Object Details
sova.aaa.robert84
- General
- Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr.
- Interviewee
- Roberts, Maurine Hiatt, 1897 or 1898-
- Interviewer
- Shores, Kenneth, 1928-
- Names
- Contemporary Crafts Gallery (Portland, Or.)
- Topic
- Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
- Art, American -- Northwestern States
- Artisans -- Oregon -- Portland -- Interviews
- Decorative arts
- Handicraft
- Provenance
- This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.
- Interviewee
- Roberts, Maurine Hiatt, 1897 or 1898-
- Interviewer
- Shores, Kenneth, 1928-
- Sponsor
- Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
- Biographical / Historical
- Maurine Hiatt Roberts (b. 1897 or 8) was a painter, illustrator, and teacher from Portland, Or.
- Extent
- 62 Pages (Transcript)
- Date
- 1984 August 29-31
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.robert84
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Pages
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Transcript available on line.
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Existence and Location of Originals
- Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
- Scope and Contents
- An interview of Maurine Hiatt Roberts conducted 1984 August 29-31, by Ken Shores, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project, at the artist's home, in Portland, Or.
- Roberts speaks of her background; her childhood in Kansas; her early influences and interests including theater design and costumes; her education; the founding of the Contemporary Crafts Gallery; the influence of Lydia Herrick Hodge; the Northwest art community; various exhibits and workshops she participated in; her dedication to education and promotion of art and craft; and teaching weaving and other activities.
- Restrictions
- Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
AAA.robert84
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AAA.robert84
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- Record ID
- ebl-1596303241237-1596303241239-0

