Oral history interview with Richard Howard Hunt

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.

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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Scope and Contents...... 1 Biographical / Historical...... 1 Names and Subjects ...... 2 Container Listing ...... Oral history interview with Richard Howard Hunt AAA.hunt79

Collection Overview

Repository: Archives of American Art

Title: Oral history interview with Richard Howard Hunt

Identifier: AAA.hunt79

Date: 1979 Mar. 3

Creator: Hunt, Richard, 1935- (Interviewee) Barrie, Dennis (Interviewer)

Extent: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings; 5 in.) 27 Pages (Transcript) 19 Items (items)

Language: English .

Digital Digital Content: Oral history interview with Richard Howard Hunt, 1979 Content: Mar. 3, Transcript Audio: Oral history interview with Richard Howard Hunt, 1979 Mar. 3, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the , primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others. Available Formats Transcript available online. Restrictions Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Biographical / Historical

Richard Hunt (1935- ) is a sculptor from , Ill.

Scope and Contents

An interview of Richard Howard Hunt conducted 1979 Mar. 3, by Dennis Barrie for the Archives of American Art. Also included are black and white snapshots of Berrie, Hunt and others, taken at Hunt's Chicago studio, possibly during the interview.

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Names and Subject Terms

This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the under the following terms:

Subjects: African American artists Art, American Sculptors -- -- Chicago -- Interviews

Types of Materials: Interviews Sound recordings

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