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Cornell Alumni News
Cornell Alumni News Volume 46, Number 22 May I 5, I 944 Price 20 Cents Ezra Cornell at Age of Twenty-one (See First Page Inside) Class Reunions Will 25e Different This Year! While the War lasts, Bonded Reunions will take the place of the usual class pilgrimages to Ithaca in June. But when the War is won, all Classes will come back to register again in Barton Hall for a mammoth Victory Homecoming and to celebrate Cornell's Seventy-fifth Anniversary. Help Your Class Celebrate Its Bonded Reunion The Plan is Simple—Instead of coming to your Class Reunion in Ithaca this June, use the money your trip would cost to purchase Series F War Savings Bonds in the name of "Cornell University, A Corporation, Ithaca, N. Y." Series F Bonds of $25 denomination cost $18.50 at any bank or post office. The Bonds you send will be credited to your Class in the 1943-44 Alumni Fund, which closes June 30. They will release cash to help Cornell through the difficult war year ahead. By your participation in Bonded Reunions: America's War Effort Is Speeded Cornell's War Effort Is Aided Transportation Loads Are Eased Campus Facilities ^re Saved Your Class Fund Is Increased Cornell's War-to-peace Conversion Your Money Does Double Duty Is Assured Send your Bonded Reunion War Bonds to Cornell Alumni Fund Council, 3 East Avenue, Ithaca, N. Y. Cornell Association of Class Secretaries Please mention the CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Volume 46, Number 22 May 15, 1944 Price, 20 Cents CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Subscription price $4 a year. -
The Studio Homes of Daniel Chester French by Karen Zukowski
SPRING 2018 Volume 25, No. 1 NEWSLETTER City/Country: The Studio Homes of Daniel Chester French by karen zukowski hat can the studios of Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) tell us about the man who built them? He is often described as a Wsturdy American country boy, practically self-taught, who, due to his innate talent and sterling character, rose to create the most heroic of America’s heroic sculptures. French sculpted the seated figure in Washington, D.C.’s Lincoln Memorial, which is, according to a recent report, the most popular statue in the United States.1 Of course, the real story is more complex, and examination of French’s studios both compli- cates and expands our understanding of him. For most of his life, French kept a studio home in New York City and another in Massachusetts. This city/country dynamic was essential to his creative process. BECOMING AN ARTIST French came of age as America recovered from the trauma of the Civil War and slowly prepared to become a world power. He was born in 1850 to an established New England family of gentleman farmers who also worked as lawyers and judges and held other leadership positions in civic life. French’s father was a lawyer who eventually became assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury under President Grant. Dan (as his family called him) came to his profession while they were living in Concord, Massachusetts. This was the town renowned for plain living and high thinking, the home of literary giants Amos Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau at Walden Pond nearby. -
2425 Hermon Atkins Macneil, 1866
#2425 Hermon Atkins MacNeil, 1866-1947. Papers, [1896-l947J-1966. These additional papers include a letter from William Henry Fox, Secretary General of the U.S. Commission to the International Exposition of Art and History at Rome, Italy, in 1911, informing MacNeil that the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, is interested in buying his statuette "Ai 'Primitive Chant", letters notifying MacNeil that he has been made an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects (1928) and a fellow of the AmRrican Numismatic Society (1935) and the National Sculpture Society (1946); letters of congratulation upon his marriage to Mrs. Cecelia W. Muench in 1946; an autobiographical sketch (20 pp. typescript carbon, 1943), certificates and citations from the National Academy of Design, the National Institute of Arts and letters, the Architectural League of New York, and the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, forty-eight photographs (1896+) mainly of the artist and his sculpture, newspaper clippings on his career, and miscellaneous printed items. Also, messages of condolence and formal tri butes sent to his widow (1947-1948), obituaries, and press reports (1957, 1966) concerning a memorial established for the artist. Correspondents include A. J. Barnouw, Emile Brunet, Jo Davidson, Carl Paul Jennewein, Leon Kroll, and many associates, relatives, and friends. £. 290 items. Maim! entry: Cross references to main entry: MacNeil, Hermon Atkins, 1866-1947. Barnouw, Adrian Jacob, 1877- Papers, [1896-l947J-1966. Brunet, Emile, 1899- Davidson, Jo, 1883-1951 Fox, William Henry Jennewein, Carl Paul, 1890- Kroll, Leon, 1884- Muench, Cecelia W Victor Emmanuel III, 1869-1947 See also detailed checklists on file in this folder. -
HIST 103-001: AMERICAN PLURALISM Fall 20201
HIST 103-001: AMERICAN PLURALISM Fall 20201 Prof. Timothy J. Gilfoyle, for asynchronous (recorded) online lectures, MW, 1:30-2:20pm Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.luc.edu/history/faculty/gilfoyle.shtml he, him, his Zoom Office Hours: Monday, 9:30-12 noon & by appointment Junior Professors for synchronous (live) online Zoom discussions and section times: Nathan Ellstrand: Mon. 2:50-3:40pm (Section 121); 4:10-5pm (Section 120) Anthony Stamilio: Fri. 10:50-11:40 (Section 124); 12:10-1pm (Section 125) COURSE DESCRIPTION “Without a vivid link to the past, the present is chaos and the future unreadable.” Jason Epstein This course explores the multicultural origins and social evolution of the United States, sometimes called the “American republican experiment." The course focuses on major conflicts and themes from the pre-Columbian era to the present as they affected the pluralistic variety of ethnic, racial, religious, economic and sexual groups that ultimately produced something called "Americans." American civic culture cherishes both liberty and equality, individual freedom and social justice. These impulses, frequently in conflict with each other, pervade political, economic, and social life in the United States. This course provides an introduction to the history of these tensions as they shaped the American polity. Since much of this history remains unknown, forgotten, or shrouded in mythology, the course provides a framework to understand and critique American democracy. Many of the American revolutionaries believed the study of history was a prerequisite to citizenship, for a society or community with little knowledge of its past has little chance of comprehending its own identity. -
The Thurston Collection of Laboratory Artifacts at Cornell University
The Thurston Collection of Laboratory Artifacts at Cornell University ! Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering An ASME Heritage Collection !2 of !20 Mechanical Engineering Heritage Collection Robert H. Thurston Collection – Cornell University Early Engineering Laboratory Devices and Testing Machines The devices in this collection, used at Cornell between 1885 and 1905, exemplify Robert Henry Thurston’s vision of the central role of the engineering laboratory in training mechanical engineers. Building on his work at Stevens Institute of Technology, Thurston fully implemented his vision at Cornell’s Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts, which under his leadership became the largest and most influential mechanical engineering program in the U.S. Thurston’s emphasis on engineering laboratories achieved national and international recognition as the key to moving engineering training from shop to university. American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2019 College of Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Founded in 1865 Lance Collins, Ph.D., Professor and Dean Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Mark Campbell, Ph.D., Professor and Director Cover illustrations: Top: Large gear from the Thurston torsion testing machine, 1880; Middle: Thurston’s lubrication testing machine c.1873. Photos; FC Moon !3 of !20 Robert Henry Thurston Collection of 19th Century Engineering Laboratory Equipment The Thurston Collection consists of laboratory testing machines and pedagogical tools used to instruct mechanical engineering students at Cornell’s Sibley School of Mechanical Engineering during the late 19th century (see list of artifacts on p. 11). Its historical importance is due to its association with Robert H. Thurston. Thurston was the leading proponent of the engineering testing laboratory as a means of giving mechanical engineering students training that would be, simultaneously practical and scientific. -
HERMAN A. and MALVINA SCHLEICHER HOUSE 11-41 123Rd Street, Queens
Landmarks Preservation Commission October 20, 2009, Designation List 420 LP-2321 HERMAN A. AND MALVINA SCHLEICHER HOUSE 11-41 123rd Street, Queens. Built c. 1857, Morris A. Gescheidt, architect. Landmark Site: Borough of Tax Map Block 3997, lot 40. On February 10, 2009, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Schleicher House and the related Landmark site (Item No. 1). The public hearing was duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of law. Ten witnesses spoke in favor of designation, including City Councilman Tony Avella, representatives of the Historic Districts Council, the Landmarks Conservancy, the Municipal Art Society, the Poppenhusen Institute, the Queens Historical Society, and two tenants of the building. Prior to the Commission’s vote, the owner spoke in opposition to designation. Summary The Herman A. and Malvina Schleicher House is located in College Point, in north central Queens. It stands on an unusual circular site that was created c. 1906 when the original 14-acre estate was subdivided into building lots and became part of the surrounding street grid. Morris A. Gescheidt, a German-born painter and architect, was responsible for the building’s neo-classical design. Two-and-a-half stories tall, this large red brick house has four visible facades that display elements associated with the Italianate and Second Empire styles, including a mansard roof, segmental arch windows, and quoins. Active in New York City from the late 1840s to the 1860s, Gescheidt also built a factory structure for College Point’s leading citizen, the industrialist Conrad Poppenhusen, in 1854. -
19Th and 20Th Century American and European Figurative Bronze Sculpture
19th and 20th Century American and European Figurative Bronze Sculpture January 24 to May 16, 2015 Intersections in 19th and 20th Century American and European Figurative Bronzes 19th and 20th Century American and European Figurative Bronze Sculpture brings together a rich sampling of the diverse subjects addressed by bronze sculpture produced between 1850 and 1950, from mythological and allegorical themes to those inspired by dance and sports. Some works are pure formal explorations of the human body, while others grapple with issues of national identity and modernization. The exhibition in- cludes important but less familiar professional sculptors such as Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière, Ernst Moritz Geyger, and Max Kalish, as well as others who have not been adequately studied. Its specific focus on reduced versions of monumental works, many of which were produced in extended editions, highlights the increasing prominence of small-scale bronze sculpture in America as affordable domestic ornamentation in the early decades of the twentieth century—a function that continues to resonate with present-day collec- tors. Although by the nineteenth century bronze had enjoyed a long tradition in the European sculptural tradition, it was a relatively new medium for America, where specialized foundries for sculpture only came into exist- ence after 1850. Bronze foundries had existed in the United States prior to that, but only for the casting of cannons and utilitarian objects. By 1900, with the development of foundries specializing in the lost-wax casting process, such as Roman Bronze Works in New York and Gorham Manufacturing Company in Provi- dence, Rhode Island (Gorham later opened a facility in New York City), fewer and fewer works were sent abroad to be cast (although American artists continued to train in Europe). -
Westmoreland Museum of American Art Board of Trustees Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting Friday, October 21, 2016 10:00 A.M. Prese
DRAFT Westmoreland Museum of American Art Board of Trustees Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting Friday, October 21, 2016 10:00 A.M. Present: Mr. James Broadhurst, Ms. Carol R. Brown, Mr. John Boyle, Mr. Sean Cassidy, Mr. H Childs III, Mr. Paul Evanson, Mr. George C. Greer, Ms. Laura Gutnick (via phone), Mrs. Diana Jannetta, Mr. Donald C. Korb, Mr. Armour Mellon, Mrs. Judith H. O'Toole, Mrs. Ellen Swank, Mr. Harry Thompson II, and Mr. Bruce M. Wolf. Absent: Mrs. Susan Dorrance, Mrs. Pam Kroh, Mrs. Anne Robertshaw, and Mr. Harley N. Trice. Guests: Ms. Catena Bergevin, Mr. Patrick A. Bochy, Ms. Barbara Jones, Mr. Richard Reed and Mrs. Suzanne Wright. Mr. Wolf, President of the Board, called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m. Approval of Minutes - Mr. Bruce M. Wolf, President Mr. Wolf called for questions and corrections to the minutes of our previous meeting. Mr. Mellon motioned to accept the minutes of the July 19, 2016, Board meeting. Mr. Korb seconded the motion. The motion carried. Executive and Finance Committees Report – Mr. Bruce M. Wolf, President The Executive and Finance Committees met on July 12, 2016. No actions were taken at that meeting and the matters discussed at that meeting will be presented during this meeting. Campaign Committee Report – Mr. George C. Greer, Chair, and Mr. Richard Reed Mr. Greer outlines a plan to pay back the Museum’s $2.3 million debt before the end of the current fiscal year using RACP funds. It was announced that the Museum received the first $975,000 of the grant. -
Edward Everett Dale Collection
University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections Edward Everett Dale Collection Dale, Edward Everett (1879–1972). Papers, 1865–1948. 80 feet. Professor and historian. Correspondence (1902–1972), student papers (n.d.), theses and dissertations (1932–1933), and personal research materials (1832–1967) regarding the history of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Territory, and Indian Territory, the Indians of North America, and the American Southwest; teaching materials used by Dale at Harvard (1913– 1920) and the University of Oklahoma (1921–1952); administrative and other files (1936– 1941) of the Works Progress Administration’s Indian-Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma; U.S. government documents (1897–1957); and presidential papers of University of Oklahoma presidents James Shannon Buchanan (1911–1929) and Stratton D. Brooks (1915–1922). __________________ Notes on the Organization of the Edward Everett Dale Collection The Edward Everett Dale Manuscript Collection is comprised of a series of 254 document cases and six outsized boxes. Occupying 176 linear feet, the collection contains the works and materials of Dr. Dale's sixty years of academic experience, plus other facets of his life. In addition to the manuscript collection there exist as well photographic and map collections in the Manuscript Division and the E. E. Dale Library in the Library Division of the Western History Collections. The notes appended below-- subdivided into twenty-three sections--apply only to the organization of the manuscript collection. The sections are given general titles which refer to the major subject matter contained in each. One should be aware, however, that the same type of item, e. g., correspondence, may be found in more than one section. -
Abstracts for the Annual SECAC Meeting in Roanoke, VA Oct 19 - 22, 2016
Abstracts for the Annual SECAC Meeting in Roanoke, VA Oct 19 - 22, 2016 Conference Chair: Kevin Concannon, Virginia Tech Lindsay Alberts, Framingham State University Pietre Dure: Materiality and Meaning in the Hardstone Collection of the Cappella dei Principi The Cappella dei Principi in Florence, a massive chapel decorated floor to dome with variegated hardstones, was constructed at staggering expense to house the bodies of the Medici grand dukes. Covered floor to ceiling in rare and expensive pietre dure (hardstones), the chapel asserts the political, financial, and spiritual authority of the Medici through the display of an impressive collection of natural specimens and in the meanings of the stones themselves. The hardstones decorating the chapel are themselves physically ponderous materials, heavy and impervious to damage, symbolically conveying the stability of the dynasty. The names of the stones reflect their often far-flung origins, such as malachite di Siberia. Their exotic nature, directly translated into cost, was multiplied by the difficulty and commensurate expense of their transport from these locales back to Florence. The diplomatic ties necessary to transport large amounts of these stones attest to Medici connections across the known world. The chapel’s materiality reflects associations of earthly and spiritual power through Albertus Magnus’s belief that unusual stones were infused with divine power. As evidence of the diversity of nature in flux and a magnificent collection of expensive specimens, the chapel’s hardstones underlie its assertions of political and spiritual privilege. Cristina Albu, University of Missouri—Kansas City Mental Exchanges: Biofeedback in Art of the 1960s and 1970s As interest in altered states of mind grew in the 1960s, artists started to experiment with biofeedback technology to reveal the conscious and unconscious ways in which we modulate experience. -
The American Wing Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Isabel Taube exhibition review of The American Wing Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 11, no. 3 (Autumn 2012) Citation: Isabel Taube, exhibition review of “The American Wing Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,” Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 11, no. 3 (Autumn 2012), http://www. 19thc-artworldwide.org/autumn12/taube-reviews-the-american-wing-metropolitan-museum- of-art. Published by: Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art. Notes: This PDF is provided for reference purposes only and may not contain all the functionality or features of the original, online publication. Taube: The American Wing Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 11, no. 3 (Autumn 2012) The American Wing Galleries for Painting, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Opened January 16, 2012 Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, design architects http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/images/stories/videos/taube_review_video02.mp4 A brief tour of the gallery titled “History, Landscape, and National Identity, 1850–75.” http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/images/stories/videos/taube_review_video01.mp4 The approach to Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851. The New American Wing Galleries for Painting, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) in New York reopened with much fanfare and political rhetoric on Monday, January 16, 2012. Both Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave remarks at the opening dinner, acknowledging the crucial role played by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in advancing American culture on the national and international stage. -
The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925
Sally Webster exhibition review of The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925 Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 14, no. 1 (Spring 2015) Citation: Sally Webster, exhibition review of “The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925,” Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 14, no. 1 (Spring 2015), http://www.19thc- artworldwide.org/spring15/webster-reviews-the-american-west-in-bronze-1850-1925. Published by: Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art. Notes: This PDF is provided for reference purposes only and may not contain all the functionality or features of the original, online publication. Webster: The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925 Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 14, no. 1 (Spring 2015) The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, New York December 18, 2013 – April 13, 2014 Denver Art Museum Denver, Colorado May 9 – August 31, 2014 Nanjing Museum Nanjing, China September 29, 2014 – January 18, 2015 Catalogue: The American West in Bronze 1850–1925. Thayer Tolles, Thomas Brent Smith with contributions by Carol Clark, Brian W. Dippie, Peter H. Hassrick, Karen Lemmey, and Jessica Murphy. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Distributed by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2013. 192 pp.; 118 color illus.; chronology; artists’ biographies; checklist of the exhibition; selected bibliography; index. $50 ISBN 978-0-300-19743-3 (hardcover) The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925, which opened last December in the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is an exhibition of small, tabletop bronzes that carries a big wallop. Visually the works are beautiful—small-scale bronze sculptures that invite close inspection.