WAUElshinJean2844.xml Guide to the Jean Elshin Oral History Interview 1977 Elshin (Jean) Oral History Interview Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/13/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written inEnglish. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 2844 (Accession No. 2844-001) Elshin, Jean Jean Elshin oral history interview 1977 1 sound cassette (45 min.) plus 1 transcript (21 pages) Collection materials are inEnglish. Oral history of a Seattle artist who recalls her husband, Jacob Elshin and his life

Jacob Elshin was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and studied art for 7 years at the Imperial Academy of Alesander II. He came to Seattle in 1923 and worked as a painter. He did murals for the Renton and University district Post Offices and West Seattle High School. He died in 1976.

Tape recorded interview conducted by Sue Ragen, Nov. 14, 1977.

Interview covers period from the 1930s through the 1950s. The subject, Jacob Elshin, was a painter active in Seattle from WPA days through the 1950s. The interviewee is his wife, Jean Elshin, who is also a painter.

Listen to the audio recording and view the transcript of this interview on the Libraries Digital Collections site.

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Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Donated by Jean Elshin, 1977.

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