Selma Weisberger

Selma Weisberger was a student in the summer of 1951 where she took Weaving with Andrew Oates. After BMC, she worked as a children’s librarian in the Brooklyn Public Library.

Relationships

Married BMC student, Trueman MacHenry

Black Mountain College Project

Mary Emma Harris interviewed Selma in 1997 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 – class with Siskind and Callahan – general BMC classes – participation in theater productions – Robert Rauschenberg – college atmosphere and education ideas – college conflicts – graduation in mathematics – study with Max Dehn – Toni Dehn – death of Max Dehn – arts festival at Women’s College in Greensboro – Flola Shepard – Light Sound Music Workshop – farm – Victor Sprague – Charles Olson and his treatment of women – Quakers at BMC