Frank "Franks" Eisendrath

Frank was a student from fall 1948 to summer 1951.

Black Mountain College Project

Mary Emma Harris interviewed Frank in 1998 and the transcript is available from Appalachian State University under The Mary Emma Harris and Black Mountain College Project, Inc. Oral History collection.

Topics: Hearing about BMC – Josef Albers’ classes – general courses – college store – Buckminster Fuller class – Natasha Goldowski – comparison of BMC and Goddard College – pre-BMC study– Harry Callahan photography class – student trip from BMC to Jacksonville, Florida – BMC students – importance of mountain landscape – post-BMC professional work – influence of BMC – Robert Rauschenberg and Susan Weil at BMC – Ruth Asawa – segregation issues

Courses Taken

Fall 1948:Introduction to Linguistics (Rice), Elementary Physics (Goldowski),General Chemistry (Goldowski), Bookbinding (Jalowetz), Drawing (Albers)

Spring 1949: Elementary Math (Goldowski), Drawing (Albers), Physics Tutorial(Goldowski), Bookbinding (Jalowetz), History: 18th-Century Mind In America(Corkran)

Summer 1949: Mathematics (Schulz)

Summer 1951: Photography (Callahan, Siskind, and Larsen)