Oral history interview with Edith Feldenheimer
name: label: Interviewee
content: Feldenheimer, Edith, 1900-
label: Interviewer
content: Kolisch, Marian W.
topic: label: Topic
content: Art patronage -- Oregon -- Portland
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Oregon -- Portland
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Art patrons -- Oregon -- Portland -- Interviews
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: Feldenheimer, Edith, 1900-
label: Interviewer
content: Kolisch, Marian W.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edith Feldenheimre (1900-1984) is an art patron and collector from Portland, Or.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (ca. 2 hr.))
label: Extent
content: 33 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982 Nov. 23-Dec. 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.felden82
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
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line.
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 Edith Feldenheimer conducted 1982 Nov. 23 and Dec. 7, by Marion W. Kolisch, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project, in the artist's home, in Portland, Or.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Feldenheimer speaks of her family background; her education in Europe; her early interest in the visual arts and the theater; Reed College and its art program and role in the community; her art collection; archaeological trips to France and Czechoslovakia; understanding contemporary art; and the stature of Oregon and Northwest art.