Oral history interview with John Mason

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Oral history interview with John Mason

2006 August 28

An interview of John Mason conducted 2006 August 28, by Paul Smith, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Smith's office, in New York, N.Y.

Sound recording, master: 5 sound discs (4hr., 26 min.) : digital ; 2 5/8 in.Sound recording, duplicate: 3 sound cassettes.Transcript: 47 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7947161

Archives of American Art

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