Jay and Mary Crovatt Hambidge papers

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Jay and Mary Crovatt Hambidge papers

1841-1973

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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SNAC Resource ID: 6759730

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Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924

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Jay Hambidge: mathematician, illustrator; Mary Hambidge: weaver, administrator. From the description of Jay and Mary Crovatt Hambidge papers, 1841-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552405 ...

Hambidge, 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,...