Arts and Humanities Commons^™

Ivan Mestrovic Comes To Syracuse University, William P. Tolley

The Courier

This article, written by former Syracuse University Chancellor William P. Tolley, tells the story of his efforts to secure a professorship for famous Yugoslavian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic, who at the time had legal and health problems while living in Europe.

Ivan Mestrovic: The Current State Of Criticism, Dean A. Porter

The Courier

Few artists have had careers as long and prolific as Ivan Mestrovic's, and even fewer have known as much success and recognition. It would require volumes of print to document completely and properly, to discuss, and to evaluate the quality and scope of his sculptural, architectural, and literary accomplishments, and then additional volumes to duplicate the many monographs, essays, and articles that have been written about him. A brief mention of these accomplishments and a short review of the art-historical and critical comments on them will provide us with a point of reference from which to consider his position, as …

A Reminiscence Of Stephen Crane, Paul Sorrentino

The Courier

John S. Mayfield (1904-1983), a curator of rare books and manuscripts at Syracuse University from 1961 to 1971, assembled a small, but noteworthy, collection of material by and about Stephen Crane (1871-1900), one of the University's most famous students. Mayfield himself published several articles on Crane, including three in the Syracuse Library Associates Courier, which he edited from 1962 to 1970. Judging from Mayfield's own notes, one can conclude that he intended to publish, perhaps in the Courier, the following brief reminiscence of Crane.

On The Shoulders Of Giants: The Progress Of Science In The Seventeenth Century, Erich M. Harth

The Courier

This article gives a brief synopsis of the scientific advancements made during the seventeenth century, the literature of which can partly be found at Syracuse University Special Collections. The author argues that the progenitors of the new scientific thought such as Galileo were not at odds with the mysticism and occultism of the past, and in fact still embraced certain parts of that Middle Ages past.

Ivan Mestrovic, Laurence Schmeckebier

The Courier

This article is an amalgamation of two pieces written by Professor Schmeckebier: "The Art of Mestrovic", which prefaced the catalogue of the spring 1984 exhibition of Mestrovic's work at The Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery at Syracuse University, and an as yet unpublished paper entitled "Mestrovic as a Sculptor in America," which he gave at Columbia University in November 1982 at a seminar sponsored by The Institute on East Central Europe.

The article details Mestrovic's life and contributions to art, whose monumental sculptures are on the same level as other greats such as Rodin and Michelangelo.

Catalogue Of Seventeenth-Century Books In Science Held By The George Arents Research Library, Eileen Snyder

The Courier

This article serves as a bibliography for the scientific books, mainly from the seventeenth century, that are housed in the Syracuse University Special Collections. They draw from three main collections: the Muckenhoupt Collection, the Wolff-Leavenworth Collection, and the Leopold von Ranke library. The books are written by scientific pioneers such as Copernicus, Newton, Benjamin Franklin, and many others.

Dryden's Virgil: Some Special Aspects Of The First Folio Edition, Arthur W. Hoffman

The Courier

This article relates the history of John Dryden's translation of Vergil's Aeneid, a first folio edition of which is located at Syracuse University Special Collections. Dryden's translation, written in seventeenth century England, reflected the tense polticial environment of the times, and competed with several translations from other writers.

The Development Of The Eastern Africa Collection At Syracuse University, Robert G. Gregory

The Courier

With the inauguration of an African studies program in 1962, Syracuse University began the development of a unique collection of records relating to the eastern side of Africa. The most important part of the collection, the core, is related to Kenya, but there are also valuable records on the other countries of eastern Africa, nine in all, extending from Ethiopia to South Africa. Most of the items in this collection are on microfilm—an extraordinary holding of nearly four thousand reels of official and private records—but there is also much of value in supplementary books, periodicals, and documents in their original …

News Of The Library And Library Associates, From Courier, Vol.Xix, No.2, Fall 1984, Syracuse University Library Associates

The Courier

The Henry S. Bannister Donation -- The Schoberlin Stephen Crane Collection -- Membership Bonus: Historical Recordings -- Life Memberships -- Syracuse University Library Associates

Courier, Vol.Xix, No.2, Fall 1984, Syracuse University Library Associates

The Courier

Mestrovic Comes to Syracuse / William P. Tolley, Chancellor Emeritus, Syracuse University, p.3 -- Ivan Mestrovic / Laurence E. Schmeckebier (1906-1984), formerly Dean of the School of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, p.7 -- Ivan Mestrovic: The Current State of Criticism / Dean A. Porter, Director of the Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, p.17 -- The Development of the Eastern Africa Collection at Syracuse University / Robert G. Gregory, Professor of History, Syracuse University, p. 29 -- Dryden's Virgil: Some Special Aspects of the First Folio Edition / Arthur W. Hoffman, Professor of English, Syracuse University, p.61 -- …

William Lescaze And Hart Crane: A Bridge Between Architecture And Poetry, Lindsay Stamm Shapiro

The Courier

This article expounds upon the unique relationship between the architect William Lescaze and poet Hart Crane after Lescaze's emigration to the United States during the early twentieth century. Lescaze's knowledge of European modernism influenced Crane's poems, which sought to counteract the pessimism of modern poets (for example T.S. Eliot's "The Wasteland"), and provide affirmation of the Machine Age.

The "Modern" Skyscraper, 1931, Carol Willis

The Courier

This article details the history of The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (PSFS) building, constructed through the partnership of William Lescaze and George Howe in 1932. The author argues the building to this day remains "modern", displaying complexity and a varitey of color and materials. The building is also, the author says, the first skyscraper designed in the International Style. The author also examines the PSFS in the context of other tall buildings of the period, usually described as belonging to the Art Deco style.

William Lescaze And The Machine Age, Arthur J. Pulos

The Courier

In this article, the author talks about the history of modern architecture, and in particular William Lescaze's contributions. He gives the reader background about the Machine Age in America, and how Lescaze evolved in his art, eventually dedicating his life to Formalism and the International Style.

The William Lescaze Symposium Panel Discussion, Dennis P. Doordan

The Courier

This article is an adapted form of a panel discussion that took place discussing the architect William Lescaze. Overall, the panel seemed divided between those who judged Lescaze's achievements acoording to the established tenets of orthodox modernism and those who sought a new critical framework for evaluating Lescaze's contribution to the rise of modern design in American based upon typological, professional, and commercial criteria.

European Modernism In An American Commercial Context, Robert Bruce Dean

The Courier

This article seeks to explain why architect Willaim Lescaze's career proceeded the way it did. The author also makes observations about Lescaze's life in America during a secular, materialist age.

William Lescaze And Cbs: A Case Study In Corporate Modernism, Dennis P. Doordan

The Courier

During the period 1934 to 1949, the Columbia Broadcasting System provided William Lescaze with a series of commissions that, considered together, constitute one of the largest, most varied, and most important bodies of work in his entire career.

Lescaze was responsible for the design of a major new broadcasting facility, the interior design of studio and office spaces, the design of a variety of studio furnishings such as microphones and clocks, the design of a mobile broadcasting vehicle, and the graphic design for CBS facilities across the country. A careful review of the material indicates that Lescaze made a major …

A Brief Survey Of Architectural Holdings At The Syracuse University Libraries, Werner Seligmann

The Courier

This article gives a brief look at the various holdings regarding modern architecture located at Syracuse University. Among special note are the Lescaze papers, which the rest of this Courier issue examines in detail.

William Lescaze Reconsidered, William H. Jordy

The Courier

This article gives a critical look to William Lescaze's architectural career. While he had early success, his later career seems to pale in comparison. Regardless, the author praises Lescaze for remaining eclectic and not adhering too strongly to the orthodoxy of modernism.

Foreward ; William Lescaze And The Rise Of Modern Design In America, Chester Soling, Dennis P. Doordan

The Courier

Foreword: On behalf of the Syracuse University Library Associates, I should like to say what a very great pleasure it is to welcome the Courier back into print. It began publication in 1958 and appeared regularly until two and a half years ago. Henceforward, it will come out twice annually, in the spring and in the fall. This issue, which comes to you in a new cover design and format, is unusual also in that it deals almost wholly with the career and influence of a single person, namely the architect William Lescaze (1896-1969), a major part of whose papers …

News Of The Library And Library Associates, From Courier, Vol.Xix, No.1, Spring 1984, Syracuse University Library Associates

The Courier

Spring Luncheon Meeting -- Recent Gifts of the Library Associates

Courier, Vol.Xix, No.1, Spring 1984, Syracuse University Library Associates

The Courier

Foreword / Chester Soling, Chairman of the Syracuse University Library Associates, p.5 -- WILLIAM LESCAZE AND THE RISE OF MODERN DESIGN IN AMERICA -- Preface / Dennis P. Doordan, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Tulane University, and Guest Editor, p.7 -- William Lescaze and the Machine Age / Arthur ]. Pulos, Pulos Design Associates, Inc., and Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University, p.9 -- William Lescaze and Hart Crane: A Bridge Between Architecture and Poetry / Lindsay Stamm Shapiro, Parsons School of Design, p.25 -- The "Modern" Skyscraper, 1931 / Carol Willis, Parsons School of Design, p.29 -- William Lescaze and CBS: A …

Puritanism: The Persistence Of A Myth, Leslie A. Fiedler

Syracuse Scholar (1979-1991)

A study of the impact on subsequent literature and criticism of the myth of American Puritanism invented in Victorian times and given its classic formulation by Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter.

"My Only Swerving": Sentimentality In Contemporary Poetry, Andrew Hudgins

Syracuse Scholar (1979-1991)

The article looks at several contemporary poems to see how they succumb to sentimentality in their treatment of nature, while William Stafford's "Traveling through the Dark" does not .

"Who Can Rule And Dare Not Lie": Tennyson's Bicameral King, Judith Weissman

Syracuse Scholar (1979-1991)

Tennyson's poetry is pervaded by the kinds of auditory hallucinations that Julian Jaynes describes in The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Tennyson begins in a late stage of Jaynes's history, with the voices of demons, and moves backward to Jaynes's point of origin, the admonitory voice of the tribal king .

Giving Up Music, W.D. Snodgrass

Syracuse Scholar (1979-1991)

The author describes how he gave up his studies in music, which thereupon assumed a dominant influence in his literary career.

The Poem As A Reservoir For Grief, Tess Gallagher

Syracuse Scholar (1979-1991)

America is a nation perhaps almost ready for the serious work of grieving. While other methods for handling grief often neglect or trivialize the occasion, poems remain able to carry the density of a complex synthesis of spiritual, intellectual, and emotional perceptions

Surrealism: Perspectives On The Avant-Garde, J.H. Matthews

Syracuse Scholar (1979-1991)

Tests the hypothesis that two forms of the avant-garde exist, the official and the unofficial.

The Waterfowl Tree, William Kittredge

Syracuse Scholar (1979-1991)

William Kittredge is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. His next book, We Are Not in This Together and Other Stones, will be published by Graywolf Press in April 1984 .

Tootsie, Feminism, And The Modern Self, C. Roland Wagner

Syracuse Scholar (1979-1991)

The movie Tootsie not only reflects increasing American tolerance of androgyny in both men and women, but also celebrates an old-fashioned ideal of self-discipline, an ideal implicit in a male incarcerating himself within the prison of femininity and learning from it . It is an achievement of the modernist temper.

Guide To Daily Correspondence Of The Coast, Rift Valley, Central And Northeastern Provinces : Kenya National Archives, Robert G. Gregory, Richard E. Lewis

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs - Former Departments, Centers, Institutes and Projects

The daily correspondence of the provincial and district officers of the East Africa Protectorate and Kenya Colony were microfilmed during the 1960s as part of a cooperative project between the Kenya National Archives and Syracuse University. … This guide was prepared at Syracuse University during 1982-84 under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is an index to the follow collections of daily correspondence:

Cost Province, 2nd series, 1894-1965: 150 reels

Central Province, 1888-1964: 71 reels (1-40, 61-91)

Rift Valley Province, 1894-1959: 61 reels

Northeastern Province, 1909-63: 46 reels