Annie Laura Eve Blackshear collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: Annie Laura Eve Blackshear collection
Creator: Blackshear, Annie Laura Eve, 1875-1967
Inclusive Dates: 1922-1967
Language(s): English
Extent: 3.6 Linear Feet (6 document boxes, 1 oversized box, 1 oversize folder B)
Collection Number: ms1389
Repository: Hargrett Library
Abstract: The collection consists of Miss Blackshear's writings and the writings of others collected during her career with the College of Agriculture. Many pageants, plays, and skits by Miss Blackshear are present, along with numerous reports and the typescripts of some radio broadcasts made by Miss Blackshear. Topics include art, history, flower arrangement and holiday festivities. A few articles of correspondence, newspaper clippings, pictures, programs and printed material, mostly related to her work, are included in the collection. Some paintings are present including a self-portrait of the artist.

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Annie Laura Eve Blackshear (1875-1967), a native of Augusta, Ga., served for many years as illustrator for the Georgia State College of Agriculture Extension Service. A well-known artist and educator, Miss Blackshear founded the Athens Art Association and served several times as president. She also served as president of the Georgia Art Teachers Association, vice president of the Association of Georgia Artists, and Georgia sponsor ofthe Southeastern Arts Association.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged into 8 series:

Series 1. Clippings; Series 2. Correspondence; Series 3. Pictures; Series 4. Printed Material; Series 5. Programs; Series 6. Writings; Series 7. Miscellanea; Series 8. Paintings and Sketches

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Annie Laura Eve Blackshear collection, MS 1389. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 July 31.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related materials available in the following collections of this repository: Notes on the great seal of the Confederacy.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

Clippings, 1922-1967, undated
box	folder
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1	1	1922
1	2	1923
1	3	1924
1	4	1931
1	5	1936
1	6	1964
1	7	1967
1	8	[undated]

 

Correspondence, 1922-1949, undated
box	folder
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1	9	1922
1	10	1924
1	11	1925
1	12	1926
1	13	1929
1	14	1930
1	15	1931
1	16	1932
1	17	1934
1	18	1937
1	19	1942
1	20	1945
1	21	1949
1	22	[undated]

 

Pictures
box	folder
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1	23	Pictures
1	24	Picture (framed)

 

Printed Material, 1921-1927, undated
box	folder
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1	25	1921
1	26	1922
1	27	1923
1	28	1924
1	29	1927
1	30	[undated]

 

Programs, 1923-1945, undated
box	folder
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1	31	1923
1	32	1924
1	33	1925
1	34	1929
1	35	1933
1	36	1934
1	37	1936
1	38	1939
1	39	1942
1	40	1943
1	41	1945
1	42	[undated]

 

Writings
	Laura Blackshear's works
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2	1		African Violets
2	2		America's Contribution to Painting and Sculpture
2	3		Art In Rural Life
2	4		Art in Stage Setting
2	5		Artistic Fair Exhibits
2	6		Boys Who Became Leaders
2	7		Buried Treasure
2	8		A Campus Greeting
2	9		The Child in Art
2	10		The Chimes of Tallulah
2	11		Christmas Cards in the Home
2	12		Christmas Festivities
2	13		Clay
2	14		A Colonial Melodydrama
2	15		The Confederate Memorial
2	16		Corot and How He Painted
2	17		Dame Fashion Visits King Cotton
2	18		Dixie's Cotton
2	19		Early Nineteenth Century Illustrators and Their Influence on the English Novel
2	20		An Evening at Home
2	21		Fair Exhibits
2	22		Flower Arrangement for the Home
2	23		Flower Shows and Festivals
2	24		Folk Art of America
2	25		Folk Art of North America
2	26		4-H Clover Fields
2	27		4-H Club Melody-Drama
2	28		Framing and Placing Pictures
2	29		Garden Christmas Suggestions
2	30		The Garden's Contribution to Christmas
2	31		Garden Vitamins
2	32		George Washington in Georgia
2	33		Georgia and George Washington--A Patriotic Program
2	34		Georgia Day
2	35		Georgia Women in Georgia's Development
2	36		Girl's Club Work in Georgia
2	37		Gold for the Minting
2	38		Gutzon Borglum and The Confederate Memorial on Stone Mountain
2	39		Harvest Home and Thanksgiving
2	40		The Historian Visits the Gardener
2	41		Historical Sketch of the Colonization of Georgia
2	42		History of Farm and Home in Georgia
2	43		Hollowe'en Festivities
2	44		Hotel Balancemeal
2	45		The Indian's Contribution to American Art
2	46		Interior of St. Peter's Cathedral--George Cook's Painting in the University of Georgia Chapel
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3	1		King Cotton's Conference
3	2		A Leaf From a Mountain Diary
3	3		Legends About Flowers
3	4		Lucy May Stanton and Her Work
3	5		Magical Methods for Maids and Matrons
3	6		Maiden Meditation
3	7		A Martha Washington Party
3	8		A May Day Pageant
3	9		The Meaning of Christmas
3	10		Modern Magic for Maids and Matrons
3	11		Mother Goose Up-To-Date
3	12		My Old College Town
3	13		A Pageant of Patriots from Georgia Plantations
3	14		A Pageant of Pictures and Sculpture
3	15		Personality Expressed in Greeting Cards
3	16		A Picturesque Pageant-Easy to Stage
3	17		Posters As an Aid in Teaching
3	18		Practical Art-In Class of Design
3	19		Praise and Service to Old Georgia
3	20		Presbyterian Missions in the Southern United States
3	21		A Puritan Thanksgiving Party
3	22		A Quarter of a Century of Agricultural Extension Service in Georgia
3	23		The Quest of Happiness
3	24		Radio Talks and Pageants
3	25		Rays of the Betty Lamp
3	26		Re-Discovered Principles of Classic Greek Design
3	27		Rediscovered Principles of Greek Design and Their Application to Poster Making
3	28		Re-Discovered Principles of Classic Greek Design and Their Application to Public School Art Work
3	29		A Reunion of Colonial Celebrities
3	30		A Review of the Cotton Pageant
3	31		Shower Parties for Brides
3	32		Showing the Way
3	33		Sketches From Life-A Biblical Pageant
3	34		Some American Impressionists
3	35		Special Features for Flower Shows
3	36		Suggestions for a Community Christmas Entertainment
3	37		A Toast to Miss Millie Rutherford
3	38		The Trend of Modern Painting
3	39		Two Fine Paintings by Hugh H. Breckenridge at Memorial Hall
3	40		Utilization of Georgia Clay
3	41		The Value of Art Education
3	42		Vantage In
3	43		Washington In Georgia
	Writings (Note Cards)
box	folder
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4	1		American Sculpture
4	2		Arts and Crafts of Georgia
4	3		Corot and the Artist's Vision
4	4		The Dawn of the New Year for D.A.R.
4	5		Framing and Placing Pictures
4	6		The Garden's Contribution to Christmas
4	7		The Indian's Contribution to American Art
4	8		Lucy May Stanton and Her work
4	9		Pottery as a Form of Recreation
4	10		Public School Art
4	11		Rediscovered Principles of Greek Design and Their Application to Poster Making
4	12		Some American Impressionists
4	13		Two Teachers of Painting in New York at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century and Two in Philadelphia Twenty Years Later
4	14		Understanding Modern Art
4	15		Yaddo
4	16		No Title (Subject: Art)
4	17		No Title (Subject: Indian Art)
4	18		No Title (Miscellaneous Notes)
	No Author
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5	1		A. Laura E. Blackshear-Admirable Daughter
5	2		Annie Laura Eve Blackshear's Art Record
5	3		Appreciation of A. Laura E. Blackshear
5	4		Atlanta District 4-H Club Girls at Camp Wilkins
5	5		Banquet Honors Miss Laura Blackshear Founder of the Athens Art Association
5	6		Battlefields of Georgia (Map)
5	7		Birthday Dinner and Gold Emblem for Dr. Soule
5	8		A Birthday Prophecy: First Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel
5	9		Books for Parents
5	10		Chief Products
5	11		Colonists in Georgia (Map)
5	12		Convention of the Southeastern Art Association
5	13		Costumes & Staging for Grand Opera
5	14		Dr. McHatton to Address Southeastern Art Association
5	15		Eliot O'Hara-Painter in Watercolor, Teacher and Author
5	16		Farmer's Week-Agricultural Meetings for Farmers, Their Wives Children
5	17		The First Two Years: A Study of Twenty-Five Babies
5	18		Flower Arrangement
5	19		The Geometry of the Greek Vase and Sculpture
5	20		Governor Russell and Staff Honored by Dr. Andrew M. Soule
5	21		In Partnership With the Farmer
5	22		Individual Differences in Memory
5	23		An Inexpensive Kiln for Camps and Schools
5	24		Lantern-Slide Series 230, The National 4-H Club Camp
5	25		Living Pages from Washington's Diary
5	26		Of Laura
5	27		The Play Pen
5	28		A Prayer
5	29		Prints and Print Making
5	30		Radio Program-Georgia State College of Agriculture March, 1930; June, 1930
5	31		Recreation for Rural Communities
5	32		Relative Fatigue
5	33		Rewards
5	34		Saint Nicholas
5	35		Three Maids of Lee
5	36		To Helen
5	37		To Lyda Virginia Poland
5	38		To the Fairies Whose Visit Brought Gladness on May Day
5	39-49		No Title
	Other Author
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6	1		Annie Laura Eve Blackshear by Clark Fortson
6	2		Arrangement for Exhibit by Mrs. Walter R. Hine
6	3		Arrangement of Flowers by Mrs. L.E. Backus
6	4		Art Education: Does It Pay by Blanche Cahoon
6	5		The Arts During the Industrial Period and Afterward Edited by Charles A. Beard
6	6		The Barefoot Girl by Sarah W. Smith and Bessie E. Miller
6	7		Duties and Responsibilities of Judges by T.H. McHatton
6	8		Flower Arrangement by Clare Cronenwett
6	9		For Aunt Laura by Katherine R. Williams
6	10		Growing and Displaying Specimen Flowers by Roy A. Bowden
6	11		The Integration of Art in the School Curriculum by Theodore M. Dillaway
6	12		Making Necessary Foods Attractive to Small Children by Mrs. Oline Roberson and Mrs. A.W. Wiley
6	13		Naturalistic Design by Frederick G. Peck
6	14		New Things in Varieties and Culture of Roses by Rodney S. Cohen
6	15		Notes on Trends in Modern Art by Wilford S. Conrow
6	16		An Old English Christmas Festival by Mary E. Creswell
6	17		The Principles of Judging by T.H. McHatton
6	18		Standardizing Exhibits in Flower Shows by Roy A. Bowden
6	19		A Suggestive List of Pamphlets for Club Libraries in "Parent Education and Child Development" by Certie Reynolds
6	20		Table Settings by Mrs. Walter R. Hine
6	21		Tulips by Mrs. J.J. Nicholson
6	22		Uses of the Tomato by Erna Proctor
6	23		What Is New In Dahlias by David D. Long
6	24		The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story adapted by Dr. David F. Barrow
6	25		Worshippers by Sterling Blackshear

 

Miscellanea
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6	26	Burnet Coat of Arms (Sketch)
6	27	Contests
6	28	Leather Folder
6	29	Luna Club
6	30	Music of the Pageant
6	31	Score Cards
6	32	Scenes and Properties
6	33	Songs
6	34	Specification of Labor and material for house to be erected at Athens, Ga., for Laura E. Blackshear
6	35	Who's Who in Art-Am. Art Annual
6	36	Loose pages

 

Paintings and Sketches

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Paintings and Sketches

 

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Paintings and Sketches