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Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins- Founder and Pioneer of Noted Art School

Description: One magazine reprint entitled Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins- Founder and Pioneer of Noted Art School, reprinted from American Business Magazine, October 1927., ca. 1929. The article, written by G. Zeth Brooks, describes the founding and history of the New York School of Applied Design for Women. It commends Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins on her achievement for women: "Thus this noted art school with the motto of 'Concentration' developed the primary motives of Mrs. Hopkins: greater ability, more rapid progress, and a bigger earning power for women." The piece is illustrated with a black and white reproduction of a portrait of Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins. Accompanying the reprinted article are two blank application forms (each entitled Application Blank) and a salary statement for recent graduates of the New York School of Applied Design for Women, in New York City. The dimensions given are for the article.
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The Art Schools Our Country Needs

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One pamphlet/reprint entitled The Art Schools Our Country Needs, by James Parton Haney, "Director of Art in High Schools, New York City", reprinted from The New York Times, December 22, 1918. The article is 12 numbered pages in length; the last page is blank.

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Art Career School

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One flyer advertising Summer Classes at the Art Career School, New York, New York, 1949. This advertisement is for the 1949 summer session, June 20-August 26. Four separate classes are offered: Figure Drawing, Drawing and Painting, Applied Design or Illustration, and Outdoor Sketching. The sheet is folded into eighths within a blue paper folder, the first two pages of which are text and the latter six of which are (reproductions) illustrations, presumably artworks created in previous summer school classes. The cover title reads: "Art Career School." The item is accompanied by an unused mailing envelope with the school's name printed on it.

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The Rankin Studios, Summer 1935, School of Applied Arts

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One fragment of a flyer entitled The Rankin Studios, Summer 1935, School of Applied Arts, published by Rankin Studios, New Hartford, Connecticut, 1935. This piece is a single sheet, clearly detached from the remainder of the leaflet. It appears to be an informational or promotional brochure for summer art courses.

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The Applied Arts Summer School, Chicago, Illinois

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One promotional piece entitled The Applied Arts Summer School, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1935. This single, one-sided piece is printed on cardstock and contains a color image of an urban view, including several buildings and a park. Text appears below the image. "Ms. Spofford" is written in ms., in pencil, at the top of the card.

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Art in Dress with Notes on Home Decoration

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One instructional book entitled Art in Dress with Notes on Home Decoration, second edition, by Lydia Bolmar and Kathleen McNutt, published by Manual Arts Press, Peoria, Illinois, copyright 1917. This 46-page book is "in fact, a textbook on art as applied to dress and home decoration . . . intended for the use of students in domestic art courses." (Introduction, p. 3) The chapters address such issues as basic principles of design and arrangement, dress and its relation to the wearer, color, and home decoration. The book is illustrated with black and white line drawings, and features three fold-out plates intended for practice of the principles outlined in the book. The title on the front cover is framed with a decorative border; the inside of the front cover and both sides of the back cover are blank. Pages 43-46 contain publisher's advertisements for books on related subjects. "Mabel Spofford" is written in ms. at the top of the front cover, as well as below the title on the title page. An embossed stamp of the letter "S" is on the upper right-hand corner of the title page. Laid in is the February 1916 issue (single sheet, double sided) of The Applied Arts Bulletin.

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School and Teachers' Order Form, School Arts Magazine

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One publisher's order form entitled School and Teachers' Order Form, School Arts Magazine, issued by the publishers of School Arts Magazine, Worcester, Massachusetts, ca. 1940. The front side of the order form is blank, the other side lists portfolios and books for sale. A return envelope accompanies the order form. Both are printed on pink paper.

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