Records of The Discerning Eye exhibition and symposia, 1970-1974 (inclusive).

Stubbins, Hugh, 1912-2006

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Hugh Stubbins graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technolgy in 1931 and was awarded the MArch by the Harvard Graduart School of Design in 1935. At the invitation of Walter Gropius, Stubbins taught for more than a decade during the 1940's and 1950's at the GSD; in 1954 he left teaching to devote himself to his architectural firm, which was to become a highly successful international practice. Stubbins is perhaps best-known as the architect of large-scale urban structures which have become rec...

Discerning Eye--Radcliffe Collectors' Exhibition (1974 : Fogg Art Museum)

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"The Discerning Eye," an exhibition of art treasures held at the Fogg Art Museum from October 9 to November 24, 1974, consisted of works collected by Radcliffe alumnae, "demonstrating their understanding and support of the visual arts". The works of art included paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, illuminated manuscripts and decorative arts ranging from 1991 B.C. to the present. Six symposia were also held at the Fogg Art Museum between October 11 and November l5, 1974. From the ...

Fogg Art Museum.

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The Index of American Design was a project of the research division of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration which produced approximately 20,000 reproductions (photographs and original drawings) and classifications of a wide variety of American art, paintings, sculptures, handicrafts, and folk art. From the description of Records relating to Index of American Design Exhibition, 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404372 Founded in 1891, through the...

Wylie, Edith.

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Lyman, Susan Storey,

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Susan Jameson Storey Shaw Lyman was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1919. She married S.P. Shaw, Jr., in 1939. The couple had three children and divorced in 1949. Lyman attended Radcliffe College, earning an A.B. (1949), a certificate from the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration (1950), and an Ed.M. from Harvard (1963). After marrying Ronald T. Lyman, Jr. (1950), Lyman was appointed Marshall of Radcliffe College (1955-1958); she later served as Director of the Radcliffe Col...

Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...

Jackson, John Brinckerhoff, 1909-1996

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J.B. (John Brinckerhoff) Jackson, author, editor, and educator, was born to American parents on September 25, 1909, in Dinard, France. Educated in France, Switzerland, and the U.S. He studied architecture at MIT for one year before departing to work as a reporter, and then to travel by motorcycle across the country. Eventually, he settled in northeastern New Mexico. Credited with founding the field of landscape studies, Jackson elevated vernacular architecture and landscapes to a level of study ...

Phelps, Julia Sears.

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Currier, Audrey Bruce.

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