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Elsa Schmid papers, 1910-1967

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Series 1: Elsa Schmid Papers, 1910-1967
1.1 Linear feet
Boxes 1-3, OV 4

Biographical materials include blank stationery, resumes, and a teaching certificate. Correspondents include Henry Varnum Poor, Max Weber, Boris Anrep, Helen Chase, Edward Waldo Forbes, Warren Wheelock, Abraham Walkowitz, Alfred H. Barr, Georgia O'Keeffe, Barbara Morgan and Josef Albers. Of note are letters from Henry Varnum Poor in which he discusses details of pottery and mosaics. A lecture given by Schmid at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts also includes a slide list. Photographs are of works of art, some are annotated. Project files concern plans for mosaics and include material on subjects Van Wyck Brooks, Father Martin D'Arcy, John Dewey, and Dikran Kelekian. Files may include letters, sketches and plans, photographs, and printed material. Printed material includes newspaper clippings, magazine articles and catalogs. Writings and notes are on art.
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Biographical Material, 1910-circa 1960
1
1
Correspondence, 1924-1963
1
2
Lectures, 1961
1
3
Photographs, Exhibitions and In Situ, 1930s-1950s
1
4
Photographs, Works of Art, 1930s-1950s
1
5-8
Photographs, Works of Art, 1930s-1950s
2
1-5
Photographs, Works of Art, Negatives and Transparencies, 1930s-1960s
2
6
Project File, General, 1930-1964
2
7
Project File, Blue Madonna, 1956-1957
2
8
Project File, Caramoor Clock, 1950
2
9
Project File, Carthage Memorial, 1956-1960
2
10
Project File, Father D'Arcy, 1940-1950
3
1
Project File, John Dewey, 1935-1956
3
2
Project File, Kelekian, 1944
3
3
Project File, Lincoln, 1957-1963
3
4
Project File, Lincoln, Oversized, 1957-1963
4
Project File, St. Brigid's Church, 1928-1967
3
5
Project File, St. Thomas More Chapel, 1941-1960
3
6
Project File, Van Wyck Brooks, 1950-1965
3
7
Printed Material, 1932-1962
3
8
Writings and Notes, circa 1930s-1940s
3
9

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