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Collection Citation:
Francis Sumner Merritt Papers, circa 1930-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
Francis Sumner Merritt Papers, circa 1930-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
Francis Sumner Merritt Papers, circa 1930-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
Francis Sumner Merritt Papers, circa 1930-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
Paulus Berensohn papers, circa 1950-2017, bulk 1976-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
Alana VanDerwerker materials related to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, circa 1950-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
Francis Sumner Merritt Papers, circa 1930-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
The Haystack Mountain School of Craft-related materials of art historian Alana VanDerwerker date from circa 1950-2019 and measure 2.5 linear feet. The materials document her research on the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts' development from the 1950s-1970s, which culminated in her published book Haystack at Liberty, through correspondence, writings, interviews with founding Haystack artists, photographic material, and research on various topics related to Haystack.
Scope and Contents:
The Haystack Mountain School of Craft-related materials of art historian Alana VanDerwerker date from circa 1950-2019 and measure 2.5 linear feet. The materials document her research on the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts' development from the 1950s-1970s, which culminated in her published book Haystack at Liberty, through correspondence, writings, interviews with founding Haystack artists, photographic material, and research on various topics related to Haystack.
The correspondence series contains letters between VanDerwerker and notable figures at Haystack, including Francis and Priscilla Merritt, Margaret Beasom Swart, and former Haystack Director Howard Evans. The writings series includes notecards on persons related to Haystack, notebooks of interview musings and archival work, several unpublished essays and appendices by VanDerwerker, and materials related to an unpublished volume edited by Ned Cooke. The interviews series is largely made up of Haystack artist interviews by VanDerwerker in pairs of cassette recordings and transcripts. The photographic material series contains snapshots and negatives of Haystack's development, classes and daily life, with photographs used in VanDerwerker's book grouped by chapter. The research files series contains printed material concerning Haystack, and notes and teaching files from Jack Lenor Larsen and Janet TenBroeck.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged as 5 series.
Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1958-2005 (0.3 linear feet: Box 1, OV 6)
Series 2: Writings, circa 1956-2017 (0.4 linear feet: Box 1)
Series 3: Interviews, circa 1958-2019 (1 linear foot: Boxes 1, 4-5)
Series 4: Photographic Material, circa 1951-1996 (0.5 linear feet: Boxes 1-2)
Series 5: Research Files, circa 1950-2016 (0.3 linear feet: Boxes 2-3)
Biographical / Historical:
Alana VanDerwerker (1950- ) is an author and arts administrator in Waldoboro, Maine who has devoted herself to preserving the history of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, located in Deer Isle, Maine. VanDerwerker served as the initial secretary of board for the Maine Crafts Association, an organization which worked closely with Haystack to promote collaborative programs for artists. VanDerwerker became friends with co-founder and director of Haystack, Frances Sumner Merritt (1913-2000), who asked her to document the school.
Founded in 1950 as a space for more traditional craftsmen to create and teach together, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts would soon include writers, metalworkers, and mixed media artists in its programming. Operational during the summers, visiting artists teach classes and residential artists produce and exhibited artwork on-site. In 2019, after decades of collecting documentation and conducting oral histories about the site and its residents, VanDerwerker published Haystack at Liberty: From Insight to Mountain to Island in a limited edition.
Related Materials:
Also found in the Archives of American Art is the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts records, circa 1950-1969; an oral history interview with Francis Sumner Merritt, 1979 May 25-June 25; an oral history interview with Jack Lenor Larsen, 2004 February 6-8; and oral history interviews with others researched and interviewed by VanDerwerker.
Provenance:
The collection was donated in 2022 by Alana VanDerwerker.
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Rights:
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This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
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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:
Alana VanDerwerker materials related to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, circa 1950-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
Francis Sumner Merritt Papers, circa 1930-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
The papers of metalsmith, jeweler, and educator Arline M. Fisch measure 9.8 linear feet and 3.82 GB date from 1931 to 2015. The papers include awards and certificates, correspondence, exhibition and gallery files, project files, San Diego State University teaching files, membership records, and printed and digital and photographic materials.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of metalsmith, jeweler, and educator Arline M. Fisch measure 9.8 linear feet and 3.82 GB and date from 1931 to 2015. The papers include awards and certificates, correspondence, exhibition and gallery files, project files, San Diego State University teaching files, membership records, and printed and and digital photographic materials.
Awards and certificates are from the Indonesian National Crafts Council, Internationale Handwerksmesse Munchen, San Diego State University, State of California, and other organizations. Correspondence is with Edith Antunes, Skidmore College and other educational institutions, as well as galleries, students, and colleagues. Files for exhibitions consist of inventory and price lists, loan and shipping records, printed material, correspondence, a digital disk, and a video recording for Elegant Fantasy: The Jewelry of Arline Fisch (2000), The Art of Arline Fisch (2003), Arline Fisch: Creatures from the Deep (2008), and various exhibitions.
Gallery files contain business records for Atrium, Electrum Gallery, Lee Nordness Galleries, and galleries in Germany and Switzerland. Project files include records for an advertising campaign, articles and lectures, Textile Techniques in Metal for Jewelers, Sculptors, and Textile Artists, a cataloging project, commercial ventures, curriculum development at Boston University, NEA and Fulbright grant projects, an artwork installation, an oral history project, a seminar, and workshops.
San Diego State University teaching files include correspondence, evaluations, exhibition material, grant programs and projects, university programs, recommendations, and sabbatical records. Membership records are for the American Craftsmen's Council (ACC), Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG), and World Crafts Council (WCC).
Printed materials consist of booklets, a calendar, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, periodicals and posters, and chronological files. Photographic materials are of Fisch, her family, travel, her studio, with colleagues and in class, and works of art. A detailed archive of Fisch's work on slides and in digital format is also included.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as nine series.
Series 1: Awards and Certificates, 1961-2001 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 1, 11)
Series 2: Correspondence, 1956-2003 (0.8 linear feet; Box 1)
Series 3: Exhibition Files, 1957-2010 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)
Series 4: Gallery Files, 1968-2010 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 2-3)
Series 5: Project Files, 1956-2010 (1.4 linear feet; Boxes 3-4, 11)
Series 6: San Diego State University, 1955-2014 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 4-5)
Series 7: Membership Records, 1964-1994 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 5-6)
Series 8: Printed Materials, circa 1960-2015 (3.3 linear feet; Boxes 6-9, 11, OV 12)
Series 9: Photographic Materials, 1931-circa 2005 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 9-11, 3.82 GB; ER01)
Biographical / Historical:
Arline M. Fisch (1931- ) is a metalsmith, jeweler, and educator in San Diego, California.
Fisch was born in Brooklyn, New York. She studied art education at Skidmore College and earned a master of arts degree from the University of Illinois. From 1956 to 1957 she studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen Denmark, and she returned to Denmark in 1966 under a Fulbright Research Grant. She also received Fulbright and NEA grants for multiple projects in Uruguay, Austria, and the U.S.
From 1954 to 1961, she taught at Wheaton College and Skidmore College. Fisch began teaching at San Diego State University (SDSU) in 1961 where she developed the Jewelry and Metalsmithing program. She retired from SDSU in 2000.
Fisch was a member of the American Craft Council (ACC), Haystack Mountain School of Crafts' Board of Trustees, and was vice president of the World Crafts Council (WCC) from 1976 to 1981. She was a founding member of Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) and was president of the organization from 1982 to 1985.
Fisch has received numerous awards and honors for her accomplishments in craftsmanship including an honorary doctorate degree from Skidmore College, United States Artists fellowship award, and Fresno Art Museum Council of 100 Distinguished Woman Artist award in 2012.
Fisch has exhibited her work all over the world including her solo retrospective exhibition titled, Elegant Fantasy: The Jewelry of Arline Fisch, which was shown in San Diego, Oakland, New York, and Washington, D.C.
Related Materials:
Also at the Archives of American Art is an interview of Arline M. Fisch conducted July 29-30, 2001 by Sharon Church McNabb, for the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Fisch's home, in San Diego, California.
Provenance:
The papers were donated from 2003 to 2018 by Arline M. Fisch as a part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.
Rights:
Arline M. Fisch retains copyright for the manuscript for the 2nd edition of her book Textile Techniques in Metal for Jewelers, Sculptors, and Textile Artists (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c. 1975) and notes for the first edition.
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Occupation:
Metal-workers -- California -- San Diego Search this
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Collection Citation:
Alana VanDerwerker materials related to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, circa 1950-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
Alana VanDerwerker materials related to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, circa 1950-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Alana VanDerwerker materials related to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, circa 1950-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
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Collection Citation:
Alana VanDerwerker materials related to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, circa 1950-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
The collection includes circa 55 letters from Toshiko Takaezu to Robert Kasal (1963-2008 and undated) and 27 letters from Jack Lenor Larsen to Robert Kasal (circa 1958-1969).
Biographical / Historical:
Robert Kasal (1935- ) is an architect and designer who resides in Santa Fe, N.M. Kasal attended Haystack Mountain School of Crafts where he met and befriended Toshiko Takeuzu (1922-) and Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-2020).
Related Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds the papers of Toshiko Takaezu and Jack Lenor Larsen.
Provenance:
Donated in 2023 by Robert Kasal.
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Rights:
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.
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Alana VanDerwerker materials related to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, circa 1950-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.