Oral history interview with Nancy Yaw
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 34 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Yaw, Nancy
label: Interviewer
content: O'Korn, Jean
label: Names
content: Nagle, Ron
label: Names
content: Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Michigan
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: Yaw, Nancy
label: Interviewer
content: O'Korn, Jean
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nancy Yaw (1935-2014) was an art dealer from Birmingham, Michigan.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 49 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 June 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.yaw81
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 of Nancy Yaw conducted 1981 June 8, by Jean O'Korn, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Yaw speaks of establishing the Yaw Gallery; the influence of Richard DeVore; exhibitions; her interest in crafts; crafts vs. fine art; collectors and patrons; ceramic artists, including Peter Voulkos, Ron Nagle, and Gary Knoll; moving towards collecting historic and cultural material; the future of the gallery; the Detroit Art Dealers Association, and the Michigan art market.