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Tag Archives: New Hope
Selma Bortner
Interviewee: Selma Bortner Date of birth/age at interview: June 18, 1926/52 Interviewer: Ivy Silver Interview date: July 13, 1978 Interview location: Bortner home in Levittown, PA Interview length: 44 minutes Time span discussed: her career Summary: Selma’s very active life … 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
Charles J. Gussman
Interviewee: Charles J. Gussman Date of birth/age at interview: 1913/65 Interviewer: Nancy Menzies Interview date: August 8, 1978 Interview location: Gussman home in Doylestown Interview length: 37 minutes Time span discussed: 1935 to 1978 Summary: Charles delivers an insider’s view … 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
Bernard Mangiaracina
Interviewee: Bernard Mangiaracina Date of birth: Estimate 1947 Interviewer: Ivy Silver Interview date: July 28, 1978 Interview location: Guttman Center for the Fine Arts Interview length: 35 minutes Time span discussed: 1970s Summary: The artist at the beginning of his … Continue reading
Bucks County Documentary with Robert L. Green, 1977
Host: Robert. L. Green Topics/featured residents: Bucks County, Lumberville, Carversville, New Hope/Charles Hargens, Raymond Granville Barger, Tom Tinsman, George Nakashima, William Smith, David Burpee, James Hayden Smith, Pat and Richard Whitman, Marjorie Content Toomer, Mary and Patrick Fowles, and the … Continue reading
Robert Ranieri
Interviewee: Robert Ranieri Date of birth/age at interview: 1931/47 Interviewer: Ivy Silver Interview date: July 28, 1978 Interview location: Robert’s home in Kintersville, PA Interview length: 33 minutes Time span discussed: 1969 to 1978 Summary: Topics of a wide range … Continue reading
Dorothy Slessinger Sommer
Name of interviewee: Dorothy Slessinger Sommer (STHS) Date of birth/age at interview: 1906/47 Interviewer: Two gentleman, one a radio host, broadcasting the interview Interview Date: June 17, 1953 Interview Location: Canal House Restaurant on Mechanic Street in New Hope, PA … Continue reading
Rita Ann Vorhees Abbott
Interviewee: Rita Ann Vorhees Abbott Date of birth/age at interview: 1920/ 64 Interviewer: Rita Durrant Interview date: August 1, 1984 Interview location: Durrant home Interview length: 1 hour, 16 minutes Time span discussed: 1920 to 1940 Summary: Rita, one of … Continue reading