Finding aid for the collection on Glen Lukens 5374
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2022 March
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Collection on Glen Lukens
Creator:
Lukens, Glen (1887-1967)
Creator:
Ball, F. Carlton, 1911-1992
Identifier/Call Number: 5374
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/3163
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1930-1950
Abstract: The collection on Glen Lukens consists of correspondence, course syllabi, two typescripts, and a gallery pamphlet relating
to ceramicist, glassmaker, and jewelry designer Glen Lukens (1887-1967). The collection includes three letters and a packet
of notes concerning technical glaze formulae written by Lukens and addressed to Miss Bertes Greenleaf -- a former student.
The letters are dated in 1934 and 1940. The collection also includes an essay by Lukens ("California Desert Glass"), a pamphlet
profiling Glen Lukens and his work published by Dalzell Hatfield Galleries (Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles), and a poem by
Ten Broeck Williams ("The Potter and the Clay"). Lastly, the collection contains two University of Southern California Department
of Fine Arts syllabi by F. Carlton Ball, who was also a student of Lukens, an artist, and a professor at USC. The syllabi--both
undated--are for Fine Arts 330: Ceramics and a beginning pottery course. Glen Lukens taught courses in ceramics, metalwork,
and jewelry making at the University of Southern California during the 1930s.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: 1
The collection on Glen Lukens consists of correspondence, course syllabi, two typescripts, and a gallery pamphlet relating
to ceramicist, glassmaker, and jewelry designer Glen Lukens (1887-1967). The collection includes three letters and a packet
of notes concerning technical glaze formulae written by Lukens and addressed to Miss Bertes Greenleaf -- a former student.
The letters are dated in 1934 and 1940. The collection also includes an essay by Lukens ("California Desert Glass"), a pamphlet
profiling Glen Lukens and his work published by Dalzell Hatfield Galleries (Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles), and a poem by
Ten Broeck Williams ("The Potter and the Clay"). Lastly, the collection contains two University of Southern California Department
of Fine Arts syllabi by F. Carlton Ball, who was also a student of Lukens, an artist, and a professor at USC. The syllabi--both
undated--are for Fine Arts 330: Ceramics and a beginning pottery course. Glen Lukens taught courses in ceramics, metalwork,
and jewelry making at the University of Southern California during the 1930s.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Collection on Glen Lukens, Collection no. 5374, University Archives, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Thomas Mueller, February 7, 2022.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ceramics -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Pottery -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Potters -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Pamphlets
Syllabi
Typescripts
Ball, F. Carlton, 1911-1992 -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Greenleaf, Bertes -- Correspondence
Lukens, Glen (1887-1967) -- Archives