Art Finley fonds. 1960-1990, predominant 1969-1985.

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Art Finley fonds. 1960-1990, predominant 1969-1985.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/606460468

The fonds consists of audio cassettes of interviews (100) with a variety of personalities (79) from the fields of entertainment, politics, and the professions relating to their careers and issues of the day recorded on radio talk show programmes at KSFO San Francisco (1), CKNW Vancouver (57), KGO San Francisco (10), CJOR Vancouver (23), WNIS Norfolk (3), XRA San Diego (5), and KCBS San Francisco (1) from 1960 to 1990. Some of the tapes include questions from listeners to the talk show guests. The people interviewed by Art Finley included some of the prominent personalities and newsmakers of the 1970s and early 1980s: Mohammed Ali, Joan Baez, Bill Graham, Germaine Greer, Henry Heimlich, Yousuf Karsh, John Lennon, Henry Morgentaler, Huey Newton, Pierre Trudeau, and Gore Vidal.

41 audio cassettes.1 reel tape.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781643

University of British Columbia Library

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Trudeau, Pierre Elliott

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Ali, Mohammed, 1942.

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Karsh, Yousuf, 1908-2002

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Finley, Art, 1926-

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Born in Fairmont, West Virginia, in 1926, Art Finley was active in the radio television broadcasting industry for fifty years, 1944-1994, prior to retirement in Victoria, BC. Beginning with KXYZ Houston in 1944, Finley established radio stations for the US military in Newfoundland, 1951-1953, went to New York, 1953-1955, and accepted a position as a TV producer and director for children's shows in San Francisco and Stockton, California, in 1958. After being employed by several TV and radio stati...

Greer, Germaine, 1939-....

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Lennon, John

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Epithet: weaver of Preston British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001f1 ...

Morgentaler, Henry

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Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012

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Gore Vidal was born Eugene Luther Gore Vidal in West Point, New York, on October 3, 1925, to Eugene Luther and Nina Vidal. Vidal shortened his name during his teen years to honor his maternal grandfather, with whom he lived for several years in the late 1930s. After his parents divorced, Vidal lived with his mother and her new husband in northern Virginia and attended a series of boarding schools. After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1943, Vida...

Baez, Joan, 1941-

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