The HistoryMakers video oral history with Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 16 min., 6 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2008.086 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Pitchford-Jolly, Marva Lee, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly |
| Portion of title | Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly |
| Abstract | Sculptor Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly was born on September 11, 1937 in Crenshaw, Mississippi. She received her B.A. degree from Roosevelt University in 1961 and her M.A. degree from Governors State University in 1974. Pitchford-Jolly taught at the University of Chicago Laboratory School from 1961 to 1965 and worked as teacher and director at the Chicago Youth Center Head Start Program from 1961 to 1969. She served as the Program Director at the Chicago Commons from 1969 to 1974. In 1974 until 1981, Pitchford-Jolly worked as a professor of ceramics and practiced art at Chicago State University. She was recognized as one of the Top Ten Emerging Black Chicago Artists of 1986. In 2008, Pitchford-Jolly's clay pots and carved wooden staffs were showcased in the Kindred Spirits Exhibit at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center. Her art was exhibited and sold at the Esther Saks Gallery. Pitchford-Jolly passed away on October 21, 2012, at the age of 75. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2008 July 15. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2008.086 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |