Oral history interviews with North Carolina glass artists
name: label: Interviewer
content: Douglas, Mary F., 1956-
label: Interviewee
content: Beck, Rick
label: Interviewee
content: Beck, Valerie
label: Interviewee
content: Bernstein, William, 1945-
label: Interviewee
content: Johnson, Gilbert C.
label: Interviewee
content: Levin, Robert, 1948-
label: Interviewee
content: Littleton, John
label: Interviewee
content: Nielander, Joe
label: Interviewee
content: Nygren, John Fergus, 1940-
label: Interviewee
content: Nygren, Sharon
label: Interviewee
content: Vogel, Kate
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- North Carolina -- Statesville
label: Topic
content: Glass artists -- North Carolina -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Glass art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1997 by Mary Douglas. The paper for which these interviews was conducted was subsequently published in the Glass Art Society Journal (1995, p. 34-41). Each of the artists interviewed agreed to donate their interviews to the Archives, with the exception of Harvey K. Littleton.
creator: label: Interviewer
content: Douglas, Mary F., 1956-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian; Statesville, N.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Sound cassettes (Sound recordings)
label: Extent
content: 42 Pages (Transcripts)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dougla95
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Tapes and transcripts of interviews with North Carolina glass artists conducted by Mary Douglas as part of her research for a paper, "Rural Esthetics in the North Carolina Glass Community," delivered at the 1995 Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Asheville, N.C. Interviewees include: Rick and Valerie Beck, William Bernstein, Gilbert C. Johnson, Rob Levin, Joe Nielander, John and Sharon Nygren, and Kate Vogel and John Littleton.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Topics covered include "craft culture': whether there is a rural esthetic in North Carolina glass; the idea of community around Penland School and the surrounding region of the Southern Highlands; the significance of the region's craft history on contemporary glass artists; and the distinctive qualities of North Carolina glass.