Stanley H. Witmeyer papers
name: label: Creator
content: Witmeyer, Stanley Herbert, 1913-2011
label: Names
content: Rochester Institute of Technology -- Faculty
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- Rochester
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- Rochester
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1985 by Witmeyer.
creator: label: Creator
content: Witmeyer, Stanley Herbert, 1913-2011
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art school director; Rochester, N.Y. Served as Director of the School of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1952-1968, and as Associate Dean, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1968-1973.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.witmstan
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical data, correspondence, Iroquois Art Association file, lectures, writings, printed materials and photographs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical data, including a proof page for WHO'S WHO and a faculty evaluation for Witmeyer by the Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology; correspondence mostly regarding Witmeyer's career, achievements and other professional matters; Iroquois Art Association file containing correspondence, notices of meetings, membership lists, and questionnaires; the texts for two undated lectures: "The Challenge to Art Education," and "The Graphic Communicator";
label: Scope and Contents
content: miscellaneous writings, including "A Program for a Graphic Communications Curriculum," "A Proposal for a Program School of Art and Design/Rochester Institute of Technology," "The Arts and Crafts in Retrospect in this 150th Anniversary of the Rochester Institute of Technology,"; printed materials including clippings and a copy of Witmeyer's A SEARCH FOR MEANING, published in 1961; and 7 photographs of Witmeyer. Also includes correspondence, reports, proposals for space requirements, moving plans for a new campus for the Rochester Institute of Technology.