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    Art in America and Arts & Decoration

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    Issues of: Art in America: an illustrated quarterly magazine (Springfield, MA: edited by Jean Lipman): Volume 32, no. 4, October 1944 Arts & Decoration New York: Hewitt Publishing Corporation (imprint varies): Volume 10, no. 4, February 1919; Volume 10, no. 5, March 1919; Volume 10, no. 6, April 1919; Volume 11, nos. 1-6, May-October 1919; Volume 12, nos. 1-5, November 1919-March 1920; Volume 13, no. 2, July 1920; Volume 13, no. 3, August 1920; Volume 15, no. 2, June 1921

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  • Arts and Crafts at the Chautauqua Summer Schools

    Arts and Crafts at the Chautauqua Summer Schools

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    One flyer entitled Arts and Crafts at the Chautauqua Summer Schools, published by Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, 1930. This 8-page (a single sheet folded into fourths) brochure advertises various summer classes offered by the Chautauqua School of Arts and Crafts. The classes offered fall under three broad categories: Art Education, Industrial Arts, and Practical Craft Courses. The dates of this particular summer program are July 7-August 15, 1930. This brochure is accompanied by a mailing envelope addressed to "Miss Mabel Spofford, Winchester Arms, Gloucester, Mass."

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    Peterson's Magazine

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    Peterson's Magazine (Philadelphia): v. 48, 1865. (See also Box 109, v.47, 1865)

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    Peterson's Magazine

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    Peterson's Magazine (Philadelphia): v. 47, 1865. See also Box 110 (v. 48, 1865 cont.)

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  • Retrospective Exhibition of American Art, 1689-1921

    Retrospective Exhibition of American Art, 1689-1921

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    One catalog entitled Retrospective Exhibition of American Art, under the direction of Mrs. Albert Sterner Inaugurating the Junior Art Patrons of America. At the bottom of the title page is printed: "May 7 to 21, 1921 Fine Arts Building, 215 West Fifty-Seventh Street, May 6th to May 21st." The catalog is 64 unnumbered pages in length, and contains a listing of the items in the exhibit, and several pages of illustrations. The first 4 and last 24 pages contain a variety of advertisements: Devoe Artists' Materials, various art galleries, and framers, for example. There are many ms. annotations, in pencil, on the pages throughout commenting on the exhibit items. "$1.50" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the first page. The front cover bears a reproduction of a woodcut by Rockwell Kent above the title. The insides of the front and back covers, as well as the back cover, contain advertisements.

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  • New Art Education

    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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