5 collections related to Art

This collection contains glass plate negatives of art and architectural subjects. The glass plate negative was an early photographic format which was in common use between the 1880s and the late 1920s. This collection dates from 1920s to 1950s. These glass plate negatives were part of an accession (2022.0056) to the North Carolina State University, Office of Finance and Administration, Office of the University Architect Records (UA 003.026). It is unclear who created the negatives. Less

The Gerald Orlando Theodore Erdahl Papers document Erdahl's military career, his work as a cartoonist, and his tenure as the Director of the North Carolina State College Student Union. It also contains materials relating to Erdahl's professional and civic involvement and leadership, as well as his personal and family life. Gerald Orland Theodore Erdahl (1916-1961) was graduate of the University of Wisconsin, 1940. Erdahl served as Director of the North Carolina State College Student Union, 1949-1961. He was President of the National Association of College Unions from 1960 to 1961, a published cartoonist, and founder of the "Friends of the College" concert series at NC State. Less

This collection documents Jehu Dewitt Paulson's career as an artist and educator and contains drawings, paintings, prints, plates, photographs and illustrations for published and unpublished manuscripts. The Personal files include Paulson's application for a Guggenheim Fellowship (1934), photographs of Paulson and his family, certificates of memberships to various societies and fraternities, a curriculum vitae, and notes from his college years. The North Carolina State College series includes class notes, a partial history of the Department of Architecture, course materials and notes on the appreciation of paintings. The Building Images subseries contains photographs, pencil sketches and plates of various campus buildings, including Memorial Tower, Primrose Hall, and Pullen Hall. Files of picture clippings on varied subjects (architecture, bridge building, interiors, landscaping, murals, paintings and sculpture, etc.) comprise another series. The Writings, Research and Inventions series contains identifications of paintings (by painter and subject), correspondence regarding the identification process, and published writings, including The Exterior Form of the Solitary Atom (1952), and unpublished manuscripts ("Appreciation of Painting," "Escape from Atlantis," and "People Makers, a Fantasy of Evolution"). Among the inventions are plans for an elevated storage tower and for an improved internal combustion rotary motor. Also included in this series are subject files of picture clippings on varied subjects (architecture, bridge building, interiors, landscaping, murals, paintings and sculpture, etc.). The Paintings, Sketches, Drawings, and Designs series comprise a good representation of Paulson's original artwork. This series also contains drawings and related papers on The Forms of the Elementary Atoms and The Periodic Law. The Photographic series contains undated photos of various atoms and elements. The Family Papers series contains a printed book on family history. Jehu Dewitt Paulson (1893-1972), an artist and educator, served on the faculty of the Department of Architecture at North Carolina State College from 1925 to 1961. Less

The John M. Hall Photographs Collection contains different photographic formats including slides, transparencies, prints, oversized prints, framed prints, and digital media. Divided into four series, this collection explores topics such as architecture, interior design, abstract art, travel, and private gardens. The collection features Hall's work with Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Veranda, Designing Women, and others and spans from the 1970s to 2014. John M. Hall (1952-2019) was a photographer of architecture, interiors, and gardens, collaborating with magazines such as House and Garden, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, and Veranda. He was also the photographer for numerous books, including Biedermeier, Greek Revival America, Adventures with Old Houses, Designing Women, and Private Gardens of Connecticut. His photography also appeared in The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. His fine art photographs are represented in a number of museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Less