Herron School of Art and Design (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Anthony J. Lauck papers
Collection
Identifier: L088
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters from family members, friends and military officers in the United States and other countries to Anthony J. Lauck; greeting and postcards and telegrams; magazine and newspaper articles; event programs; invoices; poems; exhibition catalogs; from World War II; and Japanese currency (a 10 note), ranging from 1908 to 1980 regarding art and art business, family, personal, religious, and war matters.There is also a Japanese Imperial Army war flag circa 1941...
Dates:
1908-1980
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Anthony J. Lauck papers
Blanche Stillson papers
Collection — Folder: S2443
Identifier: S2443
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten copy of an article published in the February 25, 1930 Indianapolis News that was written by Blanche Stillson about two portraits of Dr. and Mrs. C. G. McLean that were given to the Herron Art Institute. The article relates Dr. McLean's background and the history of the McLean Female Institute, a seminary for women in Indianapolis that operated for about 15 years before closing shortly after the U.S. Civil War. The article...
Dates:
circa 1930
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Blanche Stillson papers
Carl H. Lieber collection
Collection — Folder: S2738
Identifier: S2738
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of correspondence sent to Lieber regarding his involvement with various civic associations: The Civil Improvement Committee of the Indianapolis Commercial Club (1910), the Indiana Little Theatre Society, the John Herron Art Institute (1915-1916), the Paul Dresser Memorial Commission. There are also clippings related to the proposal to erect a memorial to the teachers of Indianapolis, to be located in the Memorial Court of the new Shortridge High School...
Dates:
1910-1926
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Carl H. Lieber collection
Don C. McKenzie collection
Collection — Folder: S893
Identifier: S0893
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a poem Don C. McKenzie titled, "A Bit of Vision." The poem is dated December 29, 1929. The collection also includes a a typed, signed letter, written by McKenzie to the Indiana State Library, asking about criteria for Indiana authors and mentioning his writings, and a typed letter, written by McKenzie, to the Herron Art Institute dated August 11, 1928 discussing his finding of a prehistoric fossil.
Dates:
1924-1928
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Don C. McKenzie collection
Floyd D. Hopper artwork and papers
Collection
Identifier: L463
Scope and Contents
The collection is unique in that it includes his early works from his first time at the John Herron Art School (1929-1933) as well as personal journals Hopper kept listing the sales, exhibits, and loans of his artwork during a large portion of his career. The collection also includes exhibit programs and photographs of some of his later works.Oversize items include Hopper's design for a stained glass window to be placed in a library, the design of a library room, a charcoal drawing...
Dates:
1929-1980
Marion County, Indiana history drawing prints
Collection — Folder: S2571
Identifier: S2571
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 35 undated prints of drawings put from an unknown artist depicting scenes and places in the Indianapolis and Marion County history, which are as follows:1. Two pioneer hunters where Fall Creek meets White River (1800s)
2. Four riders on horses with covered wagon on trail (mid-1800s)
3. Surveying the new state capitol (1820)
4. Four men meeting about planning of Indianapolis (1820-1821)
5. Governor Jennings and wife on horseback going to Washington, D.C....
Dates:
undated
Otto Stark letter
Collection — Folder: S3022
Identifier: S3022
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a two-page, handwritten letter by Indiana artist Otto Stark, written in April 1914, in response to the Indiana Division of the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis, containing autobiographical information.
Dates:
1914
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Otto Stark letter
