Biographical Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gilliam, Sam, Jr. (1933-2022)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sam Gilliam papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1958-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gillsam, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes résumés, passports, exhibition lists, artist statements and essays by and about Gilliam, interview transcripts, and audiovisual material. The audiovisual material includes recordings of a group interview conducted by Dorothy Gilliam with artists Bob Field, Rockne Krebs, Gene Davis, Walter Hopps, and Sam Gilliam concerning the Washington Gallery of Modern Art in Washington, D.C. Also included are audio recordings of Portrait with Sam Gilliam, circa 1978, from the WBOE-FM radio series Black Art in America, and sound recordings of conversations between Gilliam and artists Benny Andrews and Rockne Krebs.