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Collector:

Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)  Search this

Collection Creator:

National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.  Search this

Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)  Search this

Collection Source:

Extractive Industries, Division of.  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (b/w, 3-1/2" x 5-1/2".)

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Taxco (Guerrero, Mexico)

Scope and Contents:

Reproduction of a black-and-white photograph of the arched entrance to a hotel in Taxco, Guerrero. There is a stone wall lining the driveway and a young boy walks next to the wall, into the photograph. Behind the arch are houses on a hill in the distance. Taxco is known for colonial Mexican architecture, silverwork and as an important rest point between Mexico City and Acapulco.

General:

Series II, Box 23, Foreign--Mexico--Taxco.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

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.

Topic:

Silver  Search this

Architecture -- Mexico  Search this

Tourism  Search this

Streets -- Mexico  Search this

advertising -- Hotels, taverns, etc.  Search this

Genre/Form:

Postcards -- 1900-1920

Picture postcards -- 1900-1920

Collection Citation:

Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, c. 1880-c. 1970, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,

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Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection

Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection / Series 2: Geographical Locations outside the United States / Mexico / Taxco

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0200-ref2281

Collection Creator:

Hatch, John Davis  Search this

Container:

Box 9, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1940s-1950s

Collection Restrictions:

Use of originals requires an appointment.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

John Davis Hatch, 1790-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

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John Davis Hatch papers

John Davis Hatch papers / Series 5: Research Files / 5.2: Subject Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hatcjohn-ref242

Collection Creator:

Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás, 1938-  Search this

Container:

Box 20, Folder 37

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1973, 1992, undated

Scope and Contents note:

(booklets, "Indian Paintings and Dance Paraphernalia" and "Indian Silverwork of the Southwest"; Mickey Mouse magazine [in German]; TYF's notes on Mickey Mouse cartoons and on American and American Indian Art Museums [1 p. ea]; book, De Museos, Universidad Iberoamericana, Deparamento de Arte, México, 1992)

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. research facility.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material, 1965-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material

Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material / Series 1: Subject Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-ybartoma-ref1234

Collection Creator:

Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery  Search this

Container:

Reel 3404.archer

Type:

Archival materials

Microform [31027000134821]

Date:

1976 November

Collection Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

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Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery exhibition files

Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery exhibition files / Series 1: Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery exhibition files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-archmhunt-ref526

Collection Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Collection Collector:

Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994  Search this

Churchill, Frank C. (Frank Carroll), 1850-1912  Search this

Davis, Edward H., b. 1862  Search this

Churchill, Clara G.  Search this

Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond), 1882-1971  Search this

Harvey, Byron  Search this

Emmons, George Thornton  Search this

Gridley, Marion E. (Marion Eleanor), 1906-1974  Search this

Wildschut, William  Search this

Stiles, William F., 1912-1980  Search this

Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1871-1954  Search this

Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925  Search this

Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1885-1936  Search this

Harvey, Fred  Search this

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956  Search this

Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965  Search this

Barrett, S. A. (Samuel Alfred), 1879-1965  Search this

Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924  Search this

Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950  Search this

Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956  Search this

Collection Director:

Dockstader, Frederick J.  Search this

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Collection Source:

Force, Roland W.  Search this

Burnett, Edwin K.  Search this

Container:

Box 231, Folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1902-1913, 1919-1926

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records / Series 6: Collectors

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-ref6543

Interviewee:

Smith, Carlyle H., 1912-2004  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Names:

Rhode Island School of Design  Search this

University of Kansas -- Faculty  Search this

Bennett, William E.  Search this

Rose, Augustus F. (Augustus Foster), 1873-1946  Search this

Extent:

2 Items (sound cassettes (1 hr., 46 min.), analog.)

59 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1994 August 8

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Carlyle H. Smith conducted 1994 August 8, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

Smith discusses his childhood in Torrington, Connecticut, his early interest in jewelry design, education at the Rhode Island School of Design in jewelry making and silversmithing, and teaching at the Rhode Island College of Education. He recalls working in the metal craft shop of Augustus Rose on jewelry design and repair, and studying with English master silversmith, William Bennett, at his workshop in 1947. Smith speaks of teaching metal arts in the Providence, R.I., public schools and setting up the first American university-level metal arts curriculum at the University of Kansas, 1947-1977. He describes his liberal approach to teaching by setting general assignments and working alongside students. He comments on his work, 1930-1993.

Biographical / Historical:

Carlyle H. Smith (1912-2004) was a metal worker, jewelry designer, silversmith, and educator of Providence, R.I. and Lawrence, Kansas

General:

Originally recorded 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 46 min.

Accompanied by 14 illustrations (7 slides and 7 photocopies).

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.

Restrictions:

This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire audio recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Art metal-work -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry making  Search this

Silverwork  Search this

Jewelry makers -- United States -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- United States -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

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.smith94

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-smith94

Interviewee:

Reinhardt, Richard H., 1921-  Search this

Interviewer:

Pacini, Marina  Search this

Names:

Handy & Harman (Firm)  Search this

Philadelphia Museum of Art. School of Industrial Art  Search this

Cute, Virginia  Search this

Fleming, Erik, Baron  Search this

Withers, Margret Craver, 1907-  Search this

Extent:

45 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1991 Aug. 22

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Richard Reinhardt conducted 1991 Aug. 22, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.

Reinhardt discusses Virginia Cute and her classes in jewelry making at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art in the 1940's; Margret Craver Withers and the late 1940's Handy & Harman workshops where Baron Erik Fleming taught new silversmithing techniques; exhibition of work produced during the 1948 workshop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in that year; changes in the Pennsylvania Museum School over the years; and crafts in Philadelphia.

Biographical / Historical:

Richard Reinhardt (1921-1998) was a jewelry maker, industrial designer, furniture maker, and educator from Philadelphia, Pa.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 19 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.

Restrictions:

Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Topic:

Jewelry making -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Silverwork -- Technique  Search this

Silversmiths -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Handicraft -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Jewelry makers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

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.reinha91

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-reinha91

Creator:

Hatch, John Davis  Search this

Names:

St. John's College (Annapolis, Md.) -- Students  Search this

University of Massachusetts -- Faculty  Search this

University of Oregon -- Faculty  Search this

Bluemner, Oscar, 1867-1938  Search this

Browne, Henry Kirke  Search this

Callahan, Kenneth, 1905-1986  Search this

Clark, Ezra  Search this

Cranch, John, 1807-1891  Search this

Cropsey, Jasper Francis, 1823-1900  Search this

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888  Search this

Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928  Search this

Granger, C. H.  Search this

Guy, Seymour J., 1824-1910  Search this

Harvey, George W., 1855-  Search this

Hatch, Olivia Stokes  Search this

Henry, Edward Lamson, 1841-1919  Search this

Inman, Henry, 1801-1846  Search this

McNeill, Lloyd  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Scott, Julian  Search this

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843  Search this

Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852  Search this

Extent:

24.9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Essays

Reviews (documents)

Photographs

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Notes

Lectures

Sketches

Date:

1790-1995

Summary:

The papers of art historian, collector, educator, and museum administrator John Davis Hatch measure 24.9 linear feet and date from 1790-1995. Within the papers are biographical materials; correspondence; personal business and legal documents; diaries; research, organization, and teaching files; writings; printed materials; photographs; and works of art (mostly sketches) by American artists. Research files regarding artists and specific subjects comprise the bulk of this collection.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of art historian, collector, educator, and museum administrator John Davis Hatch measure 24.9 linear feet and date from 1790-1995. Within the papers are biographical materials; correspondence; personal business and legal documents; diaries; research, organization and teaching files; writings; printed materials; photographs; and works of art (mostly sketches) by American artists. Research files regarding artists and specific subjects comprise the bulk of this collection.

Scattered biographical materials include an invitation to the Hatch's anniversary party in 1964, short biographical sketches and resumes, certificates, report cards, a silhouette of the Hatch Family circa 1904, and a typecript of a diary written by Olivia Hatch as a child.

Correspondence includes professional correspondence between Hatch and colleagues; letters from family and friends; and some materials regarding exhibitions from the Hatch Collection. The bulk of correspondence spans Hatch's professional career although there are scattered letters from 1915-1943 from Hatch to his parents. Also found are letters addressed to an unidentified "Henry." Correspondence is also found in the research files.

Personal business and financial records consist of inventories, bills, receipts, and other records for artworks purchased, loaned, or donated by Hatch. Also found are records from the J. D. Hatch Associates Cultural Consultants, a draft of Hatch's will, stock and tax materials, and travel papers and passports.

Scattered diaries and journal fragments and a transcript date from 1925-1965. Thirteen "Daily Reflection Journals" date from 1975-1987.

Research files on artists and subjects are extensive, comprising one-half of the collection. Files are varied and may include primary research materials, correspondence, printed materials, notes, and writings. Some of the artists' letters and other materials dated from 1790-early 1800s may have been purchased by Hatch. Among many other items, there is an illustrated letter written by Oscar Bluemner and photographs of Bluemner; primary research materials dating from the early 1800s on John Vanderlyn including a will, receipts, and correspondence; a letter from Rembrandt Peale dated 1830, and an autograph letter from John Trumbull dated 1790. Also found is an index card file.

Organization files contain files and records related to Hatch's affiliations with many cultural organizations. A small amount of teaching and education files consist of Hatch's notes and lectures from the University of Oregon and the University of Massachusetts, and from his continuing education courses he took at St. John's College. Writings and notes include short essays by Hatch, mostly concerning art, exhibitions and museum administration; book reviews; general notes, lists, and reports.

Printed Materials are comprised of exhibition catalogs and announcements, including those from the American Drawing Annual in the 1940s-1950s; printed articles annotated by Hatch; clippings; pricelists; and published works.

A small number of photographs are of Hatch, some by Dorothy Frazer; of his family and friends; and of artists. The bulk of the photographs are of works of art including those owned by Hatch.

Artwork includes two sketchbooks - one by Kenneth Callahan and another by Lloyd McNeill; and additional drawings and sketches by Julian Scott, Henry Kirke Browne, Kenneth Callahan, Ezra Clark, John Cranch, Jasper Francis Crospey, F. O. C. Darley, C. H. Granger, Seymour J. Guy, George Harvey, Edward Lamson Henry, Henry Inman, as well as unsigned or illegible names.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 11 series:

Series 1: Biographical Information, circa 1900-1980s (Box 1; 8 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1903-1990s (Box 1-3; 2 linear feet)

Series 3: Personal Business and Legal Records, Date (Box 3; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 4: Diaries and Journals, 1925-1987 (Box 3, 23; 1.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Research Files, 1790-1992 (Box 3-13, 20-21, 24; 12.7 linear feet)

Series 6: Organization Files, 1930s-1990s (Box 13-14; 1.0 linear feet)

Series 7: Teaching and Education Files, 1930s-1993 (Box 14-15; 1.0 linear feet)

Series 8: Writings and Notes, 1936-1990s (Box 15; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 9: Printed Material, 1870s-1990s (Box 15-19, 22, 25-26, OV1; 5.9 linear feet)

Series 10: Photographs, circa 1900-1990s (Box 22; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 11: Artwork, 1851-1973 (Box 22; 0.3 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Art historian, collector, educator, and museum administrator John Davis Hatch (1907-1996) worked in the Boston and New England area, as well as the Pacific Northwest, and New York state. Hatch served as director of the Art Institute of Seattle, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Albany Institute of Art and History, and the Norfolk Museum of Art and Sciences.

John Davis Hatch was born in San Francisco, California in 1907. His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were architects and Hatch studied landscape architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. He served as an apprentice to Lockwood de Forest. After abandoning landscape architecture, he accepted a position as director of the Seattle Fine Arts Society (1928-1931) at the age of twenty-one and taught art history courses at the University of Washington.

In 1932, Hatch accepted the position of assistant director of the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. He also directed the federal Public Works of Art Project in New England. Additionally, Hatch served from 1940-1948 as director of the Albany Institute of Art and History and from 1950-1959 of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. Hatch worked as an art advisor for exhibitions at five historically African-American colleges in Atlanta and in San Simeon in California. He founded the American Drawing Annual exhibition.

Hatch conducted extensive research on artists Oscar Bluemner and John Vanderlyn, American silverwork, and American drawing. In addition, Hatch collected American drawings and later donated many of works of art from his personal collection to the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Aside from his early teaching in Washington state, Hatch taught at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Oregon. He was a member of numerous professional arts-related organizations.

In 1939, Hatch married Olivia Stokes with whom he had four children: Sarah, John, Daniel and James. He died in 1996.

Related Material:

The Archives of American Art holds two oral history interviews with John Davis Hatch: June 8, 1964 conducted by H. Wade White and 1979-1980 conducted by Robert F. Brown. Also found is a separately cataloged photograph of Hatch and Henry Francis Taylor from 1933.

Additional research materials complied by Hatch are located in the Albany Institute of History and Art, the Metropolitan Museum, the library of the National Gallery of Art, and the Senate House, Kingston, New York.

Hatch donated two hundred and seventy American drawings to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Separated Material:

Four books annotated by Bluemner, a letter from Bluemner, a letter from A. Stieglitz to Bluemner, photographs of works of art, and exhibition materials were removed from the papers and merged with the Oscar Bluemner papers at the Archives of American Art.

Provenance:

John Davis Hatch and the John Davis Hatch estate donated his papers to the Archives of American Art in several installments between 1960-1996. Many of the primary materials relating to John Vanderlyn were acquired by Hatch from a photographer in Kingston, New York who received them from a niece of Vanderlyn. Robert Graham of James Graham and Sons gave Vanderlyn's will to Hatch.

Restrictions:

Use of originals requires an appointment.

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.

Occupation:

Art historians -- Massachusetts  Search this

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Drawing, American  Search this

Art, American  Search this

Artists -- United States  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, American -- Study and teaching  Search this

Genre/Form:

Essays

Reviews (documents)

Photographs

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Notes

Lectures

Sketches

Citation:

John Davis Hatch, 1790-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.hatcjohn

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John Davis Hatch papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hatcjohn

Interviewee:

Glendenning, Herman W., 1906-1997  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Names:

Stone Associates (Gardner, Mass.)  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording, 5 in.)

76 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1979 Aug. 9-Oct. 31

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Herman Glendenning conducted 1979 Aug. 9-Oct. 31, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical:

Herman Glendenning (1906-1997) was a silversmith from Westminster, Mass. Before working on his own, Glendenning apprenticed at Arthur J. Stone Associates in Gardner, Mass., a workshop patterned after English silversmith shops stressing traditional techniques and hand wrought designs.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' 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 others.

Topic:

Decorative arts -- United States  Search this

Silverwork -- United States  Search this

Silversmiths -- Massachusetts -- Westminster -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

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.glende79

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-glende79

Creator:

Glendenning, Herman W., 1906-1997  Search this

Names:

Arthur J. Stone (Firm : Gardner, Mass.)  Search this

Stone Associates (Gardner, Mass.)  Search this

Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938  Search this

Extent:

1.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1958-[ca. 1965]

Scope and Contents:

Included are Glendenning's designs and templates for trays and dishes for Leah Curtiss (Leah Curtiss-Gould); and a book of illustrated twentieth century American silver flatware patterns.

Biographical / Historical:

Glendenning was a silversmith in the Gardner, Mass. workshop of Arthur J. Stone (later Stone Silver Shop and Stone Associates), beginning as a helper in 1913, an apprentice in 1920, and as workman until 1936 when he left to form a partnership with George C. Erickson, another Stone workman. He attained the Master Craftsman rank of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, 1927. Stone's workshop derived its classic approach to silver design and and its emphasis on traditional techniques from founder Arthur J. Stone, who had a traditional English silversmithing background prior to coming to the U.S. in 1884. After working for various silver manufacturers, Stone set up his own workshop at 17 Winter St., Gardner, Massachusetts in 1901. He established himself as a leading designer and silversmith, and was one of the last in America to train apprentices and craftsmen to render designs in handwrought silver.

Glendenning ended his partnership with Erickson in 1971, and opened his own shop. In 1975 he moved to Westminster, Mass. where he made jewelry and special orders for silverware. He retired from silversmithing in 1985.

Provenance:

Donated 1983 by Herman Glendenning and in 1997 by his daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Loop, Saugerties, N.Y. Ca. 1 ft. of rthur J. Stone workshop records which were given to him by Elizabeth Bent Stone (Mrs. Arthur J. Stone) were placed with Arthur J. Stone workshop/Stone Silver Shop/Stone Associates records.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Silversmiths -- Massachusetts  Search this

Topic:

Silverwork -- Massachusetts  Search this

Silverwork -- England -- Sheffield  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.glenherm

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-glenherm

Creator:

Curtiss-Gould, Leah, 1893-1979  Search this

Names:

Arthur J. Stone (Firm : Gardner, Mass.)  Search this

Stone Associates (Gardner, Mass.)  Search this

Stone Silver Shop (Gardner, Mass.)  Search this

Curtiss-Gould, Leah, 1893-1979  Search this

Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938  Search this

Extent:

204 Pages (ill.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

[ca. 1975]

Scope and Contents:

Unpublished memoir of the life of Leah Curtiss Gould.

Biographical / Historical:

Art dealer; New York, N.Y. and Conn. Curtiss-Gould was a dealer in Arthur J. Stone silver from ca. 1936-1975. During the period 1936-1950, she worked in a shop, Portraits, Inc., in New York City where Stone silver was sold. Eventually, she opened her own business in Connecticut, the Curtiss Gallery, and sold it in 1970.

Provenance:

Donated 2001 by Thomas Beddall.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Silver flatware  Search this

Silverwork  Search this

Travel  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial

Identifier:

AAA.curtleah2

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-curtleah2

Creator:

Curtiss-Gould, Leah, 1893-1979  Search this

Names:

Curtiss Gallery  Search this

Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938  Search this

Extent:

200 Items

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Date:

1918-1985

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Leah Curtiss-Gould relate primarily to silversmith Arthur J. Stone, his company of silversmiths, Stone Associates, and their business relationship with the Curtiss Gallery.

Included are: biographical material, 1985, relating to Leah Curtiss-Gould; correspondence, 1973-1977; printed material, 1918-1973; 27 photographs of Stone Associates silversmiths; 14 drawings, 1930s-1960s, of articles of silverware; and miscellaneous notes, 1978.

Biographical / Historical:

Art dealer; New York, N.Y. and Connecticut. Curtiss-Gould was a dealer in Stone silver from ca. 1936-1975. During the period 1936-1950, she worked in a shop, Portraits, Inc., in New York City where Stone silver was sold. Eventually, she opened her own business in Connecticut, the Curtiss Gallery, and sold it in 1970.

Provenance:

The donor of these papers, Nicole Meek, was one of the investors in Curtiss-Gould's business.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Art dealers  Search this

Silversmiths -- Massachusetts -- Gardner  Search this

Topic:

Silverwork -- Massachusetts  Search this

Women art dealers  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Identifier:

AAA.curtleah

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-curtleah

Interviewee:

Christensen, Hans, 1924-1983  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (sound files, digital, wav file)

67 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1981 December 11-1982 December 3

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Hans Christensen conducted 1981 December 11-1982 December 3, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art and a tape recording of a slide presentation given by Christensen.

Biographical / Historical:

Hans Christensen (1924-1983) was a silversmith from Rochester, New York. Full name Hans-Jorgen Thorvald Christensen.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 8 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are 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 others.

Topic:

Silverwork  Search this

Silversmiths -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

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.christ81

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-christ81

Creator:

Ball, Fred Uhl, 1945-1985  Search this

Names:

Ball, F. Carlton, 1911-1992  Search this

Ball, Kathryn Uhl, 1910-2000  Search this

Uhl, George A.  Search this

Extent:

1 Linear foot

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Slides (photographs)

Visitors' books

Date:

1936-2002

Summary:

The papers of enamelist and sculptor, Fred Uhl Ball, measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1936 to 2002. The collection provides scattered documentation of Ball's career through biographical material, family photographs, photographs of artwork, and printed material. The collection also includes a small group of papers concerning Ball's father, ceramicist F. Carlton Ball, his mother, illustrator and enamelist Kathryn Uhl Ball, and his grandfather, silversmith George Uhl.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of enamelist and sculptor, Fred Uhl Ball, measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1936 to 2002. The collection provides scattered documentation of Ball's career through biographical material, family photographs, photographs of artwork, and printed material. The collection also includes a small group of papers concerning Ball's father, ceramicist F. Carlton Ball, his mother, illustrator and enamelist Kathryn Uhl Ball, and his grandfather, silversmith George Uhl.The collection consists primarily of photographs and slide transparencies of Ball's artwork, but also includes photographs of Ball, his studio and some of his exhibitions. Papers and printed material include a vita compiled after Ball's death, news clippings providing an overview of his career, a folder of writings, and several items commemorating him.

Arrangement:

The collection was assembled by Lois and David Warren after Ball's death and their original arrangement has been retained.

The papers are arranged into two series:

Series 1: Papers and Printed Material, 1936-2002, undated (box 1; 0.3 linear ft.)

Series 2: Photographs, 1945-1987, undated (box 1; 0.7 linear ft.)

Biographical Note:

Fred Uhl Ball was born in Oakland, California, in 1945. Ball's interest in enameling began in childhood, and was fostered by his mother, Kathryn Uhl, an illustrator and enamelist who taught life drawing at Mills College, and his father, a ceramicist, who was head of the art department at Mills.

Ball received his bachelor's and master's degrees in art from Sacramento State University. His first exhibition was a two-man show with Gerald Silva at the Barrios Gallery. His first national exhibition was held the same year, and his work was shown in Stuttgart, Germany, two years later. In the early 1970s Ball began experimenting with test tiles and assembling torch-fired enamels on thin copper foil into collage-like panels. He also experimented with using brass as a surface and with exposing white enamel to varying degrees of heat to produce a range of hues. In 1972, he published Experimental Techniques in Enameling (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold), which has since been considered the definitive text on enameling.

Ball was best known in Sacramento, where he lived and had his studio, for his large-scale public murals. In 1976 he joined the city's federally funded Comprehensive Employment and Training program (CETA) and created his first truly large-scale mural for the Sacramento Community Center. The mural won him critical acclaim and for the remainder of his career Ball would combine his personal work with additional commissions, and would continue to experiment with innovative enameling techniques and material in his sculptural collages. His Sacramento parking garage mural is one of the largest enameled murals ever attempted.

During the last decade of his life Ball was commissioned to create a number of large, site-specific works for corporate clients in the Sacramento area. In September of 1985 he was working on a fifty-foot copper mural, The Great Sacramento Valley, when he was assaulted at his studio. Ball died three months later at the age of forty from injuries sustained during the attack. The mural was completed by his mother and his associate, Bruce Beck, and was unveiled at Sacramento's Sutter General Hospital in December, 1986. A memorial retrospective of Ball's work, organized by the Creative Arts League, was held at the Crocker Art Museum from March to April of 1987.

Provenance:

At his death, Fred Uhl Ball's art passed to his mother, Kathryn, who died in 2000 without any heirs. Susan J. Willoughby, a close family friend, served as Trustee of the Kathryn Uhl Ball Trust. Unfortunately, most of Ball's papers were discarded after his death. The remainder of the collection was assembled by Lois and David Warren, and given to the Archives of American Art by Susan J. Willoughby in 2001. Several 2002 news clippings were added to the collection in 2002.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. research facility.

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.

Topic:

Enamelers -- California -- Sacramento  Search this

Enamel and enameling  Search this

Silverwork  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Slides (photographs)

Visitors' books

Citation:

Fred Uhl Ball papers, 1936-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.ballfred

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-ballfred

Creator:

Bowdoin, Harold  Search this

Bowdoin, Mabel  Search this

Names:

Stone Associates (Gardner, Mass.)  Search this

Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Scrapbooks

Date:

1919-1948

Scope and Contents:

Papers relating to silversmith Arthur J. Stone, including: five ink drawings [ca. 1920] of a tea set by Stone; a scrapbook containing biographical data on Stone, two letters from Stone, 1920 and 1925, a letter from his widow, Elizabeth, 1938, clippings, and photographs of Stone, his home, and his silverwork; an exhibition catalogue, SILVER BY ARTHUR STONE (Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass., 1941); newspaper clippings and printed material on Stone and his associates, 1942 and 1948; and twelve photographs of craftsmen in the Stone workshop and of silver by Stone.

Biographical / Historical:

Harold and Mabel Bowdoin were close friends of silversmith Arthur J. Stone and his wife Elizabeth from the 1920's on. Harold was a business partner of Norman Bell Geddes, the designer, and Mabel ran the Little Gallery in New York City until it was sold to Leah Curtiss-Gould and moved to Connecticut.

Provenance:

Donated 1983 by William and Sally Rhoads, who bought the papers at auction.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Silversmiths  Search this

Art dealers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Scrapbooks

Identifier:

AAA.bowdharo

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bowdharo

Creator:

Frank W. Smith, Inc. (Gardner, Mass.)  Search this

Names:

Smith, Frank W., 1848-1904  Search this

Extent:

11 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1938-1940

Scope and Contents:

Descriptions and price lists for silver patterns offered by Frank W. Smith, Inc., including Puritan, Edward VII, Bostonia, Winslow, Pilgrim, Martha Washington, Countess, Fiddle Thread, Chippendale, and George VI. Also includes a brochure for Tulipan sterling silver.

Biographical / Historical:

Silver manufacturing company.

Provenance:

Donated by Mrs. Alwynn G. Robinson, 1983.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Silversmiths -- Massachusetts -- Gardner  Search this

Topic:

Silver flatware -- Massachusetts  Search this

Silverwork -- Massachusetts -- Gardner  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.franw

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-franw

Creator:

DuBois, Teunis Denise, 1773-1843  Search this

Extent:

1 Volume

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Date:

1794-1823

Scope and Contents:

An account book containing a listing of clients and business transactions, mostly repairs, making or selling jewelry and table silver. Also records transactions involving forging anvils, making hammers, selling corn, flax and other vegetables and grains, sugar, chocolate, other staples, and clothing. No location is indicated.

Biographical / Historical:

Teunis DuBois (1773-1843) was a silversmith in Monmouth Co., N.J. and New York, N.Y.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming by an unknown donor. Originals in posession of the Monmouth County Historical Association, Freehold, N.J.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Silversmiths  Search this

Topic:

Silverwork  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.schajohn

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-schajohn

Interviewee:

Withers, Margret Craver, 1907-  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Names:

Handy & Harman (Firm)  Search this

Fleming, Erik, Baron  Search this

Heinrich, Leonard  Search this

Kirk, Arthur Neville  Search this

Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938  Search this

Weir, Wilson  Search this

Withers, Charles C.  Search this

Extent:

5 Sound cassettes

35 Color slides

115 Pages (Transcript (1983-1984))

12 Pages (Transcript (1985))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Color slides

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1983-1985

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Margret Craver Withers conducted 1983-1985, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

Withers discusses her childhood in Kansas; early education; and aptitude for drawing.Education in art and design, including studying crafts at the University of Kansas, 1925-29; her position as a grade school teacher in Kansas and as a crafts instructor at Wichita Art Association, 1930s; study with various master metalworkers, including Arthur Nevill Kirk, Arthur J. Stone, Leonard Heinrich and Wilson Weir in the USA, and Baron Erik Fleming in Sweden.Development of Hospital Service Program, with the support of Handy and Harman, precious metal refiners, during World War II, to train army therapists in metalworking for disabled soldiers; supervision in post-War period of Handy and Harman's Craft Service Department, producing films on hand-wrought silver, a traveling exhibition of outstanding contemporary silver, instructional brochures, and a series of workshops for American silversmiths, taught by European masters.Marriage in 1950 to Charles Withers, president of Towle Silver, and that company's policy of employing top designers; Towle's commissioning of works in silver from top modern sculptors; her making of silver holloware and jewelry for private clients; her re-invention of the en resille process for enameling (1959) and in the early 1980s her invention of a process for combining enamel, glass, and silver and gold leaf in jewelry; and her involvement in crafts organizations.She discusses her en resille enameling technique. [The 1985 session is transcribed, and is accompanied by slides of the work discussed].

Biographical / Historical:

Margret Craver Withers (1907-2010) was a silversmith in Boston, Massachusetts.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 58 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.

Topic:

Silversmiths -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelers -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- Interviews  Search this

Silverwork  Search this

Enamel and enameling  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

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.wither83

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wither83

Creator:

Stone Associates (Gardner, Mass.)  Search this

Arthur J. Stone (Firm : Gardner, Mass.)  Search this

Stone Silver Shop (Gardner, Mass.)  Search this

Names:

Booth, George G. (George Gough), b. 1864  Search this

Glendenning, Herman W., 1906-1997  Search this

Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938  Search this

Extent:

15.1 Linear feet

1 Linear foot (Addition)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Date:

1824-1958

Scope and Contents:

Records documenting silversmith production by Arthur J. Stone, his workshop, and Stone Associates.

Included are ca. 11,000 drawings, including bench drawings, designer's master drawings, architect's drawings, and ca. 1,000 "scales" or templates, made from full scale drawings; files from Stone's workshop containing an index to photographs, information on clients, and work summaries including dimensions, name, craftsmen's initials, hours, weight, and price; stock number cards, circle and gauge cards, and daily hours cards; files for Stone Associates containing work summary and stock cards.

Also found are photographs of Stone, his workshop, and silver pieces, (mainly taken by his wife, Elizabeth Bent Stone, 1912-1937), and objects made by Stone Associates; photograph albums of duplicate prints; clippings, 5 exhibition catalogs, and brochures; 17 letters; 2 essays on silverware by Jerome A. Heywood; records on stock number card categories; lists of silver gauges, weights, and circles; ten sections of plaster casts of chased silver forms by Arthur J.Stone; and a trade catalog of James Dixon and Son, Sheffield, England, undated. A microfiche of a card file is included with the records.

Records from the Arthur J. Stone workshop, including measured drawings; templates; albums of photographs of work, including commissions for leading Episcopal churches and churchmen, Yale and Harvard Universities, private patrons in Boston and N.Y., and for Stone's leading client, George Booth of Cranbrook, Michigan; photographs of an exhibition, and of Stone, his workmen, and his shop. Also included are Stone's copies of a few English silver and metalwork trade catalogs, ca. 1824-ca. 1937.

Biographical / Historical:

Arthur J. Stone was a leading silversmith from Gardner, Massachusetts. He was trained and worked in Sheffield, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland prior to coming to the U.S. in 1884. He was one of the last silversmiths in America to train apprentices to carry out designs in handwrought silver.

In 1901, Stone set up a workshop in Gardner, which operated under his name until its sale in 1937 to Henry Heywood, a Gardner businessman, who renamed it first as The Stone Silver Shop, changing it later to Stone Associates. Heywood died in 1945, and his sons Henry, Jr. and Jerome ran it until 1957, when they disbanded.

Provenance:

Donated by Jerome A. Heywood, 1979-1980 and Janet J. Loop, 1997. When Stone sold his shop to Heywood, he included the records to insure the continuity of the work. Stone retained records relating to his early work. These were donated to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by Stone's family. According to Stone's niece, Elenita Chickering, who processed the papers, approximately 3 trunks of accounts and letters were destroyed in the 1940s by Stone's widow, Elizabeth Bent, to insure client's anonymity. The 1 ft. of records donated by Janet Loop, daughter of Herman Glendenning, were given to Glendenning by Stone's widow. Loop donated them along with some of her father's own designs and other papers, which are cataloged separately under Glendenning.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Silversmiths -- Massachusetts -- Gardner  Search this

Topic:

Decorative arts -- Massachusetts -- Gardner  Search this

Silverwork -- Massachusetts -- Gardner  Search this

Silverwork -- Great Britain -- Catalogs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Identifier:

AAA.stonasso

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-stonasso

Interviewee:

Pearson, Ronald H. (Ronald Hayes), 1924-1996  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Names:

School for American Crafts  Search this

Pearson, Ralph M., 1883-1958  Search this

Extent:

34 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1979 May 31-1981 Nov. 23

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Ronald H. Pearson conducted 1979 May 31-1981 Nov. 23, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

Pearson discusses his early training in design from his father, Ralph Pearson, an artist and writer; his education in political science at the University of Wisconsin; World War II duty in the merchant marine; training at the School for American Craftsmen; early exhibitions; and development of production pieces.

Biographical / Historical:

Ronald H. Pearson (1924-1996) was a silversmith from Deer Isle, Me.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel and 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 55 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' 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 others.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Silverwork  Search this

Handicraft  Search this

Artisans -- Maine -- Interviews  Search this

Silversmiths -- Maine -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

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.pearso79

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-pearso79