Oral history interview with Joanna Eckstein
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav file. Duration is 3 hr., 22 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Eckstein, Joanna, 1903-1983
label: Interviewer
content: Ragen, Suzanne
label: Names
content: Seattle Art Museum
label: Names
content: Tobey, Mark
topic: label: Topic
content: Art patronage -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
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: Eckstein, Joanna, 1903-1983
label: Interviewer
content: Ragen, Suzanne
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Joanna Eckstein (1903-1983) was an art patron from Seattle, Washington.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 56 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983 April 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.eckste83
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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 Joanna Eckstein conducted on 1983 April 7, by Suzanne Ragen, in Seattle, Washington, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Eckstein speaks of her family background; education; the development of her art and poetry interests; the Seattle art scene prior to the opening of the Seattle Art Museum; the Museum's collecting policy and administration; art in public and private places; and her thoughts on aging well. She recalls the painter Mark Tobey. The interview is followed by Eckstein's speech on the history of the Seattle Art Museum delivered to the Docent Council at the Museum.