Oral history interview with Edgar Tolson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 43 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Tolson, Edgar, 1904-1984
label: Interviewer
content: Pennington, Estill Curtis
topic: label: Occupation
content: Wood-carvers -- Kentucky -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- Kentucky
label: Topic
content: Folk art
label: Topic
content: Wood-carving -- Kentucky
label: Topic
content: Artisans -- Kentucky -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
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: Tolson, Edgar, 1904-1984
label: Interviewer
content: Pennington, Estill Curtis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edgar Tolson (1904-1984) was a wood-carver from Campton, Kentucky.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 14 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 July 30
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tolson81
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
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Edgar Tolson conducted 1981July 30, by Estill Curtis Pennington, with the assistance of Larry Hackley, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Tolson discusses his family; living in Campton, Kentucky.; wood-carving techniques and subject matter; and selling his work.