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Document Details


Title: Reminiscences of Norma Minkowitz
RLIN number: NXCP89-A24
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Free Only
Repository: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Collection: American Craftspeople Project
Description: Childhood, family background, early interest in fiber art; education at Music and Art High School, New York, N.Y., and Cooper Union; teaching at Arrowmont, Brookfield Craft Center, Yale, and Silvermine Guild of Artists; discussion of technique, vessel forms, container forms, influences on her work; fiber field and various fiber artists.
Extent: Transcript: 37 leaves
Restrictions: Access: Written permission required from interviewer. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1988. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Original Language: English
Time span: Not indicated ... to 1987 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Minkowitz, Norma, 1937-
Speaker gender: Female
Speaker date of birth: 1937
Speaker place of birth: New York, NY; New York; United States; North America
Speaker race: White
Speaker occupation: Fiber artist
Age at speaking: 50
Document date: 1987
Interviewer: Polsky, Richard M.
Organizations discussed: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
Locations discussed: New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY; Crocheting; New York; New York, NY; North America; Oral history; Textile crafts; Textile design; United States; Wall hangings
Topics discussed - Other terms: Minkowitz, Norma, 1937-
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0020749-16190