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Document Details


Title: Reminiscences of Warren Seelig
RLIN number: NXCP89-A25
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Free Only
Repository: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Collection: American Craftspeople Project
Description: Family tradition of work in textiles; early interest in art, early weaving and stained glass ventures; travels in the Navy; Philadelphia College of Textiles, study of fabrics, artistic possibilities of weaving; work at Cranbrook Academy of Art, teaching at University of Colorado; teaching in Program of Artisanry at Boston University; painting quality of fabrics and weaving; new ideas in textile design.
Extent: Transcript: 94 leaves
Restrictions: Access: Written permission required from interviewee. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1985. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Original Language: English
Time span: Not indicated ... to 1985 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Seelig, Warren, 1946-
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 1946
Speaker occupation: Teacher; Weaver
Age at speaking: 39
Document date: 1985
Interviewer: Polsky, Richard M.
Organizations discussed: Boston University, Boston, MA; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Locations discussed: Bloomfield Hills, MI; Boston, MA; Massachusetts; Michigan; North America; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA; United States
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Bloomfield Hills, MI; Boston University, Boston, MA; Boston, MA; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Hand weaving; Massachusetts; Michigan; North America; Oral history; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA; Textile crafts; Textile design; Textile designers; United States; Weavers; Weaving
Topics discussed - Other terms: Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science; Seelig, Warren, 1946-
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0020754-16195