Rutherford Boyd papers
name: label: Creator
content: Boyd, Rutherford, 1882-1951
label: Creator
content: Architectural League of New York
label: Names
content: Albers, Josef
label: Names
content: Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
label: Names
content: Blake, Elizabeth J.
label: Names
content: Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946
label: Names
content: Conrow, Wilford Seymour
label: Names
content: Edwards, Edward B., b. 1873
label: Names
content: Fiske, Edwin W.
label: Names
content: Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974
label: Names
content: Williams, J. Scott (John Scott), b. 1877
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New Jersey
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New Jersey
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- United States
label: Topic
content: Symmetry
label: Topic
content: Proportion (Art)
label: Topic
content: Design
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1984 by David Boyd, son of Rutherford Boyd.
creator: label: Creator
content: Boyd, Rutherford, 1882-1951
label: Creator
content: Architectural League of New York
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Magazine illustrator and sculptor; Leonia, New Jersey. Influenced by Jay Hambidge's theory of Dynamic Symmetry.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1900-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.boydruth
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical information; correspondence; writings; financial records; sketches; photographs; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical information on Rutherford, Harriet and Lydia Boyd; awards and membership certificates; correspondence (some illustrated) with Boyd's wife, Harriet A. Repplier Boyd, and other family members; letters from Josef Albers, Architectural League of New York, Alfred Barr, Elizabeth J. Blake, Claude Bragdon, Central Manual Training School, Philadelphia, Wilford S. Conrow, Edward B. Edwards, Edwin W. Fiske, Leon Kroll, J. Scott Williams and others; and letters of condolence to Boyd's widow; a photocopy of a letter to David Boyd from Conway Scott Williams regarding Dynamic Symmetry; a subject file on the film "Parabola" by Boyd; manuscripts and typescripts of articles by Boyd on design theory; financial documentations and legal records; 2 poems, "Harriet" and Catching the Cat"; sketches; annotated illustration proofs; exhibition announcements and catalogs; photographs of Boyd and his work; and miscellaneous printed materials.