Oral history interview with Richard Snyderman
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 31 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Snyderman, Richard
label: Interviewer
content: Polsky, Richard
label: Names
content: Snyderman Gallery
label: Names
content: Works Gallery
label: Names
content: Bennett, Garry Knox, 1934-
label: Names
content: Borowsky, Irvin J.
label: Names
content: Castle, Wendell, 1932-2018
label: Names
content: Drutt, Helen Williams
label: Names
content: Kagan, Richard
label: Names
content: Snyderman, Ruth, 1937-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Gallery directors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Art, American
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: Snyderman, Richard
label: Interviewer
content: Polsky, Richard
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Richard Snyderman is a gallery director in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Director of Works Gallery which is owned by his wife, Ruth Snyderman.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 107 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 June 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.snyder90
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 4780 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Richard Snyderman conducted 1990 June 8, by Richard Polsky for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Snyderman speaks about the Works Gallery, run by his wife Ruth Snyderman, the Snyderman Gallery and many of the furniture makers who have shown there including Wendell Castle and Garry Knox Bennett; collectors such as Irv Borowsky; the craft scene in Philadelphia including other gallery owners such as Helen Drutt and Richard Kagan; changes in the crafts field, both locally and nationally, during the past 25 years; the founding of the Head House Craft Fair in Philadelphia; and the development of the South Street-Society Hill section of Philadelphia.