ORU_Ax321.xml Guide to the Henry Turner Bailey papers Bailey (Henry Turner) papers Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team. Updated and revised by Patrick McCall. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives c2010
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-02-15. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Henry Turner Bailey papers Ax 321 57.75 linear feet 40 containers 25 record storage boxes; 1 legal half-manuscript box; 9 oversize flat boxes; 1 phase box; 1 glass plate storage box; 3 oversize folders 1880-1936, undated Henry Turner Bailey was the agent for the promotion of industrial drawing for the Massachusetts Board of Education, the dean of the Cleveland School of Art, and the author of works on art education. The collection contains correspondence, teaching materials, published books, articles, and pamphlets, artwork, family papers, and photographs. English .

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Glass plate negatives and lantern slides are restricted due to the fragility of the format. All decisions regarding use will be at the discretion of the curator for visual materials.

 Art--Study and teaching Drawing Photographs Correspondence Art school directors

Henry Turner Bailey was born in Scituate, Massachusetts in 1865 and graduated from the Massachusetts Normal Art School in 1887. He taught drawing in Boston night schools in Lowell, was the agent for the promotion of industrial drawing for the Massachusetts Board of Education (1887-1903), and director of the Chautauqua School of Arts and Crafts and editor of School Arts Magazine (1903-1917). He moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he served as dean and director of the Cleveland School of Art (1917-1930). He was the author of a variety of books, including Twelve Great Paintings and Tree Folk, and gave direction to the content and method of art education in United States grade and high schools from 1895 to 1925. He died in 1931.

The Henry Turner Bailey papers contains correspondence, teaching materials, published books, articles, and pamphlets, artwork, family papers, and photographs.

Correspondence document both business dealings and personal affairs. Lecture notes, from his time in Massachusetts and Ohio, highlight his expertise in the field of industrial drawing and art education generally. Both the artwork and photographs primarily consist of works created by Bailey himself but also include collected works by others.

 Guide to the Henry Turner Bailey papers

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