Oral history interview with C. Jane and Jeffrey Camp
name: label: Interviewee
content: Camp, C. Jane (Catherine Jane), 1953-
label: Interviewer
content: Kirwin, Liza
label: Interviewee
content: Camp, Jeffrey Thomas, 1944-
label: Names
content: American Folk Art Company
label: Names
content: Carpenter, Miles B. (Miles Burkholder), 1889-
label: Names
content: Finster, Howard, 1916-2001
label: Names
content: Hemphill, Herbert Waide
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Folk art
label: Topic
content: Art dealers -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Camp, C. Jane (Catherine Jane), 1953-
label: Interviewer
content: Kirwin, Liza
label: Interviewee
content: Camp, Jeffrey Thomas, 1944-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: C. Jane Camp (1953- ) and Jeffrey Camp (1944- ) are folk art collectors from Richmond, Va. and Ross Shire, Scotland
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 149 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987 December 2-1988 January 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.camp87
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 C. Jane and Jeffrey Camp conducted 1987 Dec. 2-1988 Jan. 15, by Liza Kirwin, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The Camps speak of their family backgrounds and education; Jeffrey's training in public relations; his first wife Emily; opening their store, the American Folk Art Company, in Richmond, Va., in 1972; their early inventory; Emily's role and personality as business partner; the ethics of art dealing; meeting and marrying his second wife, C. Jane Simpson; representing woodcarver Miles B. Carpenter; Jane's role in the American Folk Art Company; dealers, including Randall and Shari Morris, Phyllis Kind, and Jay Johnson in New York, Judith Alexander in Atlanta, and Carl Hammer in Chicago; emotions felt when acquiring objects; their private collection; advice received from Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., Michael Hall, and Phyllis Kind about working with artists; discovering and learning about folk art; collecting trips with Hemphill and others; dealings and falling out with Howard Finster; and publications of the American Folk Art Company; specific pieces of art collected and sold; and changing prices in the folk art market.