Art and Education Department Records 1947-1981.

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Art and Education Department Records 1947-1981.

Administrative records of the Department of Art and Education of Teachers College, Columbia University, 1947-1981. Includes correspondence files of department chairmen, Professor Edwin Ziegfeld, 1947-1972; and William James Mahoney, 1972-1981; and of Assistant Professor Bette C. Acuff, 1975. Subjects covered include accreditation of degree programs, department course planning, faculty recruitment, student enrollment, studio renovation and operation, and development of an art gallery and exhibition program. Also included is correspondence with funding agencies, professional associations, and arts institutions.

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Columbia University. Teachers College. Department of Fine and Industrial Arts.

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Ziegfeld, Edwin, 1905-1987

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Art educator; Minnesota and New York, N.Y. Chairman of Dept. of Art and Education, Columbia University. From the description of Edwin Ziegfeld papers, 1927-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122394581 ...

Columbia University. Teachers College. Program in Art and Education.

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Columbia University. Teachers College. Department of Art and Education.

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Historical Note: The Department of Art and Education was one of many formal titles under which the art education program was known since the founding of Teachers College. In the earliest years of Teachers College, from 1887-1895, art education was included as a component of manual training. In 1895 a separate department of art education was established; under various early-20th century reorganizations, the work was carried on in departments of Fine Arts and of Industrial Arts. During the period ...

Acuff, Bette C.

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Columbia University. Teachers College. Program in Art and Art Education.

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Mahoney, Williams James, 1921-

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