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Oral history interview with Jo Harvey Allen

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Jo Harvey Allen, 1998 April 21, Transcript
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Object Details

sova.aaa.allenj98
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92703b194-8509-43af-98ed-bea050270dcc
General
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 3 minutes.
Interviewee
Allen, Jo Harvey, 1942-
Interviewer
Karlstrom, Paul J.
Occupation
Actors
Performance artists
Playwrights
Topic
Women artists
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.
Interviewee
Allen, Jo Harvey, 1942-
Interviewer
Karlstrom, Paul J.
Sponsor
Funding for the transcription of this interview is provided by the Pasadena Art Alliance. 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.
Biographical / Historical
Jo Harvey Allen (1942- ) is a performance artist, writer, and actress of Sante Fe, New Mexico.
Extent
25 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1998 April 21
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.allenj98
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript available on line
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Jo Harvey Allen conducted 1998 April 21, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, at Allen's studio, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Allen discusses her roles of writer, actress, and performance artist; her early career which included working at underground radio station KPPC as the first woman country music announcer; her views on feminism and the degradation of motherhood, describing her most creative act as the birth of her children; her childhood in Lubbock, Texas; life with husband Terry Allen, with whom she moved to Los Angeles where he attended Chouinard Art Institute; conducting interviews with waitresses as material for a photo book, which led to writing, producing, and acting in her own plays; her relationship with Terry Allen and working with him and the discovery of her artistic independence.
Restrictions
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
AAA.allenj98
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92703b194-8509-43af-98ed-bea050270dcc
AAA.allenj98
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1596349834339-1596349834341-0
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