Oral history interview with Rachael Griffin
name: label: Interviewee
content: Griffin, Rachael
label: Interviewer
content: Guenther, Bruce
label: Names
content: American Society of Aesthetics
label: Names
content: Timberline Lodge (Mount Hood, Or.)
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
topic: label: Topic
content: Curators -- Oregon -- Portland -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Oregon -- Portland
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Northwestern States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Griffin, Rachael
label: Interviewer
content: Guenther, Bruce
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Rachael Griffin (1906-1983) was a curator from Portland, Or.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 69 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983 Feb. 19-20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.griffi83
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 Rachael Griffin conducted 1983 Feb. 19-20, by Bruce Guenther, in the artist's home in Portland, Or., for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Griffin speaks of her family background and education; the WPA and the building of the Timberline Lodge; the art scene in Portland in the 1930s and 1940s; her involvement with the American Society of Aesthetics, the JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS and other organizations; her work with local artists; arts funding; and current activities.