Collection Information
Size: 0.2 Linear feet
Summary: The Edna Boies scrapbook of teaching notes measures 0.2 linear feet and dates from 1902 to 1903. Boies compiled and kept the scrapbook for a couse she taught on design at Veltin School for Girls in New York City, New York, and it is notable for the documentation it provides of the kind of instruction and course work found in art classes at the turn of the century. The scrapbook contains lecture notes, quotations, and sketches by Boies and students for various decorative pieces. Also found are clippings from The Owl , a student newspaper.
Biographical/Historical Note
Edna Boies Hopkins (1872-1937) was a printmaker and educator in New York City, New York. She is known for her woodblock prints inspired by Japanese techniques.
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Provenance
Mary Ryan donated the scrapbook to the Archives of American Art in 1987. She acquired the scrapbook, along with other materials by Hopkins, in France in the mid-1980s. Hopkins had left the materials with a friend before she returned to the United States in 1923, and they were discovered by a French dealer in 1984. Boies Hopkins participated in a 1989 exhibition at the Mary Ryan Gallery.
Related Materials
Also found at the Archives of American Art is the James Roy and Edna Boies Hopkins papers, 1878-1977 available on Reel 1515 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Language Note
English .
Funding Note
Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
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