Oral history interview with Melvin Edwards
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 55 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Edwards, Melvin, 1937-
label: Interviewer
content: Ghent, Henri, 1926-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art, American
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: Edwards, Melvin, 1937-
label: Interviewer
content: Ghent, Henri, 1926-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Melvin Edwards (1937-) is a sculptor in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 72 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968 August 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.edward68
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: Interview of Melvin Edwards conducted 1968 August 10, by Henri Ghent, for the Archives of American Art.