Oral history interview with Cynthia Schira
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 22 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Schira, Cynthia, 1934-
label: Interviewer
content: Mensing, Margo, 1941-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Rhode Island School of Design -- Students
topic: label: Topic
content: Fiber artists -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Tapestry
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Weaving
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Schira, Cynthia, 1934-
label: Interviewer
content: Mensing, Margo, 1941-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Cynthia Schira (1934- ) is a fiber artist from Westport, N.Y. Margo Mensing (1941- ) is a fiber artist from Gansevoort, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 52 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2001 July 25-26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schira01
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Cynthia Schira conducted 2001 July 25-26, by Margo Mensing, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Schira's home and studio, in Westport, N.Y.