Oral history interview with Maya Ying Lin

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Oral history interview with Maya Ying Lin

1983 March 6

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An interview of Maya Ying Lin conducted 1983 Mar. 6, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Lin speaks of a funerary architecture seminar she took at Yale University; entering her design in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund's competition; attempts to add a figured sculpture and a flagpole to her design, and her resistance to this effort.

Sound recording: 1 sound cassette ; (90 min.)Transcript: 42 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8308770

Archives of American Art

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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 ...

Lin, Maya Ying

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Maya Ying Lin is an architect from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Maya Ying Lin, 1983 Mar. 6 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83833475 b. 1959 From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145342710 ...

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

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A nonprofit corporation established April 27, 1979 in Washington, D.C. to plan, develop, and build a memorial honoring U.S. soldiers who served and died during the Vietnam war. From the description of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund printed material, 1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502738 Organization founded for the purpose of erecting a national memorial honoring American veterans of the Vietnam conflict. From the description of Vietnam Veterans Memorial...