Oral history interview with Arlene Schnitzer
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 43 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Schnitzer, Arlene, 1929-
label: Interviewer
content: Guenther, Bruce
label: Names
content: Fountain Gallery of Art
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Oregon -- Portland
label: Occupation
content: Philanthropists
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Women art patrons
label: Topic
content: Art patrons -- Oregon -- Portland -- 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.

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: Schnitzer, Arlene, 1929-
label: Interviewer
content: Guenther, Bruce
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arlene Schnitzer (1929-2020) ws the founder and director of the Fountain Gallery in Portland, OR. Schnitzer was also a philanthropist and arts patron primarily for artists in the Pacific Northwest.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 77 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985 June 7 and 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schnit85
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Arlene Schnitzer conducted 1985 June 7 and 8, by Bruce Guenther, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project, at the Fountain Gallery of Art, in Portland, Or.