Oral history interview with James McGarrell
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 55 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: McGarrell, James, 1930-
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Oregon -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: McGarrell, James, 1930-
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James McGarrell (1930-) is a painter and educator from Portland, Or.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 113 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978 Aug. 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mcgarr78
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 James McGarrell conducted 1978 Aug. 17, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art. McGarrell discusses his interest in jazz and jazz documentation; education in California and Germany; his career in Portland and Bloomington; and the influences on his work and his personal creative process.