Oral history interview with Sam Maitin

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Oral history interview with Sam Maitin

1991July 24

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An interview of Samuel C. Maitin conducted 1991 July 24, by Anne Schuster Hunter, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Maitin discusses his Russian Jewish family background; his early life in Philadelphia; art studies at the Philadelphia Museum school of Industrial Art and the University of Pennsylvania; exhibitions of his work at the Print Club of Philadelphia; printmaking techniques, typography, advertising work and posters he designed; his Guggenheim fellowship and working with Ronald Goodman; commissions including a mural for the Children's Hospital, Philadelphia; and the Philadelphia art scene. He recalls collector Luther Brady and print curator Kneeland (Ding) McNulty.

5 sound cassettes.; Transcript 238 p.

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Maitin, Sam.

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Printmaker; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. b. 1928. From the description of Sam Maitin interview, 1991July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220202434 ...

Maitin, Sam

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Sam Maitin, 1928-, printmaker of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From the description of Oral history interview with Sam Maitin, 1991July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646399499 ...

Hunter, Anne S.,

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Philadelphia Museum of Art. School of Industrial Art

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Goodman, Ronald A.

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Print club (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Carl Zigrosser served the Print Club in many capacities: juror, advisor, benefactor, author, speaker, and officer. He was an active member from 1941 to 1971. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1928-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122318174 Art club; Philadelphia, Pa. Founded 1916 by a group of collectors interested in stimulating an interest in contemporary prints and art work. ...

Brady, Luther W., 1925-

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Luther W. Brady, MD, one of the world's foremost oncologists, is Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology and Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at MCP Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Former Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine at Hahnemann University, Dr. Brady stepped down in 1996, having built, during a distinguished tenure, a department reputed for its teaching excellence and innovat...

McNulty, Kneeland

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Kneeland McNulty was Carl Zigrosser's assistant (from 1952) and successor (1964) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1949-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902111 ...