Raymond Baxter and Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden papers
name: label: Creator
content: Dowden, Raymond Baxter, 1905-1982
label: Creator
content: Dowden, Anne Ophelia Todd, 1907-
label: Creator
content: Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
label: Names
content: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Art School -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Yale Summer Art School (Norfolk, Conn.) -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Arnheim, Rudolf
label: Names
content: Starr, Floyd Elliot, 1883-1980
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content: Thomas, Byron, 1902-1978
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Botanical artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1978-1982 by Raymond Baxter Dowden and Anne Ophelia Dowden; and in 1990 and 2004 by Anne Dowden.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dowden, Raymond Baxter, 1905-1982
label: Creator
content: Dowden, Anne Ophelia Todd, 1907-
label: Creator
content: Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painters; New York, N.Y. Raymond Dowden taught design at Cooper Union Art School, New York, N.Y., and is known also for his calligraphy work. His wife, Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden, was a botanical artist. Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden died in 2007.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet ((microfilmed on 2 partial reels))
label: Extent
content: 12 Items (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dowdraym
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4884-4885 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, letter essays, writings, project files, printed material, works of art, and photographs primarily regarding Dowden's positions as head of the Design Department at Cooper Union Art School (CUAS) for 32 years and Director of the Yale summer art school in Norfolk, Connecticut. Also included are papers of Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 4884-4885: Biographical material consists of memorial tributes and obituaries, 1982. Correspondence, 1952-1980, is with friends and colleagues, primarily concerning the Cooper Union Art School and it's publications and projects, calligraphy, and the Yale-Norfolk art school, 1952-1982. Among the correspondents are Rudolf Arnheim, painter Byron Thomas, and Floyd Starr of the Starr Commonwealth for Boys, where Dowden had gone as a boy. Letters, written in essay form, 1955-1978, by Dowden regard Anne Ophelia's botanical drawing publications, his health concerns, travel plans, and general thoughts. Writings, ca. 1960, concern Dowden's philosophy of art in relation to CUAS.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are files regarding CUAS publications, Green Camp, Dowden's participation as an art juror, the Yale summer art school, and Byron Thomas's death and memorial service, 1978. Printed material, 1940-1976, includes exhibition announcements and catalogs, CUAS publications, newspaper and magazine clippings, and reproductions of Dowden's art work. Original art work by Raymond and Ophelia include ink drawings and pencil sketches. Photographs are of family and friends, works of art and exhibition installations, and friends while Dowden was a resident fellow at the Tiffany Foundation in 1929 and 1932.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Unmicrofilmed addition: Biographical material, writings, an outline of a book on design, exhibition announcements, printed material, and photographs.