Elizabeth Cowan papers relating to the Keramic Society and Design Guild of New York
name: label: Creator
content: Cowan, Elizabeth
label: Creator
content: Keramic Society and Design Guild of New York
label: Creator
content: Keramic Society and Design Guild of New York
label: Names
content: Keramic Society of Greater New York
label: Names
content: Knobloch, Isabelle S., b. 1879
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artisans -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
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content: Women artists
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content: Women ceramicists
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1965 by Elizabeth Cowan.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cowan, Elizabeth
label: Creator
content: Keramic Society and Design Guild of New York
label: Creator
content: Keramic Society and Design Guild of New York
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Cowan was President of the Keramic Society and Design Guild of New York,1948-1952.The Society was founded in 1912 as the Keramic Society of Greater New York to promote better design in decoration of china. It expanded it's goals to include textiles and allied design and was renamed in 1924.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 28 Items ((on partial microfilm))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1912-1952
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cowaeliz
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2802 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Constitution and history of the Keramic Society and Design Guild of New York, as well as printed material including pamphlets, a clipping, and a membership list for 1938, 13 photographs of exhibitions, most occurring in 1927, and one of Isabelle Knobloch, a founder of the Society; and four photographs of the Washington Square Art Show, ca. 1935.