Oral history interview with Rachael Griffin, 1976 April 22

This oral history interview with Rachael Griffin was conducted by Oregon photographer Marian W. Kolisch on April 22, 1976, at Griffin's home in Portland, Oregon. The interview was part of a series conducted by Kolisch to accompany portraits of Oregon artists, businesspeople, and politicians. In addition to the audio recording, this collection includes an index to Griffin's interview.

In this interview, Griffin discusses her career as a teacher at the Museum Art School in Portland, which is now the Pacific Northwest College of Art. She speaks extensively about her work as curator for the Portland Art Museum from 1953 to 1974. She discusses the art museum's weekly radio program, "At the Museum," which aired on KOIN. She talks about the importance of volunteers at museum, about the importance of making art available to the public, and about securing funding for the art museum. She discusses the organizational structure of the museum and speaks about working with the museum board.