Marion Reed student notebook
Summary
A student notebook kept by Marion Reed, who attended Parsons School of Design's Paris Atelier in the summer of 1927. The notebook contains lecture notes, postcards and class handouts.
Dates
- 1927
Creator
- Reed, Marion (Person)
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (3 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents of Collection
Consists of a single student notebook maintained by Marion Reed. The notebook resembles a clip book, containing lecture notes, diary-like entries on the weather and Reed's impressions of France, and illustrative postcards and clippings. Topics addressed include the history of art in France and prevalent decorative styles from the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries. Class handouts include lists of terms used by lecturers and symbols found in Gothic art.
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
Originally from Omaha, Nebraska, Marion Reed attended a course taught at the Paris Ateliers of the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (now, Parsons The New School for Design) in the summer of 1927. The course began on July 11 with a series of lectures by Frank Alvah Parsons. Other lecturers and tour guides included faculty members Henry Davenport, Marion Eaton, Grace Fakes, Edith Henderson, Harriette Palmer, and Clifford Hamilton Preston. In addition to attending lectures, Reed and her classmates toured châteaux, museums, and cathedrals in France. On these tours, students learned about local history and decorative and architectural styles.
Arrangement
The notebook was divided into three folders during processing. Folders are arranged chronologically, reflecting their position within the original notebook.
Custodial History
Dr. Royal W. Eckert donated the Marion Reed Collection to the Archives and Special Collections Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, in January, 2006.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred to The New School Archives in March 2006.
External Support
The processing of this collection was supported in part by a grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust.
- France -- Description and travel (Places) (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Interior decoration -- Study and teaching -- France -- 20th century (Subject) (Places) (Temporal) Subject Source: Local sources
- Lecture notes (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- New York School of Fine and Applied Art
- Notebooks (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Palmer, Harriette S.
- Paris Ateliers
- Parsons, Frank Alvah, 1868-1930
- Postcards (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Student projects (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Marion Reed student notebook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Anne Kumer
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- The processing of this collection was supported in part by a grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust.
Revision Statements
- September 15, 2010: Will Edmiston revised and expanded descriptive notes.