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Series II. Publications, 1926-1963, inclusive

Extent

1.10 Linear Feet in 2 manuscript boxes and 1 half manuscript box

Scope and Contents

This series contains samples of Cane's published writing in various journals and materials used in her book. All of her writing focuses on teaching art with an emphasis on its therapeutic characteristics and the value of creativity. Materials mostly consist of final publications (most of which are periodicals) and in a few instances, drafts; promotional materials for her book; letters of commendation from readers; and correspondence with publishers. Additionally, there are photographs of artwork used in her published book.

Correspondence, 1948-1952, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Painting as a Channel for the Subjective Life" -- Survey Graphic, June 1926

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Art and the Child's Essential Nature" -- Creative Art, February 1929

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Creative Impulse in Children" -- Revival: The Next Generation -- Edited by Victor Francis Calverton and Samuel Daniel Schmalhausen, 1930

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Art and the Child's Essential Nature" -- The Villager, February 1931

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"What Art May Mean to a Child" -- The Parents' Magazine, November 1935

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Gifted Child in Art" -- Journal of Educational Sociology, July-October 1936

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Conditions Governing Access

Photographs in box 5, folder 3 are restricted until 2099.

"Possibilities of Integration Through Art" -- Art Education Today, 1937

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Draft Appendix -- Creative Expression Through Art -- Progressive Education Association, circa 1942

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Draft Review of Education Through Art by Herbert Read -- The Journal of Educational Sociology, December 1949

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Artist in Each of Us, 1938-1963, inclusive

Photographs Used, circa 1938-1951, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 5-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Conditions Governing Access

Photographs in box 5, folder 4 are restricted until 2099.

Press and Publicity, 1951-1963, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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