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Margaret Schmid Hartelius student work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0079

Summary

Consists of two illustrations completed by Margaret Schmid (1922-2001) for an advertising design course at Parsons School of Design. After graduating in 1947. Schmid, whose name changed when she married Paul Hartelius, Jr., went on to a successful fifty-year career as an illustrator and children's book author.

Dates

  • 1946 - 1947

Creator

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (2 illustrations)

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents of Collection

The two items in the collection are brightly colored advertisements for CBS records and WABC news. Attached to one of the drawings is a copy of the design problem describing the class assignment: to create an advertising campaign for a broadcasting company.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.

Use Restrictions

To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.

Biographical note

Margaret Schmid (1922-2001) was born in Reading, Michigan. She attended Parsons School of Design in the 1940s and graduated in 1947. She and her husband, Paul Hartelius, Jr., established Briarmead, a commercial illustration studio, through which she served as a freelance illustrator for major publishing companies. Among their joint projects was the design of the Camp Fire Girls handbooks. She later became a prolific author and illustrator of children's books. She died in 2001 at the age of 78.

Source:

[obituary]. Journal.Maine.Com. Accessed August 17, 2010 at http://journal.maine.com/Obituaries/by_code.html?code=20010809528600

http://www.ancientfaces.com/person/margaret-a-hartelius/50630632

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Margaret Schmid Hartelius, 1996.

External Support

The processing of this collection was supported in part by a grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust.

Title
Guide to the Margaret Schmid Hartelius student work
Status
Completed
Author
Anne Kumer
Date
2007
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • August 19, 2010: Bernadette Vitale revised and expanded descriptive notes.