Oral history interview with Gertrude Herdle Moore and Isabel Herdle
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 53 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Moore, Gertrude Herdle, 1896-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Interviewee
content: Herdle, Isabel
label: Names
content: University of Rochester. Memorial Art Gallery
label: Names
content: Herdle, George, 1868-1922
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum directors -- New York (State) -- Rochester
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Moore, Gertrude Herdle, 1896-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Interviewee
content: Herdle, Isabel
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gertrude Herdle Moore (1896-1993) and Isabel Herdle are daughters of George Herdle (1868-1922), first director of the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y., 1913-1922.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State) -- Rochester
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 55 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979 July 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.moore79
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Gertrude Herdle Moore and Isabel Herdle conducted 1979 July 27, by Robert F. Brown.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Moore and Herdle discuss the development of the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y. under their father, George Herdle; creation of the first national ceramic exhibition; ethnic art exhibitions in the 1920s; nurturing a balanced acquisition program; and the significance of arts and crafts from the Finger Lakes region of New York state.