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  Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop

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  A collection of correspondence courses and bulletins entitled Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop, authored and published by Ralph M. Pearson, Nyack, New York, 1937-1946. This collection is roughly divided into four sections. The first section is a run of a magazine column/articles by Ralph M. Pearson; the second section is a collection of issues of a correspondence course entitled Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop, Courses by Mail: Course 4 - Critical Appreciation; the third is a gathering of Design Workshop Bulletins and the fourth is a miscellaneous collection of notices and flyers relating to the correspondence courses. Most of the miscellaneous mailings are addressed to Mabel Spofford. All of these items are from her personal collection. First section: A collection of 35 installments of a monthly column/article entitled "The Artist's Point of View" by Ralph M. Pearson, as published in Forum Magazine. Most of the installments are date stamped; the dates range from March 1937 to May 1940 (the first few articles are not date stamped). Second Section: An incomplete set of a correspondence course entitled Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop, Courses by Mail, Course 4 - Critical Appreciation, by Ralph M. Pearson, Nos. 1-4, 6-9, 11-13, and 15 (12 numbers in total). Number 15 is dated 1942; the others are not dated. Third section: An incomplete set of issues of Design Workshop Bulletin, by Ralph M. Pearson. The collection includes No. 5 February 1937; No. 6 March 1937; No. 9 [1938]; No. 9 October 1938; No. 5 March 1939, and No. 6 March 1939. Fourth section: A collection of 17 miscellaneous notices, bulletins, publisher's advertisements and mailings relating to Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop Courses by Mail. These mailings are dated between March 1939 and 1941.

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  A collection of 62 miscellaneous pieces primarily relating to the lectures and teachings of Ralph M. Pearson. Items consist of: 4 typescript pages, in outline form, of undated notes entitled "Case Conference Problems in Group Guidance" by Richard D. Allen. Typescript lecture notes, interspersed with manuscript notes, for a series of eight numbered University Extension lectures, dated 1929-1938, primarily relating to modern painting and painters. The first sheet is an assignment sheet for Credit Students. A receipt of payment for Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop and typescript letter of confirmation for receipt of payment for the workshop, both dated December 1937 and addressed to Mabel Spofford. A 15-page typescript transcript of a radio interview entitled "What is Modern Art" with Ralph M. Pearson, by Leah Plotkin. The transcript is from WQXR radio station, Federal Theatre, dated December 28, 1937.

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  Design

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  One advertisement postcard for a subscription to the magazine Design, published by the Design Publishing Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1937. The postcard is printed in green ink, and is addressed to "Mabel Spofford, 61 Middle Street., Gloucester, Mass." and is postmarked Feb. 19, 1937.

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  Flyer from the Lecture Bureau of the Rhode Island School of Design, 1948

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  One flyer from the Lecture Bureau of the Rhode Island School of Design, 1948. It is 4 pages in length; (made from a single sheet that has been folded into fourths). The listing of the members of the Lecture Bureau and their respective talks for the 1948-49 season is contained within. The flyer is addressed to "Office of the Principal, Gloucester High School, Gloucester, Mass." "Miss Spofford" is written in ms. above the typed address. Title supplied by cataloger.

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  Official Register of Harvard University, Harvard Summer School: An Unusual Program for Teachers of Art

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  One flyer entitled Official Register of Harvard University, Harvard Summer School: An Unusual Program for Teachers of Art, Vol. XXXVIII, April 4, 1941, No. 15, published by Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1941. This 8-page brochure is an advertisement for a program offered by Harvard Summer School. In it are listed the courses offered, a description of the art workshop, the staff, facilities, social life, fees and credits, and an address to write for further information. Accompanying this brochure is a business reply postcard to subscribe to the Official Register of Harvard University. Also accompanying this leaflet is a mailing envelope addressed to "Miss Mabel Spofford, Supervisor of Drawing, Public Schools, Gloucester, Mass."

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  Design in Dark and Light

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  One pattern book entitled Design in Dark and Light: Folio No. 2: "Birds", by Rose Netzorg Kerr, published by the Fairbairn Art Company, New York, New York, copyright 1929. This folio consists of 16 numbered and titled plates, within a yellow protective portfolio (which serves as the cover). On one of the flaps of the cover is an explanation of each of the plates in regard to its content and relevant theme. The black and white images are both vertically and horizontally oriented on each plate, and include birds such as sparrows, geese and peacocks. The emphasis of these images is on patterns, motif design and use of space. "Mabel Spofford" is written in ms. at the top of each of the plates.

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