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The simplest way to describe Parsons School of Design is wrote, "Industry is this nation's life, art is the quality of Divisions Affiliated Institution Parsons School of Design Parsons to call it an art school and most people are willing to beauty in expression, and industrial art is the cornerstone Schoolol accept this casual definition. But Parsons is not merely a of our national art." DI the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) school of art-it is one of the few colleges in this country In his thinking and in the courses begun under him at Certificate Programs & that directs its energies solely to the education of the the school, Parsons anticipated by almost a full decade the Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Design New School talented young people who in a few years will shape our concepts that underlay that most prophetic of design ror Department of Communication Design ADelinitlon visual world. Parsons' students are drawn from diverse schools, Walter Gropius' Bauhaus at Dessau, Germany. Department of Environmental Design backgrounds; 36 states of the union are represented and There can be no doubt that the effect of the New York Social Department of Fashion Design 28 foreign countries. Over 20% receive scholarships or School of Fine and Applied Arts. renamed Parsons School Research Department of Fine Arts other financial aid from the college and all, prior to ad­ of Design in 1941, has been decisive in determining the Department of Illustration mission, have met exacting standards of intellectual and visual direction of our lives. Concentration in Art Education artistic excellence, measured through the presentation of Concentration in Photography academic records and portfolios of work. Parsons and The New School Concentration in Crafts Some of our graduates will become painters and sculptors whose art will contribute to our cultrual and In the early months of 1970, Parsons' Board of Trustees Major Divisions Adult Division intellectual life but the majority by far will become made one of its most eventful decisions by determining designers, those creative professionals who determine how that Parsons would affiliate with The New School for Social Division of Humanities our everyday world will look. They will design the homes Research. one of America's unique universities. Never Division of Social Sciences and offices in which we live and work, the clothes we wear, before had a school of design as distinguished as Parsons Human Relations Work-Study Center the automobiles we drive, our books, magazines. movies linked its strengths to an institution whose outlook was as The Language Center and television. Parsons, by helping to form the designer, progressive or whose commitment to the arts as deep as Creative and Performing Arts has a crucial effect upon our lives for our experience would those of The New School. Institute for Retired Professionals be seriously limited without the designer's touch. This affiliation brought to Parsons resources that are Auxiliary Activities Parsons' impact upon visual America seems at first to unobtainable to most independent schools of art and New School Art Center be disproportionately great for, whi le its graduates make design. It made possible the broadening of the liberal arts Conference on Wall Street and the Economy up a substantial percentage of the country's artists and curriculum so that degree candidates are today able to New School Concerts designers, it is not a large school. Enrollment is approxi­ choose among a vast range of courses in the humanities "The School Bulletin" (Monthly Bulletin) mately 900 full-time students plus 850 evening students and social sciences which, when appropriate, can be and there are just over 150 faculty members. two thirds closely related to the specific intellectual needs of the of whom are professionals teaching part-time. A brief The Graduate Faculty design student. history of the college may help account for the size of its contribution. Master of Arts (M.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physical Facilities and Doctor of Social Science (D.S.Sc.) Programs in: Origins As a result of Parsons' affiliation with The New School, the Anthropology Political Science college chose a new site. in the midst of the university Economics Psychology Parsons was founded 78 years ago, in 1896, by William campus. This setting on lower Fifth Avenue is six blocks Philosophy Sociology Merritt Chase. one of America's leading painters and above Greenwich Village's famous Washington Arch and in Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program teachers of art at the turn of the century. As may be the center of the community that has traditionally been the imagined, the Chase School, as it was first known, was Auxiliary Activities nation's artistic and intellectual hub. It is also a place of "Social Research" (Quarterly Journal) devoted to the education of painters and sculptors and historic landmarks and one of New York City's most was not notably different from several other institutions that sought-after residential communities. Specialized Research Programs Inter-University Consortium in Perception existed at the time-among them the Art Students League After acquiring its two new buildings in the spring of and the National Academy of Design. But in 1904, Frank Post-Doctoral Programs 1972, they were completely renovated so that the fall 1972 Alvah Parsons of Teacher's College, Columbia University, term began in studio and laboratory facilities that are joined the faculty and his influence on the school and its among the most modern available at any private college Center for New York City Affairs growth during the next 26 years was profound. of the visual arts in New York. In addition, many spe­ In 1902 the school was incorporated under the name of cialized spaces for lectures, seminars. and exhibits are Master of Arts Program in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis the New York School of Art and, in 1909 five years after available to the Parsons faculty and students in the other Master of Arts Program in Hui:nan Resources Parsons first came to teach it was reincorporated under the · buildings of the university that surround the college. Continuing Education Program in Urban Affairs name of the New York School of Art and, in 1909 five years Auxiliary Activities after Parsons first came to teach it was reincorporated as Major Programs Research Program The New York School of Fine and Applied Arts-a name "City Almanac" (Bi-monthly publication) which already reflected the influence of Parsons' thinking. Parsons School of Design today reflects the philosophies of In 1910 he assumed the school's presidency. It is in large its founders in its view of the visual arts, its conviction that The Senior College measure due to the prophetic philosophy of Frank Alvah they are as necessary in our homes. offices or factories as Parsons that the college (which today bears his name) in our expanding museums and galleries. The curricular Bachelor of Arts Program occupies its unique position in American higher education. offerings at Parsons are broad and students entering the Freshman Year Program for High School Seniors college may matriculate for the Bachelor of Fine Arts The New School for Social Research Concepts degree, Professional Certificate or Associate in Applied Main Center Science degree. Because of maximum flexibility in course 66 West 12th Street Frank Alvah Parsons was the first American educator to offerings a student can choose a program best suited to New York, New York 10011 see a direct relationship between the education of the his needs. Telephone 212/741 -5600 visual artist and the world of industry. Under his leader­ There are eight areas of specialization-Communication Parsons School of Design ship, The New York School of Fine and Applied Arts initi­ Design, Illustration, Fashion Design, Environmental Design, an affiliate of The New School ated courses in Interior Architecture and Decoration, Fine Arts, Art Education, Crafts and Photography. 66 Fifth Avenue Fashion Design and Advertising Art. Parsons saw in our New York, New York 10011 emerging industrial society the components for a new art in Te lephone 212/741-8910 America and at the same time, a visual potential not previously accessible to American industry. In 1915 he

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Can .We Insure Third Century Survival? With the nation about to enter its USCC Launches Debate Third Century, it is clear that the coming century. Here are just a few How can we arrest this trend and, United States should mobilize new examples of the kind of problems we if possible, lift some of this burden ide$LtJmeet the-proUlems of-the -may nave to sOive in the years a ea . :-- ff6Iif1lie next century: - years ahead. The USCC can per­ form a vital service by helping to In Government: In Infiation: stimulate useful new ideas and by The government has burgeoned Inflation is frequently due to acting as a catalyst. into a massive octopus. The media, greed-to wanting too much for too Where do new ideas come from? the trade unions, vested interest little, or sometimes, for nothing in Only from the individual. It is a fact groups and bureaucracies exercise return. This inequity is made worse of life that every new idea must disproportionate influence on gov- by politicians who are mortgaging originate in the mind of some in­ ernment. And, historically, dem- our future? dividual. Committees or panels can ocracies have always contained the How can we arrest this trend? help to refine new ideas but no seeds of their own destruction. committee or panel as a body has How can we wrest our system of In Defense: ever created a new idea. government from these influences? How can we persuade self-serving This is one of the secrets of politicians and the public that if we America's greatness. During the past In Energy: do not maintain strong defenses we two centuries, the freedom we have Long before the end of the com- may jeopardize our freedom in the enjoyed has permitted the free de­ ing century, it is evident that the coming century? velopment of the ideas and enter­ world will run out of petroleum and prises of countless individuals in natural gas-whatever new discover- In Population Control: every walk of life. ies may be made. And after two Unless plagues, natural disasters But this has not been an unmixed years of debate the Congress has or atomic holocaust intervene, the blessing. On the one hand, the ideas not produced any really-effective next century-with its shortages of and initiative of creative individuals long-term suggestions. energy and raw materials-will pro- have produced the highest standard How can we make our present duce a world population too large to of living the world has ever known. reserves of oil and natural gas last sustain at reasonable standards. On the other hand, the free expres­ beyond the foreseeable future? How can we deal with this prob- sion-of muddled or ..misguided ideas ~hat risk te- environment-+>F-- -m? -notably in economics and politics safety must we accept to ensure at * * * -has marred America's image and least enough electrical energy in the These, of course, are only a few has placed her standard of living­ coming century? of the problems that confront us. If and possibly her freedom-in jeop­ we do not solve them, our children ardy. In Transportation: and grandchildren will be saddled What is the remedy? "You can­ Though liquid fuels and also gas with them. not shoot an idea." said Abraham will be produced-at great expense Ideas for their solution should be Lincoln. The only antidote to bad -from coal shale and agricultural sketched in not more than five hun­ ideas are fresh and better ideas. materials, supplies are unlikely to dred words-preferably typed and This is where the USCC can help. match our present use of liquid fuels double-spaced. They should be mail­ It welcomes new and useful ideas and gas. So priority will have to be ed as soon as possible to the Hon­ from any individual. If they have given to the operation of farm ma­ orable Edward W. C. Russell­ merit and can withstand scrutiny, chinery and _the transportation of U.S.C.C.-1221 Connecticut Ave­ the USCC will do its utmost to break agricultural products on which life nue, NW, Washington, DC 20036. down resistance and to secure sym­ itself depends. The USCC hopes and believes pathetic consideration from those How should we plan now to deal that by mid-September it will re­ concerned. It welcomes new ideas in with this not-too-distant problem? ceive some ideas for the Third Cen­ any field but they must be original tury that merit publication. and constructive. In Economics: The most creative ideas will serve Ideas are needed to help solve We have loaded our children and as guidance to the National Con­ problems, not only of the present grandchildren with debt which grows vocation of the USCC, tentatively time but,-more important-of the each second. scheduled for November 1976. m======::==~w.:m::m::~======:===~======~======:=~======?:=~~=~===:====:=====:=;======:=====:======::r:~~ Third, my deep compassion for w:::::::::::::::::::mm:::::::::::::::;:;:;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::':::::::::::::::?l#i;:;:;~:::::::::::::w. A Progress Report Rabbi Korff, founder of the USCC [!iii[ TO OUR READERS ~ Ill WE. THE PEOPLE! !!!1!! who shouldered mammoth responsi­ A monthly newsletter published by bilities until his health was affected, Constitutional issue of the disposition of the Presidential Papers of President Nixon the United States Citizens' Con­ led me to hope that I could lighten RICHARD NIXON gress. Editorial offices: 1221 Con­ his burdens. The lines have been drawn for the final battle in necticut Avenue, N.W., Washing­ ton, D.C. 20036. Inadequate as I may be to the LA CASA PAC I FICA former President Nixon's effort to preserve the right of tasks that lie ahead, my reluctance ~J~~E~~~~f~~~ SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA the President-rather than the Congress-to control the National Officers Iti letter. Starting with this issue, I to succeed Rabbi Korff was allayed m disposition of materials accumulated by a President and Baruch Korff l! moreover, We, The People !i!i! March 18, 1976 his staff while in office. when he pledged to continue at the will be published on a once- ·:;; Founder and Honorary President helm as our ideologue and mentor. li A special three-judge panel has upheld the Constitu­ Gabriele Pitcairn Pendleton l! every-two months basis. We : President My husband, Bishop of The General tionality of an Act of Congress which patently discrimi­ Church of the New Jerusalem (Swed­ li regret this and appeal to our i. nates against the former President by expropriating his Elliott B. Strauss 1![![! readers to give us the where- \([(~ 4,c__~ Chairman, Board of Directors enborgian) who has been the per­ I as very distressed to learn, through Barry Presidential materials (including all of his private Stanley M. Baer sonal source of my inspiration for 1 C perstein, that you have not been feeling up papers) and deprives him of the same rights which have Treasurer 42 years agreed to my assuming this to ar. I just wanted you to know that Mrs. been recognized and guaranteed for every one of his !l1!.!! United:~~:~s~~ States c~~:~~rt~~~; Citizens' :dt~Con- ·'t.····':···'!···'· ·'r..'i... Ni n and I were thinking of you and that we Louise Gore responsibility. With your help in all ar particularly concerned because we know ~hat. 36 predecessors. Assistant Treasurer 50 states of the Union, the USCC il gress to return to monthly pub- ...... th enormous amount of time, effort and ded1cat1on Based on a careful and thorough analysis of all the Connee Okum will go forward in the revitalization !f lication, thereby giving us suf- ::m yo have contributed so unselfishly to the legal precedents, we are confident that the Supreme Secretary Ju ice Fund project has, without question, taken of our inherent values. a ftry great physical toll on your health. Court will recognize and reverse the error of the lower Carl L. Shipley court. Even the three-judge panel conceded that the General Counsel I will in this space keep you post­ ed on all developments that I may I r.~1~:;~~:.:';:m~1, ,: '.i,l.1.=.li.', We hope that you will be able to get. the rest .statute poses significant Constitutional problems. In and relaxation you sd richly deserve and that Ralph de Toledano enlist your support and earn your you will soon have again the enormous vitality fact, the Court openly admitted that the Act invades Editor trust. l!i,:!l,,,,,,,,,m,:::::::::::':::::::':::::::::::::::::::::::::::':::::::::::::::::::::::~:::::'::!:!,::~:::::::::::iII and spirit which we have admired and respected Mr. Nixon's Constitutional right of privacy. We believe so much since the time we first had the privilege that the Supreme Court will not approve the lower * * * of meeting you. court's failure to follow the standards the Supreme Admiral Elliott B. Strauss, Chair­ Edward W. C. Russell, The Honor­ able Carl L. Shipley and Admiral The fact that you have already raised $300,000 Court itself set to protect the confidentiality so pro­ THE PRESIDENT'S man of the Board, assisted me in for the Justice Fund in a very difficult time foundly essential to a President's deliberations. chairing my first Board meeting as Strauss to study alternatives as to the REPORT time and place, as well as to sub­ has meant more to us than I can adequately put The first step in the Supreme Court appeal has taken President on Wednesday, March 24. in'to words. Without your leadership and your place in late March when attorneys for the former By Gabriele Pitcairn Pendleton I felt as if I were presiding at the stance. Their conclusions may be assistance we would have been unable to carry on found on page 1 of this Newsletter. the constitutional legal battles which we have President filed preliminary briefs. The main briefs will Having accepted responsibilities first Constitutional Convention, and had to fight from the time I left office on be filed this fall and oral arguments to the Court will suddenly put before me, I feel that was awed at the presence of so many * * * August 9, 1974. be presented next winter. dignitaries. Ideologically, the USCC is with­ I owe you an explanation-my rea­ out peer among patriotic movements. It would be far too much to ask you to continue In the interim, planning will continue for the estab­ sons to succeed but not replace the * * * Yet, I find the USCC struggling fi­ to bear alone the crushing load of the responsi­ lishment of a Presidential library at the University of widely beloved and highly revered bilities you have been carrying. On the other As your President, I wish to ac­ nancially, despite the fact that no Southern California on the assumption that the Act will Rabbi Baruch Korff as President of hand, I would hope that you could find a way to knowledge the dedicated service more than 10 percent of the budget see that the entity of the fund could be main­ be declared unconstitutional and that former President the USCC. rendered by Mr. Jack McLaughlin, is expended on salaries. Frankly, I tained with someone else, if you so desire, Nixon will then be able to place his tapes and papers in First, I believe the USCC to be who retired as Treasurer of the assuming the day to day responsibilities, but a suitable facility where the public will have access u~­ don't know of any similar National with you continuing to serve in any capacity the greatest patriotic movement of USCC, and congratulate Mr. Stan­ Organization that is so frugal in its you choose to the extent your health will permit. der conditions similar to those which currently apply m our time. Its objectives are like ley Baer and Ambassador Louise expenditure. Won't you please make There is no one I know who could fill your shoes the Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson planks in a bridge, linking our past Gore on assuming the offices of and whoever you decide might undertake the full­ libraries. an extra effort to help us out finan­ time responsibility would have a very great need and future into a covenant of gen­ Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer, cially and enlist other patriotic for your inspirational leadership and wise counsel. No other President in the history of the United States erations of Americans for God and respectively. Americans in our cause? has been subjected to the specter of having strangers Country. I can well understand how you might conclude that monitor conversations between him and his wife and * * * Two gallant ladies deserve men­ you have done your share and more in working for Second, my conviction that the In our March newsletter, we pre­ tion here, for they are responsible our cause at great personal and financial sacrifice family, and systematically rummage through the most USCC has the potential to rally sented the American people with for our low salary profile. They sim­ on your part. I of course will respect whatever sensitive and personal papers imaginable. It is to guard you decide and will always be grateful for every­ against that kind of crippling precedents that this appeal Americans of like persuasion to a "Options For Century Three," fea­ ply put in a full day every day of thing that you have done. I do hope however that cause that has been buffeted by ir­ turing a Bicentennial Convocation the week, and frequently full week­ we can find some way which will not impose too must be pursued. reverence, stagnation, atheism and (3rd in a series) for the weekend of ends, without salary, to the contrary, great a burden upon you for your continued parti­ outright defiance of the foundations July 4th, in our Nation's Capital. they generously contribute of their cipation in some capacity in the Just Fund project. .j,,,,,~~,,,,,,,,~,;;;;====~===i,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*',,,,~,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;;;;,i,s;==~~,,,,,j,,,,,,,,,,;:;;;!;',,i,,,,;:;;,:;:;:i:i!i'<'Mi'~''''''''"i'''I'';~ that made this nation the repository This was found impractical. The resources. They are Misses Grace Mrs. Nixon joins me in sending our warmest personal From Newsweek-April 19, 1976 of the world's hopes for survival. 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April - May 1976 3 2 WE, THE PEOPLE A Brief Response to "The Final Days" ..,,,,,,,,,,~,@~ By Rabbi Baruch Korff, Presiding Trustee, President Nixon Justice Fund Over ABC-TV Network, "Good Morning, America"

When I began the movement for thors call it "a diplomatic denial." Mr. Woodward impressed me as an the Presidency nearly three years Gen. Haig sent a telegram to Presi­ earnest young man when he said to ago, Frank McGee of blessed mem­ dent Nixon stating that he had re­ me that it was not his intent to ory asked me-Why? I responded, fused to see the "twins" and gave scandalize Mr. Nixon and that he "There is not a righteous man in the them no information. Yet Kissinger wanted to write a genuinely humane Land disposed to do good who does and Haig are central to The Final account of a president under siege. not sin." This is true now as it was Days. Unable to extract information I believed him. We talked for about then . . . this is true of Richard from them, the authors engage in an hour. The following day, I in- _..) Nixon as it was true of Lyndon mind reading, a form of psycho­ formed Julie Eisenhower of my Johnson and John Kennedy and journalism. meeting with Mr. Woodward and their predecessors in the Presidency. Haig is purported to have asked Mr. Armstrong. She identified Arm- strong as an Ervin committee aide The Final Days by Woodward Dr. Tkach to remove all barbiturates and Bernstein is exploitation by any from Richard Nixon's reach. Dr. and suggested that I not see them standard-it is part of the Nixon Tkach told me he never received again. Both Woodward and Arm- syndrome, and will go on as long as such a request from Gen. Haig. "It's strong called numerous times but I would not talk with them. Some-or-- he lives, and beyond. The authors preposterous." The authors say that homogenize particles of fact with Nixon had a death wish. Dr. Tkach their references to me and the metaphor and fiction, hearsay with says, "it's a damned lie." Scott chronology of my involvement are divination, and hang their purported Armstrong, an aide to Woodward inaccurate. history on the fanciful nostalgia of and Bernstein, had called Dr. Tkach The most serious flaw of the Nixon pedestrian minds who cleave to the for an interview. Dr. Tkach told Administration, and the catalyst for hearse of Richard Nixon's presi­ him: "Put your questions in writ­ most others, was in-house disloyalty ,, dency-as their only alternative to ing." "He never did." to the President. With somy.notable obscurity. The authors say that Mrs. Nixon exceptions, the White House staffers were little men without vision, un­ To give credence to their purport­ in 1962, following Richard Nixon's gubernatorial defeat, wanted to di­ tried, raw. Cast in opulence, they ed history, the authors of The Final were self-seeking, with little or no "' Days alternately portray Richard vorce her husband. "An outrageous lie," say Roger and Louise John­ thought for the man they were there Nixon as strong-willed and weak; as to serve:- They were not the Presi­ a poignant leader and as an un­ son. "We were their most intimate friends." dent's men. This is why a palace abashed coward; a man who loses coup d'etat could have passed the himself in booze and prayer, "in­ Lucy Winchester, social secretary lips of the President's "confidantes". creasingly irrati_onal and unpredict­ to Mrs. Nixon, told me that in 51h "Don't tell him to resign-that might able." The thesis being-if you be­ years the First Lady missed only one stiffen his resistance. Just tell him lieve one you must believe the other, appointment, and that was due to it's hopeless and have the 'giants' on and the other is what the authors the flu. "Excessive drinking? Ridicu­ the Hill give him the bleak count in and their mentors at the Washington lous," she says. "They called me but the Senate." In anticipation of the Post want you to believe! I knew they were up to no good. resignation, some had even staked They say, "A few, including Presi­ It's garbage and I never talked with out their claim on Vice President dent Nixon, declined to be inter­ them." Ford! viewed." This is patently dishonest. I was with President Nixon in the I have told the President many Who are "the few?" Who "declined White House and at San Clemente times that he was toppled from with­ to be interviewed" in addition to during the most crucial days in in as much as from without. He President Nixon? They are Mrs. February, March, April, May, June, didn't disagree. If The Final Days Nixon, that gallant First Lady, Tricia July and August of 1974 and on the says anything, it says as much, or the and Eddie Cox and Julie Eisenhow­ morning of August 9 when he de­ book would not have s~en the light er. There is Rose Mary Woods, livered his farewell speech to the of day. President Nixon's personal secretary, Cabinet, staff and friends. I sat right Now, as to the 37th President's ./' Col. Jack Brennan, his military aide, in front of him to his right. He was place in history. If the past is crite- and Ron Ziegler; his press secretary. magnificent. I could see none of rion then his eminence in history is There is Manolo Sanchez, the Presi­ what is relayed in The Final Days. secure. As historians now ask-"Of dent's valet, and scores of others­ There is not a man who would not what infamy was Washington not key people, whose "words" and have cracked in similar circum­ falsely accused during his lifetime?" "deeds" fill the book. stances-but not Richard Nixon, Washington himself despaired, "I They visited with Secretary of which is why he was "superb" in would rather be in my grave than State Kissinger for half an hour in June, in the Middle East, according in the Presidency." And what of the presence of two aides. Their visit to Don Fisher of Time-Life, from Jefferson and Lincoln and what of was recorded. The tape totally re­ his lips to my ears. He was "awe­ the immediate past? Hopefully, futes the authors. Dr. Kissinger, in inspiring" in June-July, in Russia. Americans will view The Final Days several telephone calls to President I never met Carl Bernstein, but as they have Dog Days At The Nixon, emphatically denies the Bob Woodward and his researcher White House, by the White House Woodward-Bernstein text. The au- Scott Armstrong came to see me. kennel keepec

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Mrs. Betty Ford Residence I American Queen Anne Furniture 1720-1755

Greenfield Village & Henry Ford Museum Dearborn, Michigan American Queen Anne Furniture

1720-1755

by Katharine Bryant Hagler, Associate Curator of Furniture

Cover Illustration: Queen Anne m1xmg table made at Boston, Massachusetts, 1720-17 40. H. 26 3/ 8". This table of maple and pine, painted black, was constructed with twenty blue and white eighteenth century Biblical Delft tiles set in the top. Mixing tables were designed specifically for the mixing of drinks and were made with marble, slate, or tile tops to with­ stand damage from hot drinks and liquids. Of the three or four tables of this type known, this is the largest. Left: Exterior of the house of Joseph Pearson, first Secretary of State of New Hampshire. The house was built in 1750. It is primarily furnished with Queen Anne pieces. Back Cover: Detail of Delft tiles on the top of the mixing table illustrated on the front cover. Some of the scenes include the Birth of Jesus, the Money Changers in the Temple, Talking to the Elders, Washing the Feet of Christ, and the Be­ heading of John the Baptist. Delft tiles were advertised in Boston as early as 1716.

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The High Museum of Art Atlanta, Georgia September 14-0ctober 31, 1974 Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, Florida November 24, 1974-January 5, 1975 Columbia Museum of Art and Science Columbia, South Carolina January 26-March 9, 1975 Art Museum of the Palm Beaches, Iri.c. West Palm Beach, Florida March 28~May 11, 1975 CONTENTS North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh, North Carolina 6 FOREWORD by Gudmund Vigtel June 1-July 13, 1975 7 PREFACE by Beatrix T. Rumford New Orleans Museum of Art 11 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE New Orleans, Louisiana ABBY ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER August 3-September 14, 1975 FOLK ART COLLECTION Greenville County Museum of Art 13 WHAT IS AMERICAN FOLK ART? Greenville, South Carolina by Beatrix T. Rumford October I-November 15, 1975 CATALOGUE LISTINGS 19 PICTURES 19 Portraits This catalogue was made possible by a grant from 37 Views & Genre the Board of Trustees of the 55 Religious, Mythological and Atlanta Arts Alliance. Historical Subjects Copyright 1974 by The High Museum 63 Still Lifes of Art and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection 67 Samplers, Frakturs and Penmanship All rights reserved. 73 THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORKS Published by The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1974. 73 Figures and Animals Library of Congress Card Catalogue Number: 74-83252 81 Weathervanes and Whirligigs Designed by Jim Zambounis, Atlanta 85 Shop Signs Printed by Case-Hoyt/Atlanta, Georgia 89 FURNISHINGS AND HOUSEHOLD Cover illustration: OBJECTS 59. Washington and Lafayette at the Battle of Yorktown, attrib­ 96 BIBLIOGRAPHY uted to Reuben Law Reed (1841-1921), about 1860, oil on canvas, 221h x 34V•. (31.101.1). This cheerful, stiffly organized composition, thought to have been painted about 1860, is an example of amateur work with an historical theme. It is attributed to Reuben Law Reed, of Acton, Massachusetts, a house painter who painted pictures for his own amusement. Symmetry and the use of complemen­ tary colors are basic elements in naive compositions, intui­ tively used by amateur artists because they please the eye.

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