Oral history interview with Willis "Bing" Davis, 2007 August 11

Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution

Ohio

Physical Description

64 Pages, Transcript

General Note

Originally recorded 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 17 min.

Access Note / Rights

This interview is access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Summary

An interview of Willis "Bing" Davis conducted 2007 August 11, by Josephine Shea, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the artist's studio, in Dayton, Ohio.

Citation

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Willis "Bing" Davis, 2007 August 11. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Funding

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America. Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Biography Note

Willis "Bing" Davis (1937- ) is a metal artist and educator from Dayton, Ohio. Josephine Shea is a curator Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan.

Language Note

English .

Provenance

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 administrators.

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Record number

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13628

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)272706

AAA_collcode_davisw07

interviewee

Davis, Willis Bing, 1937-

interviewer

Shea, Josephine, 1958-

Subject

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America

Type

Sound recordings

Interviews

Theme

Craft

African American

Topic

Decorative arts

African American educators

African American artists

Theme

Craft

African American

Record ID

AAADCD_oh_272706

Usage

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