Oral history interview with Virgil Ellsworth Poling

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Oral history interview with Virgil Ellsworth Poling

1980 February 8

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An interview with Virgil Poling conducted 1980 February 8, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Poling speaks of the School of American Craftsmen in its early years at Dartmouth College; the creation of a crafts curriculum at Dartmouth during the 1940s and 1950s; and working as a field administrator of crafts and marketing programs for the Agency for International Development in Nigeria, Korea, and Indochina, during the 1960s and 1970s.

Sound recording: 2 sound files : digital, wav file.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8117182

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Poling, Virgil Ellsworth, 1908-

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Educator; Little Deer Isle, Maine. From the description of Virgil Ellsworth Poling papers, 1939-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571125 Craftsman, art administrator (Little Deer Isle, Me.). From the description of Virgil Ellsworth Poling interview, 1980 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220178857 ...

School of American Craftsmen, Dartmouth College.

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School of American Craftsmen, Dartmouth College.

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School of American Craftsmen, Dartmouth College.

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United States. Agency for International Development

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On September 4, 1961 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 vas signed into law. On November 4, 1961 the Agency for International Development was set up in the Department of State to succeed the International Cooperation Administration. The main objective of AID was to combine the various foreign assistance programs into one program which would assist the underdeveloped countries in maintaining their independence by making them self-supporting nations. The Development Loan Fund, created in 1957 was ...

Poling, Virgil Ellsworth, 1908-2001,

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Virgil Ellsworth Poling (1908-2001) was a craftsman and art administrator from Little Deer Isle, Me. From the description of Oral history interview with Virgil Ellsworth Poling, 1980 Feb. 8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613315265 From the description of Oral history interview with Virgil Ellsworth Poling, 1980 Feb. 8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744427412 ...

Brown, Robert F.

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Archives of American Art Regional Director of the New England office. From the description of Robert Brown interview, 1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83873055 ...