Oral history interview with Mary Fuller McChesney

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Oral history interview with Mary Fuller McChesney

1994 Sept. 28

An interview of Mary Fuller McChesney conducted 1994 Sept. 28, by Susan Landauer, for the Archives of American Art, Women in the Arts in Southern California Oral History Project, at the artist's home, on Sonoma Mountain, Calif.

Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes (110 min) : analog.Transcript: 145 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8207293

Archives of American Art

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