Frank E. Schoonover Collection, 1898-1971.

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Frank E. Schoonover Collection, 1898-1971.

Correspondence to and from Schoonover, as well as his family, arranged into major designations of associations, business, not published works of art, personal, publications, and miscellaneous; materials relating to Schoonover's personal life and family including daybooks, personal and financial papers, Christmas cards, and mss.; organizational records for groups to which Schoonover belonged, most notably Immanuel Church, Highlands and the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts; originals and photographs of Schoonover artwork; photographs (originals and printer's proof) of Schoonover published illustrations; photographs of not published works of art arranged into categories of easel paintings, murals, sculpture, and stained glass; newspaper clippings; photographs, lantern slides, and glass and film negatives; two sets of subject clippings files including those from Schoonover's Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry period; ephemera; and oversize items including photographs, matted photographs, and drawings.

154 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8066574

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Immanuel Church, Highlands (Wilmington, Del.)

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Schoonover family.

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Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972

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Illustrator, painter, muralist, writer, art teacher, of Wilmington, Del. From the description of Frank E. Schoonover Collection, 1898-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70978749 Frank Earle Schoonover (1877-1972) was an illustrator, from Wilmington, Del. From the description of Oral history interview with Frank Schoonover, 1966 Apr. 6 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458410901 Illustrator. From the description of Frank Scho...

Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts (Wilmington, Del.)

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Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry

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The Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry was founded in 1891 and first began enrolling students in 1892. Under its first president, James MacAlister, the earliest academic departments included art (including a School of Illustration run by noted illustrator Howard Pyle), business, domestic economy, a library school, mechanic arts, teacher training, the scientific department, the technical department, and lectures/evening classes. The second president of Drexel, Hollis Godfrey, consolid...