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A life devoted to art : oral history transcript : the San Francisco Asian Art Society and the San Francisco Asian Art Museum / 2003.
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Title:

A life devoted to art : oral history transcript: the San Francisco Asian Art Society and the San Francisco Asian Art Museum / 2003

Creator/Contributor:

Bissinger, Marjorie W., 1912-2003, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Glaser, Eleanor, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Early years, born in San Francisco; husband Paul Bissinger; second marriage to Bob Seller after Paul's death; role in founding the Asian Art Museum, relationship with Avery Brundage.

Date:

2003 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Philanthropists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
Philanthropes -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Entretiens
Philanthropists
California -- San Francisco
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Society for Asian Art (San Francisco, Calif.)
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Society for Asian Art (San Francisco, Calif.)
Brundage, Avery
Brundage, Avery

Note:

Marjorie W. Bissinger. Interviews conducted by Eleanor Glaser in 1998-1999. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

biography
Interviews.
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 volume (ix, 124 pages) : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm
7 audiocassettes

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Classification:

HV28 .B57 B57 2003

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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Life devoted to art : oral history transcript 2003 : Bissinger, Marjorie W., 1912-2003. : (OCoLC)1085935796