Oral history interview with Ruth Snyderman
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 45 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Snyderman, Ruth, 1937-
label: Interviewer
content: Polsky, Richard
label: Names
content: Snyderman Gallery
label: Names
content: Works Gallery
label: Names
content: Drutt, Helen Williams
label: Names
content: Snyderman, Richard
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
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: Interviewee
content: Snyderman, Ruth, 1937-
label: Interviewer
content: Polsky, Richard
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ruth Snyderman (1937- ) is an art gallery owner and art dealer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded and owns Works Gallery.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 80 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 June 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.snyderr90
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 is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ruth Snyderman conducted 1990 June 22, by Richard Polsky, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Snyderman speaks of her family, her education, the Works Gallery in Philadelphia, the Snyderman Gallery; her early career in social work; working with craftspeople and collectors; the craft market and trends; the changes in the crafts field over her 25 years in business, and the development of the South Street - Society Hill section of Philadelphia.