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Agnes Gray Dexter papers
The Mary Gray Dexter papers contain examples of her classwork completed as a student in the Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Textile Design, 1909-1911.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant lectures
The collection contains recorded videos from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant lectures delivered 1985, 1986, and 1987.
Anna T. Carmody papers
The collection contains materials documenting Anna T. Carmody's career as an artist and instructor, circa 1930-1936.
Anna Tirocchi and Laura Tirocchi Cella Business records
This collection consists of business records such as invoices, receipts, and letters, household repair/maintenance records, and floor plans that were curated in 1989 for the RISD museum from the A and L Tirocchi dressmaking business. The business was run by Anna and Laura Tirocchi in Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1912-1947.
Architecture Exhibition records
The records document architecture exhibitions held at the Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, 1939-1943, and the use of exhibition materials by the Museum's Department of Education, 1940-1953.
Art For Your Collection Exhibition records
The Art for Your Collection records are the Museum Registrar's records for the Art for Your Collection (AFYC) exhibition, held annually, 1962-1991.
Arthur B. and Martha B. Lisle papers
This is a collection of check stub books and papers pertaining to Arthur B. Lisle and Martha B. Lisle. The bank books pertain to the upkeep of the estate, the White Swan. Papers include Mr. Lisle’s correspondence as a trust fund lawyer to Ms. Dorothy Sollers Fraser, bills, and rent collection pertaining to the Lisle house. The Lisle house was bequeathed to RISD in 1967, after the death of Mrs. Martha B. Lisle and was sold by RISD in 1992.
Arthur L. Loeb papers
The Arthur L. Loeb papers contains personal and educational materials about Design Science during the span of his life and career, 1923-2002.
Arthur W. Heintzelman papers
Seven postcards and one transcript of letters sent by Arthur Heintzelman document his trip to Europe in 1911 after receiving the first RISD Alumni Association Traveling Scholarship.
Bert Gallery Stephen W. Macomber Inventory book
Stephen W. Macomber was a portrait, still life, and landscape painter. The Bert Gallery (Providence, RI) created an inventory book of photographs of his paintings identified by title, medium, size, and indication if sold and at what price.
Carl Schraubstadter Catalogue of Hiroshige Prints typescript
Carl Schraubstadter's Catalogue of Hiroshige Prints typescript, 1936, contains a catalogue raisonné in three volumes.
Community Art Project records
The records document the activities of the Community Art Project, a joint venture of Brown University and RISD.
Cora Cianci DeConti papers
The Cora Cianci DeConti papers are a collection of notebooks, sketchbooks, clippings, papers and thesis created by Ms. Cianci DeConti.
Department of Industrial Design. Universal Kitchen records
From 1990-2002, over 100 interdisciplinary RISD undergraduates, led by the Department of Industrial Design, worked to redesign the residential kitchen from the ground up, to meet the needs of a full range of users. The records include photographs, negatives, videos (VHS and 8mm), slides, drawings, reports, and files.
Diana L. Johnson and Deborah J. Johnson papers
The papers (1962-1989) document the activities of the Curators of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Diana L. Johnson (1969-1979) and Deborah J. Johnson (1979-1988) plus Curator Maureen C. O'Brien (1988-1989).
Donald W. Hurd writings
This collection contains two notebooks written by Donald W. Hurd, an instructor of Mathematics at Rhode Island School of Design, 1920-1951.
Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab records
This collection documents the activities of Karen Idoine between 1996-2005 in her position as the curator of the Nature Lab, and primarily contains information pertaining to the planning and execution of events sponsored by the Nature Lab.
Edna W. Lawrence papers
The records document Edna W. Lawrence’s development of the Nature Lab, 1937-1971, and students' work in her drawing and painting classes, 1934-1973.
Eliza G. Radeke records
The Eliza G. Radeke records include correspondence, notes, speeches, a diary (1886-1887) and RISD records, 1860-1942, bulk 1880-1931. Also included are items documenting the acquisition of the Museum's cast collection and the construction of the Japanese Gallery, as well as documents recording museum acquisitions.
Elsie Bronson papers
The Elsie Bronson papers include manuscripts and correspondence related to "RISD: A Half-Century Record, 1878-1928," a history of the first 50 years of the Rhode Island School of Design.
Evelyn N. Poehler Landscape Architecture drawings
Faculty Symposium: The Nineties: Fin de Siecle or Vision of the Future?
The Faculty Symposium Committee organized the symposium "The Nineties: Fin de Siecle or Vision of the Future?" held in the RISD Auditorium 1990 October 12. Coordinated by Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts and Photography Deborah Bright, the symposium featured presentations by RISD faculty and guest Benny Andrews on three panels.
From Paris to Providence Exhibition records
Slides, photographs, negatives, documents, and one VHS tape document the From Paris to Providence: Fashion, Art, and the Tirocchi Dressmakers' Shop, 1915-1947 exhibition held 2001 January 12-April 8.
Gordon Franklin Peers papers
Correspondence, memorabilia, slides, photographs, calendars, journals, essays, TV scripts and art catalogs document Gordon F. Peers' long career at RISD as an instructor in the Painting Department.
Gorham Manufacturing Company records
The records include Gorham Manufacturing catalogues, books, and scrapbooks.