Oral history interview with Anne Gerber
name: label: Interviewee
content: Gerber, Anne
label: Interviewer
content: Focke, Anne
label: Names
content: Henry Art Gallery
label: Names
content: Seattle Art Museum
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art patronage -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Art patrons -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Gerber, Anne
label: Interviewer
content: Focke, Anne
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Anne Gerber is a collector and patron from Seattle, Wash.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 73 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983 Feb. 24-Apr. 21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gerber83
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Anne Gerber conducted 1983 Feb. 24-Apr. 21, by Anne Focke, at the artist's home, in Seattle, Wash., for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Gerber speaks of her family background; her education; her marriage; her and her husband's interest in fair housing and other social issues; her early interest in art and collecting; the Seattle Art Museum, the Henry Gallery, and other galleries; and other interests, including music and architecture.