Oral history interview with Ruth Pershing Uhler
odd: label: General
content: Interview of Victor Alessandro is also on this tape.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Uhler, Ruth Pershing, 1898-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Names
content: Index of American Design
label: Names
content: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project (Tex.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- Texas
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Uhler, Ruth Pershing, 1898-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ruth Pershing Uhler (1898-1969) was a painter, mural painter, and art administrator from Houston, Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 May 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.uhler65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The original transcript was edited. In 2021 the Archives retranscribed the original audio and attempted to create a verbatim transcript. This interview was audited and edited by Allison Tracy-Taylor in 2025.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Ruth Pershing Uhler conducted 1965 May 11, by Sylvia Glidden Loomis, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Uhler speaks of her background and education; becoming involved with the Public Works of Art Project working on a mural project for the public library in Houston; going to work for the Museum of Fine Arts; the history of the Museum; the growth of its collection; the Index of American Design; the importance of the Museum of Fine Arts to the community.