Oral history interview with Mary Ann Scherr

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Oral history interview with Mary Ann Scherr

2001 April 6-7

An interview of Mary Ann Scherr conducted 2001 April 6-7, by Mary Douglas, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Sound recording, master: 5 sound cassettes (5 hr.) : analog.Sound recording, duplicate: 5 sound cassettes : analog.Transcript: 71 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8253057

Archives of American Art

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