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Sketches of an improbable ninety years : oral history transcript / 1973-1975.
Phonotape 538 A; BANC MSS 76/108 c v.1
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Title:
Sketches of an improbable ninety years : oral history transcript / 1973-1975California Jewish community oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Salz, Helen Arnstein, 1883-1978, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Riess, Suzanne B., interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Besig, Ernest, writer of introduction.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
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).
Date:
1973 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caSalz, Helen Arnstein -- 1883-1978 -- Interviews
Arnstein family
Piazzoni, Gottardo -- 1872-1945
Salz, Ansley Kullman -- 1880-1957
Stackpole, Ralph -- 1885-1973
Meiklejohn, Alexander -- 1872-1964
Presidio Open Air School (San Francisco)
American Civil Liberties Union.
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.
Jews -- California
Artists -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography
Women artists -- California -- Biography
Women -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
Jewish women -- California -- Interviews
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Note:
Helen A. Salz ; with an introduction by Ernest Besig ; 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,
Salz reading her memoirs in anticipation of interviews, partial interview 1: track 1: 1020 ft., track 2: 863 ft.
Photographs and copies of documentary material inserted and appended.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Transcript: Also available online.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests
for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Temporary list of contents available in the library.
Type:
biographyPhotographs.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
[32], 272 leaves ; 28 cm
1 portfolio
1 audiotape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 2 track ; 5 in.
Language:
English
Identifier:
http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z1v1n
Phonotape 538 A
BANC MSS 76/108 c v.1
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests
for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.