Oral history interview with Richard Reinhardt
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 19 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Reinhardt, Richard H., 1921-
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
label: Names
content: Handy & Harman (Firm)
label: Names
content: Philadelphia Museum of Art. School of Industrial Art
label: Names
content: Cute, Virginia
label: Names
content: Fleming, Erik, Baron
label: Names
content: Withers, Margret Craver, 1907-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Jewelers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Silversmiths -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Silversmiths -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Jewelry makers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Handicraft
label: Topic
content: Silverwork
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: Reinhardt, Richard H., 1921-
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Richard Reinhardt (1921-1998) was a jewelry maker, industrial designer, furniture maker, and educator from Philadelphia, Pa.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 45 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1991 Aug. 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.reinha91
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 4778 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Richard Reinhardt conducted 1991 Aug. 22, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reinhardt discusses Virginia Cute and her classes in jewelry making at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art in the 1940's; Margret Craver Withers and the late 1940's Handy & Harman workshops where Baron Erik Fleming taught new silversmithing techniques; exhibition of work produced during the 1948 workshop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in that year; changes in the Pennsylvania Museum School over the years; and crafts in Philadelphia.