Box 001
Container
Contains 118 Results:
"Auburn Grad Changed the Face of ...Taxco" Birmingham News , February 8, 1981
Item — Box: 001, Folder: 4
Identifier: 97-071
Scope and Contents
From the Accession:
This accession includes correspondence, articles, and files.
Dates:
February 8, 1981
Clippings on Spratling , 1960, 1962
File — Box: 001, Folder: 5
Identifier: 97-071
Scope and Contents
From the Accession:
This accession includes correspondence, articles, and files.
Dates:
1960, 1962
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
