Don Freeman audiovisual collection, circa 1960s-1970s.

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Don Freeman audiovisual collection, circa 1960s-1970s.

Collection of audiovisual materials relating to readings and talks given by Don Freeman regarding his work. Also includes an audiotape of William Saroyan entitled "Why we write", and two audiotaped readings by Lydia Freeman.

One 16 mm. film, 2 sound cassettes, 5 reel-to-reel audiotapes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7804640

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Saroyan, William, 1908-1981

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Frances Ring was Editor at WESTWAYS in Los Angeles. From the description of Letters (and manuscripts and photos) to Frances Ring, 1970-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863419 Goldie Weisberg was a fellow writer whose work Saroyan had discovered in a literary magzine. Saroyan initiated the correspondence, which focuses on their respective reading, writing, and work lives. From the description of Correspondence with Goldie Weisberg, 1930-1938. (Unknown). Wor...

Freeman, Lydia

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Freeman, Don, 1908-1978

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Don Freeman was born August 11, 1908, in San Diego, CA. He attended the Art Students League in New York City for two years. In 1931 he married Lydia Cooley, an art student, and the couple had one son. Don Freeman worked as a freelance artist and as a graphic artist for the New York Times and New York Herald Tribune before beginning to illustrate books in the 1940s. In 1940 he illustrated William Saroyan's My Name is Aram . During his career, Don Freeman illustrated children's books by other well...