Howard Dearstyne papers, 1911-1988 (bulk 1950-1975).
- 7,300 items. 23 containers. 9.2 linear feet.
- Arranged in 3 series. Series 1: Subject File, 1911-1986; Series 2: Writings File, 1948-1978; and Series 3: Addition, 1926-1988.
Open to research.
Correspondence, writings, lectures, exhibit brochures, art catalogs, artwork, and other papers relating primarily to Dearstyne's research on the history of the Bauhaus art school, the school's influence on the development of modern art and 20th century architecture, and two Bauhaus masters, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and to Dearstyne's career as a photographer, lecturer, and writer. Also includes material pertaining to architecture in Colonial Williamsburg, Va., and Dearstyne's pursuit of photography as a serious art form. Includes a typescript of Shadows in silver; a record of Virginia, 1850-1900, in contemporary photographs taken by George and Huestis Cook, coauthored by Dearstyne and A. Lawrence Kocher (1954), and a draft of Dearstyne's posthumously published work, Inside the Bauhaus (1986). Correspondents include Josef Albers, Hermann Blomeier, George Danforth, Werner Drewes, Henry Dubin, Wils Ebert, Helmut von Erffa, Werner Graeff, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Paul Klee, Kurt Kranz, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), Eckhard Neumann, Karl Nierendorf, Pius E. Pahl, Walter A. Peterhans, Oskar Schlemmer, and Erdmann Schmocker.
Some drawings, photographs, and slides Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to Audiotapes Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. transferred to Books and pamphlets Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. transferred to Maps Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. transferred to
Architect, architectural historian, educator, and photographer.
Collection material in English and German. In English and German.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001012
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Albers, Josef--Correspondence. Blomeier, Hermann--Correspondence. Cook, George. Cook, Huestis P. 1868-1951. Danforth, George--Correspondence. Drewes, Werner, 1899- --Correspondence. Dubin, Henry--Correspondence. Ebert, Wils, 1909- --Correspondence. Erffa, Helmut von, 1900-1979 --Correspondence. Graeff, Werner, 1901-1978 --Correspondence. Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 --Correspondence. Hilberseimer, Ludwig--Correspondence. Klee, Paul, 1879-1940 --Correspondence. Kranz, Kurt--Correspondence. Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969. Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 --Correspondence. Neumann, Eckhard--Correspondence. Nierendorf, Karl--Correspondence. Pahl, Pius E., 1909- --Correspondence. Peterhans, Walter, 1897-1960 --Correspondence. Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943 --Correspondence. Schmocker, Erdmann, 1931- --Correspondence.
Bauhaus. Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)--Correspondence.
Architecture. Architecture, Colonial--Virginia--Williamsburg. Art. Art schools--Germany. Design. Photography, Artistic.