| Title: |
Reminiscences of Stuart Kestenbaums
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP94-A
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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: |
Childhood in Maplewood, NJ; Hamilton College 1969-73, interest in clay modeling; European travel; potter apprentice in Portland, ME until May 1975; Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1975; taught pottery workshops in Portland area schools with support of the State Art Commission; employed through CETA program 1977-80: Director of children's museum in Portland; State Art Commission field coordinator for the artist-in-residence program; Assistant Director of State Art Commission 1985-88; developed art curriculum/requirements for Maine public school system; Director Haystack Mountain School of Crafts July 1988- ; current work in fundraising, establishment of school endowment, and maintaining diverse student population at Haystack.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 29 leaves, Tape: 1 cassette
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990. 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 1989 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Kestenbaum, Stuart, 1951-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1951
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| Speaker occupation: |
Arts administrator; Potter
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| Age at speaking: |
38
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| Document date: |
1989
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| Interviewer: |
Polsky, Richard M.
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| Locations discussed: |
Maine; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Art commissions; Art--Study and teaching; Federal aid to the arts; Maine; North America; Oral history; Potters; Pottery; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Art and State; Arts administrators; CETA; Children's museums; Educational fund raising; Kestenbaum, Stuart, 1951-; State aid to education
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0021315-16754
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