Oral history interview with Rudolf Staffel
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Staffel, Rudolf, 1911-2002
label: Interviewer
content: Drutt, Helen Williams
topic: label: Topic
content: Glass craft -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Artisans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Ceramics
label: Topic
content: Glass art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives' 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: Staffel, Rudolf, 1911-2002
label: Interviewer
content: Drutt, Helen Williams
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Rudolf Staffel (1911-2002) was a craftsman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 90 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987 July 17-August 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.staffe87
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Rudolf Staffel conducted 1987 July 17-August 6, by Helen Drutt, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Staffel speaks of his childhood in San Antonio, Texas; his discovery of blown glass and traveling to Mexico to learn glassblowing techniques; studying ceramics; teaching at Temple University's Tyler School of Art; his teaching philosophy; his exhibition history; Philadelphia as a crafts city; the influence of Chinese art; the development of his own work; his techniques.