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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Hambridge, Mary, 1885-1973.

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Mary Lee Crovatt (1885-1973) was born the daughter of an affluent family in Brunswick, Georgia with familial ties to Jekyll Island. Mary left home at an early age to attend a finishing school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she was educated in the classics. In her twenties, she lived in New York and had aspirations to become an actress. It was during this period that she supported herself as an artist's model and professional whistler, and met Jay Hambidge (1867-1924), an artist, illustrator, and scholar who pioneered the theory of "dynamic symmetry", a concept that linked the symmetry found in nature to that of art objects. In 1920, Yale University Press sponsored a trip to Greece for research involving dynamic symmetry and on-site measurements of the Parthenon. While Jay was engaged in his work, Mary, who had accompanied him, became intrigued with the village weavers and the process by which sheep wool was spun and woven into everyday garments. Mary was so taken, in fact, that she remained in Greece to perfect her weaving skills, after Jay had returned home to begin a lecture series to defend the theory of dynamic symmetry. After Jay's sudden death in 1924, Mary eventually moved back to Georgia and became enamored with Rabun County and the American tradition of handweaving. With the financial backing of Eleanor Steele Reece (formerly Mrs. Hall Clovis), an acquaintance from New York, Mary set out to create a place where crafts and agriculture were practiced based on an expanded view of dynamic symmetry. By the mid 1930s, she established herself on an 800 acre tract of land along Betty's Creek in the Rabun Gap area and recruited local women to spin and weave and men to work the farm. Building on the success of the weaving business, Mary, with support of Eleanor Steele Reece, opened Rabun Gap Studios at 810 Madison Avenue in New York City in 1937. For twenty years the shop promoted handwoven designs and weavings by the Weavers of Rabun. In 1944, the Jay Hambidge Art Foundation was officially incorporated. The institution's philosophy was "Agriculture and the Handcrafts are the basis of a creative life." From the late 1940s to the early 1970s, Mary continued to weave and envision new directions for the Foundation. After her death in 1973, Mary Creety Nikas, an interior designer and friend, saw to the continuation of the institution. The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences exists today as an artist colony that sponsors residency, workshops, and general intellectual and creative exchange, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a rural historic district.

From the description of Mary and Jay Hambidge papers, 1806-1994 1920-1970 (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 122273579

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122552405

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http://viaf.org/viaf/73400747

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180851485

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/162106115

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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Mary and Jay Hambidge papers, 1806-1994 1920-1970

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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973. Mary and Jay Hambidge papers, 1806-1994 1920-1970

Title: Mary and Jay Hambidge papers, 1806-1994 1920-1970

Through personal papers, subject files, and printed material and publications, the collection documents the life of Mary Crovatt Hambidge from her childhood in Brunswick, Georgia to the establishment of the Hambidge Center, formerly the Jay Hambidge Art Foundation, and the efforts of Mary and Jay Hambidge to develop and promote the concept of dynamic symmetry.

ArchivalResource: 61 document cases, 32 linear ft.

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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Jay and Mary Crovatt Hambidge papers

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Jay and Mary Crovatt Hambidge papers

Title: Jay and Mary Crovatt Hambidge papers

Papers mainly relating to Hambidge's theory of Dynamic Symmetry, and to Mary Crovatt Hambidge and her efforts to found and support a weaving workshop based on her husband's work.

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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Letters to Robert Marshall Shepherd, 1948-1969.

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Shepherd, Robert Marshall. Letters to Robert Marshall Shepherd, 1948-1969.

Title: Letters to Robert Marshall Shepherd, 1948-1969.

The letters and postcards were written by Mary Hambidge to Robert Shepherd between 1948 and 1969 and reflect her interests and concerns: the effects of modernization on man and nature and the South; notions of truth and beauty; writings about Western and Eastern philosophy and religion; and dynamic symmetry. While the letters provide minimal insight into Shepherd's life, they do address his relationship with Hannah, his wife, and work-related concerns.

ArchivalResource: 50 letters, 3 postcards (1 folder)

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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1955-1960.

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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1955-1960.

Title: Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1955-1960.

ArchivalResource: 5 items (9 leaves)

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Hambridge, Mary, 1885-1973.

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Jean Réti-Forbes papers, 1957-1972.

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Réti, Jean. Jean Réti-Forbes papers, 1957-1972.

Title: Jean Réti-Forbes papers, 1957-1972.

The collection consists of papers of Jean Réti-Forbes from 1957-1972. Includes correspondence, subject files, lecture notes, photographs, writings and printed material, musical compositions, and audio recordings. The correspondence contains letters from colleagues, friends, and family. Major correspondents include husbands Rudolph Reti and W. Stanton Forbes, Dorothy Gillam Baker, Lucy Bates, Helen Boyd, Irene Downes, Margaret K. Faulkner, Lucy Forbes, Lynn Stanton Garber, Mary Crovatt Hambridge, Frances Heyn, and Kitty Lindow. The collection also contains a diary kept by W. Stanton Forbes (1960-1972) mainly centered around his life with Réti-Forbes and some diaries and loose diary pages kept by Jean Reti-Forbes.

ArchivalResource: 10 linear ft.

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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Caskey, Lacey Davis.

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Caskey, Lacey Davis.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Christy, George.

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Christy, George.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Clovis, Hall, Mrs.

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Clovis, Hall, Mrs.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Crovatt family.

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Crovatt family.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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DuBignon family.

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DuBignon family.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Grandison family.

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Grandison family.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Hall, Clovis.

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Hall, Clovis.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences (Rabun Gap, Ga.)

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Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences (Rabun Gap, Ga.)
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924.

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Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Jugtown Pottery (N.C.)

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Jugtown Pottery (N.C.)
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Kanellos, Vassos.

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Kanellos, Vassos.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Ogburn, Charlton.

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Ogburn, Charlton.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Ogburn, Dorothy.

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Ogburn, Dorothy.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Olyanova, Nadya.

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Olyanova, Nadya.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Rabun Studios

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Rabun Studios
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Rutledge, Archibald, 1883-1973.

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Rutledge, Archibald, 1883-1973.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Schlatter family.

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Schlatter family.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Shepherd, Robert Marshall.

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Shepherd, Robert Marshall.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Steedman, Marguerite.

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Steedman, Marguerite.
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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Weavers of Rabun.

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Weavers of Rabun.
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Hambridge, Mary, 1885-1973.

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Réti, Jean.

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Réti, Jean.
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Georgia--Rabun County

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Rabun Gap (Ga.)

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Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

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Hambridge, Mary, 1885-1973.

Hambidge, Mary, 1885-1973

Hambridge, Mary, 1885-1973.

Georgia--Rabun County

Rabun Gap (Ga.)

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