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Five scraps of manuscript notes, written 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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Application for Admission to the Boston University Summer Session in Physical Education at Sargent Camp, Peterborough, N.H
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Two pieces of ephemera relating to Boston University's Sargent Camp; the first is entitled Application for Admission to the Boston University Summer Session in Physical Education at Sargent Camp, Peterborough, N.H.; the other is entitled Room Reservation Form. The application form is dated 1948. Neither form has been completed. Accompanying the two forms is an envelope addressed, in typescript, to "Miss Gladys B. Tarr, 89 Prospect St., Sar15 Gloucester, Mass." The items were laid into a catalog entitled Summer Session in Physical Education at Sargent Camp, (HEH RB# 603429).
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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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Books and Folios to Help You in Your Teaching and Creative Work
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Three items: two envelopes and one publisher's advertisement, entitled Books and Folios to Help You in Your Teaching and Creative Work, published by the Davis Press, Publishers, The School Arts Magazine, Worcester, Massachusetts, ca. 1948. The flyer, a two-sided illustrated sheet, lists advertised titles and their prices on one side and features an order form on the other. The illustrations at the top of the order form are signed "Margot Lyon." A return envelope accompanies the order form. Both items are printed on bright orange paper. Accompanying these is a mailing envelope from School Arts Magazine addressed to "Miss Mabel Spofford, 8 Cherry Street, Danvers, Mass." All three items were laid into a publisher's catalog entitled Arts and Crafts: Books and Portfolios to Help you in 1948-49, (HEH RB# 603448). The dimensions listed are for the order form, unfolded.
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