[Miscellaneous ephemera related to artists' materials and businesses]

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  Drawing Book

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  One book of original drawings entitled Drawing Book, created by Frederick Harris of Springfield, Massachusetts. The drawing book was "Sold by M.J. Whipple & Co., Importers of Artists' Materials" in Boston, ca. 1850. The book is 10 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains 15 original pencil drawings. The front cover is an engraving; an elaborate, decorative frame surrounds the title and three vignettes. The original pencil drawings are primarily of houses and buildings; there is also an image of a modern-looking couch. None of the drawings are signed. "F.H." is written in ms., in ink, on the insides of the covers. "Frederick Harris. Springfield, Mass." is written in ms., in ink, on the front cover.

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  How You Can Study Original Drawings by America's Great Cartoonists

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  One advertisement entitled How You Can Study Original Drawings by America's Great Cartoonists, published by The Reserve Publishing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1920. On the verso of the advertisement is printed: "How You Can Study Original Drawings by Great Cartoonists". The sheet advertises "typical examples of the work of six famous American cartoonists, from which etchings have been made of the principal figures exactly the same size as in each original." The cartoonists represented are: "Donahey of 'The Cleveland Plain Dealer'; McCutcheon of 'The Chicago Tribune'; Frost in 'Collier's Weekly'; Davenport of 'The New York Journal'; May of 'The Cleveland Leader'; and Hoban of 'The New York Journal'". The set includes six proofs in a portfolio, for the price of $2.00. This advertisement is illustrated with three sample cartoons from three of the aforementioned cartoonists; the illustrations are in a vertical line along the right-hand side of the page.

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  The Singer Drawing Book for Young Artists

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  One drawing book/manufacturer's advertisement entitled The Singer Drawing Book for Young Artists, published by Singer Sewing Machine Co., copyright 1900. This promotional booklet is comprised of 8 pages of illustrations and 8 leaves of tracing paper, one over each page. The chromolithograph front cover shows a seated boy, writing at a table. The inside of the front cover advertises several different models of Singer sewing machines. "Copyright 1900 Singer Mfg. Co." is printed, in very light ink, at the bottom of the front cover.

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  The Young Artist's Painting and Drawing Book

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  One drawing/painting book, ca. 1915, entitled The Young Artist's Painting and Drawing Book, by F. I. Wetherbee, published by M. A. Donohue & Co., Chicago. This book is comprised of 44 unnumbered pages of chromolithograph and outline illustrations for painting. The front cover is a chromolithograph of a seated child who is painting at an easel. "M.A. Donohue & Co., Chicago" is printed in the lower left-hand corner. The back cover illustration is of a girl on a low seat reading a book. "Directions for the Little Artist" are printed on the front pastedown, opposite the title page. A few descriptive lines are printed below the title: "Being a collection of the most artistic color schemes ever produced in an instructive painting book, teaching accuracy, harmony, beauty and color with pencil, paint and brush. Complete instructions for the little artist." Most, but not all, of the images appear in pairs, one colored and the other in outline form, for coloring. Some of the illustrations have been colored.

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  The Artistic Painting Book

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  One painting book entitled The Artistic Painting Book, published by International Art Publishing Co., Ltd., London and New York. The book has a hole (as in a palette) cut through the upper-left hand corner. The front cover shows a young lad painting a landscape at an easel. The back cover depicts two song birds on a thorny branch with berries, overlooking a farm. The book contains 69 pages of images, both in outline and complementary color image formats. The majority of the images have no complementary color image, so presumably the student was to paint the image as instructed by a teacher or parent. The majority of the images have been filled in, using watercolor wax crayon (or colored pencil), and chalk. Many of the outlines are very light and some were traced over in pencil prior to being filled in. One image of two girls has been labeled "Elfrida" and "Beatrice" and the title page has been copied, in wax crayon or color pencil, on the inside front cover. In the upper-right corner of the title page has been written, in pencil, "6 Full Color Plates #40 amu/22--."

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  [Materials primarily related to Ralph M. Pearson]

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  A collection of 62 miscellaneous pieces primarily relating to the lectures and teachings of Ralph M. Pearson. Items consist of: 4 typescript pages, in outline form, of undated notes entitled "Case Conference Problems in Group Guidance" by Richard D. Allen. Typescript lecture notes, interspersed with manuscript notes, for a series of eight numbered University Extension lectures, dated 1929-1938, primarily relating to modern painting and painters. The first sheet is an assignment sheet for Credit Students. A receipt of payment for Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop and typescript letter of confirmation for receipt of payment for the workshop, both dated December 1937 and addressed to Mabel Spofford. A 15-page typescript transcript of a radio interview entitled "What is Modern Art" with Ralph M. Pearson, by Leah Plotkin. The transcript is from WQXR radio station, Federal Theatre, dated December 28, 1937.

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