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John M. Crawford, Jr. papers (Ms.2011.014)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu

Inventory

Series I. Personal papers, 1949-1992

Container Description Date
Box 1 Correspondence
 1949-1992
Box 1 Art institutions and organizations
Box 1 Art galleries and museums
Box 1 Articles
Box 1 Periodicals and publications
Box 1 Symposium papers
 1977
Box 1 Speeches and addresses
 1965-1968
Box 1 Brown University
 1964-1968
Box 1 Indiana University
 1960
Box 1 Syracuse University
 1966-1969
Box 1 Book and art appraisals
Box 1 Clippings
Box 2 Graphic and audio materials
Box 7 Personal documents
Contents Note: Includes two diaries (1938-1939), calendars, and a published genealogy of the Crawford family.
Box 5 Ephemera and realia
Box 2 Parkersburg Rig and Reel Company

Series II. Scrapbooks, circa 1910-1937

Container Description Date
Box 4
Contents Note: Includes two scrapbooks. The earlier of the two, dating from 1910-1914, appears to document social and cultural pursuits of Crawford's parents. The second volume, comprising materials from 1926-1937, includes clippings, correspondence, and printed ephemera related to Crawford's academic career, including his graduation from Brown University.
 circa 1910-1937
Box 8
Contents Note: Includes a baby book for John M. Crawford and two scrapbooks with materials dating from 1912 to 1933.
 circa 1912-1933

Series III. Calligraphy notebooks, 1916-1969

Container Description Date
Box 9 Codex 1: Julian of Norwich. Revelations of Divine Love
Contents Note: Calligraphy: Margaret Alexander
 1956
Box 9 Codex 2: Lewis Morris. The ode of change
Contents Note: Calligraphy: Edith C. Goodwin
 1920
Box 9 Codex 3: Walter Skeat. The flour & the leef
Contents Note: Calligraphy: Graily Hewitt. Binding: Charles McLeish
 1916
Box 9 Codex 4: John Keats. The eve of Saint Mark
Contents Note: Calligraphy: Graily Hewitt and his Assistants: Horace Higgins, Madllyn Walker, Florence Raymond, and Ida Henstock, Vera Peacock and Reno Capey. Binding: C. & C. McLeish.
 1924
Box 10 Codex 5: Anakreontos [Anacreon]
Contents Note: Calligraphy: Graily Hewitt.
 undated
Box 10 Codex 6: William Shakespeare. Sonnets
Contents Note: Calligraphy: D.J.
 1969
Box 10 Codex 7: Copy-book
Contents Note: Calligraphy: Edward Johnston.
 1908
Box 10 Codex 8: The Song of Songs
Contents Note: Calligraphy: Violet Wilson. Binding: Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London.
 1957
Box 11 The first writing book; an English translation & facsimile text of Arrighi's Operina
Contents Note: Introduction and notes by John Howard Benson. Published: New Haven, Yale University Press for Harvard College Library and the Newberry Library. Printed by Meriden Gravure Company.
 1954
Box 11 Album of correspondence relating to Codex 7

Series IV. Additions, 1940-1978

Container Description Date
Box 3 Supplement 1
Contents Note: Items removed from printed volumes, including correspondence (1968-1977), photographs, programs, menus, invitations, newspaper clippings.
 1968-1977
Box 6 Supplement 2
Contents Note: Includes correspondence (1968-1977), printed material, photographs taken at the exhibitions and art presentations, personal documents.
 1968-1977
Box 12-13 Supplement 3
Contents Note: Correspondence, copies of Crawford's will, itineraries, offrpints, and printed ephmera. The bulk of the materials related to travel and collecting.
 1940-1978