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Beniamino Bufano autobiographical notebooks : ms., [ca. 1958-1965].
BANC MSS 2001/146 czLOCAL
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Title:
Beniamino Bufano autobiographical notebooks : ms., [ca. 1958-1965]Creator/Contributor:
Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970, creatorAbstract:
Consists of four autobiographical notebooks by Bufano addressed to George Baker an editor of the San Francisco Argonaut. Journal
1 covers his education, his first meeting with Baker, and general life stories. Journal 2 covers his time in China in the
1920's and his meeting with Sun Yet-sen. Journal 3 covers more of his childhood as well as his time on the San Francisco Art
Commission in the 1940's. Journal 4 covers his thoughts on F.D.R., Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Henry Wallace, Eisenhower,
Kennedy, the A-bomb and the Korean War.
Date:
1958 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caKorean War, 1950-1953 -- Anecdotes
Atomic bomb
Artists -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography
Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography
Guerre de Corée, 1950-1953 -- Anecdotes
Bombe atomique
Artistes -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Biographies
Sculpteurs -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Biographies
nuclear bombs
Artists
Atomic bomb
Sculptors
China -- History -- 1912-1928 -- Anecdotes
Chine -- Histoire -- 1912-1928 -- Anecdotes
California -- San Francisco
China
San Francisco (Calif.). -- Art Commission.
San Francisco (Calif.). -- Art Commission
Baker, George
Sun, Yet-sen -- 1866-1925
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) -- 1882-1945
Truman, Harry S -- 1884-1972
MacArthur, Douglas -- 1880-1964
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) -- 1890-1969
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) -- 1917-1963
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard) -- 1888-1965
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) -- 1890-1969
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) -- 1917-1963
MacArthur, Douglas -- 1880-1964
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) -- 1882-1945
Truman, Harry S -- 1884-1972
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard) -- 1888-1965
Note:
Beniamino Bufano, a sculptor, was born in San Fele, Italy in 1886, and the fourteenth of fifteen children. He immigrated to
New York with his family when he was a boy. As an adult he lived all over the world, but mostly in San Francisco. He married
in 1925 to Virginia Bufano Lewin. They had one son Erskine. Virginia and Bufano divorced in 1932. Sponsors included Albert
Bender and Trader Vic Bergeron. Bufano died in 1970 in San Francisco.
Type:
Anecdotes.Biographies.
History.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
print
1 box (.2 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2001/146 czLOCAL