Oral history interview with Niels Diffrient
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Diffrient, Niels
McQuaid, Matilda, 1958-
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2010 July 28-August 31
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55 Pages (Transcript)
4 Items (Sound recording: 4 sound files (2 hr., 58 min.), digital, wav)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.diffri10
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Niels Diffrient conducted 2010 July 28 and August 31, by Matilda McQuaid, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Diffrient's home and studio, in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
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Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019
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1932-2000
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2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.knolflor
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Archives of American Art
The papers of architect and designer Florence Knoll Bassett, measure approximately 2 linear feet dating from 1932 to 2000. Through correspondence, sketches, drawings, designs, subject files, photographs, and printed material, the collection selectively documents Knoll Bassett's education, her work with Knoll Associates from the 1940s until her resignation in 1965, and projects undertaken since her retirement. It is an important source of information on the development of interior architecture and design from the 1940s to the 1970s.
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Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988
Cummings, Paul
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1973 Nov. 7-Dec. 26
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148 Pages (Transcript)
1 Item (Audio excerpt: 1 sound file (5 min. 29 sec.), digital)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.noguch73
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Isamu Noguchi conducted 1973 Nov. 7-Dec. 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
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Schnee, Ruth Adler, 1923-
Schnee, Anita
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2002 November 24-30
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159 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.schnee02
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Ruth Adler Schnee conducted 2002 November 24-30, by Anita Schnee, at the artist's home in Southfield, Michigan, for the Archives of American Art as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
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circa 1981-1983, 1994-2008
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-186
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting incoming loans for exhibitions. A small amount of material also documents the storage and organization of objects for an exhibition and the shipment of objects for traveling exhibitions. Materials include agreements, condition reports, object images, shipping documentation, correspondence, la...
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Breuer, Marcel, 1902-
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1920-1986
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37.6 Linear feet
0.14 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.breumarc
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986, contain biographical material, correspondence, business and financial records, interviews, notes, writings, sketches, project files, exhibition files, photographs, and printed material that document the career of architect and designer Marcel Breuer.
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Baxter Art Gallery
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1962-1997
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17 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.baxtart
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Baxter Art Gallery measure 17 linear feet and date from 1962 to 1997. The collection documents the activities of the gallery founded by Professor David Smith in 1971 on the campus of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Documentation includes administrative records, business correspondence, programs and events, exhibition files, and printed material, as well as three films by artist Lillian Schwartz shown at the gallery. The bulk of the collection (9.7 linear feet) consists of Exhibition Files, which document nearly every exhibition held at the gallery from 1971 to 1985. Of note are detailed records regarding "25 Years of Space Photography," the last exhibition held at Baxter Art Gallery in 1985 which toured internationally through 1997. Also included are records of the Pasadena Gallery of Contemporary Arts, which was founded by former director Jay Belloli after Baxter Art Gallery closed.
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Dowd, William R.
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1949-1997
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33 Cubic feet (81 boxes, 7 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0593
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Dowd's career as a maker and scholar of harpsichords through correspondence, photographs, drawings, notes, and financial materials. The collection contains templates and drawings for harpsichords built or restored by Dowd. The collection also documents the activities of small business and its owner in Boston from 1959-1988.
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1884, 1888, 1899-1965
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13.84 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 half document box) (13 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 229
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document the history of the agrostology section of the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture (1901-1939), and the Section of Grasses, United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1912-1963) at the time Albert Spear Hitchcock and Mary Agnes Chase worked for the USDA and the USNH, ...
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of the Registrar
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1958, 1975-1987
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35 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 541
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records pertain to the exhibitions of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, beginning with the first held under the auspices of the Smithsonian, Immovable Objects/Lower Manhattan from Battery Park to the Brooklyn Bridge, which opened in June 1975, and ending with Louis Sullivan: The Function of Ornament, which closed in September 1987. In addit...
