Reminiscences of J. Fred Woell [electronic resource] : oral history, 1986

Biographical Note

Metal artist.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Midwest, early interest in art; study of economics, Park College, Missouri, and University of Illinois; M.F.A. from University of Wisconsin, Madison; development of art over years while teaching in Wisconsin; teaching, Program in Artisanry at Boston University; views on teaching crafts; move to Swain to teach; views on marriage, personal art style, the creative process.

Subjects

• Art metal-workers--Interviews.
• Arts and crafts movement.
• Interviews.
• Metal-work.
• Oral histories.
• Polsky, Richard M., interviewer.
• Woell, J. Fred, 1934---Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1988.