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A Finding Aid to the Christine Fairsmith Interviews of Artists, 1981, in the Archives of American Art

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.fairchri
Creators:
Fairsmith, Christine
Dates:
1981
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.2 Linear feet
Repository:
The Christine Fairsmith interviews of artists is comprised of transcripts of interviews with Chuck Close, Don Eddy, Janet Fish, Audrey Flack, and Mel Pekarsky, all conducted by Fairsmith in 1981 towards her degree from the Museum Studies program at City College of New York.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The Christine Fairsmith interviews of artists is comprised of transcripts of interviews with Chuck Close, Don Eddy, Janet Fish, Audrey Flack, and Mel Pekarsky, all conducted in 1981 by Fairsmith towards her degree from the Museum Studies program at City College of New York.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Christine Fairsmith is the Development and Communications Coordinator at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. From 1994 to 2003 she also served as the curator of education at Grounds for Sculpture. She received her MA in Museum Studies at City College of New York.

Administration

Author
Ryan Evans
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Christine Fairsmith interviews of artists were donated by Christine Fairsmith in 2013.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Preferred Citation
Christine Fairsmith interviews of artists, 1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Terms of Use
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Keywords

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Curators -- New York (State) -- New York Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Interviews Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Close, Chuck, 1940- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Flack, Audrey Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Eddy, Don, 1944- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pekarsky, Mel Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fish, Janet Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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