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Diba, Leyla
| Interviewer | Tanya Farmanfarmaiyan |
|---|---|
| Place | New York |
| Date | August 7 and 13, 1984 |
| Condition | Open |
| Status | Complete |
| Language | English |
| Content | 143pp. + biographical note + index + photograph |
| Interviewee Details | Academician; Art Director at Queen Farah's Special Bureau, 1973-1975; Curator-Director of the Negarestan Museum, 1975-1979; Associate Curator for Islamic Art, Brooklyn Museum. |
| Abstract | Family and educational background; recollections of the workings of the Queen's Bureau under Karim Pasha Bahadori and Hushang Nahavandi; Queen's interest in the arts and patronage of museums; arts in Iran in the 1970s; on Qajar art; museums and private collections in Iran; problems confronting the propagation of the arts in Iran in the 1970s; balance-sheet of the activities of the Negarestan Museum; on the Shiraz Art Festival; on the Queen Farah Foundation; on the patterns of social change in Iran; personal experiences with the Revolution of 1978-79. |
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Majidi, Abdol-MajidMinister of State for Agricultural Production and Consumer Affairs, 1968; Minister of Labor, 1969-1972; Minister of State and Director of the Plan and Budget....
Yeganeh, NaserMajles Deputy, 1963; Minister of State, 1963-1971; Senator, 1971-1974; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Iran, 1975-1979.
Mahjub, Mohammad Ja`farProfessor at Teachers Training University and Tehran University.
Shayegan, DaryushProfessor at Tehran University; Director of the Iranian Center for the Study of Cultures, 1977-1979; Editor of Iran Nameh.
