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Notebooks, 1929-1977.

Title: Notebooks, 1929-1977.

Notes from lectures at Pratt Institute by James C. Bondreau on the history of art, 1929-1930; notebook from his military training in the Signal Corps at Camp Crowder, Missouri, ca. 1942, containing curriculum materials, clippings, notes, and his illustrations; and notebook kept as Town Historian containing letters, programs, minutes, and a record of his activities, 1973-1977.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155540040 View

Visitor books record group, 1888-1896.

Title: Visitor books record group, 1888-1896.

Three volumes, visitor books or registers: Pratt Institute Visitor Book, 1888-1896; Visitor book from the World's Fair, 1893; Pratt Institute School (Student) Register, 1888-1896.

ArchivalResource: .4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155456394 View

Houghton Cranford Smith papers

Title: Houghton Cranford Smith papers

The papers of painter Houghton Cranford Smith measure 2.2 linear feet and date from 1890-1991. They consist of eight scrapbooks compiled by his widow containing correspondence with family and friends, biographical materials, sketches, school work, extensive clippings, exhibition catalogs, travel documents and numerous photographs of family and friends.Biographical materials include photographs of Smith, of his artwork and of friends and family in Provincetown and New Mexico, school documents from the Foebel Academy, the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and the Art Students' League, autographed menus, correspondence, including postcards and letters to family and friends sent from Bermuda and Jamaica, customs declarations, exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, a passport to Chile, newsletters, and Smith's teaching contract from the University of Kansas. Additionally, there are significant photographs and letters documenting Smith's art studies with E. Ambrose Webster at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts.The collection also includes Smith's correspondence from France and South America. A significant portion of the collection includes papers from his time in France from 1913-1914, where he studied at the Parisian art school Academie Julian. These include a log from a tandem bicycle trip with classmate Harold P. Browne, an invitation to the Bal Randolphe, a Browne Art Class brochure and a narrative entitled "A Party of Fugitives from France," which describes Smith's forced fleeing from France after the French mobilization in 1914. There are also papers describing his South American travels which include notes and correspondence about Argentina, Uruguay and his time in Chile, which spans five years.Materials documenting Smith's return to France and studies at the Academie Ozenfant from 1926 to 1933 include Smith's passport, ship passenger lists and other travel documents, correspondence with family, French identification letters, exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings and his Academie Ozenfant list of classes and student card. Of particular note are correspondence from and a picture of Sir Walter Kitchener, governor of Bermuda, and letters from wife Elena Peralta to her parents-in-law. Topics covered in the correspondence of this scrapbook include sons Houghton Jr. and Gerrit and the birth of daughter Florence, financial difficulties, art teachers Amadee Ozenfant and Andree L'hote and the family's travels to Bermuda, New Mexico and New York City.Materials from later in Smith's life include correspondence from Smith to second wife Laura Gilbert Williams, exhibition catalogs and registers, photographs of artwork, newspaper clippings of reviews received for Smith's exhibited paintings and congratulatory letters from family and friends on Smith's successful exhibits and feature article in The American Artist. Additionally, there is significant correspondence with the Passedoit Gallery, Homer Saint-Gaudens of the Carnegie Institute regarding the exhibition and purchase of Smith's artwork and Smith's gifted painting to the Butler Institute of American Art. Additionally, there are several biographical newspaper articles and a biographical sketch written by his wife Laura after his death.Of note is the artist's original handwritten notes and final published version of his reminiscence "The Provincetown I Remember," notes about painting with various colors and color charts, related assignments from Smith's Color Theory Class, a signed copy of the book Color by E. Ambrose Webster, Smith's former art teacher, pencil sketches, a class notebook about lettering and an address book.

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Brooklyn Museum. Community Gallery. Records, Exhibition views: installations. Pratt Graduate Art Faculty Exhibit. 1972.

Title: Records, Exhibition views: installations. Pratt Graduate Art Faculty Exhibit. 1972.

Installation views of an exhibition held from 02/13/1972 to 03/05/1972 at the Brooklyn Museum.

ArchivalResource: 5 b/w photographs 8 x 10"

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/752599372 View

Alumni Affairs record group, 1895-1982, 1926-1976 (bulk)

Title: Alumni Affairs record group, 1895-1982, 1926-1976 (bulk)

Charter, minutes, and financial records of the Alumni Association, 1895; Pratt Institute High School scrapbook, 1895; alumni registers and directories, 1895-1982; Alumni Board minutes, 1941-1948; correspondence and records of the Alumni Advisory Board, 1940-1950; minutes, register, and convention records of Art School alumni, 1895-1961; and alumni records and publications of Schools of Kindergarten Training, Household Science and Arts, Engineering (Science and Technology), and Library and Information Science.

ArchivalResource: 6.3 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155455402 View

Marion Greenstone papers

Title: Marion Greenstone papers

The papers of painter and educator Marion Greenstone measure 4.6 linear feet, and date from 1929-2014. The collection documents Greenstone's career through biographical materials, mixed professional and personal correspondence, writings and notebooks, exhibition and gallery files, teaching files, personal business records, printed material, sketches and sketchbooks, and photographs. The papers also include three motion picture films comprised of homemade footage created by Greenstone.

ArchivalResource: 4.6 Linear feet

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Eleanor Pepper architectural records and papers, 1891-1997, (bulk 1920-1990)

Title: Eleanor Pepper architectural records and papers, 1891-1997, (bulk 1920-1990)

Eleanor Pepper was a pioneer in the field of interior design, running one of the first departments of interior design in an architecture office before opening her own practice in 1950. The collection contains papers related to Eleanor Pepper's professional and academic lives, and includes some personal papers, mostly in the form of resumes and biographical sketches.

ArchivalResource: approx. 33 linear feet of papers and 1,153 drawings.

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Oral history interview with Peter Paone

Title: Oral history interview with Peter Paone

An interview of Peter Paone conducted 1991 Sept. 27, by Cynthia Veloric, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 4 sound cassettes.Transcript: 202 p. (on partial microfilm reel)

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Eastmond, Elbert H. (Elbert Hindley), 1876-1936. Elbert H. Eastmond notebook, 1901-1902.

Title: Elbert H. Eastmond notebook, 1901-1902.

One handwritten notebook containing an outline for teaching a children's art course in the New York public schools during summer and fall 1901. Eastmond also included notes from his art classes at the Pratt Institute in New York City during spring of 1902.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 120 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/367388270 View

Pratt Institute. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1961.

Title: Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1961.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155902779 View

Brooklyn Museum. Art School. Records, 1941-1985 (inclusive).

Title: Records, 1941-1985 (inclusive).

The Brooklyn Museum Art School collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and photographs. Student records consist of dates of attendance and classes taken, as well as applications for study. Many of these records are restricted. Principal correspondents include Augustus Peck and Jolyon Hofsted as well as their administrative staff.

ArchivalResource: 47 l.f.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/761431202 View

Papers, 1903-1976.

Title: Papers, 1903-1976.

Papers include letters received from his mother while he was at Pratt Institute, 1903, and while he was working for the summer in Yellowstone Park, 1915; letters concerning his illustrated lecture on Panama, 1914-1915; letters relating to his position as Supervisor of Oyster Bay, 1935; transcript of an interview with Tappan, 1965; text of his speech for Memorial Day, 1969; memorabilia such as school certificates, campaign materials, and military items; and a typescript copy of his diary for 1961-1976 with daily activities of Tappan and his wife Elsie, news of family and friends, state of his health, and funerals attended.

ArchivalResource: ca. .5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155534757 View

Brooklyn Museum. Art School. Records, Student records 1941-1985 (inclusive).

Title: Records, Student records 1941-1985 (inclusive).

The Student Records series consists chiefly of information regarding foreign students and student registration. Most of the materials in this series are restricted. In addition to applications for study at the Art School, there is a great deal of correspondence regarding immigration procedures and the difficulty of locating affordable housing for these foreign students. General Art School student registration was documented on cards listing each student's address and the courses they were taking - these cards (also restricted) exist for both full-time and part-time students.

ArchivalResource: 41.25 l.f.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/761431337 View

Brooklyn Museum. Art School. Records, Scholarships 1950-1985 (inclusive).

Title: Records, Scholarships 1950-1985 (inclusive).

The Scholarships series contains records pertaining to scholarships granted by the Brooklyn Museum Art School. In addition to general correspondence and information for prospective students, there are a large number of student applications (which are restricted), particularly for the Max Beckmann scholarship, which make up the bulk of this series. The Beckmann scholarship was awarded to college graduates for advanced study in painting. Some photographs, slides and posters are included. Other scholarships for high school students and community artists are also documented.

ArchivalResource: 1 l.f.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/761431329 View

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. Papers of William Dean Howells [manuscript], 1866-1919.

Title: Papers of William Dean Howells [manuscript], 1866-1919.

The papers of William Dean Howells,1866-1919, include reviews, stories, and poems, letters, and portraits. Manuscripts include poems "The thorn," "The pilot's story," Thanksgiving," "John Brown," "To Francis Wilson," "Presentiments," and an untitled sonnet to Dorothy Dudley; short stories "At third hand," and "Captain Dunlevy's last trip"; reviews of work by Brand Whitlock, J.M. LeMoine, essays on Rudyard Kipling, John Fiske, and American and English literature; quotation, and page proofs of "A retrospect of Lowell." Topics in the correspondence include editorial work for Harpers, Century, and Atlantic Monthly, advice on writing, translation and publication, his own writing including divorce as a theme, proofreading, lecture tours particularly a westen one in 1899, and his family. He also mentions rumors concerning the visit of the Russian fleet during the Civil War, the Boston fire of 1872, the panic of 1873, the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, the Century Club, Italian travel, 1883, the Authors Club, an accusation of anti-Catholicism, World War I, socialism, stage productions of his work, Iowa College (Grinnell), and the Pratt Institute. Significant correspondents include Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, James B. Pond, Arthur George Sedgwick, and John Greenleaf Whittier. Additional correspondents include Alvey A. Adee, Charlotte Fiske Bates, Sylvester Baxter, Alexander Black, Francis E. Bliss, H.C. Bunner, Madison Cawein, Julius Chambers, Frank Gaylor Cook, George William Curtis, Charles Anderson Dana, Mary Mapes Dodge, Annie Fields, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Wendell Phillips Garrison, Jeanette L. Gilder, Edmund Gosse, Harper & Brothers, Lee F. Hartman, Nina R. Herzog, Aurelia Howells, Thomas A. Janvier, Elizabeth Jordan, Frederick T. Leigh, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, S.S. McClure, and Henry Loomis Nelson. Also Charles Eliot Norton, John B. O'Reilly, James R. Osgood, Grant Overton, William Morton Payne, Harry Thurston Peck, John J. Piatt, Cuyler Reynolds, William H. Rideing, Kate Douglas Wiggin Riggs, John Codman Ropes, M. E. W. Sherwood, Francis Hopkinson Smith, Edmund Clarence Stedman, John Swinton, Celia Thaxter, Benjamin H. Ticknor, Ross Turner, George E. Waring, John F. Weir, Brand Whitlock, Gilson Willets, and James Grant Wilson. People mentioned include Jane Addams, Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Baily Aldrich, Irving Bachellor, Charles W. Balestier, Lawrence Barrett, Ole Bull, Francis Marion Crawford, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frederick A. Duneka, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Gugleilmo Ferrero, John Galsworthy, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Ripley Hitchcock, Henry James, Robert Underwood Johnson, James Russell Lowell, Brander Matthews, George H. Mifflin, Henry Codman Potter, H. W. Preston, Horace E. Scudder, Richard Henry Stoddard, Turgenev, Mark Twain, Lester Wallack, and John F. Weir. Portraits include 6 pencil sketches of Howells enhanced with black and white ink and marked with printer's measurements for publication in an unidentified book or magazine article together with another portrait clipped from a magazine.

ArchivalResource: 342 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647877599 View

[Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. : Pamphlet box.].

Title: [Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. : Pamphlet box.]. 1893-1940.

ArchivalResource: 11 items : ill. ; 15-23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79617127 View

Pancoast, Laura Lippincott, 1860-1927. Recipe collection, [18--].

Title: Recipe collection, [18--].

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70971179 View

Pierson family. Pierson family papers, 1876-1926 (inclusive).

Title: Pierson family papers, 1876-1926 (inclusive).

Three women, two of the nineteenth century, are represented in the Pierson family papers. There are two notebooks kept by two sisters: Margaret H. Pierson, with notes on her reading at Vassar College, and Louise R. Pierson with a notebook on a sewing course at the Pratt Institute. Also a diary (1926) on a trip to Europe kept by Laura Pierson, probably a cousin.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702169370 View