Oral history interview with Vava Khatchadourian, 1976.

Scope and Contents

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 refugees escaping Moush, Van; care of refugees in Yerevan and Etchmiadsin; influence as an artist.

Subjects

• Armenian Americans--Biography.
• Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923--Personal narratives.
• Armenians--Turkey--History--20th century.
• Interviews.
• Khatchadourian, Vava--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Takooshian, Harold, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

Access Conditions

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