Interviewee:

Christensen, Hans, 1924-1983  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (sound files, digital, wav file)

67 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1981 December 11-1982 December 3

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Hans Christensen conducted 1981 December 11-1982 December 3, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art and a tape recording of a slide presentation given by Christensen.

Biographical / Historical:

Hans Christensen (1924-1983) was a silversmith from Rochester, New York. Full name Hans-Jorgen Thorvald Christensen.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 8 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Topic:

Silverwork  Search this

Silversmiths -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.christ81

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c7051563-ef5f-4291-9559-799c034d9aea

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-christ81