Oral History interviews with Ed Rossbach and Katherine Westphal

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Oral History interviews with Ed Rossbach and Katherine Westphal

1997

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Oral history interview with Ed Rossbach (37 p. transcript) and Katherine Westphal (49 p.) conducted by Paul J. Smith in preparation for the exhibition "The Ties That Bind: Fiber Art by Ed Rossbach and Katherine Westphal from the Daphne Farago Collection" sponsored by the Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art.(The exhibition was held at RISD, 17 October 1997-11 January 1998 and at the American Craft Museum, NYC, 25 June-6 September 1998.) Two exhibition catalogs are also included. Ed Rossbach's health problems at the time of the interview affected his ability to recall certain events.

Sound recordings: 8 sound cassettes.Transcripts: 86 p.

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Rossbach, Ed.

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Charles Edmund Rossbach (1914-2002) was a fiber artist from Berkeley, Calif. Carole Austin is a curator and writer from Orinda, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Ed Rossbach, 2002 Aug. 27-29 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78378095 ...

Paul Jordan-Smith

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Paul J. Smith (1931-) is Director Emeritus of the Museum of Arts & Design in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Paul J. Smith, 2010 Apr.19-20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 636358583 Art administrator, curator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Paul J. Smith papers, 1955-2006. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220234186 Rossbach: b. 1914; d. 2002. Westphal: b. 1919. Both are fiber artists, Berkeley, Calif.; he the w...

Westphal, Katherine

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Katherine Westphal, fiber artist; Berkeley, Calif., b. 1914; Carole Austin, interviewer, curator, and writer, Orinda, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Katherine Westphal, 2002 Sept. 3-7 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 85027282 ...

Rhode Island School of Design., Museum of Art

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Eliza G. Radeke, Museum Committee Chair (1893-1931) and President (1913-1931), led the development of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art assisted by L. Earle Rowe, RISD Director (1912-1929) and Museum Director (1929-1937). Working together and with the generosity and assistance of her family and friends including Edward Perry Warren, they established the foundation of the Museum’s collection of works of art. Her collection strengths were Japanese and Classi...