Oral history interview with Martha Longenecker
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 SD memory cards. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 12 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Longenecker, Martha
label: Interviewer
content: Lauria, Jo
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ceramicists -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Educators -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
label: Topic
content: Women authors
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: Longenecker, Martha
label: Interviewer
content: Lauria, Jo
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Martha Longenecker (1920- 2013) was an artist and founder of Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art in La Jolla, California. Jo Lauria (1954- ) is an independent curator and arts writer in Sherman Oaks, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (sound files (3 hr., 12 min.), digital, wav file)
label: Extent
content: 52 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2008 July 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.longen08
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Martha Longenecker conducted 2008 July 29, by Jo Lauria, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Longenecker's home and studio, in La Jolla, California.