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Archives related to: Ankrum, Joan
| title | Oral history interview with Joan Ankrum, 1997 Nov. 5-1998 Feb. 4. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Joan Ankrum conducted by Paul Karlstrom for the Archives of American Art, Nov. 5, Dec. 16, 1997, and Feb. 4, 1998, in Pasadena, Calif. Ankrum discusses her status as a role model for women due to her independence in leaving a difficult marriage and establishing a new career; her theater and film career and association with the Pasadena Playhouse; her discovery of Morris Broderson, the hearing-impaired nephew of her husband Morris Ankrum; encouraging Broderson's artistic talent and efforts to help him learn to speak and interact socially; her career as director of the Ankrum Gallery in Los Angeles and the artists, collectors and dealers she became involved with, among them Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg, Joseph Hirshhorn, Martha Jackson and Jake Zeitlin. Bio / His Notes: Gallery owner; Los Angeles, Calif.; d. December 20, 2001 |
| extent | 6 sound cassettes (60 min. each) : analog. Transcript: 195 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Online trascript |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_216355 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-joan-ankrum-12691 |
| acquisition information | 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. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:19 |
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| title | Marian Gore "Art Scene" interviews and papers, 1958-1969 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Taped interviews of contemporary artists, art gallery owners, historians, and museum directors for Los Angeles radio station KPFK's "Art Scene" program from 1962-1964, conducted by volunteer interviewer, Marian Gore. Interviewees include Michel Albert, Josef Albers, Joan Ankrum, Streeter Blair, Nick Brigante, Robert Cremean, José Luis Cuevas, James Elliott, Claire Falkenstein, Balcomb Greene, Paul Gerchik, Jurgen Hansen, Walter Hopps, Roger Kuntz, Rico Lebrun, Dr. Thomas Leavitt, Jacques Lipchitz, Mario Luna, Robert Mallary, Louise Nevelson, Emilio Ortiz, Esther Robles, Otto Schniede, Fritz Schwaderer, Rufino Tamayo, Esteban Vicente, Robert Wark, and June Wayne. Gore's biographical files on the interviewees are also included |
| extent | 38 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in. |
| formats | Sound Recording |
| access | Untranscribed; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. office. Researchers must obtain copyright clearance from interviewees prior to publication or airing. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.goremari.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/marian-gore-art-scene-interviews-and-papers-6118 |
| acquisition information | Donated 1997 by Marian Gore. |
| updated | 06/09/2023 15:39:52 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Joan Ankrum, 1964 Apr. 28. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Joan Ankrum conducted by Betty Hoag for the Archives of American Art. Ankrum discusses the career of Morris Broderson, her deaf nephew, including his exhibitions, and his painting, THE DEATH OF CHRIST. General Note: Also included on this tape are an unrelated panel discussion of the Hollywood-Los Feliz Jewish Community Center and an unrelated interview of Stanton Macdonald-Wright (5/5/64) conducted by Betty Hoag. |
| extent | 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in. Transcript: 13 p. (on partial microfilm reel) reel 3418 |
| formats | Sound Recording Microfilm Transcript |
| access | Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| 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 United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Photographs and a catalog of Lenard Kester, [ca. 1958] | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | This collection consists of two black and white photographs of artist, Lenard Kester, actor and director Gilmor Brown (founder of the Pasadena Playhouse), and gallery owner, Joan Ankrum, taken during a party at the home of actor Paul Langton in the late 1950s. Also included is a 1958 catalog of Kester's show at the Pasadena Art Museum (now the Norton Simon Museum of Art in Pasadena). |
| extent | 3 items. |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1996 by Catherine Turney. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Morris Broderson, 1998 Mar. 11 & 13 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Morris Broderson conducted by Paul J. Karlstrom on 1998, Mar. 11 & 13, for the Archives of American Art, at Broderson's home, Los Angeles, Calif. Broderson discusses his childhood and family background and the way in which he saw the world as a congenitally hearing impaired person; his first meeting with Joan Ankrum, who was married at the time to Broderson's uncle Morris Ankrum; Ankrum's special interest in him, recognizing a talent for drawing, encouraging his learning to speak, and arranging art lessons at an early age; his recognition of Ankrum's marital unhappiness and encouragement for her to leave her husband; his art education through private lessons with Francis De Erdely; enrollment at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles; his perspective on events in his relationship with Ankrum that led her to abandon her career as an actress and become an art dealer in order to show Broderson's work; exhibitions at the Ankrum Gallery; his favorite themes and subjects in his work and why he used them; his homosexuality and its possible reflection in his art; credit to Ankrum for her key role in his development as an artist; the role of his deafness in his interaction with the world and to a lesser extent, his artistic expression, but rejecting the idea that it was a determining factor; and his current series of paintings and hopes for the future. Bio / His Notes: Painter, Los Angeles, CA; and Ankrum's newphew. |
| extent | 3 sound cassettes: (125 min.) : analog. Transcript: 66 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Online transcript |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | 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. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1964 Apr. 13-Sept. 16. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Unrelated interviews of Joan Ankrum (4/28/64), Edward Biberman (4/15/64), Lorser Feitelson (5/12/64), and Joseph Vogel (1/5/65), all conducted by B.Hoag, are also on one tape. An interview of Stanton Macdonald-Wright conducted by Betty Hoag for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project. Macdonald-Wright discusses his work on the Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration. Painter; Los Angeles, California. A list of interviews conducted for the New Deal and the Arts project is available at all Archives of American Art offices. |
| extent | sound tape reels ; 5 in.Transcript: 103 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Online Transcript |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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