Viktor Schreckengost papers, 1929-1954

Schreckengost, Viktor, b. 1906
Painter, Sculptor, Designer, Ceramicist
Ohio

Collection size: 60 items (on partial microfilm reel)
ADDITION: 0.5 linear ft.

Collection Summary: Correspondence, photographs, works of art and printed material regarding Schreckengost's dinnerware designs.

REEL 1078: Photographs of Schreckengost's sculptures and china designs; and three scrapbooks containing letters, clippings and exhibition announcements.

ADDITION: Correspondence between Schreckengost and the American Limoges China Company, 1933-1947; photographs of dinnerware production lines; publicity photographs of Schreckengosts dinnerware designs, and one of Schreckengost with Kate Smith, 1936; sketches of dinnerware forms; eight color renderings of "refrigerator ware" and dinnerware by Schreckengost; clippings from newspapers, magazines, and trade publications featuring Schreckengosts designs; and miscellany.

Biographical/Historical Note: Viktor Schreckengost (1906-) is a ceramist from Ohio.

Material on reel 1078 lent for microfilming 1975 by Viktor Schreckengost. Additional material donated by the Victor Schreckengost Foundation via executive director Chip Nowacek in 2006.

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