Oral history interview with Arlene Schnitzer
Object Details
- General
- Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 43 min.
- Interviewee
- Schnitzer, Arlene, 1929-
- Interviewer
- Guenther, Bruce
- Names
- Fountain Gallery of Art
- Occupation
- Art dealers -- Oregon -- Portland
- Philanthropists
- Topic
- Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
- Women art patrons
- Art patrons -- Oregon -- Portland -- Interviews
- 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. This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
- Interviewee
- Schnitzer, Arlene, 1929-
- Interviewer
- Guenther, Bruce
- 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
- Arlene Schnitzer (1929-2020) ws the founder and director of the Fountain Gallery in Portland, OR. Schnitzer was also a philanthropist and arts patron primarily for artists in the Pacific Northwest.
- Extent
- 77 Pages (Transcript)
- Date
- 1985 June 7 and 8
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.schnit85
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Pages
- Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the recording is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
- Scope and Contents
- An interview of Arlene Schnitzer conducted 1985 June 7 and 8, by Bruce Guenther, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project, at the Fountain Gallery of Art, in Portland, Or.
- Restrictions
- This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596313832945-1596313832947-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
Oral history interview with Arlene Schnitzer, 1985 June 7-8, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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