Sketches of an improbable ninety years
By: Helen Salz; tape recorded interview conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1973-1974. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1975 : and related material,
Contributors: Riess, Suzanne B.; Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973.; Besig, Ernest.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1973
Subjects: Arnstein family.; Piazzoni, Gottardo, 1872-1945.; Salz, Ansley K.; Presidio Open Air School (San Francisco); American Civil Liberties Union.; Jews -- California.; Artists -- California -- San Francisco.; Women artists -- California -- Biography.; Women -- California -- San Francisco.; Jewish women -- California -- Interviews.; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs.
Genres: Biography.; Interviews.
Other titles: California Jewish community oral history series.
Description: Recollections of family life in San Francisco; her study of art and friendships with various artists, including Gottardo Piazzoni and Ralph Stackpole; her portrait painting and poetry; marriage to Ansley Salz; social life; her part in establishing Presidio Open Air School in San Francisco; formation of the Northern California Branch of the American Civil Liberties Union in 1934 with Alexander Meiklejohn. With this, additional documentary material including photocopies of letters from Ralph Stackpole. (portfolio)