Oral history interview with Cynthia Schira

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Oral history interview with Cynthia Schira

2001 July 25-26

An interview of Cynthia Schira conducted 2001 July 25-26, by Margo Mensing, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Schira's home and studio, in Westport, N.Y.

Sound recording: 3 sound cassettes (2 hr.) : analog.Transcript: 52 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8304474

Archives of American Art

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