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Series 2 | A Finding Aid to the S. Lane Faison papers, 1922-1981, bulk 1950-1976

S. Lane Faison papers, 1922-1981, bulk 1950-1976

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Series 2: Writings, 1928-1979
1.7 linear feet
Box 1-2, 7

Faison's writings date from his days as a student and continue through his career as a professor. Found here are eighteen college notebooks, typescript drafts of lectures and articles, and clippings of published articles. There are also typescript drafts, illustrations and a correction copy of his book

Handbook of the Collection: Williams College Museum of Art

, in addition to a few papers and notes for a book on Manet.

This series is arranged as 5 subseries:

Subseries 2.1: Student Notebooks, 1928-1931

Subseries 2.2: Lecture Notes, 1946-1976

Subseries 2.3: Typescript Drafts, circa 1950-1976

Subseries 2.4: Publications, 1932-1970

Subseries 2.5: Books, circa 1954, 1978-1979

2.1:Student Notebooks, 1928-1931

Description

Container

Honors Work in Art, Vol. I, 1928

1

7

Honors Work in Art, Vol. II, 1929

1

8

Honors Work in Art, Vol. III, 1929

1

9

Fine Arts II, 1929

1

10

Fine Arts 5c, 1929

1

11

Fine Arts 5b: Renaissance Sculpture, 1929-1930

1

12

Fine Arts 5f: British Painting, 1930

1

13

Fine Arts 8a: Theory Design, circa 1930

1

14

Fine Arts 9c, circa 1930

1

15

Fine Arts 15 d: Baroque Architecture, circa 1930

1

16

Classical Archaeology 1a, 1930

1

17

Classical Archaeology 1b: Roman, 1930

1

18

Sculpture of the Cinquecento, 1930-1931

1

19

Art 201, 1930-1931

1

20

Venetian Painting; Development of Medieval Style, 1930-1931

1

21

Hellenistic Art, 1931

1

22

Oriental Art, 1931

2

1

Northern Renaissance, 1931

2

2

2.2:Lecture Notes, 1946-1976

Description

Container

Impressionists, 1946

2

3

German Tour; Sex in U.S. Art; European Trip, circa 1950-1976

2

4

Dutch Art, 1953

2

5

Ideals of American Painting, 1955-1971

2

6

Modern Art: Appearance and Reality, 1957-1968

2

7

Daumier and Corbet, 1959-1960

2

8

Freshman Talk, circa 1960-1976

2

9

Picasso, circa 1964

2

10

2.3:Typescript Drafts, circa 1950-1976, bulk 1956-1961

Description

Container

Transcript for a "Radio Talk on Paul Cezanne", circa 1950-1973

2

11

"The Artist Speaks to His Time", circa 1950-1976

2

12

"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", 1953, 1957

2

13

"Art, Art History, and the Liberal Arts", 1957

2

14

"Fashions in Learning: The History of Art", 1957

2

15

Dedication of William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, 1958

2

16

Dedication of the Kresge Art Center, 1959

2

17

Dedication of the Colby College Art Center, 1959

2

18

"Education and the Arts", 1960

2

19

"American Paintings: From the Nourishing Roots", 1961

2

20

"Museum Philosophy", 1965

2

21

"MFA Boston: The Rathbone Years", circa 1972

2

22

"George Washington and Gilbert Stuart", 1975

2

23

2.4:Publications, 1932-1970

Description

Container

"Barna and Bartolo di Fredi", 1932

2

24

"A Gothic Processional Cross in the Museo Cristiano", 1935

2

25

"A Gothic Reliquary in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City", 1936

2

26

Book Reviews by Faison, 1940, 1954-1970

Oversized material housed in Box 7, Folder 1.

2

27

The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery

, 1941

2

28

"Survivances et Reveils", 1947

2

29

"Fact and Art in Charles Delmuth", 1950

2

30

"Honore Daumier's Third Class Railway Carriage", circa 1950

2

31

Art in America

foreword, 1954

2

32

Smith College Museum of Art Bulletin, 1954-1955

2

33

Apollo

, December 1968 Issue, 1968

Oversized material housed in Box 7, Folder 2.

2

34

Apollo

, December 1969 Issue, 1969

Oversized material housed in Box 7, Folder 3.

2

35

Oversized Art Bulletin, 1970

Oversized material from Box 2, Folder 27.

7

1

Oversized Apollo Magazine, 1968

Oversized material from Box 2, Folder 34.

7

2

Oversized Apollo Magazine, 1969

Oversized material from Box 2, Folder 35.

7

3

2.5:Books, 1978-1979, circa 1954

Found here are documents concerning two books written by Faison. There is one folder relating to a pocket book edition on Édouard Manet written by Faison. The remaining files are on Faison's

Handbook of the Collection: Williams College Museum of Art

, including three drafts, a compilation of images for publication, and a print edition on which "SLF correction copy" has been written on the cover in ink. None of the drafts for the book are dated. .

Description

Container

Manet Book Notes, circa 1954

2

36

Typescript Draft 1 for

Handbook of the Collection

, 1978

2

37

Typescript Draft 2 for

Handbook of the Collection

, 1978

2

38

Typescript Draft 3 for

Handbook of the Collection

, circa 1978

2

39

Illustrations for

Handbook of the Collection

, circa 1978

2

40

Handbook of the Collection: Williams College Museum of Art

, 1979

2

41

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