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Biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written accounts of the lives of individuals. For the genre regardless of medium, prefer "biography (general genre)."

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Margaret Susan Daniell papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0127
Summary

The Margaret Susan Daniell papers consist of biographical materials, a student notebook and drawings from her education at Parsons School of Design in the late 1920s, and two photographs. Daniell (1907-1998) studied fashion design at Parsons and later worked at Paramount Studios.

Dates: circa 1928-2011; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1929

New School Art Center records

 Collection
Identifier: NS-03-05-02
Summary The New School Art Center was established in 1960 with a donation from the Albert J. List Foundation, and remained in operation until around 1977. Directed by Paul Mocsanyi, the Center reflected the New School's commitment to engage provocative subjects, using art to explore contemporary political and social issues. Mocsanyi's files also document the founding of the Collectors Institute, an organization for private collectors established in 1973. Materials include exhibition...
Dates: 1956 - 1975

Parsons School of Design Alumni Association records

 Record Group
Identifier: PC-03-02-01
Summary

The Parsons School of Design Alumni Association was incorporated in 1952 and continued until Parsons School of Design merged into the New School for Social Research in 1970. Records contain correspondence, financial records, minutes, photographic materials, printed materials, scrapbooks of clippings and subject files. Also includes documents generated by earlier alumni associations that the Alumni Association incorporated into its working files.

Dates: 1920 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1970

Violet Holsinger Mueller papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0129-01
Summary

Violet Holsinger Mueller (1907-2003) studied fashion design at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons School of Design) from 1926 through 1929. She worked as an interior designer for Stix, Baer & Fuller, a St. Louis-based department store, and founded her own design consultancy in Belleville, Illinois. Her papers include personal materials, and documentation created during her studies at Parsons and her design career.

Dates: 1926 - 2010

Wisdom of Life lecture recordings

 Collection
Identifier: NS-07-02-26
Abstract The New School's Adult Division offered the special lecture series, "Wisdom of Life,” in the Fall 1959 and Spring 1960 semesters. Guest lecturers representing a a variety of professional experiences and personal backgrounds ranged in age from 60s to 80s. The course sought to provide audience members with “a better understanding of life through the experiences of those whose personal contributions to society have been deep and lasting.” The collection consists of audio recordings from the...
Dates: 1959-1960