Rachael Griffin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Griffin, Rachael
label: Names
content: Contemporary Crafts Association
label: Names
content: Friends of Timberline
label: Names
content: Portland Art Museum (Or.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Oregon -- Portland
label: Topic
content: Curators -- Oregon -- Portland
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1988 by Andrew Griffin, the son of Rachael Griffin.
creator: label: Creator
content: Griffin, Rachael
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Museum curator and art instructor. Born in 1906, died 1983. Griffin studied at the University of Oregon from 1924-1926, and at the Museum Art School in 1929. She was an art instructor and in 1960 became curator at the Portland Art Museum. For 20 years she produced weekly radio broadcasts entitled "At the Art Museum".
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1900-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grifrach
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Box inventory available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, family, personal and business correspondence, 1919-1983, correspondence with Suzy Bradbury; photographs of Griffin; material on Timberline, Friends of Timberline, and Contemporary Crafts Association including committee reports, organizational bylaws, artists' correspondence, exhibition and publication files, ca. 1975-1983; files on artists, art organizations and art-related subjects; published and unpublished writings and lectures by Griffin; and material related to Griffin's interest in graphology.