Oral history interview with Erna Gunther
name: label: Interviewee
content: Gunther, Erna, 1896-1982
label: Interviewer
content: Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Wash.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Indian art
label: Topic
content: Anthropologists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Gunther, Erna, 1896-1982
label: Interviewer
content: Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Erna Gunther (b. 1896) was an anthropologist from Seattle, Wash.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings: (40 min.), 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 15 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 Apr. 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gunthe65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Erna Gunther conducted 1965 Apr. 23, by Dorothy Bestor, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Gunther speaks of her interest in Indian arts and crafts and her career teaching anthropology at the University of Washington; a joint project conducted by the Federal Art Project and the Washington State Museum to create Indian dioramas; and her opinions on federal support for the arts.