Abstract The Ellen Dorn Levitt Book Arts Collection consists of materials used by Ellen Dorn Levitt in her career as a book artist and book making instructor, highlighting her time at Lyndon Institute in Vermont. The collection includes Levitt’s completed books, some in collaboration with students or other colleagues, sample books, instructional aids (such as sewing/ binding patterns and directions), and various book arts program proposals. These materials are complemented with correspondence from...

Abstract The Morris Louis Study Collection comprises materials that document and discuss the work of Morris Louis. Included are: audio materials which are interviews with Louis associates and supporters; publicity files with published articles and ephemera concerning Louis exhibitions and publications (some with attached notes between Louis’s widow Marcella Brenner and Louis’s primary art dealer Andre Emmerich and the Andre Emmerich Gallery); artwork documentation in 35mm slide format; book-length...

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The collection consists of 73 examples of penmanship, the work of Samuel Curtis Malone or his associates. Included are alphabets, projects for specific clients, decorative borders and unspecified blanks, and promotional pieces for S.C. Malone’s business in Baltimore, Maryland. There are also 3 items of instructional penmanship from Malone’s teaching endeavors, and approximately 22 items that are sketches, preparatory drawings, and notes. Three items are noted as being by Arthur P. Myers.

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The collection comprises research reports, artist statements, and visual documentation of art work submitted by degree candidates in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the graduate degrees granted by MICA beginning in 1956.

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Medals associated with events in MICA’s history.

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Publications that describe the curriculum, typically published annually.

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35mm color slides reproducing 55 artworks by Reba Stewart who was faculty at MICA from 1963-1971.

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Publications, correspondence, personal documents, and photographs dealing with artists Reuben Kramer and Perna Krick.