Series I. Instructional Materials
Subseries A. Art Instruction Books. 1875-1947
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. 1875
Clay Modeling in the School Room. 1892
Illustrative Blackboard Sketching. 1894
Art & Decoration in Crepe & Tissue Paper. Approximately 1895
How to Use Plasticine as a Home Amusement. 1908
Home Sphere of Child Life. 1913
The Home Teacher: Explaining by word and illustration the source pictures of vocations comprised in the Chautauqua Industrial Art Desk. 1913
Industrial Art Text Books: A graded course in art in its relation to industry, Parts 1-8. 1915-1917
Art in Dress with Notes on Home Decoration [second edition]. 1917
Sketching Methods. 1917
Industrial and Applied Art Books. Approximately 1920
Chip Carving. 1922
How to make Crepe Paper Flowers. 1922
The Etching of Copper and Brass (Lesson 25); The Lamp Shade (Lesson 18); Designs to Fill Given Spaces (Lesson 7); and Oil Cloth--Its Decoration (Lesson 16). 1924-1925
Human Proportion. 1924
Industrial Art Text Books: A Graded Course in Art in its Relation to Industry. 1924
Color in Painting. 1926
The Home Teacher. 1926
Industrial and Applied Art Books. 1926
Practical Drawing, Correlated Art Edition. Book Two. 1930
Inspirational Art, Books 1-8. 1932
Finger Painting: A Perfect Medium for Self Expression. 1934
The Dixon Manual for Metal Artists: Designs, Complete Instructions, Illustrated Work Sheets. 1937
The Dixon Manual for Artisans in Wood and Metal: Designs, Instructions, Operations and Processes. 1939
Soldier Handicrafts. 1942
New Art Education. 1944, 1945, 1947
Finger-Painting and How I Do It. 1947
Subseries B. Art Reproductions. Approximately 1882-1950
Fac-Similes of Examples in Delineation. Approximately 1882
[Horace K. Turner Co. art reproductions]. Approximately 1906
[University Prints art reproductions]. [Not before 1915]
Two envelopes of "proof sheets" of photographed examples of student art work. Approximately 1919-1921
The Seaside in Art. 1922
[Art Extension Society art reproductions]. [Not before 1924]
[Brown-Robertson Co. art reproductions]. Approximately 1924
[George P. Brown & Co. art reproductions]. Approximately 1925?
[F.A. Owen Pictures art reproductions]. Approximately 1925?
[Mentzer Bush & Co. art reproductions]. Approximately 1925?
Artist's Scrap Book. 1929
Ships in Decoration. 1929
[Meriden Gravure Company art reproductions]. Approximately 1935
Miscellaneous boxed collections of art reproductions. Approximately 1920-1950
One boxed collection of reproductions of photographs of sculpture, circa 75 pieces. Approximately 1930-1940
One boxed collection of photographic reproductions of an architectural nature. Approximately 1935-1950
One boxed collection of art reproductions, circa 135 pieces. Approximately 1920-1950
One collection of reproductions of paintings, circa 250 pieces. Approximately 1930-1940
Subseries C. Cards. 1880-1908
Tilton's Outline Design Cards, for Studies and Decorative Purposes, 12th Series. 1880
Play Lessons in Modeling Harbutt's Plasticine. 1908
Subseries D. Charts/Posters. 1882-1931
The Complete School Charts. 1882
Set of art appreciation posters created by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1926
Time Chart in Early European History (to 1714). 1931
Subseries E. Correspondence Courses. 1914-approximately 1930
[Plates to accompany] Landon Course of Cartooning. 1914-1919
The Landon Course of Cartooning. Approximately 1920-1930
Subseries F. Drawing Books. 1844-1950
New Progressive Drawing Book, Containing Lithographic Sketches, and Drawings of Landscape Scenery: Designed for Self Instruction. 1844
The Youth's New Drawing Book, Containing Progressive Information on Sketching and Drawing Landscape Scenery, &c. Designed for Self Instruction, or the Use of Teachers. 1844
Child's First Book. Drawing Series. Self Instructor, No. 1. 1846
The New Progressive Drawing Book, containing Lithographic Sketches, and Drawings of Landscape Scenery, Designed for Self Instruction. 1847
The Columbian Drawing Book, Designed for Schools and Private Instruction. 1849
École de Dessin, No 272. Approximately 1850
The Little Draughtsman. Approximately 1850
Bartholomew's Drawing Book, No. 2 and No. 3. 1855
Bartholomew's Drawing Book, New Series, Nos. 1, 2, 5. 1867-1870
Self-Instructing Drawing Lessons, for the Little Folks. 1868
Vere Foster's Complete Course of Drawing: Landscape. Approximately 1868
Vere Foster's Drawing Copy Book: Nos. M1, I2 and Q3. Approximately 1868
Philips' Drawing Copy Book, Design & Drawn by a Practical Teacher, No. 3. Approximately 1870?
William Hermes' United States Systematic Drawing Schools (German Edition). Approximately 1870
William Hermes' United States Drawing-School, No. 144 and No. 197. Approximately 1870
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Zeichen-Vorlagen für Schulen und zum Selbstunterricht, Heft 34. Approximately 1870
Erasable (School) Drawing and Writing Tablet, No. 2. 1871
Spencerian Drawing-Book, No. 2. 1871
A Course of Free-Hand, Model, and Object Drawing: Designed for Primary, Grammar, and High Schools. 1872
How to Draw: The Right and The Wrong Way. 1872
The Teachers' Companion to the American Drawing-Slates: No. 1. Free-Hand Drawing, Elementary and Advanced. 1872
Bartholomew's Drawing Book, Revised Edition, Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8. 1872-1873
Krüsi's Drawing: Analytic Series. 1873
The Black Lead Pencil Drawing Book, No. 3, Series 1. Approximately 1873
Teachers' Manual for Free-Hand Drawing in Primary Schools. 1873
American Text Books of Art Education: Free-Hand Drawing, Numbers One-Six. 1873-1875
Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand, No. 3 and No. 4. 1874
Drawing in Public Schools by the use of The Smith Books Condemned ... The Merits of the Bartholomew Books Presented. 1874
Educational and Industrial Drawing: Primary Freehand Series, No. 1. 1874
American Text Books of Art Education: Geometrical Drawing, Numbers One and Two. 1875
American Text Books of Art Education: Intermediate Course, Numbers One and Three. 1875
American Text Books of Art Education: Model and Object Drawing, Number One and Number Two. 1875
An Easy Course of Landscape Drawing Lessons, No. 1. Approximately 1875?
École de Dessin, Petit Cours Élémentaire et Progressif. Approximately 1875?
Elementary Drawing Book; A Series of Easy Progressive Lessons for Young Beginners, New and Improved Edition, No. VIII. Approximately 1875?
Lithographie Joseph Scholz. Teichenschule. Modeles de Dessin. Teekenschool. Approximately 1875?
Weigall's Drawing Book of Animals, Nos. 2, 5 and 6. Approximately 1875?
System of Industrial Art Drawing: Ornamentation. 1876
Andrews' Slate Drawing Book: Containing all the pictures on Andrews Noiseless Drawing Slates, for Schools and Families (Fourth Edition). 1878
Krüsi's Drawing: Synthetic Series, New series, No. 2. 1878
White's School Series of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand. 1878
American Text-Books of Art Education, Revised Edition, Nos. 3-11. 1879
American Text-Books of Art Education, Revised Edition, Nos. 5, 7, 9, 10, 14. 1879
Art in the Nursery. 1879
Art in the Nursery. 1879
Krüsi's Drawing: Perspective Series, No. 12. 1879
A New Series of First Class Drawing Copies. Approximately 1880?
A New Series of First Class Drawing Copies. Approximately 1880?
Barnes' Popular Drawing Series. 1881
Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand-Tracing, New Edition, Nos. 1, 1, 2, 3. 1881
Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand, New Edition, Nos. 6, 10, 11, 12, 13. 1881-1882
High Art for Little People. 1882
Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Mechanical, New Editions, No. 14 and No. 15. 1883
Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Sketching from Objects, New Edition, No. 16. 1883
Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Linear Perspective, New Edition, No. 18. Approximately 1883
Prang's Outline Pictures with Directions for Coloring, Series 1, Children. 1888
American Text-Books of Art Education, Clark Edition, No. 5, No. 8 and No. 9. 1882-1886
Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Light, Shade & Shadow, New Edition, No. 17. 1884
[Drawing book]. Approximately 1885?
Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing, No. 2 & No. 3. 1888
Prang's Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing, Nos. 1-2, 4-10. 1889
Instruction in Drawing in Primary and Intermediate Schools in Europe and America: A Critical Review of the Prang Course in Form-Study and Drawing. Approximately 1890
Freehand Drawing of Ornament. A Collection of Drawing Copies Reproduced from Original Photographs, Selected and Arranged. Approximately 1890
White's New Course in Art Instruction For Elementary Schools. 1892
Prang's Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing, Western Edition, No. 2 and No. 6. 1893
The Prang Elementary Course in Art Instruction, No. 9, Seventh Year, First Half. 1898
The Prang Elementary Course in Art Instruction, Eastern Edition. 1899
Little Darlings' Drawing Book. Approximately 1900
Krone's Paragon Series of Drawing Books: Nos. 2 and 9. 1905
Applied Arts Drawing Books. 1908
Old Glory Painting and Drawing Book. 1917
Freehand Drawing. 1924, 1925
Practical Drawing, Art Education Edition. Book 5. 1925
Circles & Squares: Books One and Two. 1930, 1931
Fun-Time Drawing. 1937
Drawing Horses. 1944
Learn to Draw with Jon Gnagy: America's television art instructor. 1950
Promotional drawing books. Approximately 1860-approximately 1917
Easy Pictures for Slate Drawing. Approximately 1860
Easy Drawing for Little Ones. Approximately 1885?
"Satin Gloss" Drawing Book, for Little Folks. Approximately 1885?
Tiny Tots Drawing Book. Approximately 1885
Packer's Prize Drawing Book, No. 1. 1886
Young Folks' Drawing Book. Approximately 1886
Children's Drawing Book. Approximately 1890?
[Children's Drawing Book]. Approximately 1890?
Slate Drawings for the Young Folks. Approximately 1891
Schaeffer Piano Drawing Book. Approximately 1895?
Drawing Book. 1897
Hood's Drawing Book, with Designs and Suggestions from an Artist of Long and Varied Experience. 1898
Little Miss Lacqueret's Drawing Book for Children. Approximately 1900
The Singer Drawing Book for Young Artists. 1900
The Singer Drawing Book for Young Artists. Approximately 1900
The Calumet Prize Drawing Book, No. 1. Approximately 1902
Our Country Drawing Book. 1903
Child's Drawing Book. Approximately 1910
Drawing Book of Butterflies. Approximately 1910
The Great Bear Drawing Book. Approximately 1910?
Pretty Picture Drawing Book. Approximately 1910
Slate Drawings, Useful & Instructive. Approximately 1910
The Story of Kiddie L. and Kiddie B. Approximately 1910
Columbus Drawing Book for the Kiddies. Approximately 1917
Subseries G. Drawing Cards. 1847-approximately 1911
Abbott's Common School Drawing Cards: Landscapes. Set 1. 1847
Initiatory Drawing Cards, Part I. 1848
Initiatory Drawing Cards, Part I. 1848
Initiatory Drawing Cards, Part VI. 1850
Augsburg's Action Drawing: Set II. The Deer. Approximately 1850
[Drawing cards]. Approximately 1850?
New York Artists' Classmanual No. 6, Coloured, Consisting of Twelve Landscapes. Approximately 1850?
The Pioneer Drawing Cards. 1856
Systematic Drawing Cards for Schools, with Instructions: In Two Parts 1857
Coe's New Drawing Lessons, No. IV, Drawing for Schools: A Method by which all the M[emb]ers of a Large Class are taught to Draw at [once] with Neatness, Uniformity, and Accuracy. 1858
Bartholomew's Progressive Drawing Cards, in five numbers, No. 1. 1860
Coe's New Drawing Cards for Schools, No. 5. Approximately 1860-1880
Knudsen's Method of Drawing Instruction For Schools. 1862
Slate Pictures. 1863
Knudsen's Method of Drawing Instruction For Schools: Third Year's Drawing Instruction, Containing Forty Progressive Patterns For Practical Shading. 1864
The Student's Drawing Cards. [ca. 1870?]
American Drawing-Cards, First Series. 1873
Bartholomew's Primary School Drawing Cards, No. 1. 1874
Grammar School Drawing Cards of Elementary Design. 1875
Easy Drawing Lessons for Blackboard or Slate. 1879
[Drawing cards]. Approximately 1890-1915?
Brown's School Series—The Young Designer Drawing Cards: 24 different designs for crayon work, suitable for Infants and Standard 1. Approximately 1900-1905
The Good Zoo Drawing Cards. Approximately 1911
Subseries H. Flyers and Magazine Excerpts. Approximately 1920-1940?
The Eldorado Page, Sketching with "the master drawing pencil". Approximately 1920-1940?
[Eldorado Pencil advertising flyers with Earl Horter artwork]. Approximately 1924
[Higgins Company and American Crayon Company project instruction sheets]. Approximately 1925
Subseries I. Miscellaneous Pamphlets and Books
The Identification of the Artisan and Artist: the Proper Object of American Education. Illustrated by a lecture of Cardinal Wiseman, on the relation of the arts of design with the arts of production 1869
Lettering, A Syllabus for Teaching. 1937
Lettering, Its History, Principles & Practice. 1937
A Quarter Century of Public School Art: Have We Made Good? Approximately 1935
The Teacher of Oil Painting and Tapestry, 5th ed. Approximately 1930
Report of the Committee on Elementary School Art. 1926
Syllabus of a Course of Illustrated Lectures on Historic Art: Historic Ornament and Sculpture, Series of 1899. Approximately 1898
Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 3-1879: The Value of Common School Education to Common Labor. 1879
Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 5-1879: American Education as Described by the French Commission to the International Exhibition of 1876. 1879
Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 2-1881: The Relation of Education to Industry and Technical Training in American Schools. 1881
Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 4-1882: Industrial Art in Schools. 1882
Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 6-1882: Technical Instruction in France. 1882
Fifteen Easy Methods of Applied Decoration. Approximately 1935
A Lecture On The Importance of Linear Drawing, and On The Methods of Teaching The Art in Common Schools and Other Seminaries. 1831
Chinese Shadow Plays. Approximately 1935
The Arts of Design: Especially as Related to Female Education. An Address: deliberated in the Hall of the Maryland Institute, at the commencement of the Female Department of the School of Design, November 25th, 1856. 1857
Colored Crayons in Your School. Approximately 1930
Some Reasons Why Drawing Should be Taught in Our Common Schools: A paper: Read at the Meeting of the Ohio Teachers' Association, at Put-in-Bay, July 4, 1877; and also at the Annual Meeting of the National Education Association, at Louisville, KY, Aug. 16, 1877. 1877
Industrial Art: For All of the Children of All the People. Approximately 1920
Industrial and Decorative Art in Public Schools: Read at a meeting of the Association, October 21st, 1880. 1880
Art in the United States of America. 1884
Art Education Alert: Aids America to Meet Wartime Needs. 1942
Art and Materials for the Schools: Activities to Aid the War and the Peace. 1943
The Massachusetts Teacher ... Extra: Fifteenth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Education. 1852
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmers Bulletin No 1219: Floors and Floor Coverings. 1928
The Munsell Color System: Children's Studies in Measured Colors. 1907
Munsell Color System. 1910
Art in Industry: From the Seventeenth Annual report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor, pp. 331-394. 1886
The Stranger: A Modern Miracle Play. 1915
The Art Schools Our Country Needs. 1919
A Practical Philosophy of Art Supervision. Approximately 1919
Design Workshop. 1935
The Prospects of Art in the United States: An Address before the Artists' Fund Society of Philadelphia, at the Opening of Their Exhibition, May, 1840. 1840
Subseries J. Miscellaneous Periodicals
Art in America and Arts & Decoration. 1919-1921, 1944
The Drawing Teacher: A Little Folder of Teaching Projects for the Art Teacher. 1926-1947
The International Studio. 1911-1912, 1927
John Martin's Book, A Magazine for Little Children. 1913
Subseries K. Painting and Coloring Books
M.A. Donohue & Co. books.
Home Painting Gallery. 1908
Juvenile Painting Gallery. 1908
The Young Artist's Painting and Drawing Book. Approximately 1915
Charles E. Graham & Co. books.
Little Folks' Painting and Drawing. Approximately 1900
Big Animal Paint Book. 1916
Kiddie Paint Book. Approximately 1918
McLoughlin Bros. books.
Box of Pictures to Paint. 1892
Palette Painting Book. 1892
The Child's Palette: A Painting Book, Book No. 1. 1897
Pictorial Painting Book. 1898
Art Studies for Little People: Landscapes. 1902
Flower Studies: A Painting Book. 1902
Landscape Painting Book. 1902
The Easy Painting Book. 1904
The Easy Painting Book. 1904
Little Folks' Painting and Drawing Book. Approximately 1905
Drawing and Painting Book. Approximately 1910
First Steps in Art. Approximately 1910?
Spring Blossoms Painting Book. Approximately 1910
The Little Folks Painting Book. Approximately 1910
Home Painting Book. Approximately 1930
Marine and Landscape Studies: A Painting Book. Undated
Saalfield Publishing Company books.
Animals to Paint. 1910
Birds to Paint. 1910
Objects to Paint. 1910
Color Magic. 1929
A Boatload of Pictures to Color. 1938
Stecher Lith. Co. books.
Betty's Painting Book. 1917
Soldiers of Many Nations Painting Book. 1917
The Soldier Painting Book. 1917
Raphael Tuck & Sons books. Approximately 1910
The New Painting Book for Boys and Girls. Approximately 1910
The New Painting Book for Boys and Girls. Approximately 1910
Father Tuck's Butterfly Painting Book. Approximately 1910
Our Pets' Portraits Painting Book. Approximately 1910
The Wild Animal ABC Painting Book. Approximately 1895
Father Tuck's "Fairy Folk" Painting Book. Approximately 1907
Whitman Publishing Company books. 1932-1938
The Easy to Paint Book. 1932
Flowers, A Paint Book. Approximately 1935
The Lone Ranger Paint Book. 1938
Books by unidentified publishers.
Le Petit Coloriste. Approximately 1876
Picture Joys for Girls and Boys to Laugh at to Colour & Draw with Pleasant Verses of Life and Fun for Everyone. Approximately 1879
Exercises in Coloring. VI. Approximately 1885?
Nouveaux Modeles de Coloris pouvant etre executes avec des crayons de couleur ou des crayons pastel. Approximately 1890?
The Pleasant Hour Drawing Book, for Instructive Sketching and Coloring Purposes. Approximately 1900
Books by miscellaneous publishers.
Outline Pictures for Little Paint Brushes: With Stories Giving Hints for Coloring, by the Editors of Babyland. 1881
Introductory Lessons in Drawing and Painting in Water-Colors. 1882
The Easel Painting Book: With Pictures that Children can "easily" paint. Approximately 1890
The Artistic Painting Book. Approximately 1900-1910?
Painting Plays for Rainy Days, and Easy Drawing Lessons. 1902
Painting Pastimes for Young Artists. 1905
Ideal Paint-Box-Book, with Easy Drawing Lessons for Young Painters. Approximately 1907
Little People's Pictures Painting Book: Father Tuck's Little Artist Series. Approximately 1910
Pretty Pets Painting Books. Six Kinds, All Different. Approximately 1910
Young America Painting Book: for Young People with Easy Drawing Lessons. 1913
The Hiawatha Painting Book. 1913
The Mother Goose Parade: A Combination of Painting Book and Scissors Play for Children's Hand Made Nursery Borders. 1914
Fun and Frolic Painting Book. Approximately 1915
Something Pretty to Paint. Approximately 1915
Happy Moments Crayon and Painting Book. 1926
Objects to Color or Paint. 1955
Promotional Painting Books. 1894-1925
Hood's Sarsaparilla Painting Book. 1894
The Adventures of Ceresota. 1912
Dutch Boy Lessons in Painting. Approximately 1910
The Dutch Boy's Jingle Paint Book. 1921
The Dutch Boy's Lead Party. 1923
The Dutch Boy in Story Land. 1925
Subseries L. Pattern Books. Approximately 1898-1937
[Japanese pattern book]. Approximately 1898
[Japanese pattern book]. Approximately 1898
Album Mondiale di Disegni per Ricami. Approximately 1920
Decorative Initials. Approximately 1920
Bucilla Blue Book of Initials and Monograms, Volume 30. 1921
Design in Dark and Light: Folio No. 2: "Birds." 1929
Designs for Piercing, Chasing and Etching. 1937
Subseries M. Penmanship Books. 1868-1928
Harper's Writing Books: Symmetrical Penmanship with Marginal Drawing Lessons, for Schools and Families. 1868
Payson, Dunton & Scribner's National System of Penmanship, Tracing and Short Course, No. 2. 1875
Payson, Dunton & Scribner's National System of Penmanship in 12 Numbers, Revised and Improved, No. 7. 1875
Welby's Book of Alphabets, for Ornamental Penmen, Professional Letterers, and Students, with Practical Directions for Lettering, Illuminating, etc. 1880
Real Pen Work: Self Instructor in Penmanship. Approximately 1884
Barnes' National System of Penmanship. 1886
The Normal Review System of Writing--Tracing Course, No. 1. 1889
The Normal Review System of Writing, Regular Course, No. 4 1/2. 1891
The ABC of Lettering for Public Schools. 1908
Lessons in Lettering: A Series of Practice Books With Text, Examples and Exercises, Book 2 Inclined Single Stroke. 1924
On The Technique of Manuscript Writing. 1924
Advance Edition of the Palmer Method of Business Writing. 1928
Subseries M. Prints. Approximately 1780?-1931
[Engravings of portraits]. Approximately 1780?
[Engravings chiefly of Biblical figures]. Approximately 1810
[Sixteen loose prints]. Approximately 1865
Cours De Figure Par Mr. N. Maurin. 1869, 1870
Our Washington as the Artist sees It: 20 sketches of impressive beauty in the national capital, series No. 1. 1931
Subseries N. Puppetry Approximately 1928-1940
Eleven envelopes of materials relating to or about puppetry and marionette Approximately 1928-1940
Puppetry: An Educational Adventure. 1934
Subseries O. Tracing Books. 1898-1972
McLoughlin Bros. books. 1898-approximately 1928
Drawing and Tracing Book. 1898
Drawing and Tracing Book: Boats and Houses. 1898
Drawing and Tracing Book: Boats and Houses. 1898
Drawing and Tracing Book: Children at Play. 1898
Drawing and Tracing Book: Funny Animals. 1898
Drawing and Tracing Book: Simple Objects. 1898
Great Big Drawing and Tracing Book. Approximately 1928
Books by miscellaneous publishers. Approximately 1900-1910
The Favorite Drawing and Tracing Book. Approximately 1900
Tracing Book, Pencil Pictures. Approximately 1900
National Portraits. 1905
Heinz Kindergarten Book, No. 5: Pictures to Trace, Jingles to Learn. Approximately 1910
Kopeefun Magic Copy Paper. 1940-1972
Kopeefun Magic Copy Paper Kit. 1940
Kopeefun Magic Copy Paper Kit. Approximately 1940
Kopeefun Magic Copy Paper. 1972
Series II. Non-Instructional Materials
Subseries A. Catalogs. 1900-1952
Illustrated Catalogue Exhibition of the R. Hall McCormick Collection of Paintings: Chiefly of the English School, under the auspices of the Boston Art Students Association, Copley Hall, Boston, Massachusetts. 1900
Catalogue of the Perry Pictures. 1908
Illustrated Catalogue, National Academy of Design, Ninety-Third Annual Exhibition 1918: Open March 13th to April 21st, 10 am to 6 pm and 8 to 10 pm, Sundays 1:30 to 6 P.M. 1918
Retrospective Exhibition of American Art, 1689-1921, under the direction of Mrs. Albert Sterner Inaugurating the Junior Art Patrons of America: May 7 to 21, 1921 Fine Arts Building, 215 West Fifty-Seventh Street. 1921
Exhibition of Water Colors by American & European Artists, February 26--April 14, 1929, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1929
Creative Expression in Design. 1927
Catalog of the Sixteenth Annual Exhibition, First part July Third to July 29th 1936. 1936
The Guild of Boston Artists: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Pastels, Drawings, Miniatures, Water Colors, Prints, Sculpture, October 27th to November 29th, 1942 at the The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. 1942
30th Anniversary Rockport Art Association Exhibition Catalog, First Part, 1950. 1950
32nd Annual Exhibition Catalog, First Part, 1952. 1952
Subseries B. Mabel Spofford: Artwork and Notes. Approximately 1940?-approximately 1948
[Technical drawings, designs, etc.]. Approximately 1940?
[Miscellaneous artwork]. Approximately 1947
[Finger paintings]. Approximately 1948
Subseries C. Non-Art Related: Miscellaneous. Approximately 1885-1982
Please Consider This: An Invitation From Jacob Trump & Bro. Approximately 1885
An Open Letter to the Friends of Free Schools and American Liberties: From the Committee of One Hundred. 1888
Making Your Gift Worth While. 1922
New Year Greetings: James Parton Haney. May 1923
Mr. Conde Nast Announces that for a brief period it will be possible to obtain Vogue, Vanity Fair, House & Garden at special prices. 1923
[United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.]. Approximately 1925?
[Evaluation of Frances Little Miller]. June 27, 1927
[J. L. Hammett Company letters to Mabel Spofford]. 1930
[Four newspaper clippings of quotations from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln]. Approximately 1930-1940?
Lincoln Memorial. Approximately 1930-1940?
[Two clippings about the American Legion Parade float made in Rockport, Massachusetts]. 1933
[United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.]. Approximately 1935?
Washington, City of Magnificent Expanses, A Paradise of Parks. Approximately 1935
The Aesthetic Factor in Education : Harvard Teachers Association Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting. 1937
[Form letter from the director of The American Federation of Arts to Mabel Spofford]. March 7, 1941
Application for Admission to the Boston University Summer Session in Physical Education at Sargent Camp, Peterborough, N.H. 1948
[Letter from Nancy J. Kelleher to "The Art Teacher"]. May 23, 1949
[Tabernacle Church of Salem, Massachusetts, program]. July 13, 1958
Some Events in the Life of Walter Smith. 1982
[Manuscript notes by Diana Korzenik]. Undated
Subseries D. Promotional materials: Art supplies. 1850-approximately 1940
[Miscellaneous ephemera related to artists' materials and businesses]. 1850-1884
History of Public Instruction in Drawing in the United States. Approximately 1875
[Envelope of Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Inc.]. Approximately 1885?
[91 tradecards and advertisements chiefly related to art making]. Approximately 1870-1920
Industrial Art Materials. Approximately 1892
Dixon's Pencils and Colored Crayons for School Purposes. Approximately 1911
A Word Concerning the Care of Plaster Casts for School Decoration. 1922
[D.M. Campana Art Co. order sheet]. 1924
The Practical Use of "Drawlet" Drawing and Lettering Pens. Approximately 1925
W.A. Hall Dealer in Fancy Leathers for Arts and Crafts. Approximately 1930-1940?
'Crayograph': The Original Pressed Crayon. 1931
Things to Make with "Milo" Plastic Modeling Material. 1931
"Crayonexing": The Crafts and Classroom Medium. 1933
Art Craft Clays by AMACO. Approximately 1935
Crayola Homecraft Projects. Approximately 1935
[Fabik Home Outfit for Batik Workers]. Approximately 1935
[O-P Craft Co. flyers]. Approximately 1935
[O-P Craft Co. flyers]. Approximately 1935
Modern Color Magic in Dress and Home Decoration. 1937
[O-P Craft Co. promotional letter and order form]. Approximately 1940
Subseries E. Promotional materials: Institutes, schools, courses, etc. 1906-1949
Class in Drawing and Painting From Nature; Composition and Design. 1906
The Commonwealth Art Colony at Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 1913
A Golden Summer: The Applied Arts Summer School, Chicago. 1917
Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins- Founder and Pioneer of Noted Art School. Approximately 1929
The Art of Seeing: Woodbury Course in Observation, Summer School. 1930
Arts and Crafts at the Chautauqua Summer Schools. 1930
Chautauqua Summer Schools, Fifty-Seventh Season, 1930, July 7-August 15. 1930
Cornell Summer School of Art. 1930
Chautauqua Lake, A Beautiful Summer Resort. Approximately 1930
Hull-House Year Book, Forty-Second Year. Approximately 1931
[Boston University Art Department invitations]. 1933
Art in Every Day Life. Approximately 1933
[Ephemera from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]. 1934
Boothbay Studios Summer School of Art: The Courses and Lectures for 1935. 1935
The Rankin Studios, Summer 1935, School of Applied Arts. 1935
[Stover School Art Service letters]. 1935
The Applied Arts Summer School, Chicago, Illinois. Approximately 1935
Class in Etching. Approximately 1935
[2 envelopes of the Museum of Fine Arts, Division of Instruction, Boston, Mass]. Approximately 1935
[WPA Art Project posters]. Approximately 1938-1940
A Meadow Lark's View of the Berkshire Summer School of Art at Monterey, Mass. Approximately 1940
The Browne Art Class. 1941
New England Art Museums, Summer 1947. 1947
The Chautauquan (Vol. 13, No. 200, Summer Schools Number). January 1948
The Chautauquan (Vol. 13, No. 206). April 1948
Day, Evening, Saturday Morning Information: New England School of Art. 1948
[Lecture Bureau of the Rhode Island School of Design flyer]. 1948
Art Career School. 1949
[Whitney School of Art School Calendar, 1949-1950]. 1949
Subseries F. Promotional materials: Instructional books, textbooks, and magazines. 1904-1948
[School Arts Book advertisement]. 1904
The Taylor-Holden Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1. Approximately 1905
Industrial Art Text Books: a Series of Text Books for Children. Approximately 1920
Kindergarten Work in the Home. Approximately 1920
[Two publisher's advertisements for An Introduction to Art Education by William G. Whitford]. 1929
Courses for Teachers, Summer Session, 1930. 1930
[Chautauqua Summer Schools promotional flyers]. 1930
[Pennsylvania State College envelope]. 1930
A Handbook of Designs and How to Use Them. Approximately 1930
Arts and Crafts Instruction and Design Books Series. Approximately 1930
Design (Vol. 34, No. 1). May 1932
Design. 1937
The Art of the World. Approximately 1937
[Studio Publications, Inc. publisher advertisements]. Approximately 1937?
Adult Life Enrichment, State University Extension Class: This Changing World of Ours. 1940
School and Teachers' Order Form, School Arts Magazine. Approximately 1940
Success in Art: How You Can Achieve It. Approximately 1940
Official Register of Harvard University, Harvard Summer School: An Unusual Program for Teachers of Art, Vol. XXXVIII, April 4, 1941, No. 15. 1941
International Practical Arts Textbooks. 1948
Books and Folios to Help You in Your Teaching and Creative Work. Approximately 1948
Subseries G. Promotional materials: Pictures. 1899-1940
[Perry Pictures Company advertising material]. 1899-1936
Announcement: Turner Picture Studies and Picture Study Prints. Approximately 1910
The University Prints Special 1917 Announcement: A New System of Picture Study for the Grades. 1917
How You Can Study Original Drawings by America's Great Cartoonists. Approximately 1920?
Brown's Famous Pictures ; Brown's Famous Bible Pictures. Approximately 1924
[Art Ages advertisement]. [1929]
[Art Ages advertisement]. [1929]
Picture Studies for School Use. Approximately 1935-1940?
Subseries H. Ralph M. Pearson materials. 1929-1946
Ralph M. Pearson's Design Workshop. 1937-1946
[Materials primarily related to Ralph M. Pearson]. 1929-1938
Subseries I. Rewards of Merit and Certificates. 1859-1919
Rewards of Merit. 1859-approximately 1890
Certificates of Honour. 1914, 1919
Subseries J. Scrapbooks. 1857-1906
[Scrapbook]. 1857-1860
Business Album, Houlton House. 1868 or later
American Kindergarten Book for Designing, Drawing and Painting. Volume Third- Polygons. Approximately 1876
[Scrapbook of rooms]. Approximately 1876
[Scrapbook]. Approximately 1885
Prang Elementary Course in Art Instruction, Eastern Edition. Approximately 1900
House in a Book. Approximately 1900-1930
Album. Approximately 1900
Scrap Book. Approximately 1905
Abbie Gilbert, Ridgefield Kindergarten. 1905-1906
Subseries K. Student Drawings and Paintings. 1839-approximately 1915 and undated
[Drawing book of mechanical and engineering drawings]. 1839
[Drawings of animals, houses, and rural scenes]. Approximately 1840
[Drawing book of Anna Carpenter]. Approximately 1845
[Drawing book primarily of houses and animals]. Approximately 1845
[Drawing book of Frederick Harris]. Approximately 1850
[Drawing book signed "F.M."]. Approximately 1850
[Drawing book signed "M.H.B."]. 1852
[Drawing book of L.A. Cunningham]. 1854-1872
[Drawing books of Carrie Cooley and Mattie Cooley]. Approximately 1855
[Drawing book of Anna Warner]. 1870
[Drawing book of Herbert G. Wilcox]. Approximately 1875
[Drawing book of Marie Lloyd]. Approximately 1875?
[Drawing book of Oswald Windle]. 1876-1892
[Drawing book of Charles H. Barnett]. 1878 or later
[Drawing book of Ella Seaver]. 1879
[Drawings by R.T. Fish]. Approximately 1880
[Drawing book of F.J. Monroe]. Approximately 1880
[Drawing book of geometrical designs and animals]. Approximately 1880?
[Drawing book of Henry S. Tubbs]. 1883
[Drawing book of maps and flowers]. Approximately 1888
[Drawing book of geometric shapes and designs]. Approximately 1890
[Drawing book of landscapes]. Approximately 1890
[Painting of a shepherd and his dog]. Approximately 1890?
[Drawing book of Henry H. Holt]. 1896
[Sketch book of Wynna Wright]. 1908
[Drawing book of Wynna Wright]. 1908-1909
[Drawing book of E. Frances Botsford]. 1915-1916
[Drawings by Emma Barnes]. Approximately 1915
[Drawing of house in Andover, Mass.]. Undated
[Drawing of Professor S.F.B. Morse by A.N. Chayce]. Undated
[Drawing of birds by "Mary"]. Undated
Subseries L. Graduate Student Papers from various courses taught by Diana Korzenik. 1973-1995
Graduate Student Papers, A-B. 1984-1995
Graduate Student Papers, C-J. 1981-1994
Graduate Student Papers, K-P. 1973-1994
Graduate Student Papers, R-T. 1978-1994
Graduate Student Papers, T-W. 1980-1994
Subseries A. Boxed Painting Sets. Approximately 1781-1966
[Thomas Reeves and Sons watercolor paint set]. Approximately 1781
[George W. Osborne, Superfine American Water Colour paint set]. Approximately 1830
[Boxed set of watercolor paints]. Approximately 1870?
Honfleure's Colours. Approximately 1880?
Superfine Painting Colors. Approximately 1880
[Winsor & Newton watercolor paint set]. Approximately 1880
Drawing and Painting Exercises After Models for Children. Approximately 1885
Fine Art Colour Box. Approximately 1890
Our Children's Favorite Paint Box. Approximately 1895
Pretty Pets Paint Box. Approximately 1895
Water Color School Box. Approximately 1895
Best Water Colors: Transparent & Indelible Colors: Transparent & Indelible Colors, for tinting photographs, lantern slides, drawings, school maps, magazines, photogravures, silk, satin, leather, and pyrography, (or burnt wood) etc. Approximately 1900
Fine Water Colors Warranted. Approximately 1900?
Banner Crayon Outfit. Approximately 1915
Bradley's Water Colors: Master Art Tubes. Approximately 1915
Kindergarten Set. Approximately 1915
[Paint set]. Approximately 1915
Cracker Jack Painting and Drawing Book for Crayon and Water Color Painting. 1917
Devoe Water Colors. Approximately 1920
Steps to Art. Approximately 1920?
Little Wonder Pictures to Color and Draw: Easy Steps for Children in Coloring and Drawing. 1923
For A Good Child. Approximately 1925?
For A Good Child. Approximately 1925?
All American Coloring Outfit. Approximately 1930
Wonderful Paint Box for Little Artists. Approximately 1930
Tom Sawyer Painting Set. 1931
The 'Little Artist's' Masterpiece Painting Set: With Quality Paints and Masterpiece Pictures. Approximately 1932
Donald Duck Paint Box. 1950
Craft Master, New Artist, Series 24, NA-2432 or Summer Quietude. 1958
Craft Master, New Artist Series ... 18, NA-1807, Forest Creatures. 1966
Subseries B. Boxed Sewing Cards Sets. Approximately 1910-approximately 1915
First Steps in Sewing. Approximately 1910
Story Sewing Cards. Approximately 1920
Subseries C. Boxed Stencil Sets. Approximately 1885-approximately 1915
Machine Cut Stencil Combination. Approximately 1885
Colouring and Sketching with Metal Stencils. Approximately 1890
For the Kindergarten, For Little Folks, Drawing Made Easy. Approximately 1890
Drawing Pictures. Approximately 1890
Drawing Teacher. Approximately 1895
Drawing Made Easy for the Kindergarten, Set No. 2. 1897
Drawing Made Easy for the Kindergarten, Set No. 5. 1897
Drawing Teacher. Approximately 1910
Animal Stencils: Easy and Simple Designs for First Steps in Drawing in the Home or School. Approximately 1915
Subseries D. Boxed Weaving Sets. 1880-approximately 1920
Books without Words. (Volume First)--Color and Form. Approximately 1880
[Three portfolios of paper art samples from Germany]. Approximately 1880?
Paper Weaving for Little Folks: Simple, Instructive, Amusing: To Keep Busy The Little Hands and Little Head. Approximately 1920
Subseries E. Chalk. Approximately 1900-approximately 1945
American The 'Old Faithful' Crayons 1044. Approximately 1900
The Winner Chalk Crayons, No. 890. Approximately 1900
Number 25 12 Sticks, Assorted Colored Chalk. Approximately 1920
AMACO Dustless Colored Chalk. Approximately 1940
Complimentary Samples. Approximately 1940
Alphacolor Chalk Crayons. Approximately 1945
Subseries F. Charcoal. Approximately 1840
Fusain Vénitien Extra Dur. Approximately 1840
Subseries G. Clay. Approximately 1900?-approximately 1935
Sample of "Permodello": the Permanent Modelling Clay. Approximately 1900?
Amaco Modeling Clay, Set 10W. Approximately 1935
Amaco Modeling Clay, Set 1W. Approximately 1935
Subseries H. Colored Paper. Approximately 1920
Munsell Colored Papers for the Munsell Color System. Approximately 1920
Subseries I. Colored Pencils. Approximately 1906-approximately 1940
Artist's Assortment of Fine Crayons. Approximately 1906
[Koh-I-Noor Pencil Co. and L. & C. Hardtmuth, Inc. pencil sets]. Approximately 1930
Aquarello: Assortment No. 1163. Approximately 1935
Eagle Copycolor. Approximately 1935
Mongol Thin Lead Colored Indelible Pencils, Assortment No. 741. Approximately 1935
Prang Paper Colored Pencils. Approximately 1935
Turquoise Prismacolor. Approximately 1935
Water Soluble Anadel. Approximately 1935
Venus Drawing Pencils. Approximately 1940
Subseries J. Crayons. Approximately 1905-1938
[Binney & Smith Co. crayon sets]. Approximately 1905-1920?
Dixon's Colored Crayons, No. 1535. Approximately 1910
Munsell Crayons. Approximately 1910
[Standard Crayon Mfg. Co. crayon sets]. Approximately 1914
The Valesquez Art Crayon: With Art Book for Coloring. Approximately 1915
Tony Sarg's Circus Crayons. Approximately 1920
[Prang Company colored crayon sets]. Approximately 1925
Embeco Crayons, Style A. Approximately 1930
The Manual Arts Crayon, No. 2. Approximately 1930
Garrett's Pressed Crayons, No. 8P. Approximately 1930
Babb's Special Pressed Crayon, No. 2. Approximately 1930
[American Crayon Co. color crayon sets]. Approximately 1935
Prang Crayonex, No. 3. Approximately 1935
Crayonex. Approximately 1938
The Falcon Best Crayons with Color Book, High Grade 14 Colors, No. 163. Undated
Subseries K. Decals. Approximately 1918
Decalomanie Album. Approximately 1918
Subseries L. Drawing Desks. Approximately 1885, 1895
Professor Nast's Sketching Rack for Young Artists. Approximately 1885
Chautauqua Combination Drawing Board and Writing Desk. 1895
Subseries M. Drawing Slates. Approximately 1865-1914
The Improved, Boston Primary School Slate, No. 2. Approximately 1865
Shepherd's Improved Transparent Slate. Approximately 1874
Shepherd's Improved Transparent Slates, With Rotating Copies. Approximately 1874
Portable Slate Desk. Approximately 1877
[Double-sided stone drawing slate]. Approximately 1880
[Double-sided stone drawing slate]. Approximately 1880
Transparent Slate. Approximately 1885
[Glass drawing slate]. Approximately 1885
[Glass drawing slate]. Approximately 1890
The Cross Transparent Drawing Slate. Approximately 1893
[Glass drawing slate]. Approximately 1895
[Glass drawing slate]. Approximately 1900
[Glass drawing slate]. Approximately 1900
[Glass drawing slate]. Approximately 1900
[Glass drawing slate]. Approximately 1910
[Glass drawing slate]. Approximately 1910
Crayola-Picture-Tracer. Approximately 1911
Cross Drawing and Painting Glass for Perfecting Visual Power. 1914
Subseries N. Dyes. Approximately 1910-approximately 1920
Prang Stick Printing Dyes: Box No. 1. Approximately 1910
Prang Stick Printing Dyes, Box 1. Approximately 1920
Waldcraft Peg Printing Set. Approximately 1920
Subseries O. Erasers. Approximately 1925, approximately 1930
Castell Gum Cleaners: for a quick, clean job. Approximately 1925
Wonder!: and other Dixon Erasers. Approximately 1930
Subseries P. Ink. Approximately 1930
Apex Inks. Approximately 1930
Speedball Block Printing Ink—Green. Approximately 1930
Subseries Q. Models: Paper. 1823-1911
Myrianthea, or Numberless Groups of Changeable Flowers. Superior Edition. 1823
National Drawing Models. Approximately 1885-1895
Magic Dots for Little Tots. Approximately 1910
Birds for School and Home: Folio 2, Summer Birds. 1911
Subseries R. Models: Plaster. Approximately 1890
[Plaster-of-Paris model of a grape leaf]. Approximately 1890
New Forms and Solids for Object Teaching. Approximately 1870
[Geometric wood models]. Approximately 1880
[Wooded form set]. Approximately 1880
[Six wooden forms]. Approximately 1880
Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 3, Third Gift. Approximately 1900
Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 4, Fourth Gift. Approximately 1900
Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 5, Fifth Gift. Approximately 1900
Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 6, Sixth Gift. Approximately 1900
[Wooden lay figure]. Approximately 1900?
The Embossing Company's Color Cubes, No. 4. Approximately 1910-1920
Parquetry Blocks. Approximately 1920
Subseries T. Object Cards. Approximately 1888?
Oliver and Boyd's Object-Lesson Cards. Approximately 1888?
Subseries U. Paints. Approximately 1910?-approximately 1948
Chinese White: Moist Color. Approximately 1910?
Martini Tempera. Approximately 1920?
Prang Tempera Colors. Approximately 1920
Bradley's Tonal Tempera Poster & Showcard Colors. Approximately 1925
[Prang Craft-Colors and Waldcraft paints]. Approximately 1925
Prang Tempera Colors. Approximately 1925
Reliefo. Approximately 1925
School Water Colors: Chinese White. Approximately 1925
AmazArt Colors. Approximately 1935
Artista Tempera: Show Card Colors. Approximately 1935
Prang Dek-All. Approximately 1935
Artista Tempera. Approximately 1938
Artista Flexola Paint. Approximately 1948
[Jar of red paint]. Undated
Subseries V. Pegs and Peg Boards. Approximately 1885
Hammett's Kindergarten Material - No. 475. Approximately 1885
Mrs. B.W. Putnam's Busy Work Tiles, No. 1. Approximately 1885
Subseries W. Pencil Boxes. Approximately 1850, approximately 1915
A.W. Faber's Polygrade Lead Pencils [pencil box]. Approximately 1850
[A.W. Faber-Castell pencil tin]. Approximately 1915
Subseries X. Pencils. Approximately 1890-approximately 1940
A Present for a Good Child: Best Box of Slate Pencils. Approximately 1890
Shipping Pencils. Approximately 1890-1915
'Venus' Perfect Pencils. Approximately 1910
Wallace Motif: A Fine Pencil. Approximately 1920
[Four miscellaneous writing pens]. Approximately 1935
7 Keys To Art. Approximately 1940
Dixon's Eldorado: 'the master drawing pencil.' Approximately 1940
Subseries Y. Tools. Approximately 1935 and undated
Tif-handle with lino-pens. Approximately 1935
[Carving tool]. Approximately 1935
[Ink roller]. Undated
[Rubber ink roller]. Undated