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Subtitle: and related material
By: Elise S. Haas ; tape recorded interview conducted by Harriet Nathan in 1972. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1979 :
Contributors: Nathan, Harriet.; Friedman, Meyer, 1910-; Hopkins, Henry, 1928-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1972
Subjects: Stern family.; Haas, Walter A., 1889-1979.; Delaunay, Sonia.; Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954.; Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959.; Toklas, Alice B.; Moore, Henry, 1898-1986.; Bender, Albert M. 1866-1941.; San Francisco Museum of Art.; Women -- California -- San Francisco.; Jews -- California -- San Francisco.; Artists -- California.; Stern Grove (San Francisco, Calif.)
Description: Comments on her mother and father, Rosalie and Sigmund Stern and the Meyer, Stern and Haas families; growing up in San Francisco and in Atherton; marriage to Walter Haas; her community services; family's support of Stern Grove; her interest in art and art collections; friendships with Sarah Stein, Ernest Bloch, Albert Bender and others; meeting Matisse, Alice B. Toklas, Henry Moore, etc.; long association with the San Francisco Museum of Art, on women's board and as trustee.

Appended: additional documentary material supporting the interview.

With this: additional documentary material not appearing in the interview-- primarily clippings, and information on Sigmund Stern Grove.