Finding Aid of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Black Mountain College Research Project,
Research Files , 61.12.2
Abstract
The Black Mountain College Research Project (BMCRP) was conducted by the North Carolina
Museum of Art from May 1, 1970 - February 14, 1973 and funded primarily by two grants
from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The purpose of the project was
to gather information and materials for an exhibit on Black Mountain College and its
contributions to the arts in the United States.
The Research Files (Subseries 2) of the Black Mountain College Research Project were
created by project staff for their own use in preparing for the exhibit. Most of the
materials in these files are photocopies of items located in the Black Mountain College
Records. Once photocopies were made they were rearranged by project staff into subject
categories, which are in many cases different from those found in the college records.
However, since the focus of the project was only on the arts at BMC, the research
files as gathered by the BMCRP do not reflect the total scope of information that
is available in the Black Mountain College Records.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- North Carolina Museum of Art, Black Mountain College Research Project, Research Files
- Call Number
- 61.12.2
- Creator
-
North Carolina Museum of Art
- Extent
- 17.00 boxes, 6.80 cubic feet
- Language
-
English
- Repository
-
State Archives of North Carolina
Restrictions on Access & Use
Use Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of these materials, or their descendants, as
stipulated by United States copyright law (Title 17 US Code). Individual researchers
are responsible for using these materials in conformance with copyright law as well
as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], 61.12.2, North Carolina Museum of Art, Black Mountain College
Research Project, Research Files, State Archives of North Carolina, Western Regional
Archives, Asheville, NC, USA.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by subject unless otherwise designated.
Historical Note
bioghist
Contents of the Collection
1. General College files
Transcripts of faculty meetings,1936
Transcripts of faculty meetings,1937
Transcripts of faculty meetings,1939-1944
Box 11
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1944</unitdate>, 1944
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1949</unitdate>, 1949
<title xlink:type="simple" render="italic">Black Mountain Review, The</title>
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1933-1936</unitdate>, 1933-1936
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1937-1939</unitdate>, 1937-1939
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1940-1941</unitdate>, 1940-1941
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1942-1949</unitdate>, 1942-1949
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1950s</unitdate>, 1950s
Visitors Weeks, ., 1940-1941
2. Summer Sessions and Institutes
arrangement:
Arranged by year.
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1937-1943</unitdate>, 1937-1943
Box 13
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1944</unitdate>, 1944
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1945</unitdate>, 1945
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1946</unitdate>, 1946
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1947</unitdate>, 1947
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1948</unitdate>, 1948
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1949</unitdate>, 1949
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1950</unitdate>, 1950
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1951</unitdate>, 1951
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1952</unitdate>, 1952
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1953</unitdate>, 1953
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1954</unitdate>, 1954
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1956</unitdate>, 1956
3. Departmental Files
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1933 - 1940/1941</unitdate>, 1933 - 1940/1941
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1941/1942 - 1956</unitdate>, 1941/1942 - 1956
Festivals and tournaments
Winter Theatre Institute,1952-1953
Drama Productions
scopecontent:
Includes photocopies of correspondence, community bulletins, playbills, scripts, and
other documents dealing with BMC dramatic productions and events in the Drama Department.
See the College Publications series for original copies of playbills.
arrangement:
Arranged by year.
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1934 Spring</unitdate>, 1934 Spring
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1938 Spring </unitdate>, 1938 Spring
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1938 Fall</unitdate>, 1938 Fall
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1939 Spring</unitdate>, 1939 Spring
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1939 Fall</unitdate>, 1939 Fall
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1940 Spring</unitdate>, 1940 Spring
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1940 Fall</unitdate>, 1940 Fall
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1941 Spring</unitdate>, 1941 Spring
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1941 Fall</unitdate>, 1941 Fall
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1942 Spring</unitdate>, 1942 Spring
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1942 Fall</unitdate>, 1942 Fall
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1943 Spring</unitdate>, 1943 Spring
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1943 Fall</unitdate>, 1943 Fall
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1944 Spring</unitdate>, 1944 Spring
Box 15
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1944 Fall</unitdate>, 1944 Fall
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1945 Spring</unitdate>, 1945 Spring
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1947 Spring</unitdate>, 1947 Spring
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1949 Summer</unitdate>, 1949 Summer
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1950</unitdate>, 1950
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1951 Summer</unitdate>, 1951 Summer
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1952 Fall</unitdate>, 1952 Fall
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1956</unitdate>, 1956
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1933 - 1938/1939</unitdate>, 1933 - 1938/1939
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1939/1940 - 1940/1941</unitdate>, 1939/1940 - 1940/1941
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1942/1943 - 1946/1947</unitdate>, 1942/1943 - 1946/1947
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1947/1948 - 1956</unitdate>, 1947/1948 - 1956
Music
scopecontent:
Early in the development of BMC, the goal of the Music Department was to provide a
general acquaintance with musical literature through "historical knowledge and direct
experience." Later, the Music Department served both educational and the entertainment
roles at the college. Music Department faculty members were expected to not only teach
the music students, but to tutor non-music students, and to give performances for
the enjoyment and education of the greater school community.
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1930s</unitdate>, 1930s
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1940-1943</unitdate>, 1940-1943
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1944-1946</unitdate>, 1944-1946
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1947-1952</unitdate>, 1947-1952
Box 16
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1933 - 1941/1942</unitdate>, 1933 - 1941/1942
<unitdate type="inclusive" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">1942/1943 - 1956</unitdate>, 1942/1943 - 1956
Visual Arts
scopecontent:
In its division of the programs at Black Mountain College, the BMC Research Project
included architecture in the Visual Arts department, along with the traditional arts.
As a result, files concerning the student work program, which was closely related
to the architecture classes, are also included in the departmental records for Visual
Arts. Other areas of study which were included in the Visual Arts department are:
art education, art history, ceramics, clothing design, design, drawing, furniture
design, graphic design, industrial design, landscape architecture, leatherworking,
painting, photography, printing, sculpture, weaving, and woodworking.
Addison Gallery of American Art
Harriett Engelhardt Memorial Collection of Textiles
Box 17
Architecture
scopecontent:
Includes files on buildings, furniture and other materials designed and built by students
and teachers. Also includes information on the two campuses, the move from the Blue
Ridge property to the Lake Eden Property, and the work program.
4. Files About Individuals
scopecontent:
Research files containing information gathered by the Black Mountain College Research
Project about students, faculty members and visitors to Black Mountain College. Includes
photocopies of newspaper and journal articles by or about individuals, resumes, minutes
from faculty meetings, course descriptions, class schedules, correspondence, speeches,
biographical notes, excerpts from college publications, brochures from exhibitions,
concert announcements, salary information, and committee work.
arrangement:
Arranged by the name the individual used while at Black Mountain College.
Bauer, Marilyn (Greenwald)
Bentley, Maja Tschernjakow (Apelman)
Currier, Gwendolyn (Jamieson)
Guermonprez, Trude (Elsesser)
Hahn, Hannelore (Stoumen)
Herrmann, Jacqueline (Gourevitch)
Jennerjahn, Elizabeth Schmitt
Jennerjahn, Warren Paul "Pete"
Josephs, Phyllis (Thomas)
Kadden, Lore (Lindenfeld)
Krueger, Ruthabeth (Marsh)
Larsen, Hazel-Frieda (Archer)
Loram, Hilda Margaret (Bailey)
Lynch, Patsy (Davenport Wood)
Magruder, Elvine (V. V. Rankine)
Mangold, Frederick Rogers
Metcalf, Cynthia Homire (Fick)
Miller, Mary Ellan "Mickey"
Nelson, Jessie Ann (Engle)
Reed, Alexander (William F.)
Richards, Mary Caroline "M.C."
Sihvonen, Joan Couch (Loveless)
Slater, Elizabeth Jane (Marquis)
Swartzbaugh, Katherine (Frankforter)
Tavroges, Marie (Stilkind)
Tolk-Watkins, Peggy (Vaughan)
Williamson, Margaret (Peterson)
Faculty Appointments and Committees
Subject Headings
Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)
Art--Study and teaching--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Arts--Experimental methods.
College students--North Carolina--Social life and customs--20th century.
College teachers--North Carolina--Social life and customs--20th century.
Dance--Study and teaching--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Drama--Study and teaching--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Education, Humanistic.
Music--Instruction and study--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Curricula.
Acquisitions Information
[see series description] During March-April, 2012, these records were moved from the
State Archives building in Raleigh to the Western Regional Archives, Asheville, N.C.
Processing Information
Processed by Ashley Yandle, April 10, 2002
Encoded by Ashley Yandle, April 24, 2002
This collection was processed with the support of a grant from the National Endowment
for the Humanities. Mary Emma Harris served as a consultant during the period of the
grant.
Revised by Ashley Yandle, September, 2004