Nancy Spero interview
name: label: Creator
content: Lanier, Jessica
label: Names
content: Swarthmore College
label: Names
content: Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Feminism and art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2021 by Jessica Lanier.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lanier, Jessica
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content: Nancy Spero interview
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Nancy Spero interview dates from circa 1976-circa 1984 and comprises 50 items. The collection consists of a transcript of an interview conducted with Nancy Spero by Jessica Lanier in 1984, and related printed material regarding Spero and feminist art.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jessica Lanier is a Professor of Art History at Salem State University, and a scholar in the area of aesthetics, gender, and trade during the Early Republic. She conducted this interview with Nancy Spero as part of her senior art history project at Swarthmore College. The interview was facilitated by Paul Golub, Spero's son and Lanier's close friend.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 50 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1976-circa 1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lanijess
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of the collection the papers are arranged as one series.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Nancy Spero interview dates from circa 1976-circa 1984 and comprises 50 items. The collection consists of a transcript of an interview conducted with Nancy Spero by Jessica Lanier in 1984, and related printed material regarding Spero and feminist art. Lanier's interview focuses on how Spero's life as an artist relates to her life as a woman, a wife, and a mother. The audio recording of the interview is not included in the collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the papers of Nancy Spero, an oral history interview of Nancy Spero conducted 2008 February 6-July 24 by Judith Olch Richards, and the papers of Spero's husband, Leon Golub.