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

Description: 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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