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Interview with Frances Pierce

Title
Interview with Frances Pierce [sound recording].
Author
Pierce, Frances.
Publication
1971.

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two discs in one caseAudioSupervised use *MGZTL 4-2562 two discs in one casePerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Description
2 sound discs (ca. 62 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Part 1, disc 1 (ca. 31 min.). Frances Pierce speaks with Don McDonagh about Martha Graham, and her relation through Graham's father, who was her uncle; the Graham family relocating from Pennsylvania to southern Calif.; her family settling in Santa Barbara in the late 1800s; Graham as a child; the Graham family's maid, Lizzie, and the attachment Graham had to her; Graham's father; Geordie, and her immaturity; pairing off with Graham as children because they got along well; the Graham children being sheltered; Graham's house in Santa Barbara.
  • Part 1, disc 2 (ca. 31 min.). Frances Pierce speaks with Don McDonagh about the high schools in Santa Barbara, Calif.; when electricity and telephones came to Santa Barbara; the fact that Graham's father retired when the family moved to Santa Barbara; Graham dancing with the Denishawn dancers, and touring through Europe and Asia; Graham's early dancing; Graham's courage in the undertaking despite negative reviews; the fact that friends and family did not understand Graham's dances; Graham visiting Santa Barbara after the death of her mother [abrupt end].
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Frances Pierce conducted by Don McDonagh on Sep. 27, 1971.
  • Each disc ends abruptly.
  • Open as of August 22, 2012.
Funding (note)
  • Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Source (note)
  • Don McDonagh;
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2562
OCLC
262557876
Author
Pierce, Frances. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Frances Pierce [sound recording].
Imprint
1971.
Funding
Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Local Note
Archive orig. : *MGZTCO 3-2562
Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2562, nos. 1-2
Source
Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007
Added Author
McDonagh, Don. Donor
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2562 sound disc
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