Oral history interview with John Stephenson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 24 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Stephenson, John (John H), 1929-
label: Interviewer
content: Rospond, Mary Chris
label: Names
content: Cranbrook Academy of Art
topic: label: Topic
content: Ceramics
label: Topic
content: Ceramicists -- Michigan -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Educators -- Michigan -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Michigan -- Interviews
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: Stephenson, John (John H), 1929-
label: Interviewer
content: Rospond, Mary Chris
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Stephenson (1929- ) is a sculptor and educator from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 76 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 August 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stephe81
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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 John Stephenson conducted 1981 August 3, by Mary Chris Rospond, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Stephenson speaks of his family, educational and military background; his study at the Cranbrook Academy of Art; influences on his work; experiences in Japan; teaching at the University of Michigan; his methods; his sources of inspiration; and the future of ceramics.