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Lockwood de Forest papers, 1858-1980, bulk 1870-1930

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Series 2: Writings, 1881-1976
0.8 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2, OV 5

Writings include handwritten and typescript drafts of Lockwood de Forest's book Indian Domestic Architecture, as well as essays and notes. Published and unpublished essays by de Forest are on assorted topics such as biographical sketches, art, education, museums, furniture construction, the study of nature and psychic research. There is a typescript draft of a Lockwood de Forest biography by Anne Lewis.
Drafts of Indian Domestic Architecture are at the beginning of the series, followed by essays in alphabetical order by title or subject, then notes, and finally a draft of a biography about Lockwood de Forest.
The bulk of this series has been digitized, except for duplicates.
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Indian Domestic Architecture Handwritten Draft (1 of 4), circa 1919
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Indian Domestic Architecture Handwritten Draft (2 of 4), circa 1919
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Indian Domestic Architecture Handwritten Draft (3 of 4), circa 1919
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Indian Domestic Architecture Handwritten Draft (4 of 4), circa 1919
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Indian Domestic Architecture Typescript Draft (1 of 3), circa 1919
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Indian Domestic Architecture Typescript Draft (2 of 3), circa 1919
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Indian Domestic Architecture Typescript Draft (3 of 3), circa 1919
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Indian Domestic Architecture Book, 1885
Oversized book housed in OV 5.
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Auditorium Description, circa 1910
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Biographical Essays, circa 1912
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"Collecting", 1919
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"Definition of Terms", 1909
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Education and Training Essays, 1919-1923
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Furniture Construction Essay, circa 1900-circa 1910
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George Baker Portrait Essay, circa 1919
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8
Landscape Architecture Essay, 1919
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"Museum Arrangement", 1919
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Museum Collections Essays, 1919-1922
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"Museum Management", 1919
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"Natural History and Ethnological Museums, Art Museums", 1919
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"Notes for Art School" and "Suggestions for the Normal Art School Course", 1918
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"Observations on the Sun's Corona", 1923
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"Psychic Research", 1919
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"Review of Count Korzybski's Manhood of Humanity", circa 1919
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"Study of Nature", 1919
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"What is Art?", 1919
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Miscellaneous Essays, 1920-1924
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Handwritten Itinerary of Nepal and India Trip, circa 1881
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Notes on Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1915
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Miscellaneous Notes, circa 1919-circa 1924
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Typescript of Lockwood de Forest Biography by Anne Lewis, circa 1976
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Oversized Indian Domestic Architecture digitized with Box 2, Folder 1, 1885
OV 5

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