Papers, 1861-1977.

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Papers, 1861-1977.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35780655

This collection contains diaries (1930-1975), which include drawings, paintings, clippings and ephemera; biographical information, clippings, correspondence, high school annuals, art works, Christmas cards, articles, photographs, scrapbooks, and sketches. These papers document the experiences of the Raynesses and include diaries and photographs concerning their life together; Wallace and Rayness family letters (from the Civil War and World War I eras), samples of their art work, and a number of sketches of the Iowa State campus for various editions of Campus Sketches, published by the Iowa State University Press.

5.04 linear ft. (14 document boxes)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7375068

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Cumming, Charles Atherton, 1858-1932

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Charles Atherton Cumming was born in Knox County, Iowa to George Paxton Cumming and Eliza Atherton. He studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Acad́émie Julien in Paris, France. He was an artist and an educator and held an early faculty position in the Department of Art at Cornell University. He founded the Cumming School of Art in Des Moines, Iowa in 1895. He also taught and was involved at the State University of Iowa. In 1926, he married artist Alice McKee, who had studied at ...

Iowa State University

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On March 22, 1948, Iowa State College (University) sponsored a 90th anniversary celebration in honor of the founding of the college, which occurred on the same date in 1858 when the charter act establishing a state agricultural college became law. The celebration included a symposium, luncheon, departmental open houses, and a dinner. From the description of 90th anniversary collection, 1947-1948. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 54799482 In 1958, Iowa State Colle...

Rayness family.

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Rayness, Velma Wallace, 1896-

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Wallace family.

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Rayness, Gerard, 1898-1946.

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Artists. Gerard and Velma Rayness were married in 1929 in Des Moines, Iowa and they moved to Ames, Iowa in the 1930s. They had been art students of Charles Atherton Cumming and taught at his art school. Many of their works received prizes and were on exhibit throughout the U.S. From the description of Papers, 1861-1977. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 35780655 ...