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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
One typescript letter from the director of The American Federation of Arts in Washington, D.C., addressed to Miss Spofford and dated March 7, 1941. The item is a form letter, asking Miss Spofford to enroll as a member of The American Federation of Arts and to attend its upcoming 32nd Annual Convention. The letter is signed with a blue ink stamp/signature of Thomas C. Parker, Director. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Two promotional letters, dated September 1935 and October 1935, respectively, which advertise the Stover School Art Service, Birmingham, Michigan. Both are addressed to Miss Mabel Spofford, signed by Frances L. Stover, and are printed on Stover School Art Service letterhead. These form letters (4 unnumbered, typescript pages each) advertise pre-planned and pre-organized art projects made available for art teachers by the Service. A sample project, probably completed by Mabel Spofford, is laid into each letter. Title supplied by cataloger.
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One typescript letter from Nancy J. Kelleher, addressed to 'The Art Teacher', dated May 23, 1949. The letter is a form letter that provides briefly summarized results of a previous survey issued to Massachusetts art teachers. It is presumed that the author of the letter is associated with an unnamed association. The letter is folded into thirds, and is laid into an accompanying envelope that is addressed to "Art Director, Gloucester High School, Gloucester, Mass." "Survey Report" is written in pink pencil across the top of the envelope. It is presumed that this letter belonged to Mabel Spofford. Title supplied by cataloger.
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One carving tool manufactured by J.L. Hammett Co., ca. 1935? The tool is comprised of a rounded wooden handle with one flat side and a 2 1/4 inch grooved metal bit. "Hammett" is stamped into the end of the handle. Title supplied by cataloger.
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A collection of miscellaneous typescript and manuscript notes primarily relating to the lectures and teachings of Ralph M. Pearson, 1929-1938. There appear to be four separate groups of papers, totaling approximately 62 sheets of material. First group: Four typescript pages, in outline form, of notes entitled "Case Conference Problems in Group Guidance" by Richard D. Allen. These notes are not dated. Second group: A collection of typescript series of lecture notes for a lecture series, interspersed with manuscript notes from each of those lectures. These lectures are part of a numbered lecture series, primarily relating to modern painting and painters. These are from University Extension lectures, and are dated 1929 and 1938. The first sheet is an assignment sheet for Credit Students. There are eight numbered lectures, each on an aspect of Modernism and painting. There are more manuscript notes than typescript notes. Third group: Two items. The first is a printed and typescript receipt of payment for Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop; the second is a typescript letter of confirmation for receipt of payment for the workshop. Both are on Ralph M. Pearson letterhead, and both are dated December, 1937. Both are also addressed to Mabel Spofford. Fourth group: A fifteen-page (15) 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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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. The collection was assembled by Massachusetts professor Diana Korzenik over a period of nearly three decades, and the ephemera is composed of instructional materials (e.g. art instruction manuals, art reproductions, drawing books, drawing cards, painting books, penmanship books, etc.), objects (e.g. boxed painting sets, drawing slates, models, drawing desks, colored pencils, crayons, paint, etc.) and non-instructional materials (e.g. promotional materials, scrapbooks, coursework by Korzenik's students, catalogs, etc.). With the exception of the Mabel Spofford archive, which she purchased as a whole, Korzenik pursued each item individually with the aim of assembling frequently overlooked and misunderstood material.
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