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Tag Archives: artists
Paul Matthews
Interviewee: Paul Matthews Date of birth/age at interview: Oct. 28, 1933/51 Interviewer: Joan Stack (WBUX radio show host) Interview date: September 30, 1985 Interview location: Conti’s Cross Key Inn, Doylestown Interview length: 21 minutes Time span discussed: 1970s and 1980 … Continue reading
Marian Jensen Barford
Interviewee: Marian Jensen Barford Date of birth: unknown Interviewer: Joan Stack (WBUX radio show host) Interview date: September 17, 1986 Interview location: Conti’s Cross Key Inn, Doylestown Interview length: 23 minutes Time span discussed: 1986 Summary: This radio interview is … Continue reading
Judith Heep
Interviewee: Judith Heep Date of birth/age at interview: Sept. 13, 1941/35 Interviewers: Lydia Quill and Jesse Morac Interview date: summer 1978 Interview location: Heep studio Interview length: 23 minutes Time span discussed: mid-1960s to 1977 Summary: This Doylestown artist considerers … Continue reading
Joan Kopchik
Interviewee: Joan Kopchik Date of birth: unknown but estimated 1945/estimated mid-30s Interviewer: Sharon Donarum Interview date: summer 1978 Interview location: Kopchik home and studio Interview length: 28 minutes Time span discussed: late 1960s to 1978 Summary: The artist is introspective about … Continue reading
Gustav Nilson
Interviewee: Gustav Nilson Date of birth: 1897/81 Interviewer: John Sutton Interview date: August 8, 1978 Interview location: Nilson home in Pipersville, PA Interview length: 9 minutes Time span discussed: 1940 to 1978 Summary: Gustav, in answering the interviewer’s questions, gives … Continue reading
Dorothy Grider
Interviewee: Dorothy Grider Date of birth/age at interview: January 19, 1915/63 Interviewer: Terry Convey Interview date: Summer 1978 Interview location: Grider home in New Hope Interview length: 22 minutes Time span discussed: 1940s to 1978 Summary: This interview of a … Continue reading
Donald A. Hedges – 2
Interviewee: Donald A. Hedges Date of birth/age at interview: June 3, 1905/72 Interviewer: Terry Convey Interview date: July 1978 Interview location: unknown Interview length: 6 minutes Time span discussed: 1930s to1978 Summary: This short but focused interview allows the artist … Continue reading
Denver Lindley, Jr.
Interviewee: Denver Lindley Jr. Date of birth/age at interview: 1930/48 Interviewer: unknown Interview date: August 11, 1978 Interview location: unknown Interview length: 30 minutes Time span discussed: 1960s and 1970s Summary: Denver was an important and no doubt unique, political … Continue reading
Charles Wells
Interviewee: Charles Wells Date of birth/age at interview: December 24, 1935/59 Interviewer: Joan Stack (WBUX radio show host) Interview date: December 2, 1985 Interview location: Conti’s Cross Key Inn, Doylestown Interview length: 19 minutes Time span discussed: 1960s through 1985 … Continue reading
Charles Hargens, Jr. – 2
Interviewee: Charles Hargens, Jr. Date of birth/age at interview: August 30, 1893/85 Interviewer: Melouche, Subers (first names and organization unknown) Interview date: Oct. 5, 1978 Interview location: Hargen’s studio Interview length: 19 minutes Time span discussed: His life and career … Continue reading
