Oral History interviews with Ed Rossbach and Katherine Westphal
name: label: Interviewer
content: Smith, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: Rossbach, Ed
label: Names
content: Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art
label: Interviewee
content: Westphal, Katherine
topic: label: Occupation
content: Weavers
label: Topic
content: Fiber artists -- California -- Berkeley -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Fiberwork
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1998 by the Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art.
creator: label: Interviewer
content: Smith, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: Rossbach, Ed
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Rossbach: b. 1914; d. 2002. Westphal: b. 1919. Both are fiber artists, Berkeley, Calif.; he the weaver, and she the painter/printer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Sound cassettes (Sound recordings)
label: Extent
content: 86 Pages (Transcripts)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1997
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smitpaul
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
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: Oral history interview with Ed Rossbach (37 p. transcript) and Katherine Westphal (49 p.) conducted by Paul J. Smith in preparation for the exhibition "The Ties That Bind: Fiber Art by Ed Rossbach and Katherine Westphal from the Daphne Farago Collection" sponsored by the Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art.(The exhibition was held at RISD, 17 October 1997-11 January 1998 and at the American Craft Museum, NYC, 25 June-6 September 1998.) Two exhibition catalogs are also included. Ed Rossbach's health problems at the time of the interview affected his ability to recall certain events.