Carmel Arts and Crafts Club Collection

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Harrison Memorial Library

P.O. Box 800

Mission St & 6th Ave

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 93921

(831) 624-1615

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https://ci.carmel.ca.us/library

2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Carmel Arts and Crafts Club Collection

Dates: 1912-1926

Collection Number: C32

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1 scrapbook and 2 folders.

Online items available

Repository: Harrison Memorial Library

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 93921

Abstract: 1 scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and photographs about the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club and the events they put on. 2 envelopes of loose materials.

Language of Material: English

Access

Materials are open for research.

Publication Rights

The Henry Meade Local History Room, Harrison Memorial Library does not hold copyright to these items. Permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder by the user.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Carmel Arts and Crafts Club Collection. Collection Number: C32. Harrison Memorial Library

Acquisition Information

Donated by Dana Morgan, Sr. Accession 1987-003.

Biography/Administrative History

This scrapbook chronicles the activities of Carmel's Arts and Crafts Club from 1912 to 1926. The Arts and Crafts club was started by Elsie Allen, a former instructor for Wellesley College, in 1905 for the purpose of attracting artists to Carmel. In 1910, the Club established an Arts and Crafts summer school to teach drama, painting, pottery, metalwork and a variety of other crafts. The school 's instructors included Mary De Neale Morgan, William M. Chase, Josephine Culbertson, Ida Johnson and many others. In 1924, the Club opened the Arts and Crafts Theater, where the Club put on their own theatrical productions. The scrapbook contains pamphlets, photographs, articles and letters documenting the Club's summer school, annual art shows, theater productions and other activities.

Scope and Content of Collection

1 scrapbook containing pamphlets, photographs, articles and letters documenting the Club's summer school, annual art shows, theater productions and other activities. 2 envelopes of loose materials.