Haystack Mountain School of Crafts records
name: label: Creator
content: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
label: Names
content: Bishop, Mary B., 1885-1972
label: Names
content: Merritt, Francis Sumner, 1913-2000
topic: label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Handicraft
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1982 by the University of Maine at Orono.
creator: label: Creator
content: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Craft and art school; Deer Isle, Me.
function: label: Function
content: Art Schools -- Maine -- Deer Isle
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5,000 Items ((on 7 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.haysmoun
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm rolls 2416-2422 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in University of Maine at Orono, Orono, Maine.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, with letters to Mary Bishop, founder of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Francis Sumner Merritt, director of the school, his wife Priscilla, and copies of letters sent; organizational records including by-laws for the school, annual reports, meeting minutes, financial data, course outlines, and faculty lists; a file kept by Mary Bishop with records and writings concerning the school; two scrapbooks containing clippings, school catalogs and announcements, letters and memorabilia; printed material clippings, catalogs, and biographical data on Francis Sumner Merritt; and 16 photographs of works of art and exhibition installations.