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Former owner:

Conger, Fred  Search this

Conger, Betty  Search this

Architect:

Brumbaugh, G. Edwin  Search this

Milner, John  Search this

Landscape designer:

Gale, Charles H.  Search this

Landscape architect:

Peck, Frederick W. G.  Search this

Owen B. Schmidt & Sons  Search this

Provenance:

Huntingdon Valley Garden Club  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Hidden Glen Farms (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes a worksheet, a copy of the garden plan, and three photos of the original Charles Gale installation from ca. 1983 (two of the same view).

General:

Like its neighbor, Hidden Glen Farms (PA348), Hidden Glen features design work by landscape designer Charles Gale. Although a basic garden was in place at the time of Gale's 1983 design, he incorporated the vegetable garden into the overall site plan, while adding a side garden and improving planting around the foundation of the house. Folk art ornaments and sculptures of birds and animals accented the plant material. The garden is noted for its incorporation of colonial (eighteenth-century) design elements in a contemporary setting.

Persons associated with the property include: Charles Gale (landscape designer, 1982); G. Edwin Brumbaugh (architect, 1937, 1966, 1969); Owen B. Schmidt & Sons (landscape architects, 1968); and John Milner (architect, 1981 and 1989).

Related Materials:

Hidden Glen related holdings consist of 1 folder (24 35 mm. slides)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File PA350

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16430

Photographer:

Schorsch, Shelley D.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hidden Glen (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Date:

1998 Apr.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Flower beds  Search this

Lawns  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item PA350007

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA350: Abington Township -- Hidden Glen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16654

Photographer:

Schorsch, Shelley D.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hidden Glen (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Date:

1998 Jul.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Formal gardens  Search this

Flower beds  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item PA350008

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA350: Abington Township -- Hidden Glen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16655

Photographer:

Schorsch, Shelley D.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hidden Glen (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Date:

1998 Jul.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Formal gardens  Search this

Flower beds  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item PA350009

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA350: Abington Township -- Hidden Glen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16656

Photographer:

Schorsch, Shelley D.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hidden Glen (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Date:

1998 Apr.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Formal gardens  Search this

Flower beds  Search this

Lawns  Search this

Trees  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Perennials  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item PA350010

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA350: Abington Township -- Hidden Glen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16657

Photographer:

Schorsch, Shelley D.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hidden Glen (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Date:

1998.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Lawns  Search this

Trees  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item PA350011

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA350: Abington Township -- Hidden Glen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16658

Photographer:

Schorsch, Shelley D.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hidden Glen (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Date:

1998 Jul.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Formal gardens  Search this

Perennials  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Houses  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item PA350018

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA350: Abington Township -- Hidden Glen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16665

Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2009-12-01T20:13:28.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

See more by:

smithsonianfolkways

Data Source:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianfolkways

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_b8Zj4cc8k1o

Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2020-04-15T00:01:20.000Z

YouTube Category:

People & Blogs  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

See more by:

smithsonianfolklife

Data Source:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianfolklife

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_U9Ze6aQYDDY

Author:

Morgan, Sue  Search this

Author:

O'Grady, Holly  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI  Search this

Physical description:

[7] pages chiefly illustrations 17 cm

Type:

Pictorial works

Artists' books (books).)

Artists' books

Place:

New York (State)

New York

Date:

1980

Topic:

Folk art  Search this

Trees in cities  Search this

Artists' books  Search this

Call number:

N7433.4.M65 N93 1980

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_951645

Artist:

Unidentified Artist  Search this

Sitter:

Stephen Arnold Douglas, 23 Apr 1813 - 3 Jun 1861  Search this

Medium:

Polychromed wood

Dimensions:

Object: 46.4 x 18.4 x 12.7cm (18 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 5")

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

c. 1858

Topic:

Caricature  Search this

Folk Art  Search this

Stephen Arnold Douglas: Male  Search this

Stephen Arnold Douglas: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Stephen Arnold Douglas: Politics and Government\Presidential Candidate  Search this

Stephen Arnold Douglas: Politics and Government\US Senator\Illinois  Search this

Stephen Arnold Douglas: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Illinois  Search this

Stephen Arnold Douglas: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this

Stephen Arnold Douglas: Law and Law Enforcement\Judge\Justice\State Supreme Court Justice\Illinois  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Richard E. Guggenheim

Object number:

NPG.71.59

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900

On View:

NPG, East Gallery 110c

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm48c856410-1f60-4671-bfcb-65f6f7cab449

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.71.59

Maker:

Sebastian Wagon Company  Search this

Robb, Samuel A.  Search this

Physical Description:

wood (overall material)

paint (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 74 in x 51 in x 90 in; 187.96 cm x 129.54 cm x 228.6 cm

Object Name:

figure, circus wagon

Date made:

ca 1902 - 1903

Subject:

Circus  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of The Eleanor and Mabel Van Alstyne American Folk Art Collection

ID Number:

CL.65.1046B

Accession number:

256396

Catalog number:

65.1046B

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Cultural and Community Life: Folk Art

Cultures & Communities

Circus Collection

Art

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-961f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_998066

Author:

Mervyn's (Department store)  Search this

San Jose Museum of Art  Search this

Subject:

Daniels family Art collections Exhibitions  Search this

Physical description:

16 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 x 23 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

Mexico

United States

Date:

1984

C1984

Topic:

Pottery, Mexican  Search this

Folk art  Search this

Tree of life in art  Search this

Folk art--Private collections  Search this

Call number:

NK4031.T74 1984X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_330126

Collection Creator:

Almaraz, Carlos  Search this

Flores, Elsa  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 39

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1993

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is access restricted, except for Box 8; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Box 8, containing six journals and sketchbooks (volumes 79-84) and slides are not restricted.

Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection Rights:

Six journals and sketchbooks (volumes 79-84): Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce requires written permission from Elsa Flores. Microfilm Reels 4578-4587: Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce requires written permission from Elsa Flores. Contact Reference Services for more information

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Carlos Almaraz and Elsa Flores papers, 1946-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Carlos Almaraz and Elsa Flores papers

Carlos Almaraz and Elsa Flores papers / Series 2: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-almacarl-ref55

Collection Creator:

Gordon, Elizabeth, 1906-2000  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 7

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

November 30, 1959

Scope and Contents note:

Xerox copy of typed document quoting Richard Okamoto, Douglas Overton, David Engel, Tonomura Kichinosuke, Yamamoto of Japan Trade Development Board, William Theodore DeBary in, Sources of Japanese Tradition, and Hugo Munsterberg in,

The Folk Arts of Japan.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

No restrictions on use.

Collection Citation:

The Elizabeth Gordon Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Elizabeth Gordon, 1988

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Elizabeth Gordon Papers

Elizabeth Gordon Papers / Series 2: "Shibui" Research / 2.3: Research -- Research Notes

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1988-03-ref65

Creator:

Pendergast, Anthony W., 1879-  Search this

Collector:

Music, Sports and Entertainment, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Music, Sports and Entertainment, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Extent:

0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Correspondence

Clippings

Photographs

Notes

Scrapbooks

Date:

1920s-1970.

Summary:

A Fairbury, Illinois, optometrist, Dr. Anthony W. Pendergast, (1879 -?) was a collector, author, antiquarian, dealer, and authority on the subject of cigar store figures. The collection includes correspondence; newspaper clippings on Pendergast and his various folk art collections; a scrapbook of photographs and miscellaneous materials relating to cigar store figures; and a large number of black and white photographs of figures from his personal collection, mostly for use in selling the figures.

Scope and Contents:

The collection documents Dr. Pendergast's interest in and work with cigar store figures as well as some of his other folk art collections. Included among the materials are correspondence, photographs of cigar store figures, and books on the subject. There are also articles and clippings about Dr. Pendergast and his collections and about cigar store figures in general, a scrapbook of photographs of figures, miscellaneous clippings, advertisements, business cards, postcards, and an inventory list.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into one series.

Biographical / Historical:

A Fairbury, Illinois, optometrist, Dr. Anthony W. Pendergast, (1879-?) was a collector, author, antiquarian, dealer, and authority on the subject of cigar store figures. As a newsboy in his youth, Pendergast was fascinated by the cigar store "Indians" he saw all around the streets of his home town. In their book on the cigar store figure, Dr. Pendergast and co-author W. Porter Ware state that the earliest evidence of cigar store figures dates them to as early as 1600 in the city of Amsterdam, where a tobacconist's shop had a figure of an American black slave as his sign, because of the association between slaves and tobacco. The tradition was continued in England and the figures began to look more like American Indians, usually with feathered headdresses, often holding a pipe or a roll of tobacco leaves. Not all the figures were of Indians or of slaves. As their popularity spread, "Turks," "Moors," Scotsmen, jockeys, Roman figures, mythological figures, and others were used. Antiquarian John L. Morrison, cited by Mr. Pendergast in his 1953 book Cigar Store Figures, states that the first appearance of a cigar store "Indian" in America was in 1770 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. By the latter half of the nineteenth century the cigar store figure (usually an Indian) was as much a symbol of the tobacco trade as the barber pole was of barber shops. Mr. Pendergast owned at least two hundred figures during his lifetime and was a noted expert on the genre. He sold many figures to other collectors and had a workshop where he repaired and reconditioned the figures.

Provenance:

Immediate source of acquisition unknown.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

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.

Topic:

Wood sculpture  Search this

Folk art  Search this

Figure sculpture -- United States  Search this

Cigar store Indians  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century

Clippings -- 20th century

Photographs -- 20th century

Notes

Scrapbooks -- 20th century

Citation:

Anthony W. Pendergast Collection, 1920s-1970, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0882

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Anthony W. Pendergast Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0882

Creator:

Willow Grove Park Association  Search this

Collector:

Community Life, Div. of (NMAH, SI)  Search this

Cayton, Howard  Search this

Names:

Cayton, Nathan  Search this

Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932  Search this

Extent:

1 Folder

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Guidebooks

Membership cards

Place:

Montgomery County (Pa.) -- 1910-1930

Pennsylvania -- 1910-1930

Date:

1910, 1929

Summary:

Collection consists of a guidebook and membership card from the Willow Grove Park Association.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of a guidebook which briefly describes events for the 1910 season with photographic illustrations. In addition, there is a 1929 membership card for the Willow Grove Park Association. The materials are housed in one box.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged in one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Willow Grove Park located in Pennsylvania was created by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company as a trolley park in 1896. The park provided an incentive for people to ride by serving as a destination on the trolley line. Initially the park offered a series of concerts and eventually evolved into an amusement park. Willow Grove Park closed in 1975 and is now the site of the Willow Grove Park Mall.

Related Materials:

National Museum of American History, Archives Center

Archives Center Carousel Collection NMAH.AC0675

Frederick and Mary Hill Fried Folk Art Archives NMAH.AC0528

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subject Amusements, NMAH.AC0060

Provenance:

The membership card was donated by Howard Cayton, brother of the late Nathan Cayton, who owned the card. The guidebook was found in the collections of the Division of Home and Community Life, National Museum of American History (NMAH), Smithsonian Institution (SI).

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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.

Topic:

Amusement parks -- 1910-1930 -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Genre/Form:

Guidebooks -- 1910-1920

Membership cards -- 1920-1930

Citation:

Willow Grove Park Association Collection, 1910, 1929, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0362

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Willow Grove Park Association Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0362

Creator:

Community Life, Div. of (NMAH, SI)  Search this

Lange, Yvonne, 1918-2003 (Director Emerita, Museum of International Folk Art)  Search this

Names:

Vidal, Teodoro  Search this

Extent:

0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 4 volumes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Dissertations

Religious objects

Place:

Puerto Rico

Date:

1975

Scope and Contents note:

One copy in four volumes (872 pp.) of the typescript of Lange's dissertation "Santos: The Household Wooden Saints of Puerto Rico (1975)" by Yvonne Lange. The dissertation, written for the Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania, attempts to analyse the phenomenon of the "santos" by describing its major features and to explain its existence through the historical, socio-economic, and religious factors that influenced it. This work is illustrated with photographic prints, most of which were taken by the author, mounted on text pages. Some of the santos described and illustrated are from Smithsonian collections, including the Teodoro Vidal Collection.

Biographical/Historical note:

"Santos" is a term used in Latin America to describe the locally made wooden sculptured representations of the Roman Catholic celestial hierarchy. In the nineteenth century this form of folk art developed in the central highlands of Puerto Rico. These cheerful images were deeply revered by the peasant farmers as the embodiment of an invisible and powerful presence which brought sympathetic feeling and fellowship to the community.

Provenance:

Yvonne Lange,Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of New Mexico, gift,2/21/86

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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.

Topic:

Religion -- Puerto Rico  Search this

Idols and images  Search this

Folk art  Search this

Christian saints  Search this

Art -- Collecting and Collectors -- Puerto Rico  Search this

Santos (Art)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Dissertations

Religious objects -- Puerto Rico

Citation:

Division of Community Life Dissertation Series: Lange, Yvonne, Santos: The Household Wooden Saints of Puerto Rico (1975), AC NMAH

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0197

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0197

Creator:

Bowman, Ruth, 1923-  Search this

Names:

American Association of Museums  Search this

American Federation of Arts  Search this

Brooklyn Museum  Search this

Canadian Museums Association  Search this

Craft and Folk Art Museum  Search this

KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Long Beach Museum of Art  Search this

Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New York University  Search this

Newark Museum  Search this

WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Albers, Josef  Search this

Anshutz, Thomas Pollock, 1851-1912  Search this

Bengelsdorf, Rosalind, 1916-1979  Search this

Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981  Search this

Burkhardt, Hans Gustav, 1904-1994  Search this

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this

Diller, Burgoyne, 1906-1965  Search this

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916  Search this

Ferren, John, 1905-1970  Search this

Holty, Carl, 1900-1973  Search this

Holtzman, Harry  Search this

Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003  Search this

Levine, Les, 1935-  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973  Search this

MacDonald, Duncan (Broadcaster)  Search this

Mason, Alice Trumbull, 1904-1971  Search this

McNeil, George, 1908-1995  Search this

Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975  Search this

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this

Sloan, Helen Farr, 1911-2005  Search this

Wilfred, Thomas, 1889-1968  Search this

Extent:

26.7 Linear feet

21.99 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Photographs

Interviews

Sound recordings

Scripts (documents)

Date:

1936-2006

bulk 1963-1999

Summary:

The papers of art historian and museum educator Ruth Bowman are dated 1936-2006, bulk 1963-1999, and measure 26.7 linear feet and 21.99 GB. Professional correspondence and subject files document Bowman's relationships with colleagues and reflect her interests, activities including curatorial work, and accomplishments as a museum educator. Writings and related research materials include her thesis,"Thomas Pollock Anshutz, 1851-1912" (M.A., Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1971), and unfinished projects. Also found are interviews conducted by Bowman with a wide range of individuals for a variety of purposes.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of art historian and museum educator Ruth Bowman are dated 1936-2006, bulk 1963-1999, and measure 26.7 linear feet and 21.99 GB. Professional correspondence and subject files document Bowman's relationships with colleagues and reflect her interests, activities including curatorial work, and accomplishments as a museum educator. Writing and related research materials include her thesis, "Thomas Pollock Anshutz, 1851-1912" (M.A., Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1971), and unfinished projects. Also found are interviews conducted by Bowman with a wide range of individuals for a variety of purposes.

Biographical materials consist of certificates, resumes, and a few photographs of Ruth Bowman. Correspondence concerns Bowman's professional activities and interests. Among the most frequent correspondents are: American Association of Museums, Craft and Folk Art Museum (Los Angeles), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art.

Writings by Ruth Bowman, published and unpublished, include a thesis and articles about Thomas Pollock Anshutz, catalogs for American Federation of Arts and The Newark Museum exhibitions, lectures, as well as articles about museum education and visual arts programs. Research relates to her writings about Anshutz, and to unrealized projects concerning Anshutz, Cézanne, Eakins, Picasso, and other subjects. Also found are two brief writings about Bowman.

Subject files--general subjects, artists' files, Ruth Bowman activities, and "Sunrise Semester"--contain the majority of Bowman's professional correspondence along with printed material, writings, photographs, and sound recordings. Among the most thoroughly documented general subjects are: The Brooklyn Museum's Trustees Retreat, Canadian Museums Association, a 1981 Craft Symposium, International Network for the Arts, Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Museum Directors' Forum", New York University Art Collection, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Council for the Arts. Artists' files are comprised mainly of printed material with a small amount of correspondence and some photographs. The Les Levine file consists of the first issue of Art-Rite featuring a brief article about Levine on its cover; Thomas Wilfred's file includes information about Lumia. Ruth Bowman activities include lectures, radio and television appearances, and participation in professional events. "Sunrise Semester," a collaboration between CBS television and New York University, offered early morning courses for college credit. Ruth Bowman was the instructor for "20th Century American Art," which is documented by general information, scripts, and sound recordings of all 46 classes.

Interviews conducted by Bowman are with English museum administrators and educators; people knowledgeable about a controversial proposal for an Annenberg Fine Arts Center at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; guests on KUSC radio shows "Sounds of Seeing" and "Live from Trump's"; and guests on the WNYC radio program "Views on Art." Interviews with miscellaneous individuals include Josef Albers, Hans Burkhardt, Carl Holty, Isamu Noguchi, and Helen Farr Sloan. Bowman interviewed a dozen American abstract artists, including Ilya Bolotowsky, Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne, Burgoyne Diller, John Ferren, Carl Holty, Harry Holtzman, Ibram Lassaw, Jacques Lipchitz, Alice Mason, George McNeil, George L. K. Morris, and Ad Reinhardt for a thesis on the subject, but eventually wrote on a different topic. Two interviews with Bowman were conducted by Duncan MacDonald and an unidentified interviewer.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 5 series:

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1964-1984 (Box 1; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1963-1996 (Box 1; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings and Related Research, 1942-1999 (Boxes 1-3; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Subject Files, 1936-2006 (Boxes 3-12, 26; 9.6 linear feet)

Series 5: Interviews, 1963-1989 (Boxes 12-25; 9.2 linear feet, ER01-ER70; 21.99 GB)

Biographical / Historical:

Ruth Bowman (b. 1923) is an art historian and museum educator who worked in New York City and Los Angeles. She is known for her interest in using new communications technology for museum education, discovering Arshile Gorky's long forgotten murals at Newark Airport, and expertise in the work of Thomas Anshutz.

A graduate of Bryn Mawr College (B.A. 1944), where she had studied art history and classical archaeology, Ruth Bowman began a museum career in New York as an assistant curator at the Jewish Museum in the early 1960s. From 1963-1974 Ruth Bowman served as curator of the York University Art Collection and was involved in its transition to the Grey Art Gallery and Study Center. Bowman wrote her master's thesis on Philadelphia artist Thomas Pollock Anshutz and received a degree from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University in 1971. During this same period, she was a staff lecturer at The Museum of Modern Art and taught art history in divisions of New York University. She was the instructor for a "Sunrise Semester" 20th century American art course broadcast nationally on CBS.

In 1974 Bowman and her family moved to California and she began an association with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as Director of Education. She attended summer courses in arts administration at Harvard University (1975) and similar training provided by the British Arts Council (1976). She taught at University of California Santa Barbara, as well as at California State University at Fullerton and Long Beach. Bowman was active in the Council of the American Association of Museums (vice president), the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles (vice president), and has served as a consultant to several museums and a corporate collection.

Ruth Bowman with her friend Harry Kahn (1916-1999) developed a collection of self-portraits by 20th century American artists, which she donated to the National Portrait Gallery in 2002. Mrs. Bowman is the widow of R. Wallace Bowman and currently resides in New York City.

Provenance:

Donated by Ruth Bowman in 2004.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

Rights:

Research material including correspondence, writings and notes, photographs, and printed material on Cezanne, Thomas Eakins, and Picasso: Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce requires written permission from Ruth Bowman. Contact Reference Services for more information.

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Art historians -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art, American -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Interviews

Sound recordings

Scripts (documents)

Citation:

Ruth Bowman papers, 1936-2006, bulk 1963-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.bowmruth2

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bowmruth2

Collection Creator:

Bowman, Ruth, 1923-  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound cassette

Container:

Box 14, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Audio [31027000779443]

Sound cassettes

Date:

1980 January 25

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

Collection Rights:

Research material including correspondence, writings and notes, photographs, and printed material on Cezanne, Thomas Eakins, and Picasso: Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce requires written permission from Ruth Bowman. Contact Reference Services for more information.

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Ruth Bowman papers, 1936-2006, bulk 1963-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Ruth Bowman papers

Ruth Bowman papers / Series 5: Interviews / KUSC "Sounds of Seeing"

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bowmruth2-ref1251