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Interviewee:

Hu, Mary Lee, 1943-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

Baldridge, Mark S.  Search this

Choo, Chunghi  Search this

Christensen, Hans  Search this

Dingeldein, Otto  Search this

Eikerman, Alma  Search this

Farafol, Daphne  Search this

Fenster, Fred  Search this

Fike, Phillip G.  Search this

Halper, Vicki  Search this

Ho, Ron  Search this

Kidman, Hero  Search this

Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent)  Search this

Marshall, John  Search this

Matsukata, Miye  Search this

Matzdorf, Kurt  Search this

McMurray, James  Search this

Moty, Eleanor  Search this

Noffke, Gary  Search this

Pujol, Eleanor  Search this

Seppä, Heikki  Search this

Turner, Gary  Search this

Warashina, Patti  Search this

American Craft Council  Search this

Cleveland Institute of Art  Search this

Cranbrook Academy of Art  Search this

Lawrence Arts Center  Search this

Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale  Search this

University of Washington  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Afghanistan -- Description and travel

Australia -- description and travel

China -- description and travel

Indonesia -- description and travel

Iran -- description and travel

Nepal -- description and travel

Ohio -- Description and travel

Papua New Guinea -- Description and travel

Tibet (China) -- Description and travel

Turkey -- description and travel

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Mary Lee Hu, 2009 March 18-19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Body adornment  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Jewelry making  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15659

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)282415

AAA_collcode_hu09

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_282415

Interviewee:

Marshall, John, 1936-  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E  Search this

Subject:

Bacorn, Don  Search this

Bates, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Francis)  Search this

Clague, John  Search this

DuSell, Lee  Search this

Griffin, Gary  Search this

Hauberg, Anne Gould  Search this

Lannan, J. Patrick  Search this

Lutz, Winifred  Search this

Metcalf, Bruce  Search this

Miller, Fred, (Decorative artist)  Search this

Miller, John Paul  Search this

Nordness, Lee  Search this

Penington, Ruth  Search this

Scott, Michael  Search this

Smith, Paul J.  Search this

Solberg, Ramona  Search this

Takaezu, Toshiko  Search this

Carnegie Institute of Technology  Search this

Carnegie Museum of Art  Search this

Cleveland Institute of Art  Search this

Grove City College  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Syracuse University  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Europe -- description and travel

Germany -- description and travel

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with John Marshall, 2001 April 5. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Jewelers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Religious articles  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13311

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)226985

AAA_collcode_marsha01

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_226985

Interviewee:

Solberg, Ramona L., 1921-2005  Search this

Interviewer:

Halper, Vicki  Search this

Subject:

Day, Russell  Search this

Hall, Laurie  Search this

Harrington, LaMar  Search this

Ho, Ron  Search this

Hu, Mary Lee  Search this

Larsen, Jack Lenor  Search this

Lipofsky, Marvin  Search this

Maloof, Frieda  Search this

Maloof, Sam  Search this

Marshall, John  Search this

Pence, Coralyn  Search this

Penington, Ruth  Search this

Slemmons, Kiff  Search this

Tompkins, Don  Search this

Woell, J. Fred  Search this

Worden, Nancy  Search this

Central Washington State College  Search this

Edison Vocational School  Search this

Bellevue Art Museum (Wash.)  Search this

American Craft Council  Search this

University of Washington  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ramona Solberg, 2001 March 23. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Technique  Search this

Jewelers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12835

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)226997

AAA_collcode_solber01

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_226997

Interviewee:

Seppä, Heikki, 1927-  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E  Search this

Subject:

Cranbrook Academy of Art  Search this

Fabergé (Firm)  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Heikki Seppä, 2001 May 6. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Jewelers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12958

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)227015

AAA_collcode_seppa01

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_227015

Interviewee:

Slemmons, Kiff, 1944-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

Solberg, Ramona  Search this

Steffins, Ella  Search this

Toledo, Francisco  Search this

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Di Mare, Dominic  Search this

Adams, Leo  Search this

Benjamin, Walter  Search this

Knobel, Esther  Search this

La Plantz, David  Search this

Höch, Hannah  Search this

Holshuh, Virginia  Search this

Messager, Annette  Search this

University of Iowa  Search this

Scripps College  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Kiff Slemmons, 2007 November 1-2. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Metal-workers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry makers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13662

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)273941

AAA_collcode_slemmo07

Theme:

Craft

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_273941

Interviewee:

Marshall, John, 1936-  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Carnegie Institute of Technology -- Students  Search this

Carnegie Museum of Art -- Students  Search this

Cleveland Institute of Art -- Students  Search this

Grove City College -- Students  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Syracuse University -- Faculty  Search this

Bacorn, Don  Search this

Bates, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Francis), 1904-1994  Search this

Clague, John, 1928-  Search this

DuSell, Lee  Search this

Griffin, Gary, 1945-  Search this

Hauberg, Anne Gould  Search this

Lannan, J. Patrick  Search this

Lutz, Winifred  Search this

Metcalf, Bruce, 1949-  Search this

Miller, Fred, (Decorative artist)  Search this

Miller, John Paul, 1918-  Search this

Nordness, Lee  Search this

Penington, Ruth, b. 1905  Search this

Scott, Michael, 1958-  Search this

Smith, Paul J., 1931-  Search this

Solberg, Ramona  Search this

Takaezu, Toshiko  Search this

Extent:

6 Items (Sound recording: 6 sound files (3 hrs., 2 min.), digital, wav)

45 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Europe -- description and travel

Germany -- description and travel

Date:

2001 April 5

Scope and Contents:

An interview of John Marshall conducted 2001 April 5, by Lloyd Herman, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Edmonds, Washington.

Marshall speaks of his childhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; participating in an educational program with the Carnegie Museum; his exposure to art while in grade school and throughout his education; joining the army after high school; spending time in Germany with the army and experiencing the metalwork of that area; learning to work hard from his father; his family background; attending Grove City College, then working in construction during the day and going to classes at Carnegie Tech during the night; finally attending Cleveland Institute of Art; some of his teachers at the Institute, Kenneth Bates, Toshiko Takaezu, and John Clague; his first experiences with metal, Fred Miller, and learning how to design metal pieces; getting a job as head of the metals department at Syracuse and completing his MFA there; meeting Paul Smith and Lee Nordness, and participating in Objects: USA; his travels throughout Europe; the many commissions he has done for churches, everything from baptismal bowls, chalices, and crosses; Patrick Lannan, and how instrumental he was in Marshall's career, his collection of work that Lannan bought and where it all is now located; the different types of communities in the different areas he lived; commissions and how they were important to his career; how he challenges himself with new ideas and creations; the Handy and Harman Workshop; the difference between a university trained artist and one who has learned his/her craft outside academia; his students and how much satisfaction he has received from teaching; the decline in metal working programs at the university level; the influence of other faculty members on his work, such as Lee DuSell; the critics of metalwork, Bruce Metcalf and Gary Griffin; his involvement in the Society of North American Goldsmiths; and his two sons. Marshall also recalls John Paul Miller, Winifred Lutz, Ramona Solberg, Ruth Penington, Michael Scott, Don Bacorn, Annie Hauberg, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

John Marshall (1936- ) is a jeweler and metalsmith from Edmonds, Washington. Lloyd Herman (1936- ) is the former director of the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery from Seattle, Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 2 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Jewelers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Religious articles  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.marsha01

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98ec173b0-a717-4bbd-8ca7-080527025662

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-marsha01

Interviewee:

Solberg, Ramona  Search this

Interviewer:

Halper, Vicki  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

American Craft Council  Search this

Bellevue Art Museum (Wash.)  Search this

Central Washington State College -- Faculty  Search this

Edison Vocational School -- Students  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

University of Washington -- Students  Search this

Day, Russell  Search this

Hall, Laurie  Search this

Harrington, LaMar, 1917-2005  Search this

Ho, Ron  Search this

Hu, Mary Lee, 1943-  Search this

Larsen, Jack Lenor  Search this

Lipofsky, Marvin, 1938-2016  Search this

Maloof, Frieda  Search this

Maloof, Sam  Search this

Marshall, John, 1936-  Search this

Pence, Coralyn  Search this

Penington, Ruth, b. 1905  Search this

Slemmons, Kiff  Search this

Tompkins, Don  Search this

Woell, J. Fred, 1934-  Search this

Worden, Nancy  Search this

Extent:

35 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2001 March 23

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Ramona Solberg conducted 2001 March 23, by Vicki Halper, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Solberg's apartment, Seattle, Washington.

Solberg speaks of her family background and childhood in Seattle; her jewelry studies with Ruth Pennington at the University of Washington in Seattle and her use of found objects; her service in the Unites States Army; attending the Edison Vocational School on the GI Bill and pursuing a masters degree in jewelry at the University of Washington; studies with Coralyn Pence; her travels to Mexico and her fascination with pre-Columbian objects; enameling in Norway; collecting beads from around the world; her book, "Inventive Jewelry-Making" (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1972); leading tours for a Seattle-based group, "Friends of the Crafts," to the Middle East, Asia, Antarctica, and elsewhere for 16 or 17 years; teaching at Central Washington State College and creating her first bead and found object pieces there in 1956; her fondness for turquoise, lapis, and coral; inviting Don Tompkins to teach at Central Washington State College; Tompkins's "tongue-in-cheek" use of metals; her desire to make jewelry that can "shake, rattle, and roll"; teaching and workshops; her use of preliminary sketches; her soldering technique; fasteners; the weight of her jewelry; the "restraints of jewelry"; her lack of interest in making matched sets and bracelets and rings; the lack of social commentary in her work; her series of pieces inspired by the book, "Watership Down;" the influence of Fred Woell and his use of "American throw-aways"; her involvement with the Northwest region of the American Craft Council; her association with a group of jewelers in the Northwest including Ron Ho, Laurie Hall, Nancy Worden, and Kiff Slemmons; making beaded fibulas; curating exhibitions such as Ubiquitous Bead (1987) and Ubiquitous Bead II (1998) at the Bellevue Art Museum in Seattle; exhibitions at Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery in Seattle and the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington in Seattle; working in small spaces; getting into the exhibition Objects: USA "through the back door"; her status as an international artist; pricing her work; her pieces in museum collections; and her health. She recalls Russell Day, Jack Lenor Larsen, Sam and Frieda Maloof, John Marshall, Marvin Lipofsky, LaMar Harrington, Mary Lee Hu, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Ramona Solberg (1921-2005) was a jeweler from Seattle, Washington. Vicki Halper is a curator at the Seattle Art Museum.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 13 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Topic:

Art -- Technique  Search this

Jewelers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.solber01

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b1828bbb-30f3-403c-9455-424d2bde6e1a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-solber01

Interviewee:

Seppä, Heikki  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Cranbrook Academy of Art -- Students  Search this

Fabergé (Firm)  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Extent:

76 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2001 May 6

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Heikki Seppä conducted 2001 May 6, by Lloyd Herman, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in the artist's home and studio, Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Seppä speaks of his early childhood in Finland and being placed in a children's home (twice) in the Karelian Isthmus; his mother's move to Canada; his parents' divorce; his educational background including his course of study at the goldsmith school in 1940 and 1941, at age 14, and his lack of role models; the postwar growth of the metal industry; his participation in an exchange program with Denmark; his athletic accomplishments, especially kayaking; his service in the Finnish Army; his employment in Helsinki; producing objects for Georg Jensen; the state of Nordic decorative arts in the 1950s; his marriage and move to British Columbia; working with refrigeration systems; obtaining Canadian and American citizenship; teaching metalsmithing in a community center; winning prizes for metal pieces in Canadian national exhibitions; attending Cranbrook Academy of Art; introducing reticulation to Cranbrook; and his Cranbrook classmates Stanley Lechtzin, L. Brent Kington, Leslie Motch, and teachers Richard Thomas and Alma Eicherman. Seppä describes in detail the history of and process for producing a reticulated surface; he refers to crimping and spraying metal; teaching at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1965 to 1992; the origin of his spiculum and shell forms; his books, "Form Emphasis for Metalsmiths" (Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1978) and "From Silversmith's Workshop" (1996 or 1998); commissions; his gradual withdrawal from juried and competitive exhibitions; his use and limitations of preliminary drawings; the silversmith as a maker of expressive objects; and repairs he made to silver pieces made by metalworkers who did not understand silver. He discusses a difficult period marked by his early retirement in 1992, his wife's death in 1993, and declining commissions.

He talks about becoming reacquainted with metalsmith Laurie Lyall in 1997 and moving to Bainbridge Island, where he now lives with Lyall. SNAG (the Society of North American Goldsmiths), its founders, membership, and five-year dormancy are discussed as is the organization's revitalization. Seppä speaks about stylistic influences; technique and style; his work-related travel; and his admiration for Jack da Silva's sculpture. He comments on the homogenization of the arts; the difference between jewelers and metalsmiths trained in art schools and vocational schools; the distinction between art and craft; the desire of craftsmen to be called artists; the function of critical writing and the lack thereof; Metalsmith magazine; Bruce Metcalf as critic; his commissioned ecclesiastical pieces, including a triangular chalice for an Episcopal church in St. Louis; metalsmiths and manufacturing companies; Fabergé-trained metalsmiths; reticulation at Fabergé's shop; enamel and enamelers at Fabergé; and gemology. Seppä also speaks about his future pursuits and artistic contributions; silver as an expressive medium; and silver as a material for utilitarian objects. He recalls Eero Saarinen, Aline Saarinen, Loja Saarinen, Nellie Peterson, Alma Eicherman, Robert Ebendorf, Michael Good, David Jaworski, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Heikki Seppä (1927-) is a jeweler and metalsmith from Bainbridge Island, Washington. Lloyd Herman (1936-) is a former director of the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery and from Seattle, Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 51 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Occupation:

Silversmiths  Search this

Topic:

Jewelers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.seppa01

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw932c2033d-239f-4ab9-8510-59a6865fe74c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-seppa01

Interviewee:

Ho, Ron, 1936-2017  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E., 1936-  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ron Ho, 2017 May 9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Educators -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)17469

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)387965

AAA_collcode_ho17

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_387965

Creator:

Solberg, Ramona  Search this

Names:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Day, Marjorie  Search this

Day, Russell  Search this

Ramswathy, Malathi  Search this

Stoops, Jack D.  Search this

Extent:

8.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1926-2007

Summary:

The papers of jeweler and educator Ramona Solberg measure 8.3 linear feet and date from 1926 to 2007. The collection documents Solberg's career through biographical materials including interview transcripts, correspondence between Solberg and friends and colleagues including Russell and Marjorie Day and Malathi Ramswarthy, organizational and professional files, printed materials, artwork including jewelry sketches, photographs of Solberg and her work, and motion picture films containing footage of artwork and travel.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of jeweler and educator Ramona Solberg measure 8.3 linear feet and date from 1926 to 2007. The collection documents Solberg's career through biographical materials including interview transcripts, correspondence, organizational and professional files, printed materials, artwork including jewelry sketches, photographs of Solberg and her work, and motion picture films containing footage of artwork and travel.

Biographical materials contain Solberg's Women's Army Corps records, student records, awards and diplomas, material for Solberg's memorial service, a Christmas newsletter by Solberg, interview transcripts and notes, and a detailed chronology of Solberg's life events and career accomplishments.

Correspondence is between Solberg, various friends and colleagues including Russell and Marjorie Day, Malathi Ramswarthy, and others, and with her nephew's partner Sharon Dwinnell-Smith, who served as the point of contact during Solberg's hospitalization in 2004 and after her death in 2005.

A set of organizational files includes correspondence, agreements, printed and photographic materials, sales information, loan forms, and other material regarding exhibitions, workshops, and other events. Solberg's professional files include annotated calendars, workshop material, files containing personal letters and material concerning a film project on Solberg by Jack Stoops, drafts and photographs for Solberg's book Inventive Jewelry-Making, instructional material, research and notes on beads, a few exhibition files, and teaching and travel files.

Printed materials include booklets, brochures and pamphlets, clippings, announcements and catalogs for Solberg's exhibitions, flyers, and a poster. Artwork includes Solberg's childhood drawings, jewelry sketches, and a few other items. Photographic materials include photos of Solberg, travel, and works of art, in addition to approximately 40 motion picture film strips containing footage of artwork and travel.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 7 series.

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1939-2007 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1, OV 9)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1966-2007 (0.7 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Organizational Records, 1955-2007 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 4: Professional Files, circa 1955-2006 (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 2-4, OV 10)

Series 5: Printed Materials, circa 1957-2006 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 4-5)

Series 6: Artwork, 1926-circa 2000 (0.2 linear feet; Box 5, OV 11)

Series 7: Photographic Materials and Motion Picture Film, circa 1940-circa 1990s (3.0 linear feet; Boxes 5-8, FC12)

Biographical / Historical:

Ramona Solberg (1921-2005) was a jeweler and educator in Seattle, W.A.

Solberg was born in Watertown, S.D. but moved to Seattle as a baby. She enlisted in the Women's Army Corps in 1943 and served until 1950. Over the course of her service, she had the opportunity to travel around the United States, as well as abroad to Heidelberg and Stuttgart. After leaving the Army, Solberg used her GI benefits to study jewelry making and textiles in Mexico at Bellas Artes and the University of Michoacan. She received both her Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Washington in 1951 and 1953. Solberg taught high school before becoming an associate professor at Washington State College from 1956 to 1967. She returned to her alma mater, the University of Washington, in 1967 to teach until her retirement in 1983. In 1972, she published, Inventive Jewelry-Making, a book for beginners. She became a fellow at the American Craft Council in 1975 and won the Washington State Governor's award in 1987.

Solberg died in 2005.

Related Materials:

Also in the Archives of American Art is an interview of Ramona Solberg conducted on March 23, 2001 by Vicki Halper for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Solberg's apartment, Seattle, W.A.

Provenance:

The Ramona Solberg papers were donated in 2003 by Ramona Solberg and in 2008 by Ramona Solberg's estate via Larry Metcalf, executor, as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual records in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Jewelers -- Washington (State)  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

United States. Army. Women's Army Corps  Search this

Citation:

Ramona Solberg papers, 1926-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.solbramo

See more items in:

Ramona Solberg papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw993b80233-52c1-4f49-bed6-525b6e8c8be0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-solbramo

Creator:

Ho, Ron  Search this

Names:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Wing Luke Asian Museum (Seattle, Wash.)  Search this

Biskeborn, Susan  Search this

Drutt, Helen Williams  Search this

Extent:

0.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1975-2003

Summary:

The papers of Seattle jeweler Ron Ho measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1975 to 2003. The collection comprises the Bellevue Arts Award, Best of the Eastside Award, and Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair awards; correspondence with Helen Drutt, Tacoma Art Museum, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Susan Biskeborn, Seattle Art Museum, and others; files for the several exhibitions; and printed material relating to Ho that includes clippings and exhibition catalogs and announcements.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Seattle jeweler Ron Ho measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1975 to 2003. The collection comprises the Bellevue Arts Award, Best of the Eastside Award, and Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair awards; correspondence with Helen Drutt, Tacoma Art Museum, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Susan Biskeborn, Seattle Art Museum, and others; files for the several exhibitions; and printed material relating to Ho that includes clippings and exhibition catalogs and announcements.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Ron Ho (1936-2017) was a Chinese American jeweler in Seattle, Washington.

Ho was born Ronald Tau Wo Ho in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1936. After being introduced to crafts by a music teacher, Ho realized that he enjoyed working with his hands. He went on to study art education at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, and received a Master of Art Education degree from the University of Washington. Ho became close friends with fellow Seattle artist Ramona Solberg who shared his love of travel and using found objects to create jewelry pieces.

Ho has won numerous awards including Asian Artist of the Year by the Wing Luke Asian Museum in 1988 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Seattle Metals Guild in 2007. He also became a fellow at the American Craft Council, as well as a lifetime member of Northwest Designer-Craftsmen.

Ho died in 2017 in Seattle.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Ron Ho conducted on May 9, 2017 by Lloyd Herman for the Archives of American Art at Ho's home in Seattle, W.A.

Provenance:

The Ron Ho papers were donated in 2004 by Ron Ho as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Jewelers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle  Search this

Topic:

Chinese American artists  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Asian American jewelers  Search this

American studio craft movement  Search this

Citation:

Ron Ho papers, 1975-2003. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.horon

See more items in:

Ron Ho papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw923f23560-bf88-4c39-9259-1636c86f7ef6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-horon

Interviewee:

Ho, Ron  Search this

Creator:

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Extent:

2 Items (sound files (2 hrs., 5 min.), digital, wav)

38 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2017 May 9

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Ron Ho conducted 2017 May 9, by Lloyd Herman, for the Archives of American Art, at Ho's home in Seattle, Washington.

Ho discusses his family background in Kowloon and Canton, China; grandparents' immigration to Hawaii, and Maui. Agricultural family business in Hawaii. Family chores, family traditions, cooking; hobbies and schooling. The changing economies and demographics of Hawaii. Learning music and accordion as a child and learning crafts from his music teacher. Attending Pacific Lutheran in Tacoma, KS; majoring in art education; teaching art in Hoquiam, WA and Bellevue, WA. Attending University of Washington to get his masters' degree. Studying painting and printmaking; meeting jeweler Ramona Solberg, and studying with her. Using found objects in jewelry, and creating work which incorporated his heritage. Making work with dominoes, jade, noodles, etc. Solo exhibits at the Henry Art Gallery and the Wing Luke Museum, Honolulu Museum of Art, Bellevue Arts Museum. Teaching middle and elementary school and getting awards for teaching. Receiving arts awards. Teaching workshops at Pratt Fine Arts Center and Homer Alaska. Traveling to England and Europe. Taking workshops in Japan and Taiwan. Public Art projects, including at the Wing Luke Museum. Making jewelry for his grandmothers. Travel to China, India, Afghanistan. Ho also discusses teachers Alden Mason and Fred Anderson; students Lynne Hull, Luly Yang, Laurie Hall, Kiff Slemmons, Jack Stoops, Lloyd Herman, Michael Monroe.

Biographical / Historical:

Ron Ho (1936-2017) was a jewelry artist and arts educator in Seattle, Washington. Lloyd Herman (1936- ) was the Director of the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Topic:

Educators -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.ho17

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96360eb14-491e-4d66-926e-4b754a899306

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-ho17