Belle Kogan papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kogan, Belle, 1902-2000
label: Names
content: Quaker Silver Co. (Attleboro, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Red Wing Potteries
label: Names
content: Rice, Helen
topic: label: Occupation
content: Designers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Industrial designers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women designers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Belle Kogan papers were donated in 1990 and 1993 by Belle Kogan.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kogan, Belle, 1902-2000
setName: label: See more items in
content: Belle Kogan papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of industrial designer Belle Kogan measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1920 to circa 1990. The collection documents Kogan's career through correspondence, lecture typescripts, photographs, drawings and printed material documenting Kogan's designs for various companies, and six sketchbooks.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Belle Kogan (1902-2000) was an industrial designer in New York, New York, and was known as a pioneer in her field. She owned a design studio in New York City from 1930 to 1970 where she created houseware designs for prominent companies such as Quaker Silver, Red Wing Potteries, and many others.

Kogan was born in Russia in 1902 and immigrated to the United States in 1906 with her family. She was interested in art at an early age and studied to be a painter. Influenced by manufacturers she met at her father's jewelry store, she became aware of her design abilities. She worked briefly as a color consultant for a plastics company before joining Quaker Silver. The company sent her to Germany in 1930 to study the manufacturing of glass and silver in that region of Europe. After 40 years, Kogan closed her New York studio and spent time in Israel working for K.V. Design. She retired from designing professionally in 1972.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-circa 1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kogabell
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Series 1: Belle Kogan Papers, 1920-circa 1990 (0.6 linear feet; Box 1, OVs 2-3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2022.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of industrial designer Belle Kogan measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1920 to circa 1990. The collection contains correspondence, lecture typescripts and related materials, and drawings of designs and the body. Also found are photographs and photocopies of drawings by Kogan, photographs and printed materials featuring Kogan's designs for the companies Boontonware and Red Wing Potteries, two catalogs for the Belle Kogan Associates retrospective exhibition, and a copy of a thesis on Kogan by Helen Rice. One photographic print is of Kogan's studio art class at Winold Reiss Studio in New York City in 1928 and six sketchbooks are from Kogan's art classes in Germany and include her work with Quaker Silver.