Ralph Rosenthal papers
name: label: Creator
content: Rosenthal, Ralph, 1912-2003
label: Names
content: Chaet, Bernard -- Photographs
label: Names
content: Kay, Reed -- Photographs
label: Names
content: Kramer, Jack -- Photographs
label: Names
content: Lebrecht, Alma -- Photographs
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Jewish artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1998 by Ralph Rosenthal.
creator: label: Creator
content: Rosenthal, Ralph, 1912-2003
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, ceramist, art educator; Boston, Mass. Rosenthal attended the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston school while in high school, and later taught there. He received a Master's degree in Education from Boston University in 1936, and taught in the Boston school system from 1936-1976, rising from key teacher of high school students to supervisor of art for the entire system in 1966. Many of his students went on to become notable artists.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (partial microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.roseralp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 5321 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lender, Ralph Rosenthal, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: One letter from David Aronson, 1996 and one letter of recommendation, 1996; a poem by Rosenthal, "Disillusion," written in 1936 and printed ca. 1938, in reaction to his dismissal as an art teacher at Medford Senior High, apparently because he was Jewish; a clipping from the Boston Globe ,1941, on his art classes; and five photographs of Rosenthal and family and of art classes taught by Rosenthal and others, including Alma Lebrecht, Reed Kay, Bernard Chaet, and Jack Kramer. The materials relate primarily to his teaching career at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Boston school system.