Oral history interview with Harvey K. Littleton

Corning Glass Works

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Corning Glass Works was founded in 1851 by Amory Houghton, in Somerville, Massachusetts, originally as the Bay State Glass Co. It later moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, and operated as the Brooklyn Flint Glass Works. The company moved again to its ultimate home and eponym, the city of Corning, New York, in 1868 under leadership of the founder's son, Amory Houghton, Jr. The California Institute of Technology's 200-inch (5.1 m) telescope mirror at Palomar Observatory was cast by Corni...

Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)

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Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 by a group of nonconformist faculty and students from Rollins College in Florida. Headed by John Andrew Rice, they established their experimental college and community near Black Mountain, NC. Artists and writers from all over the country were attracted to Black Mountain and the college became a nurturing ground for some of the best talents of the twentieth century. Among its faculty and students were Josef Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, Willem de Kooning...

Brown, William J. (William Joseph), 1923-1992

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Art administrator, designer. Director of the Penland School of Crafts (formerly Penland School of Handicrafts) from 1962 to 1983. From the description of William J. Brown interview, 1991 Jan. 19 and 1991 March 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 245522329 From the description of William J. Brown interview, 1991 Jan. 19 and 1991 March 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220202068 William J. Brown, art administrator and designer. ...

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...

Milles, Carl, 1875-1955

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Milles was born in Sweden and later taught at Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Henry Booth was the son of George G. Booth, a founder of Cranbrook. From the description of Carl Milles letter to Henry Booth, 1943 September 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220146114 Fitch graduated from the Pratt Institute of Art and worked as a professional artist before coming to CMU in 1933. She retired as Assoc. Prof. Emeritus in 1957. Fitch also designed her own house and was...

Midwest Designer-Craftsmen.

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Ann Arbor Potters Guild.

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Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998

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Marshall Fredericks, 1908-1998, sculptor of Birmingham, Michigan. From the description of Oral history interview with Marshall Fredericks, 1981 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646398743 American sculptor, who studied and travelled extensively in Europe; he was based in Michigan for most of his career. From the description of Marshall M. Fredericks collection, 1869-2004 (bulk, 1930-1998). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 729755357 ...

Hamada, Shōji, 1894-1978

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Braden, Norah 1901-

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Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America

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Cranbrook Academy of Art

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Littleton, Harvey K., 1922-2013

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Harvey K. Littleton (1922-2013) was a glass artist, potter, sculptor, and printmaker from Corning, New York. He is often referred to as the father of the Studio Glass Movement. From the description of Oral history interview with Harvey K. Littleton, 2001 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78709177 Ceramicist, glassmaker, sculptor, educator; Wisconsin. Born 1922. From the description of Harvey K. Littleton papers, 1946-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...

Renwick Gallery

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Symposium was organized by Mark Baldridge and Lloyd Herman. From the description of American metalsmithing and jewelrymaking in the 1940s and 1950s symposium records, 1979-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84929650 The Renwick Gallery is the curatorial branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum responsible for the presentation of American crafts and design in the Renwick Gallery Building. The Renwick opened in 1973. Its staff has included Lloyd E. Herman, Director, 197...

Eames, Charles Chambers

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Charles Eames (1907-1978), architect and designer, and his wife Ray Eames (1912-1988), artist and designer. Ray Eames was born Bernice Alexandra Kaiser. From the description of Papers of Charles and Ray Eames, 1885-1988 (bulk 1965-1988). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072571 Charles Eames, American architect and designer; Eero Saarinen, Finnish-born, American architect and designer. From the description of Architecture and furniture designs, 1940-1978. (Getty R...

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

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Craft and art school; Deer Isle, Me. From the description of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts records, 1950-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389617 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, located in Deer Isle, Maine, was founded in 1950 by a group of craft artists in Belfast, Maine. The school gained financial support from Mary Beasom Bishop, a resident of Flint, Michigan who had a summer home in the area. Francis S. Merritt was its first director; his wife Priscilla Me...

Turner, Robert, 1913-2005

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Robert Turner (1913-2003) ceramic artist from Alfred, N.Y. and Sandy Spring, Md. Margaret Carney (1949- ) is the director of the Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art in Alfred, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Turner, 2001 June 11 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744434695 From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Turner, 2001 June 11 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81906337 ...

Pilchuck School

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Museum of modern art New York, N.Y.

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Died 1989. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Titus, Roy V. : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83119924 Art museum; New York, N.Y. From the description of Museum of Modern Art first loan exhibition : November 8th to December 7, 1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557713 d. 2001. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Matisse, Maria-Gaetana : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unk...

Byrd, Joan Falconer.

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Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002

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Penland School of Handicrafts

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Craft school; Penland, N.C. Founded 1929 by Lucy Morgan. Formerly named Penland School of Handicrafts. The directors have been Lucy Morgan, 1929-1962, William J. Brown, 1962-1983, Richardson Rice, 1983-1984, Verne Stanford, 1984-1989, and Hunter Kariher, 1989- From the description of Penland School of Crafts records, 1932-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553096 ...

University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Marioni, Dante, 1964-....

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Eisch, Erwin, 1927-

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Erwin Eisch was born in Frauenau, Germany in 1927. His father was a master engraver at the Isador Gistl glass factory. After serving in the German army in 1945, Eisch apprenticed under his father from 1946 to 1948 and studied at the Zweisel Glassmaking School and the Munich Academy of Fine Arts from 1946 to 1952. In the mid-1950s, Eisch helped his family establish the Glashütte Valentin Eisch. He then returned to the Munich Academy of Fine Arts in 1956. He was a member of Gruppe SPUR, an avan...

Dreisbach, Fritz, 1941-

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Fritz Dreisbach is an American studio glass artist and teacher who is recognized as one of the pioneers of the American Studio Glass Movement. Dreisbach was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in 1962; Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, where he received a Master of Arts in Teaching in 1963; and the University of Iowa, where he received a Master of Art in 1965. He received a Master of Fine Arts in 1967 from the University of W...