Oral history interview with Richard Reinhardt
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 41 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Reinhardt, Richard H., 1921-
label: Interviewer
content: Polsky, Richard
label: Names
content: Handy & Harman (Firm)
label: Names
content: Philadelphia Museum of Art. School of Industrial Art
label: Names
content: Cute, Virginia
label: Names
content: Withers, Margret Craver, 1907-
topic: label: Topic
content: Jewelry making
label: Topic
content: Jewelry makers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is a 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Reinhardt, Richard H., 1921-
label: Interviewer
content: Polsky, Richard
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Richard Reinhardt (1921-1998) was a jewelry maker, industrial designer, furniture maker, and educator from Philadelphia, Pa.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 109 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 July 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.reinha90
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 4778 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Richard Reinhardt conducted 1990 July 5, by Richard Polsky, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Reinhardt discusses his childhood in Philadelphia; his earliest art school classes, beginning at the age of ten; his studies at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art (now The University of the Arts); his military service including his first experience teaching mechanical drawing; returning to PMSIA after the war where he finished his degree while teaching, and his subsequent 41 years on the staff; studying with Virginia Cute, Margret Craver Withers and the Handy & Harman workshops; the curriculum at the PMSIA and the changes it underwent over the years; the development of the jewelry program with teachers Olaf Skoogfors, Robin Quigley and others; his move from jewelry into industrial design, furniture making and ultimately back to jewelry making; and exhibitions.