Background
Harvith, Susan Edwards was born on January 13, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Arthur Allan and Bernice Hildur (Nelson) Edwards.
(Though the book ranks as an admirable exercise in rigorou...)
Though the book ranks as an admirable exercise in rigorous scholarship, the prevailing tone is that of an informal conversation. That's what keeps you turning the pages. Serious record collectors will find that this book ...will make them see--and hear--their disks in a wholly new perspective. The New York Times The first book of its kind ever published, Edison, Musicians, and the Phonograph presents the candid opinions of a wide variety of musicians--from those performing when the phonograph was first used to present-day artists--about the recording process, its effects, and its validity. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews, John and Susan Harvith have constructed a detailed picture of how musicians and technicians view the ramifications of recording, a picture that reveals a dichotomy between our public perception of the recorded music as truly representative and the performers' frequent mistrust of the medium.
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curator film historian museum administrator
Harvith, Susan Edwards was born on January 13, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Arthur Allan and Bernice Hildur (Nelson) Edwards.
Bachelor in Theater, Wayne State University, 1968. Master of Museum Practice, University Michigan, 1973.
Curator exhibitions, director docent program, Cranbrook Academy Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1973-1976;
co-curator national touring exhibition, Karl Struss: Man With a Camera, 1976-1977;
co-project director, Phonograph Centenary Exhibit & Symposium University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1977;
assistant to director public relations, Interlochen (Michigan) Center for Arts, 1979-1980;
gallery director, film program director, teacher film history, Firelands Association for Visual Arts, Oberlin, Ohio., 1981-1989;
administrator, Firelands Association for Visual Arts, Oberlin, Ohio., 1984-1987;
membership and special events administrator, Allen Memorial Art Museum of Oberlin College, 1987-1989;
executive director, Santa Cruz (California) County History Trust, 1989-1990;
executive director, Regional Council of History Agilysys of Center and Northern New York State, Syracuse, 1990-1991;
adjunct faculty member history of film, College Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, since 1994;
instructor history of film, University College of Syracuse University, since 1992. Co-curator Hollywood: The Golden Years, New Gallery for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, 1983. Co-curator, lecturer Karl Struss Centenary Exhb.
Ohio State University, Columbus, 1987. Consultant Amon Carter Museum on book and exhbn.N.Y. to Hollywood: The Photography of Karl Struss also co-author (with husband) book's afterword Karl Struss: The Man Behind the Camera, 1995.
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Active Spectrum, Oberlin, 1986-1989. Member long-range planning committee Lorain County Arts Council, Elyria, Ohio, 1984-1985. President, vice president Oberlin College Women, 1982-1985.
Board directors Light Work, Syracuse, since 1995. Member English Speaking Union.
Married John Dana Harvith, June 15, 1972. 1 child, Rachel.