HISTORY 4811 (2059) / 6943 (2073)                                   Prof. T.E. Leary

Practicum in Historic Preservation                                                    DeBartolo 530

Fall 2001                                                                                 330-742-1611

M-W-F                                                                                                   indresearch@hotmail.com

2 – 2:50 pm                                                                                            Office Hours:

                                                                                                                                Tues.,  3:30-4:30

                                                                                                                                Wed., 10-12

                                                                                                                                Thur.,  10-12

                                                                                                                                Or by appointment

 

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

This class provides instruction  and experience in historic preservation education. Our project for this term involves collaboration with the Mahoning Valley Historical Society. Students will utilize MVHS collections and other resources in conducting research leading to a potential exhibit or exhibit-related publication.

 

The subject for this term is the Wilford P. and Olive F.A. Arms residence, “Greystone,” at 648 Wick Avenue in Youngstown. Now operated as a museum by MVHS,  the house is an outstanding example of Arts and Crafts design which retains many of its original features on the first floor along with some significant subsequent modifications.

 

Research projects will explore the process of designing the house (a collaboration between Olive Arms and the architects) as well as its contents and setting. Documentary source materials at MVHS include: original blueprints, sketches by the client,  photo scrapbooks,  and some narrative accounts. In addition to the house itself, physical evidence includes furnishings and decorative arts, both on display and in collections storage.

Students will also explore other potential sources of information, including tracking down the successor(s) of the Cleveland architectural firm commissioned by Olive Arms and exploring possible connections with the well-known California partnership of Greene and Greene.

 

The class will therefore be contributing to to the development of a future exhibit or publication on the history, design and significance of  Greystone  which may be incorporated into the long-range plans of MVHS. The immediate goal of the present project will be to prepare a group of essays that can be distilled into a small guidebook or booklet about the house.

 

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

 

Gain experience in the process of developing museum exhibits and publications.

Explore issues involved in presenting the results of scholarly research to the general public.

Develop the ability to write for diverse audiences.

Work with a variety of documentary and artifactual source materials.

 

 

COURSE PROCEDURES

 

Introductory lectures: museum exhibits and public history/ the Arts and Crafts movement

Site visit: house tour and archives

Establish procedures for MVHS collections use

Form research/ writing teams

Develop work plans

Periodic class meetings to discuss research progress and problems

Present draft reports (joint meeting with MVHS staff)

Present revised reports (joint meeting with MVHS staff)

 

 

 

RESERVE  READINGS (Maag Library)

 

Anscombe, Isabelle. ARTS AND CRAFTS IN BRITAIN IN AMERICA (New York: Van Nostrand, 1983)

 

 Cumming, Elizabeth and Wendy Kaplan. THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT (London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991)

 

THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN AMERICA 1876-1916, ed. Robert Judson Clark (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992 [1972)

 

Massey, James C. and Shirley Maxwell.  ARTS AND CRAFTS DESIGN IN AMERICA: A STATE-BY-STATE GUIDE (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998)

 

TOWARD A SIMPLER WAY OF LIFE: THE ARTS AND CRAFTS ARCHITECTS OF CALIFORNIA, ed. ROBERT WINTER (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997)

 

OTHER SELECTED READINGS ON ARTS AND CRAFTS (all in Maag Library catalogue)

 

ART AND THE NATIONAL DREAM: THE SEARCH FOR VERNACULAR EXPRESSION IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY DESIGN, ed. Nicola Gordon Bowe (Blackrock, Ireland: Irish Academic Press, 1993)

 

Boris, Eileen. ART AND LABOR: RUSKIN, MORRIS AND THE CRAFTSMAN IDEAL IN AMERICA (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1986)

 

Davey, Peter J.. ARTS AND CRAFTS ARCHITECTURE (London: Phaidon, 1995)

 

Duchsch, Paul. THE BUNGALOW: AMERICA’S ARTS AND CRAFTS HOME (New York: Penguin Studio, 1995)

 

Green, Nancy E. ARTHUR WESLEY DOW AND AMERICAN ARTS AND CRAFTS (New York: American Federation of Arts, 2000)

 

Hewitt, Mark A. GUSTAV STICKLEY’S CRAFTSMAN FARMS (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2001)

 

Lambourne, Lionel. UTOPIAN CRAFTSMEN: THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT FROM THE COTSWOLDS TO CHICAGO (Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1980)

 

Lucie-Smith, Edward. THE STORY OF CRAFT: THE CRAFTSMAN’S ROLE IN SOCIETY (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1981)

 

Makinson, Randall L. GREENE AND GREENE (Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1977-1979), 2v.

 

Richardson, Margaret. THE CRAFT ARCHITECTS (New York: Rizzoli, 1983)

 

Sanders, Barry. A COMPLEX FATE: GUSTAV STICKLEY AND THE CRAFTSMAN MOVEMENT (Washington, DC: Preservation Press, 1996)

 

Smith, Mary Ann. GUSTAV STICKLEY: THE CRAFTSMAN (New York: Dover, 1992)

 

Stansky, Peter. REDESIGNING THE WORLD: WILLIAM MORRIS, THE  1880s AND THE ARTS AND CRAFTS (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1985)