Oral history interview with Raymond Steth
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 17 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Steth, Raymond, 1917-1997
label: Interviewer
content: Kline, Marge
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Pa.)
label: Names
content: Philographic School of Art
label: Names
content: Thrash, Dox, 1892-1965
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American printmakers
label: Topic
content: African American military personnel
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: Steth, Raymond, 1917-1997
label: Interviewer
content: Kline, Marge
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Raymond Steth (1917-1997) was a printmaker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 123 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 April 28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.steth90
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 4780 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Raymond Steth conducted 1990 April 28, by Marge Kline, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Steth discusses his early life and education in the South and in Philadelphia; his experiences in the Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project (FAP); his fellow printmaker Dox Thrash and the development of the carborundum print; working in shipyards during World War II; opening up the Philographic Workshop in 1948; the instructors there; its eventual closing in 1953; and his career outside of the arts.