Box 001
Container
Contains 118 Results:
Correspondence in favor of awarding honorary PhD from Auburn, 1961
File — Box: 001, Folder: 1
Identifier: 94-78
Scope and Contents
From the Accession:
This accession details the life of William Spratling who attended API in from 1917 to 1921 and went on to become an artist, sculptor, silversmith, architect, teacher, and businessman. He created the silver mine industry in Taxco, Mexico, which put that town on the map. And, while in Mexico, he wrote several books including fiction, history, and art history. Several are included in the collection as well as others that mention Spratling as their subject or pertain to Mexican culture....
Dates:
1961
Correspondence to William Spratling or letters between others concerning honorary degree from Auburn, 1961
File — Box: 001, Folder: 2
Identifier: 94-78
Scope and Contents
From the Accession:
This accession details the life of William Spratling who attended API in from 1917 to 1921 and went on to become an artist, sculptor, silversmith, architect, teacher, and businessman. He created the silver mine industry in Taxco, Mexico, which put that town on the map. And, while in Mexico, he wrote several books including fiction, history, and art history. Several are included in the collection as well as others that mention Spratling as their subject or pertain to Mexican culture....
Dates:
1961
Correspondence regarding honorary degree from Auburn and other topics, 1962 - 1968
File — Box: 001, Folder: 3
Identifier: 94-78
Scope and Contents
From the Accession:
This accession details the life of William Spratling who attended API in from 1917 to 1921 and went on to become an artist, sculptor, silversmith, architect, teacher, and businessman. He created the silver mine industry in Taxco, Mexico, which put that town on the map. And, while in Mexico, he wrote several books including fiction, history, and art history. Several are included in the collection as well as others that mention Spratling as their subject or pertain to Mexican culture....
Dates:
1962 - 1968
Correspondence from William Spratling , 1961 - 1967
File — Box: 001, Folder: 4
Identifier: 94-78
Scope and Contents
From the Accession:
This accession details the life of William Spratling who attended API in from 1917 to 1921 and went on to become an artist, sculptor, silversmith, architect, teacher, and businessman. He created the silver mine industry in Taxco, Mexico, which put that town on the map. And, while in Mexico, he wrote several books including fiction, history, and art history. Several are included in the collection as well as others that mention Spratling as their subject or pertain to Mexican culture....
Dates:
1961 - 1967
Newspaper clippings and Reader's Digest, 1945 to 1983 (bulk 1960s)
File — Box: 001, Folder: 5
Identifier: 94-78
Scope and Contents
From the Accession:
This accession details the life of William Spratling who attended API in from 1917 to 1921 and went on to become an artist, sculptor, silversmith, architect, teacher, and businessman. He created the silver mine industry in Taxco, Mexico, which put that town on the map. And, while in Mexico, he wrote several books including fiction, history, and art history. Several are included in the collection as well as others that mention Spratling as their subject or pertain to Mexican culture....
Dates:
1945 to 1983 (bulk 1960s)
Published material including "Concerning Jade in America" 1959 and exhibit catalog from Birmingham Museum of Art (1965)
File — Box: 001, Folder: 6
Identifier: 94-78
Scope and Contents
From the Accession:
This accession details the life of William Spratling who attended API in from 1917 to 1921 and went on to become an artist, sculptor, silversmith, architect, teacher, and businessman. He created the silver mine industry in Taxco, Mexico, which put that town on the map. And, while in Mexico, he wrote several books including fiction, history, and art history. Several are included in the collection as well as others that mention Spratling as their subject or pertain to Mexican culture....
Dates:
1910s to 1980s
Two audiocassettes and two programs, 2000
File — Box: 001, Folder: 1
Identifier: 00-072
Scope and Contents
From the Accession:
Two audiocassette tapes and two programs of a lecture on William Spratling given in the Auburn University Special Collections Department by Dr. Taylor Littleton.
Dates:
2000
Accession inventory and articles on Spratling, various dates including 1936, 1946, 1980, 1985, and 1990
File — Box: 001, Folder: 1
Identifier: 76-0709
Scope and Contents
From the Accession:
This accession includes articles about Spratling, correspondence, and an original drawing of the Auburn University (API) seal by Spratling donated July 9, 1976. This accession also includes an addition of correpondence and reports related to Spratling's 1962 honorary degree donated January 12, 1977, and four folders of material in Spanish donated February 18, 1977.
Dates:
various dates including 1936, 1946, 1980, 1985, and 1990
"Architectural Tradition in New Orleans" by Spratling and N.C. Curtis The Journal of the American Institute of Architects, pages 279 to 296, August 1925
Item — Box: 001, Folder: 1
Identifier: 90-29
Scope and Contents
From the Accession:
This accession contains articles both written about Spratling and written by him.
Dates:
August 1925
"Cane River Portraits" Scribner's Magazine 83, pages 411 to 418, April 1928
Item — Box: 001, Folder: 2
Identifier: 90-29
Scope and Contents
From the Accession:
This accession contains articles both written about Spratling and written by him.
Dates:
April 1928
