John H. Hauberg papers, 1923-2001 (bulk 1949-1991).

Buechner, Thomas S., 1926-2010

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Thomas S. Buechner, was appointed the founding director of The Corning Museum of Glass in 1950, six months before its public opening. Trained as an artist and working at the time as an exhibition designer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he moved to Corning, developed a world-class glass collection and library, and led the institution to its public opening on May 19, 1951. Buechner established the Museum's academic journals, New Glass Review and The Journal of Glass Studies (both still publish...

Rooney, Alice, 1926-2019

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Born in 1926 in Seattle, Washington, Alice Rooney was a retired arts administrator who led Allied Arts of Seattle, the Pilchuck Glass School, and the Glass Art Society. Rooney studied English with a minor in economics and business at the University of Washington (BA, 1947), and she spent her first years out of school writing radio ads and newsletters for a broadcasting company in New York City. She soon returned to Seattle and worked for more than a decade at Wallace v. MacKay Advertising Compan...

Bartlett, Grace

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Plaut, James S. (James Sachs), 1912-1996

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James S. Plaut (1912-1996) was an art administrator and writer from Chestnut Hill, Mass. From the description of Oral history interview with James S. Plaut, 1971 June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477517 James S. Plaut, b. 1912, Art administrator, writer of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. From the description of Oral history interview with James S. Plaut, 1971 June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397480 Art administrator, writer; Chestnut Hil...

Pacific Northwest Arts Center (Seattle, Wash.)

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Dingwall, Ewen C., 1913-1996

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Managing director of the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair) in 1962. Ewen Dingwall was born in 1916 and graduated from the University of Washington in 1939. He spent his early career working for "good government" groups such as the Seattle Municipal League and the Washington Research Council, and was assistant to Seattle Mayor William Devin. When the state legislature created the Century 21 Exposition, Inc. in 1957, state and city leaders picked Dingwall to hea...

Diet (Club : Seattle, Wash.)

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Seidl, Robert J.

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Klein, Henry, 1921-

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Gardner, Robert Grosvenor

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Barnett, Arthur G., 1907-

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Larsen, Jack Lenor.

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Jack Lenor Larsen, 1927, was a weaver and textile designer of East Hampton, New York; b. 1927. Interviewer Arline M. Fisch: Jeweler, San Diego, Cailf.; b. 1931. From the description of Oral history interview with Jack Lenor Larsen, 2004 Feb. 6-8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401579 Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-) was a designer and a weaver from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Jack Lenor Larsen, 1971 Apr. 26-May...

American Craft Council

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The American Craftsmen's Cooperative Council was founded in 1943. The name was changed in 1950 to American Craftsmen's Educational Council; in 1955 to American Craftsmen's Council; in 1969 to American Crafts Council; and in 1979 to American Craft Council. The Council was founded to serve as an educational organization to foster appreciation of the work of American craftsmen. The Council maintains the American Craft Museum, publishes a magazine and other works, and operates an audio-visual servic...

Tobey, Mark

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Painter; Abstract Expressionist. Also worked as fashion illustrator, portrait painter. Born in Wisconsin, December 11, 1892. Died 1976. Worked in Chicago, Seattle, Basel, Switzerland; New York, N.Y., Dartington Hall, Devonshire, England, and Paris. Convert to Baha'i religion. From the description of Mark Tobey papers, [ca. 1920]-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78566820 Tobey was a painter; Seattle, Wash. Corle was at one time a New York City stage actress and wife of no...

Pilchuck School

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Seattle art museum

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Chihuly, Dale, 1941-

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Dale Chihuly, who was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1941, has become an internationally celebrated personality in contemporary art and design whose prominence in the field of contemporary studio glass is unmatched. Chihuly began experimenting with glassblowing in 1965, and in 1966 he received a full scholarship to attend the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he studied under Harvey Littleton and in 1967, he received a Master of Science degree in sculpture. After graduating, he enrolled at ...

Hauberg, John H. (John Henry), 1916-2002

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Seattle civic leader, art patron, and businessman. John H. Hauberg, the grandson of lumber giant F.C.A. Denkmann (an early partner of Frederick Weyerhaeuser), graduated from the University of Washington School of Forestry in 1949 and became an early advocate of reforestation. His Pilchuck Tree Farm continues to be a research site for forest management practices. Hauberg also became a noted collector of Pre-Columbian, coastal Native American, and contemporary Northwest ar...

Pilchuck Glass School

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