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Collection Collector:

Cooper-Hewitt Museum  Search this

Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (5" reel-to-reel tape; 7 1/8 IPS )

Container:

Box 51

Type:

Archival materials

Audio

Sound tape reels

Date:

1967-10-26

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but two oversize folders are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection, 1841-1988, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Larry Zim World's Fair Collection / Series 3: Larry Zim Materials / Audio Materials

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep833e6892b-7145-4e80-b9d5-e3bd698c96ab

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0519-ref2059

Collection Collector:

Cooper-Hewitt Museum  Search this

Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 114

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1962

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but two oversize folders are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection, 1841-1988, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection / Series 1: World 's Fairs Materials

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8aa3cf514-2e33-4adb-9390-eb2b72bd14aa

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0519-ref304

Collection Collector:

Cooper-Hewitt Museum  Search this

Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987  Search this

Container:

Box 114

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1968

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but two oversize folders are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection, 1841-1988, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep800b547e6-c783-4497-9620-c2ae41431556

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0519-ref365

Interviewee:

Myers, Joel Philip, 1934-  Search this

Interviewer:

Klein, Daniel, 1938-2009  Search this

Subject:

Blenko, William H.  Search this

Dreisbach, Fritz  Search this

Huchthausen, David R. (David Richard)  Search this

Lewis, John  Search this

Lipofsky, Marvin  Search this

Littleton, Harvey K.  Search this

Marquis, Richard  Search this

Ness, Bob  Search this

Popelka, John  Search this

Randall, Theodore  Search this

Smith, Paul J.  Search this

Vallien, Bertil  Search this

Alfred University  Search this

Blenko Glass Company  Search this

Donald Deskey Associates  Search this

Mint Museum of Art  Search this

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

Parsons School of Design  Search this

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.)  Search this

Toledo Art Museum  Search this

University of California, Berkeley  Search this

University of Illinois.  Search this

World Crafts Council  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Japan -- Description and Travel

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Joel Philip Myers, 2007 May 1. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Craft Horizons  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- Philosophy  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

World War, 1914-1918  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Glass art  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13605

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)270854

AAA_collcode_myers07

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_270854

Interviewee:

Myers, Joel Philip, 1934-  Search this

Interviewer:

Klein, Daniel, 1938-2009  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Alfred University -- Students  Search this

Blenko Glass Company  Search this

Donald Deskey Associates  Search this

Mint Museum of Art  Search this

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

Parsons School of Design -- Students  Search this

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.) -- Faculty  Search this

Toledo Art Museum  Search this

University of California, Berkeley -- Students  Search this

University of Illinois. -- Faculty  Search this

World Crafts Council  Search this

Blenko, William H., 1921-2016  Search this

Dreisbach, Fritz  Search this

Huchthausen, David R. (David Richard), 1951-  Search this

Lewis, John, 1942-  Search this

Lipofsky, Marvin, 1938-2016  Search this

Littleton, Harvey K.  Search this

Marquis, Richard, 1945-  Search this

Ness, Bob  Search this

Popelka, John  Search this

Randall, Theodore, 1914-1985  Search this

Smith, Paul J., 1931-  Search this

Vallien, Bertil, 1938-  Search this

Extent:

6 Items (Sound recording: 6 sound files (4 hr., 15 min.), digital, wav)

63 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Japan -- Description and Travel

Date:

2007 May 1

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Joel Philip Myers conducted 2007 May 1, by Daniel Klein, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in the artist's home, in Marietta, Pennsylvania.

Myers speaks of his childhood in Patterson, New Jersey; making charcoal drawings as a child and taking private courses in oil painting; choosing to pursue a career in advertising design; attending Parsons School of Design in New York City; working as a package designer for Donald Deskey Associates; being influenced by Scandinavian design he saw in New York City to study abroad in Denmark; studying ceramic design at Kunsthaandvaerkerskolen in Copenhagen; meeting and marrying his wife, Birthe, while in Copenhagen; returning to the United States and going back to work for Donald Deskey; attending Alfred University and receiving his B.F.A. and M.F.A. in ceramics; accepting the position director of design for Blenko Glass Company in Milton, West Virginia with no previous experience in glass; teaching himself how to blow glass in the factory alongside the workers; the intense heat and extreme noise of a glass factory; learning of Harvey Littleton's glass workshop in 1962 in Toledo, Ohio, but being unable to attend; having limited exposure to the glass movement and developing his glass art without knowledge of the work of Littleton and his students; designing 50 to 60 different vases, bowls, decanters, and decorative objects a year from 1963 - 1970 at Blenko Glass Company; creating sculptural glass forms in his penetration pieces for his masters thesis; learning of what was happening in the studio glass world by attending the World Craft Council in 1964 in New York City; Paul Smith discovering his work and thereby gaining some publicity in Craft Horizons; being invited by Littleton to give a workshop at the University of California, Berkeley in 1968; the initial shock of seeing glass sculpture made with no real technique; his early attraction to cold-work in order to work intimately with the surface of the glass; acquisition of his work by the Toledo Art Museum and the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina; establishing a glass program at Illinois University in Bloomington-Normal; his attempts to recruit international students; taking a semester sabbatical in Baden, Austria; being heavily influenced by the natural world; the series Garden, Perfume Bottle, Contiguous Fragment, Dr. Zharkov, The Dialogues, and others; teaching at Pilchuck School of Glass; studying the First World War and consequently creating Musée des Beaux Arts [1996]; travels to Japan; his teaching philosophies; the prevalence of independent glass studios in the world today; and plans for the future. Myers recalls Ted Randall, William H. Blenko, Sr., William H. Blenko, Jr., Marvin Lipofsky, Fritz Dreisbach, Richard Marquis, John Lewis, Bob Ness, Bertil Vallien, David Huchthausen, John Popelka, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Joel Philip Myers (1934- ) is a glass artist from Milton, West Virginia. Daniel Klein (1938- ) is an art consultant from London, England.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 15 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Occupation:

Glass artists -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching -- Philosophy  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

World War, 1914-1918  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Glass art  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview provided by Nanette L. Laitman project for crafts and decorative arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.myers07

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99b1c7b6b-664e-416c-909a-ec509a02efd8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-myers07

Designer:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Producer:

J.B. Williams Co.  Search this

Medium:

Glass, paper

Dimensions:

H x W x D (bottle): 15 x 10.9 x 5 cm (5 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

H x W x D (bottle package): 15.4 x 11.3 x 5.2 cm (6 1/16 x 4 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.)

Type:

glasswares

Decorative Arts

Bottle and box

Object Name:

Bottle and box

Place:

USA

Date:

1956

Accession Number:

1957-43-1-a/c

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cf35b326-5f57-44f4-af83-07c7d6f0498b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1957-43-1-a_c

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Manufacturer:

Schmieg, Hungate & Kotzian, Inc., American, 1924 - 1933  Search this

Draftsman:

Henry Kotzian  Search this

Client:

(Unknown) Rosenfield  Search this

Medium:

Graphite, black ink, red, blue, and green color pencil on tracing paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 108 x 124.5 cm (42 1/2 in. x 49 in.)

Type:

furniture

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Date:

September 10, 1935

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44b956d11-3003-4dd0-ae2e-52ad3f4301d7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1000

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Client:

(unknown) Brahms  Search this

Medium:

Graphite and black ink on tracing paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 109.2 x 144.1 cm (43 in. x 56 3/4 in.)

Type:

furniture

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Date:

August 15, 1935

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1001

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4792f0258-d545-45a5-b69c-61e562d823df

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1001

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Draftsman:

(Unknown) Olsson  Search this

Medium:

Graphite, black ink, red and green color pencil on tracing paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 109.2 x 154.9 cm (43 in. x 5 ft. 1 in.)

Type:

furniture

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Place:

USA

Date:

July 24, 1935

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1002

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43361a997-a5fc-4702-8f02-33368878bbb9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1002

Manufacturer:

Company of Master Craftsmen, American, 1926–1949  Search this

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Client:

Harold Spurrier Anderson, 1891 – 1941  Search this

Draftsman:

(unknown) Dillmann  Search this

(Unknown) Olsson  Search this

Architect:

Summer Spalding  Search this

Medium:

Graphite, black ink on tracing paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 148.6 x 109.2 cm (58 1/2 in. x 43 in.)

Type:

furniture

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Used in:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Date:

March 18, 1937

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1004

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq442384041-df09-475a-87b3-531c67ce2149

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1004

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Client:

Frederick B. Patterson, American, 1892–1971  Search this

Medium:

Graphite on tracing paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 88.9 x 75.6 cm (35 in. x 29 3/4 in.)

Type:

furniture

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Date:

1931

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1005

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46d8eeeed-2477-4300-a5fe-ef77a0de0a88

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1005

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Client:

Frederick B. Patterson, American, 1892–1971  Search this

Medium:

Graphite on tracing paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 114.3 x 76.2 cm (45 x 30 in.)

Type:

interiors

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Date:

1931

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1006

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46252697a-fab4-4a44-9e06-0bb99ddf402f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1006

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Client:

Frederick B. Patterson, American, 1892–1971  Search this

Medium:

Graphite and red ink on tracing paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 35.6 x 55.2 cm (14 in. x 21 3/4 in.)

Type:

interiors

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Date:

1931

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1007

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b003dd31-e9f7-43b4-a3e9-02e09fc57dcd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1007

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Client:

Frederick B. Patterson, American, 1892–1971  Search this

Medium:

Graphite and red ink on tracing paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 73.7 x 101.6 cm (29 x 40 in.)

Type:

interiors

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Date:

1931

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1008

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq466bab229-4431-47a0-972d-0e348230054c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1008

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Client:

Frederick B. Patterson, American, 1892–1971  Search this

Medium:

Graphite on tracing paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)

Type:

interiors

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Date:

1931

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1009

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4372a9bba-8f8d-41a3-a2cf-cbda32f97cd5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1009

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Architect:

Bottomley, Wagner and White  Search this

Client:

Frederick B. Patterson, American, 1892–1971  Search this

Maker:

James Stewart & Co.  Search this

Medium:

Blueprint on white wove paper

Type:

interiors

Blueprint

Object Name:

Blueprint

Date:

1931

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1010

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4bcf7c5a0-e4bd-4921-a2f5-a542c1c86f72

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1010

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Client:

Frederick B. Patterson, American, 1892–1971  Search this

Architect:

Bottomley, Wagner and White  Search this

Maker:

James Stewart & Co.  Search this

Medium:

Blueprint on white wove paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 76.2 x 99.1 cm (30 x 39 in.)

Type:

interiors

Blueprint

Object Name:

Blueprint

Date:

1931

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1011

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4478f57b7-e6ce-4518-b5b6-d221ba574149

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1011

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Client:

Frederick B. Patterson, American, 1892–1971  Search this

Architect:

Bottomley, Wagner and White  Search this

Medium:

Blueprint on white wove paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 76.2 x 104.1 cm (30 x 41 in.)

Type:

interiors

Blueprint

Object Name:

Blueprint

Date:

1931

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1012

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq482cd07a8-9cc5-4ef2-a5dd-3158c711ac95

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1012

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Client:

Frederick B. Patterson, American, 1892–1971  Search this

Architect:

Bottomley, Wagner and White  Search this

Medium:

Blueprint on white wove paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 71.1 x 101.6 cm (28 x 40 in.)

Type:

interiors

Blueprint

Object Name:

Blueprint

Place:

USA

Date:

1931

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-1013

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq499745731-3e08-49f9-be6b-09c7eae624d3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-1013

Office of:

Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this

Client:

Frederick B. Patterson, American, 1892–1971  Search this

Draftsman:

E. Westervelt  Search this

Medium:

Graphite and black ink on tracing paper, double ruled border in graphite

Dimensions:

H x W: 45.7 x 39.4 cm (18 in. x 15 1/2 in.)

Type:

hardware

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Date:

June 7, 1933

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald Deskey

Accession Number:

1975-11-323

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4550dbcbf-716b-428b-9f9e-ef46dd53b6af

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1975-11-323