Oral history interview with Martha Longenecker, 2008 July 29

Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution

California

Physical Description

4 sound files (3 hr., 12 min.), digital, wav file; 52 Pages, Transcript

General Note

Originally recorded on 3 SD memory cards. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 12 min.

Summary

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.

Citation

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Martha Longenecker, 2008 July 29. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Additional Forms

Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.

Funding

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America. Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Biography Note

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.

Language Note

English .

Provenance

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.

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Record number

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15904

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)296472

AAA_collcode_longen08

interviewee

Longenecker, Martha W., 1920-

interviewer

Lauria, Jo, 1954-

Subject

Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America

Type

Sound recordings

Interviews

Theme

Women

Topic

Ceramicists -- California -- Interviews

Museum directors -- California -- Interviews

Educators -- California -- Interviews

Women artists

Women museum curators

Women authors

Theme

Women

Record ID

AAADCD_oh_296472

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