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Johnston, Laura (1896-1997): Interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-J654*

Scope and Contents

Laura Johnston, artist and aviator, discusses art, music, and her aviation interests. She relates her childhood interest in art, piano lessons, teaching piano and music, attendance at the Western Conservatory of Music, work at the Chicago Art Institute, her art exhibits, and the Pen Women's Society. She also discusses aviation training and teaching, the Chicago Girls Flying Club and the Ninety-Niners, airplanes and shows, and operating her own aviation school in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

4 tapes, 216 mins. Interview by Rhonda Golden, 1983 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photocopied photos and articles.

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Extent

5.00 items

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

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