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Drawing in Public Schools by the use of The Smith Books Condemned....The Merits of the Bartholomew Books Presented
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History of Public Instruction in Drawing in the United States
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One pamphlet entitled History of Public Instruction in Drawing in the United States, published by Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., New York, Boston and Chicago, ca. 1875. This 34-page pamphlet is, in effect, a publisher's advertisement for the Bartholomew System of Drawing. William Bartholomew is attributed to having introduced drawing instruction into the American public schools. The recounting of this process is then followed by extracts from the Mass. legislature, Board of Education committees, etc. as well as testaments in support of the Bartholomew system and its products. The title is within a simple, decorated frame on the front cover, and the back cover is blank. The final page, which is unnumbered, is a publisher's advertisement for "Bartholomew's National System of Drawing" for primary, grammar, and high schools.
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Bartholomew's Primary School Drawing Cards, No. 1
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One set of drawing cards entitled Bartholomew's Primary School Drawing Cards, No. 1, by W. N. Bartholomew, published by Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., New York and Chicago, 1874. This set is comprised of 10 double-sided lithograph cards, principally containing line drawing lessons on each side, totaling 20 lessons. The exercises in this series are listed on the envelope wrapper, below the title: "SET No. 1 - Simple exercises in placing points, drawing lines, plane figures, familiar objects and ornamental forms; also lessons in Printing and Writing." Sets 2 and 3 are also described. Each lesson is printed on a black background, with the image or letter to be copied in white. These drawing cards were designed to be used in conjunction with a drawing slate; the card would be placed in the card holder at one end of the slate, and the image copied onto the slate. The penmanship lessons on Card 10 are labeled "Payson, Dunton & Scribner's Penmanship." On the back side of the envelope is a publisher's advertisement for "Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing" books. The dimensions provided are for the envelope.
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A Course of Free-Hand, Model, and Object Drawing: Designed for Primary, Grammar, and High Schools
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One booklet entitled A Course of Free-Hand, Model, and Object Drawing: Designed for Primary, Grammar, and High Schools, by Professor Walter Smith, published by Noyes, Holmes, and Company, Boston, 1872. At the bottom of the cover is printed, "J.W.C. Gilman, Agent." This booklet consists of 16 unnumbered pages, including the front and back covers. It appears to be a publisher's advertisement for the Smith drawing system and its products. The first few pages are advertisements for drawing slates, drawing-cards and drawing books. The next few pages are an overview of the general method of the system, and "Specimen Pages from 'The Teachers' Companion'", with white-on-black illustrations. The back cover (also the last page) are listed "Reasons for Adopting the American Drawing Series", signed by J.W.C. Gilman, Agent for Introduction. The front cover of this advertisement features an illustration of a drawing slate and drawing cards.
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Bartholomew's Drawing Book, No. 2 and No. 3
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"Two drawing books by William N. Bartholomew, published by Shepard, Clark & Brown, Boston (No. 2) and by Cyrus G. Cooke, Boston (No. 3), with numbered half-sheets on which there is an image to be copied, interleaved with blank whole sheets for copying and completing each of the exercises. The majority of exercises within both books are buildings, such as houses, sheds, and barns. Both books 2 and 3 have been completed, and both contain additional original artwork.
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Industrial Drawing in Public Schools: A Course of Three Lectures Addressed to the Principals and Teachers of the Primary, Grammar, and High Schools of the City of Boston
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One pamphlet entitled Industrial Drawing in Public Schools: A Course of Three Lectures Addressed to the Principals and Teachers of the Primary, Grammar, and High Schools of the City of Boston, by Walter Smith, published by L. Prang and Company, Boston, 1875. Also on the title page is printed "Published by Request." This book is 54 numbered pages in length, and is divided into 3 sections, one for each of the three school levels. Each section addresses issues relevant to the teaching of drawing and industrial drawing in the schools. A few white-on-black reproductions of drawing cards from the Smith system are included in the book. The insides of both covers, as well as the back cover, are blank.
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Knudsen's Method of Drawing Instruction For Schools
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One envelope of drawing cards and instructional booklet, 12 pp., entitled Knudsen's Method of Drawing Instruction For Schools: Third Year's Drawing Instruction, Containing Forty Progressive Patterns For Practical Shading, published by C.W. Knudsen, New York, 1864. The subtitle for the booklet further explains that this set is "to be used by the ordinary teacher twice a week." The booklet provides a lesson plan for use of the cards, describing how each card should be used. Of the original forty cards, only one is missing, No. 40. Most are signed "CWK" (Charles W. Knudsen?)in the lower right-hand corner. Booklet has indecipherable penciled inscription on the first page.
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