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Newcomb College. Art Dept.

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ellsworth Woodward papers

 Collection
Identifier: LaRC-10
Content Description The collection consists of correspondence, speeches and other papers of Ellsworth Woodward. The collection also contains material related to the Louisiana Art Teachers Association, the Southern States Art League, and the American Institute of Architects. Correspondents include Leon Weiss, General Allison Owen, Moise Goldstein, and others. Also included are multiples sketches in both pencil and ink. Drawings are sketches of exhibit set ups, pottery, and scenes from Germany and elsewhere from...
Dates: 1918-1925

Floy Maddox papers

 Collection
Identifier: LaRC-559
Scope and Contents The collection consists of typescripts, clippings, illustrations, photographs, and genealogical material. There are magazine and newspaper articles on wallpaper collected by Floy Maddox that supplement her typescript about wallpaper. Similarly, there are magazine illustrations of silver collected by Ruth Maddox that supplement her master's thesis on old silver. Also included in the collection are materials about the French Quarter and Newcomb College. There are also Maddox family history...
Dates: 1925-1972

Miriam Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: LaRC-141
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of personal letters written by Miriam Brown, an instructor in English at Newcomb College, to author John E. Canady, between September 1929 and May 1930. The letters describe events in New Orleans and people that Brown knew in New Orleans and Texas.

Dates: 1929-1930

Miriam Levy papers

 Collection
Identifier: LaRC-710
Scope and Contents The collection consists of jewelry designs and drawings by Newcomb-trained metalworker Miriam Levy. There is also a letter from Ellsworth Woodward, a notebook of Levy's clients and prices, Newcomb art class notes, instructions for metalworking, and for a jewelry card layout. Also included in the collection are boxes of drawings, watercolors and prints created while Levy was an undergraduate at Newcomb College. There are also designs created while she was an Art Craftsman (1918-1929), as well...
Dates: 1916-1960

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Correspondence 3
Photographs 3
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
New Orleans (La) -- History -- 20th century 2
Art -- Southern States -- Societies, etc -- History -- 20th century 1