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Spectrum March 1951, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Spectrum was a publication released in the early 1950s by the undergraduate students at Rhode Island School of Design. This issue from March 1951 is the first published issue and includes creative writing, a recap of Take-A-Break Weekend, campus news and events, and an article about freshmen artwork.

1951 Portfolio, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

The First Great Inventions, Lancelot Thomas Hogben, Marie Neurath, Joseph Albert Lauwerys, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

36 pages color illustrations 23 cm. Chanticleer wonder-story books. "Designed by the Isotype Institute and printed in six-color offset lithography by Waldheim-Eberle, Vienna, Austria" Color illustrated, double title page. Case binding with original color paper dust jacket.

Trade Literature, Reed & Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Books

1 loose-leaf binder : illustrations. Title supplied by the cataloger. Blue three-ring binder. On cover of binder: Reed & Barton. At foot of binder cover: Reed & Barton Silversmiths; The Sheffield Silver Company; Miller Rogaska Crystal; Belleek Parian China; Aynsley English Fine Bone China; Reed & Barton Handcrafted Chests; W.J. Hagerty & Sons, Ltd., Inc. Binder includes price lists, photographs of the factory, advertisements, sales catalogs, office correspondence, etc. Reed & Barton Collection. Includes a two-sided typed page: "Report on Comparative Conditions" between Gorham and Reed & Barton.

Reed And Barton Basic Ad-Maker, Reed & Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Books

36 pages : illustrations (one folded). Title from cover. "... designed to give you a complete up-to-the-minute mat service for your newspaper advertising throughout the coming year. The contains all the materials necessary for making up your ads."--page [2] of cover. All pages have perforations for easy tear-out. Green paper cover, in shape of a file folder. Reed & Barton Collection.

1950 Portfolio, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

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1949 Portfolio, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

1948 Yearbook, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Noa Noa: Voyage Á Tahiti, Paul Gauguin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

[4] p., [2] leaves of plates : illus. (some color), facsim. Facsimile of Gauguin's handwritten notations, color reproductions. Donated by Bess P. Kaufman in memory of Sol. P. Kaufman.

Holiday Cards, Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliot, Huger Elliot

Illustration

9 cards : black and white illustrations. Illustrations signed E.S.G.E. Most cards are approximately 12 x 17 cm, with some slightly smaller. All printed one side only, some with written messages on the verso. All but three cards have dates, 1918-1947. Wood-engraved and photomechanical illustrations, most with text and printed Christmas greetings. Elizabeth Shippen Green (September 1, 1871, Philadelphia- May 29, 1954, Philadelphia); American magazine and book illustrator; illustrated children's books and worked for publications such as the Ladies' home journal, the Saturday evening post and Harper's magazine. Green enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1887 …

1947 Yearbook, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Future Books: Industry, Government, Science, Arts, Vol. I Overture, Marjory B. Milne, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

volumes illustrations (some color) portraits 30 cm. Editor: Marjorie B. Milne. Produced by Adprint. Cover illustration and design by G.A. Adams. Printed in photogravure by Harrison & Sons Ltd. London. Cover, binding and offset printing by Jerrold & Sons Ltd. Norwich. Advertisements in letterpress by W.S. Cowell Ltd. Ipswich; Alabaster Passmore & Sons Ltd. Maidstone; Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd. Nottingham. The photogravure and offset parts have been printed on Mellotex Paper made by Tullis Russell & Co. Ltd. Markinch Scotland. Information graphics. Casebinding. Library has Volume I. Overture & volume IV. Transformation.

1946 The Yearbook, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Future Books: Industry, Government, Science, Arts, Vol. Iv Transformation, Marjory B. Milne, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

volumes illustrations (some color) portraits 30 cm. Editor: Marjorie B. Milne. Produced by Adprint. Cover illustration and design by G.A. Adams. Printed in photogravure by Harrison & Sons Ltd. London. Cover, binding and offset printing by Jerrold & Sons Ltd. Norwich. Advertisements in letterpress by W.S. Cowell Ltd. Ipswich; Alabaster Passmore & Sons Ltd. Maidstone; Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd. Nottingham. The photogravure and offset parts have been printed on Mellotex Paper made by Tullis Russell & Co. Ltd. Markinch Scotland. Information graphics. Casebinding. Library has Volume I. Overture & volume IV. Transformation.

Creations, Jef De Schilder, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Pochoir

Date is approximate. 22 plates : all color illustrations (pochoir) ; 51 cm.

Title from cover. Pochoir prints. Includes additional cardboard sheet with the following in blue crayon: "originales, J de Schilder, 22 creations, Paris". In new portfolio with part of original cover mounted on new cover.

Soldier Art: Prize Winners In Special Services Art Contest, Infantry Journal, National Gallery Of Art, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

196, [4] pages : illustrations (some color) . "On cover: Armed Services edition Fighting forces series. Text on pages [2]-[4] of cover. ""The National Army arts contest, sponsored by the Special Services Division, Army Service Forces, produced 215 winning examples of painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography. These were exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1945. The entire group is reproduced in this book."" --page [2] of cover ""This is a complete pictorial record of the exhibition, 'Soldier Art,' held at the National Gallery of Art ... from July 4 to September 4, …

The New Yorker Cartoons With The Talk Of The Town, The New Yorker, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

[192] pages : illustrations. "Cover title. ""Distributed to the Army by Special Services Division, A.S.F.""-- page [2] of cover. Illustrations on covers in color. Printed in a smaller format than the magazine due to War-time paper restrictions. Side stapled binding. Gift of Claudia Covert."

Office Daze, Dorothy A. Bond, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

64 pages : illustrations, 14 x 22 cm. Cover title. "A Dorothy Bond Cartoon Book" "... only an office girl (with the soul of a jerk) could draw the humorous back-of-the-scenes in an office ... and now it's been done by one ... it is dedicated with my love and best wishes to my co-worker ... that really grand, hard-working person ... the office girl"-- page 1. "Copyright 1945 by Dorothy A. Bond"--page 1. Illustrated cover, printed in red and black. Stapled. On cover: Fifty cents. Satirizes the harried lives of women working in offices during World War II. Written …

Women And Work, Gertrude Rosenblum Williams, Isotype Institute, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

128 pages : illustrations (some color, including maps) ; 22 cm. Series: The new democracy "Designed and produced by Adprint Ltd London ; Copyright 1945 by Adprint Ltd London ..."--title page verso. "First published by Nicholson & Watson in association with Wells Gardner Darton & Co Ltd, London, 1945"--title page verso. Contents: The scope of women's work. The wartime revolution -- The rise of the "dependent" family -- The effect of marriage -- Law and custom -- The work women do. Changes in numbers and jobs -- The middle-class woman -- Woman's dual role. Differences in pay -- Do women …

1945 Yearbook, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Government Gertie By One, Dorothy A. Bond, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

36 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations, 14 x 22 cm. Cover title. "Dedicated with sincere admiration to that perfectly swell girl --the government clerk"--Page 1 "Copyright 1944 by Dorothy A. Bond"--Page 1 "These cartoons good-naturedly satirize the harried life of the World War II-era government clerk. The women portrayed by Bond ... are overworked, bothered by their bosses, rushing to catch the train, stressed by their friendships and their relationships with their mothers, and stumbling in to work in the morning after a long night out. Bond's irreverent humor is obvious in every page, especially in her parody profiles of …

Red Light, Green Light, Golden Macdonald, Leonard Weisgard, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. Series: A Zephyr book. "Junior books." Summary: All day and night the traffic signal blinks its messages of stop and go. "This book is complete and unabridged, manufactured under wartime conditions in conformity with all government regulations controlling the use of paper and other materials. Printed by Michaelson Lithograph Corporation."-- page preceding title page. Golden MacDonald was a pseudonym used by Margaret Wise Brown. Title page printed in red, green and black. Limited color palette lithography, mainly red, green, grey, brown and black. Case binding. Original color illustrated dust jacket, missing small part of …

1944 Rhode Island School Of Design, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Calendar Of Events April 1943, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Art Events of April 1943 includes information about painting exhibits, musical concerts, and lectures taking place in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Calendar Of Events March 1943, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Art Events of March 1943 includes information about painting exhibitions, musical concerts, lectures and a radio program taking place in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Calendar Of Events February 1943, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Art Events of February 1943 includes exhibitions, concerts, lectures, a dance recital and some plays taking place in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

The Whitesmiths Of Taunton : A History Of Reed & Barton Silversmiths 1824-1943, Reed & Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Books

xxxiii, 419 pages : illustrations . Harvard studies in business history ; VIII Part I. The early struggle for existence, 1824-1836 -- pt. II. Growth and industrial leadership of the firm under Henry G. Reed, 1837-1860 -- pt. III. George Brabrook and the shift to a marketing emphasis, 1860-1900 -- pt. IV. Financial consolidation under William B.H. Dowse, 1901-1923 -- pt. V. The recent period, 1923-1943. "Notes and references": pages [383]-402. From the Gorham Design Library. Gift of Lenox Inc. Dustjacket and newspaper clipping tipped-in. 2nd copy in Special Collections is Reed & Barton Collection. In original dust jacket. Gold …

Calendar Of Events January 1943, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Art Events of January 1943 includes information about exhibitions, concerts, lectures and plays taking place in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

The Designer December 3, 1942, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Designer was a student newspaper published in 1942. Three issues remain today. The first two issues are written by typewriter on loose sheaves of paper. This issue includes a poem discussing World War II, several editorials, and some brief news, all submitted by students.

Calendar Of Events December 1942, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Art Events of December 1942 includes information about exhibitions, concerts, lectures, plays and a movie. Also includes information about Art exhibitions in Massachusetts and New York (the Museum of Modern Art).