Reminiscences of Michael James : oral history, 1987.

Biographical Note

Quiltmaker.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in New Bedford, Massachusetts; textile-mill worker ancestry; Catholic upbringing; initial interest in art; studies at Southeastern Massachusetts University; Rochester Institute of Technology: art instruction, attitude toward work, initial interest in textiles; teaching; personal style: use of specific materials, interest in integration of material and unconventional fabric structure; development of quilt-making technique; commission work; shows in America, Europe; James' books on quiltmaking; interests in other art media; problems with people's attitudes toward quilts as art form; contemporary quilt-makers.

Subjects

• Interviews.
• James, Michael, 1949---Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Polsky, Richard M., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Quilting.
• Quiltmakers--Interviews.
• Textile crafts.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990.