Oral history interview with Jessie Benton
name: label: Interviewee
content: Benton, Jessie, 1939-
label: Interviewer
content: Franco, Josh T. (1985-)
label: Names
content: Pandemic Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Pandemics
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Benton, Jessie, 1939-
label: Interviewer
content: Franco, Josh T. (1985-)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jessie Benton (1939 - ) is the daughter of painter Thomas Hart Benton.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((24 min.), digital, mp4)
label: Extent
content: 8 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020 August 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.benton20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
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: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Jessie Benton conducted 2020 August 10, by Josh T. Franco, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project, at Benton's home in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.