| Title: |
Reminiscences of Jiri Harcuba
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A23
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
American Craftspeople Project
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| Description: |
Born Harrochov, Bohemia, artisan family background; childhood apprenticeship as engraver; Prague education, professorship in glass art, 1948-1971; freelance glass and medallic artist, 1971- ; impression of artist's life in pre-World War II, wartime, and socialist Czechoslovakia.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 46 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from interviewer. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1986. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1985 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Harcuba, Jiri, 1928-
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1928
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| Speaker occupation: |
Glass artist
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| Age at speaking: |
57
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| Document date: |
1985
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| Interviewer: |
Polsky, Richard M.
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| Locations discussed: |
Czech Republic; Europe
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Apprentices; Czech Republic; Engraved glass; Engravers; Engraving--Themes, motives; Europe; Glass craft; Glassworkers; Oral history
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Czechoslovakia--Civilization; Czechoslovakia--Politics and government; Harcuba, Jiri, 1928-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020736-16177
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