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Design Workshop

Description: Two issues of Design Workshop, No. 1 and Bulletin 2, by Ralph M. Pearson, published by Ralph M. Pearson, New York. Bulletin 2 is dated October 1935. Each is 4 pages in length. Accompanying these is an envelope from the Ralph M. Pearson Design Workshop addressed to Mabel Spofford.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1935
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Diana Korzenik, August 1997.; transferred from Huntington Art Reference Library, May 2000.

Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop

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A collection of correspondence courses and bulletins entitled Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop, authored and published by Ralph M. Pearson, Nyack, New York, 1937-1946. This collection is roughly divided into four sections. The first section is a run of a magazine column/articles by Ralph M. Pearson; the second section is a collection of issues of a correspondence course entitled Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop, Courses by Mail: Course 4 - Critical Appreciation; the third is a gathering of Design Workshop Bulletins and the fourth is a miscellaneous collection of notices and flyers relating to the correspondence courses. Most of the miscellaneous mailings are addressed to Mabel Spofford. All of these items are from her personal collection. First section: A collection of 35 installments of a monthly column/article entitled "The Artist's Point of View" by Ralph M. Pearson, as published in Forum Magazine. Most of the installments are date stamped; the dates range from March 1937 to May 1940 (the first few articles are not date stamped). Second Section: An incomplete set of a correspondence course entitled Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop, Courses by Mail, Course 4 - Critical Appreciation, by Ralph M. Pearson, Nos. 1-4, 6-9, 11-13, and 15 (12 numbers in total). Number 15 is dated 1942; the others are not dated. Third section: An incomplete set of issues of Design Workshop Bulletin, by Ralph M. Pearson. The collection includes No. 5 February 1937; No. 6 March 1937; No. 9 [1938]; No. 9 October 1938; No. 5 March 1939, and No. 6 March 1939. Fourth section: A collection of 17 miscellaneous notices, bulletins, publisher's advertisements and mailings relating to Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop Courses by Mail. These mailings are dated between March 1939 and 1941.

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Miscellaneous typescript and manuscript notes relating to the lectures and teachings of Ralph M. Pearson, 1929-1938

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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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Design

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One advertisement postcard for a subscription to the magazine Design, published by the Design Publishing Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1937. The postcard is printed in green ink, and is addressed to "Mabel Spofford, 61 Middle Street., Gloucester, Mass." and is postmarked Feb. 19, 1937.

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Flyer from the Lecture Bureau of the Rhode Island School of Design, 1948

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One flyer from the Lecture Bureau of the Rhode Island School of Design, 1948. It is 4 pages in length; (made from a single sheet that has been folded into fourths). The listing of the members of the Lecture Bureau and their respective talks for the 1948-49 season is contained within. The flyer is addressed to "Office of the Principal, Gloucester High School, Gloucester, Mass." "Miss Spofford" is written in ms. above the typed address. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Official Register of Harvard University, Harvard Summer School: An Unusual Program for Teachers of Art

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One flyer entitled Official Register of Harvard University, Harvard Summer School: An Unusual Program for Teachers of Art, Vol. XXXVIII, April 4, 1941, No. 15, published by Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1941. This 8-page brochure is an advertisement for a program offered by Harvard Summer School. In it are listed the courses offered, a description of the art workshop, the staff, facilities, social life, fees and credits, and an address to write for further information. Accompanying this brochure is a business reply postcard to subscribe to the Official Register of Harvard University. Also accompanying this leaflet is a mailing envelope addressed to "Miss Mabel Spofford, Supervisor of Drawing, Public Schools, Gloucester, Mass."

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Design in Dark and Light

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One pattern book entitled Design in Dark and Light: Folio No. 2: "Birds", by Rose Netzorg Kerr, published by the Fairbairn Art Company, New York, New York, copyright 1929. This folio consists of 16 numbered and titled plates, within a yellow protective portfolio (which serves as the cover). On one of the flaps of the cover is an explanation of each of the plates in regard to its content and relevant theme. The black and white images are both vertically and horizontally oriented on each plate, and include birds such as sparrows, geese and peacocks. The emphasis of these images is on patterns, motif design and use of space. "Mabel Spofford" is written in ms. at the top of each of the plates.

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