history project (1988-1989).
label: Scope and Contents
content: McBride speaks of his early interest in art, the importance of George Neal to the education of young Chicago artists, and the camaraderie among Black artists in Chicago in the 1930s. He discusses working for the WPA Federal Art Project and saving WPA works from destruction. Carter reminisces about the formation of the South Side Community Art Center as a place where Black artists could exhibit, the Black Renaissance in Chicago in the 1930s, and post-WPA survival. He recalls working for Goldblatt's department store, the impact of the civil rights movement on Black art, and the influence of African art.