Oral history interview with Vava Khatchadourian 1976

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Name: Khatchadourian, Vava (Interviewee); Takooshian, Harold (Interviewer)
Title: Oral history interview with Vava Khatchadourian 1976
Abstract: Born in Drebizond, Turkey, 1905; relocation of family to Batum, Azerbaijan; family ownership of factories; reminiscence of Armenian intellectual life in Tbilisi, Georgia: music, theater, art; marital relationship; successful artistic career; creation of frescos; reparation of Indian and Persian paintings; creation of refugee portraits; collaboration with prominent Armenian poet; assistance to refug ees escaping Moush, Van; care of refugees in Yerevan and Etchmiadsin; influence as an artist.
Collection Name: Columbia Armenian Oral History Archive
Subjects: Armenian massacres, 1915-1923; Armenians--History--20th century.--Turkey; Armenian Americans; Khatchadourian, Vava
Format: oral histories; sound recordings
Genre: Interviews
Date: 1976
Note: Interviewed by: Harold Takooshian at the home of Mrs Kurkjian, New York, N.Y., on November 16, 1976.; Parsegian collection: URN 242.
Note (Provenance): Gift of: Adrian Parsegian and the Armenian Educational Council
Language: English
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
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Catalog Record: 13747122
Also In: Time-Based Media
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-gmj3-c429
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.