Oral history interview with Elton C. Fax, 1976

 

Name
Fax, Elton C (Interviewee)
Hill, Ruth (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Elton C. Fax, 1976
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Elton C. Fax, 1976
Abstract
Family background, childhood in Baltimore; Syracuse University, 1927-31; New York City in 1936: illustrating, Works Progress Administration teaching at Harlem Cultural Center; work with children; life in Morelia, Mexico to 1956; trips for State Department, cultural exchange program; lecture circuit; books published
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Authors, American; Illustrators--United States; African Americans--Education; Illustration of books; Fax, Elton C
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1976
Physical Description
sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
Note (Biographical)
Book illustrator, writer
Note (Funding)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note
Biographical interview
Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
Interviewed by Ruth Hill
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
7091830
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/7a7n-bq79
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.