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Interviewee:
Lin, Maya Ying  Search this
Interviewer:
Brown, Robert F.  Search this
Names:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund  Search this
Extent:
42 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1983 March 6
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Maya Ying Lin conducted 1983 Mar. 6, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Lin speaks of a funerary architecture seminar she took at Yale University; entering her design in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund's competition; attempts to add a figured sculpture and a flagpole to her design, and her resistance to this effort.
Biographical / Historical:
Maya Ying Lin (1959- ) is a Chinese American architect based in New York, N.Y.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 34 min.
Provenance:
This interview is 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.
Restrictions:
This transcript is open for research. Access to the audio is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Rights:
Authorization to quote or reproduce for the purposes of publication requires written permission from Maya Ying Lin. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Architects -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Asian American art  Search this
Asian American artists  Search this
Chinese American art  Search this
Chinese American artists  Search this
Women architects  Search this
Asian American architects  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.lin83
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw934ccbad9-1c78-4540-8daf-0d92ecff4a92
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-lin83