Interview with Harry Duncan, April 12, 1981

Project: Kentucky Writers Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Harry Duncan discusses his lives with the men he considers his two godfathers, Allen Tate and Victor Hammer. However, due to time constraints, he talks primarily about Victor Hammer, an artist and typographer known for cutting American Uncial. Hammer was European-born, but fled Austria during Anschluss and eventually settled in Lexington, Kentucky.

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1981oh052_kw012

Interviewee Name

Harry Duncan

Interviewer Name

David Farrell

Interview Date

1981-04-12

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Duncan, Harry Interview by David Farrell. 12 Apr. 1981. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Duncan, H. (1981, April 12). Interview by D. Farrell. Kentucky Writers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Duncan, Harry, interview by David Farrell. April 12, 1981, Kentucky Writers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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