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Mervin Lane Manuscripts

Title: Mervin Lane Manuscripts

This collection of manuscripts was created during preparation of Lane's Black Mountain College: Sprouted Seeds, and includes typescript drafts and final galley proofs of the text of the book, miscellaneous working papers, correspondence with contributors to the anthology, correspondence with former students who were willing to comment privately on their experience at the college but who decline preparing comments for publication in the anthology, and press clippings. Correspondence with Lane includes a substantial amount of information regarding life at Black Mountain College with many of the contriubtors commenting on the influence that the college has had upon their lives, the emotionally challenging and demanding aspects of their student life, and the sexually unrestricted aspects of the communal atmosphere. Numerous comments are made about the teaching style and classes of art instructor Josef Albers, expecially in the files of Peggy Bailey, F.A. Foster, and John Urbain; dancer Merce Cunningham and his involvement with the college is discussed by June Christensen and Elizabeth Jennerjahn; sexual freedom and communal life are discussed by Doughton Cramer, Anne Mangold, Bill McGee, and Ike Nakata; the musical concerts are discussed by Judith Davidoff; and Charles Olson as a major influence upon students is related by Mary Fiore, Mildred Harding, and Helen Hellman. John Rice, founder of the college, is discussed by F.A. Foster, Ika Nakata, William C. Rice, Frank Rice, and Marian Teeter; the accidental drowning of student Frank Nacke is recalled by Ike Nakata, Morton Steinau, and Kacke's sister, Marian Teeter; the artistic life of the college is described by Elizabeth Jennerjahn, Howard Rondthaler, and Patsy Wood; John Reiss examines the austere lifestyle of the students and visits of personalities such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Agnes de Mille; Anne Mangold's refutation of former works on the college are told from the perspective of a faculty wife during the turbulent years of college founder John Rice; and former faculty member Theodore Dreier comments upon his life after Black Mountain College, and details the accidental deaths of both of his sons: artist Leo Krikorian's file includes an article on his ownership of the famous San Francisco bar, The Place, which helped to found the beatnik generation in the 1950s; Judd Woldin writes about the death of music instructor Heinrich Jalowetz; the material from May Sarton is reprinted from one of her published works, and her note comments upon the lasting influence of the college upon her writing; and Albert Einstein's possible affiliation with the college is discussed by John Reiss and Phyllis Thomas. Photographs of several contributors are included.

ArchivalResource: 4 cubic ft.

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Urbain, John A., 1920- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: Urbain, John A., 1920- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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