Prospectus containing text, typescript, documenting the ideals, activities, and budget of the college, and nine black-and-white photographs documenting the buildings and environment. The text documents the college's emphasis on liberal arts, and includes lists of faculty, advisory council members, former students, and evaluations of students by outside educators.
Description:
Black Mountain College, an experimental liberal arts college founded in 1933 near Asheville, North Carolina. and Folder 2 contains original folder.
Subject (Geographic):
Black Mountains (N.C.)
Subject (Name):
Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)
Subject (Topic):
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States
Has author's presentation inscription to C. Van Vechten and Carl Van Vechten's bookplate. Dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket of The Holliday Bookshop. First binding of silver blue cloth and white endsheets. and The life of Gertrude Stein written by herself as though it were the autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.
Publisher:
Harcourt, Brace and company
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France)--Intellectual life
Subject (Name):
Faÿ, Bernard, 1893-1978, Gris, Juan, 1887-1927, Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973, Rose, Francis, Sir, 1909-1979, Stein, Gertrude,--1874-1946--Presentation inscription to C. van Vechten., Toklas, Alice B., and Van Vechten, Carl,--1880-1964--Presentation inscription from G. Stein.
American literature--20th century, American poetry--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Gay authors, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets--United States--20th Century