Howard Thomas papers, 1888, 1895, 1899-1974 [manuscript].

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Howard Thomas papers, 1888, 1895, 1899-1974 [manuscript].

Personal and professional papers of Thomas, including correspondence, exhibition catalogs, notes, lectures, and other materials related to his work and teaching. Correspondents include Josef Albers, George Barford, Edward W. Bramlette, Erwin M. Breithaupt, Howard Conant, George Cress, Lamar Dodd, Berry Fleming, R. Buckminster Fuller, Carl Holty, Morris Knight, Lamar Lynes, Patricia Marie Minser, Robert Von Newmann, Abbott Pattison, James J. Sweeney, Gudmud Vigtel, Betty A. Wallace, Ferdinand E. Warren, Donald L. Weismann, Marguerite Wildenhain, Ulfort Wilke, and Emory Rose Wood. Volumes are chiefly painting records, 1921- 1971, and assorted diaries, 1923-1971.

About 6800 items (8.5 linear feet).

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Albers, Josef, 1888-1976

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Josef Albers was born on March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, the only child of Lorenz Albers, a housepainter, and Magdelena (Schumacher) Albers. He attended the Präparanden-Schule in Langenhorst from 1902 to 1905 and then the teachers college in Büren, graduating in 1908. He became an instructor in several Westphalian primary schools. Albers studied at the Royal Art School in Berlin, the Arts and Crafts School (Folkwang School)in Essen, and at the Art Academy in Munich u...

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983

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Architect, inventor, scientist, teacher, philosopher, creator of the geodesic dome and the Dymaxion car. From the description of Letter, 1958 Feb. 10, Clemson, S.C. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 33018576 Mark Burginer is a California-based architect, whose interest in Buckminster Fuller's synergetic geometry led to some correspondence between them during the early 1980s. From the description of Letters to Mark Burginger, 1980-1981. (Unknown)...

Warren, Ferdinand E., 1899-

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Wisconsin. State Teachers College

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Lynes, Lamar.

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Fleming, Berry, 1899-1989

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Berry Fleming (1899-1989), author, native of Augusta, Georgia. From the description of Berry Fleming papers, 1929-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476477 Publishers Weekly magazine once called Berry Fleming "the quintessential Southern writer; funny, wise and like the best of those from the South, an incredibly good storyteller." His long career began in 1927 with the publication of The Conqueror's Stone, an adventure story about a bloodthirsty pirate off the South Car...

Agnes Scott College

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Agnes Scott College was chartered in 1889 in Decatur, Georgia as the Decatur Female Seminary. In 1890, due to a large donation by George W. Scott, the school was renamed Agnes Scott Institute to honor his mother. In 1906 the name again changed to Agnes Scott College and by 1907 the College was admitted to the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools as a college member. From the description of Faculty meeting minutes, 1931-1946. (Agnes Scott College). WorldCat record id...

Bramlette, Edward Wilson.

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Thomas, Howard, 1899-1971

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Howard Wilbur Thomas was an artist and teacher, professor and administrator of Wisconsin State Teachers College, 1930-1942; the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1942-1943; Agnes Scott College, 1943-1945; and the University of Georgia, 1945-1965. From the description of Howard Thomas papers, 1888, 1895, 1899-1974 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26319518 Howard Thomas (1899-1971) and Harold Wescott (1911- ) were art administrators with the Public Works of Art Proj...

Wood, Emory Rose.

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Von Neumann, Robert, 1888-1976

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University of Georgia. International Student Life Office

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The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the state of Georgia. Located in Athens, Georgia, approximately 70 miles northeast of Atlanta, it was the first state-chartered university in the United States. In 2005 U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked UGA 19th in its list of the top 50 public universities for a sixth year in a row. UGA also ranks 58th overall (public and private) in the nation. Today, it is the largest university of the University Syste...

Barford, George

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Breithaupt, Erwin Millard, 1920-

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Wallace, Betty Abernathy

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Boerner, Edmund.

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Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986

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James Johnson Sweeney, 1900-1986. From the description of Papers of James Johnson Sweeney, 1953-2005. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271825527 Art administrator. From the description of Ends and beginnings : sound recording, 1965 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093871 James Johnson Sweeney served as Director of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art (1945-1946), Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Mus...

Weismann, Donald L.

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Wilderhain, Margeurite.

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Conant, Howard

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Chair, Art Education Department, New York University. From the description of Correspondence with Margaret Naumburg, 1958-1969. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63585581 ...

Dodd, Lamar

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b. Fairburn, Ga.; d. Sept. 21, 1996, Athens, Ga. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 86101080 Painter and educator (Athens, Ga.). Born in 1909, Dodd taught at the University of Georgia. In addition, he was chairman of of the committee that revitalized Gutzon Borglum's carving project at Stone Mountain, Georgia, in the early sixties. From the description of Lamar Dodd selected...

Minser, Patricia Marie.

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Gress, George.

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Vigtel, Gudmud.

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Holty, Carl, 1900-1973

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Carl Holty (1900-1973) was a painter and writer from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Carl Holty, 1968 Sept. 25-Oct. 1 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596637 Painter and writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Carl Holty, 1965 June 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81548756 From the description of Oral history interviews with Carl Holty interviews, 1968 Sept. 25-Oct...

Pattison, Abbott.

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Wilke, Ulfert, 1907-1987

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Painter, art administrator, art collector; Solon, Iowa. Born Bad Tolz, Germany. Director, Department of Art, Kalamazoo College And Institute of Arts, 1940-1942; Director, University of Iowa Museum of Art. From the description of Ulfert Wilke papers, 1934-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515681 ...