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The Aesthetic Factor in Education
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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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New Art Education
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Nine books entitled New Art Education, published by Prang Company Publishers, "A Division of The American Crayon Company, Sandusky, Ohio", copyright 1944, 1945 and 1947. The books are numbered, 1-9; laid into each is a second book, an accompanying teacher guide, entitled Teachers Reference and Course of Study, published in 1947. (One book is intended for the teacher and one for the student.) Accompanying these nine sets are three teacher reference guides titled Teachers Reference and Course of Study. The first is labeled "A", "to accompany New Art Education Books I, II, III"; the second is labeled B, and the third C, to accompany Books 4, 5, 6 and 7, 8, 9 respectively. These books contain ideas, instructions and projects for a wide variety of arts and crafts projects for schoolchildren. All nine sets, and the Teachers Reference and Course of Study vols. A-C, are illustrated typically in black and white. Each of the nine New Art Education books and each of the Teachers Reference books have "Mabel Spofford" written in ms., in ink, on the front cover, and some on the title page. Laid into Book I of New Art Education are two TLSs on Stover School Art Service (of Birmingham, Michigan) letterhead, which are promotional and advertising solicitations for art projects and supplies. One letter is dated Jan. 18, 1933, the other Sept. 24, 1935; each is addressed to Miss Mabel Spofford , Supv. of Drawing, Gloucester, Mass. Within each letter are a few sample art projects for examination.
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A Course of Free-Hand, Model, and Object Drawing: Designed for Primary, Grammar, and High Schools
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One booklet entitled A Course of Free-Hand, Model, and Object Drawing: Designed for Primary, Grammar, and High Schools, by Professor Walter Smith, published by Noyes, Holmes, and Company, Boston, 1872. At the bottom of the cover is printed, "J.W.C. Gilman, Agent." This booklet consists of 16 unnumbered pages, including the front and back covers. It appears to be a publisher's advertisement for the Smith drawing system and its products. The first few pages are advertisements for drawing slates, drawing-cards and drawing books. The next few pages are an overview of the general method of the system, and "Specimen Pages from 'The Teachers' Companion'", with white-on-black illustrations. The back cover (also the last page) are listed "Reasons for Adopting the American Drawing Series", signed by J.W.C. Gilman, Agent for Introduction. The front cover of this advertisement features an illustration of a drawing slate and drawing cards.
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Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 4-1882: Industrial Art in Schools
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One pamphlet, copyright 1882, entitled Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 4-1882: Industrial Art in Schools, by Charles G. Leland, published by the Government Printing Office, Washington. This pamphlet is 38 numbered pages in length, and is not illustrated. The table of contents is listed on p. 3, and is divided into three sections: Introduction; Practical Teaching; and General Observations. The embossed ownership stamp of the Essex Institute is stamped in the upper right-hand corner of the title page;a Dewey decimal call number is written in ms. on the title page verso.
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Some Reasons Why Drawing Should be Taught in Our Common Schools
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One pamphlet, copyright 1877, entitled Some Reasons Why Drawing Should be Taught in Our Common Schools, by Langdon S. Thompson, published by the author, La Fayette, Indiana. This pamphlet is 24 numbered pages in length and is not illustrated. It is subtitled: "A paper: Read at the Meeting of the Ohio Teachers' Association, at Put-in-Bay, July 4, 1877; and also at the Annual Meeting of the National Education Association, at Louisville, KY, Aug. 16, 1877." The text of the essay is prefaced by 9 pages of excerpts of testimonials in its favor. Thompson's three reasons for teaching art were 'disciplinarian', 'utilitarian', and 'aesthetic'. An ink stamp of the Ohio State University Education Library is stamped on the front cover.
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Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 5-1879: American Education as Described by the French Commission to the International Exhibition of 1876
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One pamphlet, copyright 1879, entitled Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 5-1879: American Education as Described by the French Commission to the International Exhibition of 1876, by Ferdinand Buisson, published by the Government Printing Office, Washington. This pamphlet is 38 pages in length and is not illustrated. It concerns the findings of a commission of French school officials and teachers who, in 1876, were sent to the United States to study educational methods in connection with the Centennial Exhibition of that year. This pamphlet is a summary of the commission's 702-page report. One of the commission's observations was the match between American values and the school system then in place. The embossed ownership stamp of the Essex Institute is in the upper right-hand corner of the title page. The ink stamp of the Essex Institute, dated March 8, 1880 is stamped in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.
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