Oral history interview with Conger Metcalf
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 28 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Metcalf, Conger, 1914-1998
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Wood, Grant, 1891-1942
label: Names
content: Zerbe, Karl, 1903-1972
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews
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: Metcalf, Conger, 1914-1998
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Conger Metcalf (1914-1998) was a painter and educator from Boston, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound cassettes. Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 41 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982 Feb. 24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.metcal82
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 is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Conger Metcalf conducted 1982 Feb. 24, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Metcalf speaks of studying with Grant Wood and Karl Zerbe; his career as a teacher of painting and drawing at Boston University; and his figural subject matter and method of working.