Oral history interview with Berthe von Moschzisker
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 41 min.
name: label: Creator
content: Von Moschzisker, Berthe, 1915-2002
label: Interviewer
content: Hunter, Anne S.
label: Names
content: Print Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Names
content: Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
label: Names
content: Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Societies, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: Creator
content: Von Moschzisker, Berthe, 1915-2002
label: Interviewer
content: Hunter, Anne S.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Berthe von Moschzisker (1915-2002) was the Director of the Print Club of Philadelphia from 1944-1969.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Pennsylvania
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 136 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 November 26 and 1991 January 12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.vonmos90
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Berthe von Moschzisker conducted 1990 November 26 and 1991 January 12, by Anne Schuster Hunter, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Von Moschzisker speaks about her family background and education; cataloging the John S. Phillips print collection at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; her tenure as director of the Print Club of Philadelphia, including editions published for the club by Leonard Baskin and others; print workshops including Prints in Progress run by Stanley William Hayter; the Print Club Permanent Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; supporters of the club; and the status of prints within the Philadelphia art community. She discusses associations with printmakers, including Benton Spruance; Helen Siegl, Ezio Martinelli, Louis Schanker, Ed Colker, Adja Yunkers, Jerry Kaplan, Sam Maitin, William Baskin, and Claire Van Vliet, among others.