Richard Mower video collection
name: label: Creator
content: Mower, Richard
label: Names
content: Montgomery College. Rockville Campus
topic: label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- Maryland -- Rockville
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Maryland -- Rockville
label: Topic
content: American studio craft movement
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Richard Mower video collection was donated in 2001 by Richard Mower as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mower, Richard
setName: label: See more items in
content: Richard Mower video collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Richard Mower video collection measures 10.0 linear feet and dates between 1977 and 1982. The video collection is comprised of 77 recordings of the "Making it in Clay" workshop series held at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland. Mower intended to use the recordings for classroom instruction and future projects, but, upon retirement, opted not to pursue them. Some of the presenters include: Ralph Bacerra, Tom Coleman, Ruth Duckworth, Toshiko Takaezu, Steve Howell, Juan Quesada, and Byron Temple. Also included is a folder of "Make it in Clay" posters.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Richard Mower was a ceramicist and professor at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mowerich
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2020. Additional finding aid description of the video recordings was completed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2024.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Some of the video recordings in the collection were digitized for research access and are available at Archives of American Art offices.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Richard Mower video collection measures 10.0 linear feet and dates between 1977 and 1982. The video collection is comprised of 77 recordings of the "Making it in Clay" workshop series held at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland. Mower intended to use the recordings for classroom instruction and future projects, but, upon retirement, opted not to pursue them. Some of the presenters include: Ralph Bacerra, Tom Coleman, Ruth Duckworth, Toshiko Takaezu, Steve Howell, Juan Quesada, and Byron Temple. Also included is a folder of "Make it in Clay" posters.