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Oral history interview with Arline M. Fisch, 2001 July 29-30
Transcript
Preface
The following oral history transcript is the result of a tape-recorded interview with Arline M. Fisch on July 29 and 30, 2001. The interview took place in San Diego, California and was conducted by Sharon Church for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. This interview is part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
Arline M. Fisch and Sharon Church have reviewed the transcript and have made corrections and emendations. The reader should bear in mind that he or she is reading a transcript of spoken, rather than written prose.
Interview
MS. SHARON CHURCH: This is Sharon Church interviewing Arline Fisch at the artist's home and studio in Mission Hills, a neighborhood of San Diego, California, on July 29, 2001, for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arline, you are now 70 years old, vitally involved with your art and committed to an ongoing studio practice, which is all around us. What are you working on right now?
MS. ARLINE FISCH: I seem to be continuing to work with some textile structures. I just completed some knitted pieces that are going to accompany the showing of my retrospective exhibition at th
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Claude Akins
American actor (1926–1994)
Claude Akins | |
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Akins performing as Ezekiel on the television | |
| Born | Claude Aubrey Akins (1926-05-25)May 25, 1926 Nelson, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 1994(1994-01-27) (aged 67) Altadena, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1953–1993 |
| Spouse | Therese Fairfield (died June 12, 2006)[1] (m. 1952) |
| Children | 3[1] |
Claude Aubrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was an American character actor. He played Sonny Pruit in Movin' On, a 1974–1976 American drama series about a trucking team, Sheriff Lobo on the 1979–1981 television series, and a variety of other film and television roles.
Early years
[edit]Akins was born in Nelson, Georgia, and grew up in Bedford, Indiana, the son of Maude and Ernest Akins.[2] Although film reference books gave his age at death as 75, Akins' son said his father was born in 1926,[3] which is supported by public records.[4][5][3][6] He was part Cherokee.[2][7]
Akins served in the Pacific with the U.S. ArmySignal Corps during World War II.[8]