Adele Mowton DuBreuil student work
Online Access
Available digital items: https://digital.archives.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/collections/KA007101.
Summary
Collection consists of Adele Mowton DuBreuil's diploma from the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (now, Parsons School of Design) in advertising display, a black and white photographic portrait of her after graduation, and 24 small, black and white photographic prints depicting her student graphic design work, 1917-1919. Most of the designs are advertisements for consumer goods; two are World War One propaganda posters.
Dates
- 1917 - 1923
- Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919
Creator
- DuBreuil, Adele Mowton (Artist, Person)
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
The entire collection is also available online through The New School Archives Digital Collections database.
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from The New School Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Biographical note
Adele Mowton DuBreuil (1898-1979), nee Adele Mowton, was born in Yonkers, New York, and attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (now, Parsons School of Design) between 19717-1919, receiving a diploma in advertising display in 1920. The program in which she was enrolled would be the equivalent of communication design in 2020. She lived in Scarsdale, New York with her husband, Stuart Carr DuBreuil, who was a banker. Adele became a master gardener, and supplemented her husband's income traveling the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) to present talks to garden clubs, gardening shows, and flower shows. She won several awards in local flower and garden shows, and contributed articles to local newspaper gardening columns and Popular Gardening magazine. Her backyard garden was featured in a spread in the July 13, 1962 issue of Life magazine.
Biographical material supplied by donors.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to The New School Archives by David A. Curry and Susan Curry Kleinfelter, the grandchildren of Adele Mowton DuBreuil, 2017.
Processing Information
Photographs remain unsleeved because the entire collection is available digitally. Researchers wishing to consult folders containing photographs must demonstrate a need and wear gloves when handling the prints.
- Advertising layout and typography (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diplomas (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Graphic arts -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York (Subject) (Places) Subject Source: Local sources
- New York School of Fine and Applied Art
- Photographs (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Portraits (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Student projects (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Adele Mowton DuBreuil student work
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- New School Archives and Special Collections Staff
- Date
- February 13, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English