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Ceramics Department Records, 1911-1999
Collection Overview
Title: Ceramics Department Records, 1911-1999
ID: UA010
Extent: 17.0 Linear Feet
Subjects: Art, University of North Dakota - Academic Departments
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Ceramics Department Records date from 1911 to 1999 and are divided into seven series as follows:
Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1989
Series 2: Sales Records, 1912-1973
Series 3: Glazes, 1913-1960
Series 4: Kiln Records, 1913-1952
Series 5: Student Records, 1911-1961
Series 6: Faculty Records, 1911-1950
Series 7: Miscellaneous, 1927-1999
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Ceramics Department Records. UA 10, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Processing Information: The collection was re-processed and re-organized by Curt Hanson in May 2020.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1989],
[Series 2: Sales Records, 1912-1973],
[Series 3: Glazes, 1913-1960],
[Series 4: Kiln Records, 1913-1952],
[Series 5: Student Records, 1911-1961],
[Series 6: Faculty Records, 1911-1950],
[Series 7: Miscellaneous, 1927-1999],
[All]
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1989
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Correspondence - Margaret Kelly Cable
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1911-1915
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1916-1919
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1920-1921
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1922
- Folder 6: Correspondence, January-June 1923
- Folder 7: Correspondence, August-December 1923
- Folder 8: Correspondence, January-May 1924
- Folder 9: Correspondence, June-December 1924
- Folder 10: Correspondence, 1925
- Folder 11: Correspondence, 1926
- Folder 12: Correspondence, January-February 1927
- Folder 13: Correspondence, March-April 1927
- Folder 14: Correspondence, May-June 1927
- Folder 15: Correspondence, July-October 1927
- Folder 16: Correspondence, November-December 1927
- Folder 17: Correspondence, January-March 1928
- Folder 18: Correspondence, April-July 1928
- Folder 19: Correspondence, August-December 1928
- Folder 20: Correspondence, January-September 1929
- Folder 21: Correspondence, October-December 1929
- Folder 22: Correspondence, January-May 1930
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Correspondence, June-December 1930
- Folder 2: Correspondence, January-May 1931
- Folder 3: Correspondence, June-October 1931
- Folder 4: Correspondence, November-December 1931
- Folder 5: Correspondence, January-May 1932
- Folder 6: Correspondence, June-December 1932
- Folder 7: Correspondence, January-April 1933
- Folder 8: Correspondence, May-September 1933
- Folder 9: Correspondence, October 1933
- Folder 10: Correspondence, November-December 1933
- Folder 11: Correspondence - Century of Progress, 1933
- Folder 12: Correspondence, January-March 1934
- Folder 13: Correspondence, April-May 1934
- Folder 14: Correspondence, June-October 1934
- Folder 15: Correspondence, November-December 1934
- Folder 16: Correspondence, January-March 1935
- Folder 17: Correspondence, April-May 1935
- Folder 18: Correspondence, June-July 1935
- Folder 19: Correspondence, August-October 1935
- Folder 20: Correspondence, November-December 1935
- Folder 21: Correspondence, January-February 1936
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Correspondence, March-April 1936
- Folder 2: Correspondence, May-June 1936
- Folder 3: Correspondence, July-August 1936
- Folder 4: Correspondence, September-October 1936
- Folder 5: Correspondence, November-December 1936
- Folder 6: Correspondence, January-March 1937
- Folder 7: Correspondence, April-July 1937
- Folder 8: Correspondence, August-December 1937
- Folder 9: Correspondence, January-March 1938
- Folder 10: Correspondence, April-July 1938
- Folder 11: Correspondence, August-December 1938
- Folder 12: Correspondence, January-April 1939
- Folder 13: Correspondence, May-December 1939
- Folder 14: Correspondence, January-June 1940
- Folder 15: Correspondence, July-December 1940
- Folder 16: Correspondence, 1941
- Folder 17: Correspondence, 1942
- Folder 18: Correspondence, 1943
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Correspondence, January-May 1944
- Folder 2: Correspondence, June-December 1944
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1945
- Folder 4: Correspondence, 1946
- Folder 5: Correspondence, 1947
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1948
- Folder 7: Correspondence, 1949-1950
- Folder 8: Correspondence, 1951
- Folder 9: Correspondence, 1962-1967
- Folder 10: Correspondence regarding origins of pottery pieces, 1966-1989
- Folder 11: Correspondence, 1970-1973
- Series 2: Sales Records, 1912-1973
- Box 4
- Folder 12: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1922-1934
- Folder 13: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1935-1937
- Folder 14: Invoices, receipts and sales, January-May 1938
- Folder 15: Invoices, receipts and sales, June-December 1938
- Folder 16: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1939-1940
- Folder 17: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1941-1942
- Folder 18: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1943-1944
- Folder 19: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1945-1951
- Folder 20: Invoices, receipts and sales, 1952-1960
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Exhibits sent out, 1926-1930
- Folder 2: Orders for trophies, 1927-1940
- Folder 3: Christmas Gifts to Board Members, 1943-1948
- Folder 4: Pottery sales and monthly sales reports (1912-1933); Panama Pacific Exposition list (1915)
- Folder 5: Pottery sales and monthly sales reports, 1934-1939
- Ledger 1: Pottery record book, #50 - #348, 1918-1923
- Ledger 2: Pottery record book, #349 - #729, 1924-1927
- Ledger 3: Pottery record book, #1 - #1300, 1927-1931
- Ledger 4: Pottery record book, #1301 - #2099, 1931-1932
- Ledger 5: Pottery record book, #2100 - #3294, 1930-1934
- Box 6
- Ledger 1: Pottery record book, #3295 - #5056, 1934-1937
- Ledger 2: "Mr. Spencer" Record Book: #1 - #50, 1938-1939
- Pottery made for Mr. Spencer was sold on commission throughout North Dakota, as well as neighboring states
- Ledger 3: "Mr. Spencer" Record Book: #51 - #132, 1939-1942
- Pottery made for Mr. Spencer was sold on commission throughout North Dakota, as well as neighboring states
- Ledger 4: "Mr. Spencer" Record Book: #133 - #248, 1942-1948
- Pottery made for Mr. Spencer was sold on commission throughout North Dakota, as well as neighboring states
- Ledger 5: Freida L. Hammers Record Book: #1 - #497, 1927-1929
- Ledger 6: Freida L. Hammers Record Book: #498 - #999, 1930-1937
- Ledger 7: Freida L. Hammers Record Book: #1000 - #1299, 1937-1939
- Ledger 8: Freida L. Hammers Record Book: #1300 - #1370, 1938
- Ledger 9: Julia Mattson Record Book: #1 - #133, 1940-1942
- Folder 1: Laura Taylor Record Book: #1 - #100, 1932-1933
- Folder 2: Laura Taylor Record Book: #101 - #209, 1933
- Box 7
- Box 8
- Series 3: Glazes, 1913-1960
- Box 8
- Folder 8: Correspondence-Glazing
- Folder 9: Inventory of Glaze Material (1922-1933) and Slip Cards (1924-1958)
- Folder 10: Instructional Material
- Folder 11: Book of Glazes, 1913-1917
- Folder 12: Book of Glazes, 1917-1921
- Folder 13: Glaze Records, 1922-1925
- Folder 14: Glaze Records, 1926
- Folder 15: Glaze Records, 1927-1928
- Folder 16: Glaze Records, 1929-1930
- Folder 17: Book of Glazes, 1934-1936
- Box 9
- Folder 1: Book of Glazes, 1921-1935
- Folder 2: Glaze Records, 1932-1937
- Folder 3: Glaze Records, 1938
- Folder 4: Book of Glazes, 1936-1939
- Folder 5: Glaze Records, 1939
- Folder 6: Glaze Records, 1942-1944
- Folder 7: Book of Glazes, 1960
- Folder 8: "Old Record" Book of Glazes, 1914-1923
- Folder 9: "Old Record" Book of Glazes, 1919-1923
- Item 1: "Old Record" Book of Glazes, 1923-1934
- Folder 10: Book of Glazes (3 ring binder), 1939-1949
- Folder 11: Cost Data on Glazes
- Folder 12: Glazes
- Folder 13: Miscellaneous
- Folder 14: "Glazes" 3 Ring Binder
- Donated by Minnie Grantier, Mandan, North Dakota. Her husband, Charles Grantier, was a designer of Dickota Pottery.
- Series 4: Kiln Records, 1913-1952
- Box 10
- Folder 1: Tests, 1913-1916
- Folder 2: Tests, 1936-1939
- Folder 3: Tests, 1937
- Folder 4: Kiln Records, 1927-1929
- Folder 5: Kiln Records, 1932-1936
- Folder 6: Kiln Records, 1934-1938
- Folder 7: Kiln Records, 1938-1939
- Folder 8: Kiln Records, 1942-1945
- Folder 9: Kiln Records, 1946-1948
- Folder 10: Kiln Records, 1947-1948
- Folder 11: Kiln Records, 1948-1952
- Series 5: Student Records, 1911-1961
- Box 10
- Folder 12: Professor Margaret Kelly Cable Class Records, 1911-1920
- Folder 13: Professor Margaret Kelly Cable Class Records, 1920-1930
- Folder 14: Professor Margaret Kelly Cable Class Records, 1930-1946
- Folder 15: Professor Julia Mattson Class Records, 1945-1956
- Folder 16: Professor Margaret Pachl Class Records, 1949-1961
- Box 11
- Series 6: Faculty Records, 1911-1950
- Box 11
- Folder 3: Budge, William E.
- Folder 4: Cable, Margaret Kelly - Faculty Directory Cards
- Folder 5: Cable, Margaret Kelly - Articles
- Item 1: "The Development of Ceramic Work at the University of North Dakota," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 1922
- Item 2: "Pots and Pines, a Decorative Problem for the Artist Potter," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 1925
- Item 3: "Pottery from North Dakota Clays," UND Division of Mines Circular, 1926
- Item 4: "Featuring North Dakota Industries: Advantage Being Taken at University of North Dakota of State's Remarkable Natural Resources," Great Northern Semaphore, 1927
- Item 5: "Post-War Ceramic Opportunities in North Dakota," North Dakota Engineer, 1945
- Folder 6: Cable, Margaret Kelly - "Instruction sheets for making and firing of simple unglazed primitive pottery suitable for rural schools, high schools, camp and club projects"
- Folder 7: Hammers, Freida
- Folder 8: Mattson, Julia
- Folder 9: Pachl, Margaret - Exhibition List, Carrington, North Dakota, 1950
- Folder 10: Miscellaneous Biographical Data on Departmental Faculty
- Folder 11: Class Handouts
- Folder 12: Class Handout - "Handbuilding and Modeling - Beginners" (3 ring binder)
- Donated by Jane Fredlund, daughter of Helen Fredlund, class of 1936
- Folder 13: "Old Talks for Club Women"
"The contents of this package, listed below, is the property of the Ceramics Department, School of Mines, University of North Dakota. Kindly check carefully upon receipt and before sending on."
Photographs and hand-outs for public presentations by faculty
- Series 7: Miscellaneous, 1927-1999
- Box 11
- Folder 14: "From North Dakota Clay" by M. Beatrice Johnstone, The Independent Woman, June 1927
- Folder 15: "Nodak Clay Valuable for Pottery" by M. Beatrice Johnstone, UND Alumni Magazine, July 1927
- Folder 16: "The Clay Resources of North Dakota" by William McKinney, 1952
- Folder 17: "Clay Research at the University of North Dakota" by Oscar Manz, North Dakota Engineer, January 1954
- Folder 18: "University of North Dakota Pottery" by Darlene Dommel, Spinning Wheel, June 1973
- Folder 19: "North Dakota School of Mines," Kovel's Collector's Guide to American Art Pottery, 1974
- Folder 20: University of North Dakota Pottery: the Cable Years by Margaret Libby Barr, Donald Miller, and Robert Barr, 1977
- Folder 21: "Permanent Pottery Collection Enhanced by Donation of Early UND Pieces," UND Alumni Magazine, June 1984
- Folder 22: "Prairie Pottery," Grand Forks Herald, May 21, 1999
- Folder 23: "The Origin of Clay," 4th State Geological Survey Report by C.H. Clapp
- Folder 24: American Ceramics Society (1917-1932); American Federation of Arts (1931-1932); American Art Week (1946-1947)
- Folder 25: "Clay Testing Laboratory"
- Folder 26: Pine Ridge
- Folder 27: WPA
- Box 12
- Item 1: Glass Plate Negatives - "Coal Production"
- Item 2: Glass Plate Negatives - "Mixed Cultural Glass Slides"
- Item 3: Glass Plate Negatives - "Ceramics/Pottery Glass Slides. about 1926 or 1927"
- Item 4: Note Cards Holder - "Pottery and Illustrative Material in Ceramic Dept."
- Folder 1: Glass Plate Negatives - "Pottery Displays"
- Folder 2: Glass Plate Negatives - "Pottery Displays"
- Folder 3: Glass Plate Negatives - "Pottery with Margaret Cable"
- Folder 4: Glass Plate Negatives - "Pottery Displays"
- Box 13
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1989],
[Series 2: Sales Records, 1912-1973],
[Series 3: Glazes, 1913-1960],
[Series 4: Kiln Records, 1913-1952],
[Series 5: Student Records, 1911-1961],
[Series 6: Faculty Records, 1911-1950],
[Series 7: Miscellaneous, 1927-1999],
[All]