Oral history interview with Anais Nin

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Oral history interview with Anais Nin

1972

Interview of Anais Nin conducted in 1972, by Doloris Holmes, in New York, New York, for the Archives of American Art "Art World in Turmoil" oral history project.

Transcript: 20 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8295783

Archives of American Art

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