Papers, 1915-1983.

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Papers, 1915-1983.

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The papers of this prominent American sculptor and art educator document both Blai's personal life and his relationship with five different schools: the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts, the Boris Blai College of Contemporary Arts, Florida Southern College, Ocean County College, and Glassboro State College. The materials associated with these institutions includes minutes, press releases, course descriptions, and photographs. Blai's personal papers include correspondence, catalogs (exhibition), clippings, certificates, awards, handbills, postcards, telegrams, posters, sketches, and scrapbooks. association with the Oak Lane Country Day School, the Tyler School of Art, and his early years in France. Prominent correspondents include R. Tait McKenzie and Stella Elkins Tyler.

3 cubic ft. (3 boxes).

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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McKenzie, R. Tait (Robert Tait), 1867-1938

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R. Tait McKenzie, physician, physical therapist, physical educator, and sculptor served the University of Pennsylvania as its first Professor of Physical Education, 1904-1929. Born in 1867, McKenzie spent his youth in Almonte, Ontario, Canada. He entered McGill University at the age of eighteen earning both his undergraduate degree and his M.D. degree (1892). His childhood friend, James Naismith, encouraged McKenzie to pursue interests in physical training, and McKenzie ...

Blai, Boris, 1893-1985.

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