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Interview with August Heckscher

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Interview with August Heckscher

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Title
Interview with August Heckscher
Additional title: Profiles (Radio program)
Names
Heckscher, August, 1913-1997 (Interviewee)
Horosko, Marian (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1960 - 1969 (Questionable)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 5-1877
Topics
Heckscher, August, 1913-1997 -- Interviews
Twentieth Century Fund
Century Foundation
Genres
Radio programs
Interviews
Notes
Content: Interview with August Heckscher conducted by Marian Horosko for radio station WBAI, New York City, as part of its series Profiles. The year of the interview may be in the 1960s.
Funding: The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Venue: Recorded at the Twentieth Century Fund 196-? New York (N.Y.)
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 9 minutes) : analog, 7.5 ips, polyester, half-track, 5 in.
Sound quality is very good.
Description
Streaming audio file (approximately 9 minutes). Marian Horosko introduces August Heckscher; August Heckscher speaks about the Twentieth Century Fund [as of 1999, the Century Foundation], including its origins, its charter and its purpose; how research studies are performed; the Fund as a force for shaping public policy; the Fund's forthcoming study on the performing arts.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 81894357
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13233794
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d3e94380-ce9a-0137-be06-1d3921f03be4
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1913: Creator Born
  • 1960: Created (Approximate)
  • 1997: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with August Heckscher" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1960 - 1969. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c51fb50-3b79-0134-76b5-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with August Heckscher" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c51fb50-3b79-0134-76b5-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1960 - 1969). Interview with August Heckscher Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c51fb50-3b79-0134-76b5-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with August Heckscher