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Five scraps of manuscript notes, written by Diana Korzenik

Description: Five scraps of manuscript notes, written by Diana Korzenik, that had been laid into Arthur Dow's Composition: A Series of Exercises Selected from a New System of Art Education, 1899, (HEH RB# 603472). Accompanying these five notes is a photocopy of page 13 from Dow's Composition.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1899
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Diana Korzenik, August 1997.

Subseries L. Graduate Student Papers from various courses taught by Diana Korzenik

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Diana Korzenik collection of art education ephemera and books

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This collection contains approximately 700 pieces of ephemera that along with more than 500 separately cataloged books form the Diana Korzenik Collection of Art Education representing the evolution of art education in the United States from mainly 1800 to 1950. An archive reflecting specific techniques and values employed in the education of children and budding artists of all ages during this period, the collection was compiled by Massachusetts professor Diana Korzenik, and the ephemera includes 178 pamphlets, 40 serial titles, 277 coloring and drawing books, and over 200 artifacts such as wooden and metallic paint boxes, tracing slates, stencil kits, geometric wooden blocks, chromolithographed scenes for copying, sketchbooks, crayons, and posable wooden mannequins. In addition to actual artifacts used by students, the collection also includes theoretical and instructional books aimed at art educators, policymakers, and parents. Many of the items demonstrate more traditional ways in which art has been taught in schools and homes, including the copying, tracing and stenciling of prepared images, the composing of original images, and the filling-in of outlined pre-defined images. The ephemera is subdivided by series: Series I: Instruction materials consisting of materials clearly used for didactic purposes, such as painting or penmanship books. Series II: Non-instructional materials such as student drawings, commercial catalogs, and material chiefly collected by Mabel Spofford, an art supervisor for Gloucester, Massachusetts, public schools in the mid-twentieth century. The wide variety of art education ephemera amassed by Spofford includes art educators' meeting notes, bulletins, summer school announcements, sample art projects, and other items reflective of her professional interests. Series III: Objects consisting of three-dimensional artifacts that would have been used for art-making purposes including raw material such as paint and pencils, and devices such as drawing slates. Among the oldest items in the collection is a Thomas Reeves and Sons watercolor paint set (Box 75, Set 05) dating from 1781. The collection spans over 200 years, with the most recent item being a copy of Some Events in the Life of Walter Smith (Box 22 Evelope 26) from 1982.

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Two items, one promotional letter and one blank order form, from the

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Two items, one promotional letter and one blank order form, from the O-P Craft Co., Sandusky, Ohio, ca. 1940. The first item is a typed letter, addressed to Mabel Spofford and signed by A. L. Opie of the O-P Craft Co. The letter was laid into an O-P Craft Co. catalog entitled A Catalog of O-P Craft creative crafts.... (HEH RB# 603450). The second item is a blank order form from the O-P Craft Co., printed on yellow paper. It is accompanied by a pre-printed return envelope. This item was laid into an O-P Craft Co. catalog entitled Art Teaching Helps, 1940-1941 Catalog, (HEH RB# 603449). Title supplied by cataloger.

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Order Sheet

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One order sheet, dated 1924-1925, for the D.M. Campana Art Co., printed by the D.M. Campana Art Co., Chicago. This is a blank order form printed on one side only of a sheet of green paper. The item was laid into a D.M. Campana catalog entitled Artist's materials of all kinds..., (HEH RB# 603447). Title supplied by cataloger.

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Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Inc

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One envelope from Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1885. This item was laid in the Wadsworth, Howland catalog, (HEH RB # 603399). The print on the envelope reads, in part: "From Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Inc. ... Hardware, Paints, Brushes, Varnishes, Floor Polishes, Artists' Supplies- Drafting Materials." Several patches of red watercolor paint and a few lines of pen ink are on the back of the envelope.

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Fabik Home Outfit for Batik Workers

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One partial manufacturer's advertisement for the Fabik Home Outfit for Batik Workers, a home batik-making kit, ca. 1935. This advertisement is illustrated with a photograph image of the kit and two sample designs of batik patterns. It appears to be two-thirds of the whole (the last third of the advertisement is missing). This item was laid into an Industrial Arts Cooperative Service catalog, (HEH RB# 603445). The dimensions provided are for this advertisement, unfolded. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Five scraps of manuscript notes, written by Diana Korzenik

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