Oral history interview with Mary Ann Scherr
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 34 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Scherr, Mary Ann, 1931-
label: Interviewer
content: Douglas, Mary F., 1956-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Kent State University -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Parsons School of Design -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Penland School of Handicrafts
topic: label: Occupation
content: Jewelers -- North Carolina -- Raleigh
label: Topic
content: Art -- Philosophy
label: Topic
content: Industrial design
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Women jewelers
label: Topic
content: Metal-work
label: Topic
content: Jewelry making
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Scherr, Mary Ann, 1931-
label: Interviewer
content: Douglas, Mary F., 1956-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mary Ann Scherr (1921- ) is a jeweler from Raleigh, N.C. Mary Douglas (1956-) is a curator at the Mint Museum of Craft and Design in Charlotte, N.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 71 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2001 April 6-7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.scherr01
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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 Mary Ann Scherr conducted 2001 April 6-7, by Mary Douglas, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
label: Scope and Contents
content: This interview took place in the artist's home and studio, Raleigh, N.C.