Oral history interview with Herta Loeser
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 3 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Loeser, Herta
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Arts -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Management
label: Topic
content: Arts and crafts movement
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Loeser, Herta
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Herta Loeser was the President of the Society of Art and Crafts of Boston, 1980-1988.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 54 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 June 6-15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.loeser89
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 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 Herta Loeser conducted 1989 June 6-15, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art, in Cambridge, Mass. Loeser speaks of her childhood in England as a German refugee; marrying a refugee schoolmate and rearing a family in Cambridge, Mass.; making jewelry and enamels; running a volunteer agency in Boston; running the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, 1980-1988, and putting it on a solid footing; development of the Society during her administration, including sales, marketing, and education; the Society's current plans for a crafts museum; exhibitions held during her tenure as president of the Society.