Charles Fergus Binns papers
name: label: Creator
content: Binns, Charles Fergus, 1857-1934
label: Names
content: American Ceramic Society
label: Names
content: American Federation of Arts
label: Names
content: Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists
label: Topic
content: Ceramics
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Charles Fergus Binns papers consist of three sections, each given to the New York State College of Ceramics by different donors. Biographical materials and photographs were donated by Binns grandchildren. The "Office Files" of the collection, which primarily contain general correspondence, were discovered on the ceramic school campus in March, 1981, by W. Richard Ott, Dean of the College, and placed in the College Archives. The lectures, speeches, and writings (listed on the Alfred University inventory as "Manuscripts and Typescripts") were given circa 1978 by John McMahon, former Dean of the College.
label: Provenance
content: Correspondence for the years 1910-1920 has not been found, except for the letters between Binns and Adelaide and Samuel Robineau from 1914 to 1920. In addition, no letters from Binns, filed under A-L, have been located for the year 1922. Only selected portions of the lectures, speeches, and writings have been filmed. Technical correspondence, correspondence with prospective students, and requests for clay analyses have not been filmed.
creator: label: Creator
content: Binns, Charles Fergus, 1857-1934
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content: Charles Fergus Binns papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles Fergus Binns (1857-1934) was a ceramist, educator, and art administrator. From 1900 until his retirement in 1931, Charles F. Binns was Director of the New York State School of Clayworking and Ceramics at Alfred University. Binns was a frequent contributor to ceramic periodicals and publications including monthly columns of technical advice. He helped found the American Ceramics Society in 1899 and served as its president in 1901 and secretary from 1918 to 1922. Among the awards Binns received for his work in art pottery and glazes are the Logan Medal from the Art Institute of Chicage in 1919 and the Medal of the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts in 1922.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1875-1934
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.binnchar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Correspondence is organized chronologically and then alphabetically within each year or group of years.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3606 through 3611 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical materials, including an autobiographical sketch, brief biographies by family members, and certificates of naturalization and membership; correspondence, 1897-1931, with family members, ceramic manufacturers, potters, art educators, museum curators and administrators, and former students; subject files on: the American Ceramic Society, the Charles Fergus Binns Medal; Ceramic Alumni Association, and exhibitions of Binns' work. Subject files include correspondence, meetings minutes, and printed materials. Also included are lectures and speeches by Binns; writings; and 10 photographs, undated & 1901-1935, of Binns and of his works of art.