Oral history interview with Elise Van Hook Ferber, 1991 November 18.

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Ferber, Elise V. H.,. Oral history interview with Elise Van Hook Ferber, 1991 November 18.

Oral history interview with Elise Van Hook Ferber, 1991 November 18.

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Elise Ferber joined the staff of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. in 1956 and worked in a number of capacities, especially as assistant to chief curator Perry Cott. She left the National Gallery in 1970 to serve as assistant to the director at Dumbarton Oaks, returning in 1972 as curator in charge of the art information service, a position in which she remained until 1987. From 1987 to 1989 she compiled a historical list of Gallery exhibitions in the gallery archives. Ferber noted many facets of the development of the Gallery and changes that occurred through the years, as well as personalities she worked with, especially Perry Cott. She discussed a number of the Gallery's exhibitions and other noteworthy events, especially observing that the small size of the staff when she began her work offered her the opportunity to work "across the board as one does in a small museum."

3sound cassettes (ca. 200 minutes)

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