Oral history interview with William Halsey and Corrie McCallum
name: label: Interviewee
content: Halsey, William, 1915-1999
label: Interviewer
content: Kirwin, Liza
label: Interviewee
content: McCallum, Corrie, 1914-
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (S.C.)
label: Names
content: Gibbes Art Gallery
label: Names
content: Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences
label: Names
content: Hirsch, Willard Newman, 1905-
label: Names
content: Iacovleff, Alexandre, 1887-1938
label: Names
content: Zerbe, Karl, 1903-1972
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston
label: Topic
content: Painters -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- United States
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: Halsey, William, 1915-1999
label: Interviewer
content: Kirwin, Liza
label: Interviewee
content: McCallum, Corrie, 1914-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William Halsey (1915-1999) and Corrie McCallum are painters and art educators from Charleston, S.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recordings)
label: Extent
content: 26 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1986 Oct. 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.halsey86
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of William Halsey and Corrie McCallum conducted 1986 Oct. 27, by Liza Kirwin, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Halsey and McCallum speak of their education at the University of South Carolina in the 1930s, McCallum's early interest in medical illustration, and her responsibilities as the director of the Federal Art Project in Columbia, S.C. They discuss Halsey's studies at the Boston School with Alexandre Iacovleff and Karl Zerbe; his Paige traveling fellowship (1939-1941) and studies in Mexico; their return to Charleston; teaching at Gibbes Art Gallery, Telfair Academy, and the College of Charleston; founding the Charleston School of Art with sculptor Willard Hirsch; McCallum's printmaking and travels; and their recent exhibitions and publications.