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Oral history interview with Margaret Roach Wheeler, 2022 October 21-24

Wheeler, Margaret Roach, 1943-

Weaver, Textile designer

Overview

Collection Information

Size: 5 video files (5 hrs., 23 min), digital, mp4

Summary: An interview with Margaret Roach Wheeler conducted 2022 October 21-24, by Laura Clark for the Archives of American Art, at Wheeler's home and studio in Sulphur, Oklahoma.­

Biographical/Historical Note

Margaret Roach Wheeler (Chickasaw/Choctaw) (1943- ) is a weaver and textile artist based in Oklahoma known for her research into and revivification of pre-colonial designs and techniques.

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.

Language Note

English .

Funding

Funding for this interview was provided by the Alice L. Walton Foundation.

How to Use This Collection

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the recording is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Margaret Roach Wheeler, 2022 October 21-24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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