Oral history interview with LeRoy Winbush
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 25 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Winbush, LeRoy, 1915-2007
label: Interviewer
content: DeBose, Frank
label: Names
content: African American Artists in Chicago Oral History Project
label: Names
content: South Side Community Art Center
topic: label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Designers -- Illinois -- Interviews
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: Winbush, LeRoy, 1915-2007
label: Interviewer
content: DeBose, Frank
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: LeRoy Winbush (1915-2007) is a designer from Chicago, Illinois.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 127 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 November 5-11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.winbus88
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Interview transcript available by appointment in the Archives of American Art reading rooms, by request, or through interlibrary loan. Audio may be available by request pending review and approval by the Archives.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of LeRoy Winbush conducted 1988 November 5-11, by Frank DeBose, for the Archives of American Art African-American artists in Chicago oral history project (1988-1989).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Winbush speaks of his education and family life, working as a sign painter for Goldblatt Brothers department store, joining the Art Directors Club of Chicago, starting the design firm of Winbush and Associates, and his involvement with the South Side Community Art Center. He discusses racism and issues involving black artists. The interview concludes as he recalls his chairmanship of the 1959 International Design Conference.