Oral history interview with Ruth Penington
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 48 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Penington, Ruth, b. 1905
label: Interviewer
content: Harrington, LaMar, 1917-2005
label: Names
content: Northwest Printmakers
label: Names
content: Rohde, Gilbert, 1894-1944
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers
label: Occupation
content: Metal-workers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Topic
content: Women artists
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content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
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: Penington, Ruth, b. 1905
label: Interviewer
content: Harrington, LaMar, 1917-2005
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ruth Penington (1905-1998) was an educator, metalworker, and printmaker from Seattle, Wash.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 63 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983 Feb. 10-11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pening83
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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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 Ruth Penington conducted 1983 Feb. 10-11, by LaMar Harrington, at the artist's home in Seattle, Wash., for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project. Penington speaks of her family background; her early interests; her education; the beginnings of the Northwest Printmakers; teaching at the University of California; the change in the definition of art in universities; the influence of Gilbert Rohde; her philosophy of teaching, of art, and of commercialism; various shows and exhibitions she has been involved in; her work methods and her current work.