Mary Burford Courage papers related to the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1943-1992.
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 15
Image Count:
12
Description:
Mary Burford Courage (born circa 1897) taught English language classes at Poston II High School at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1943-1945. After World War II she taught at the Kahuku High and Elementary School in Hawaii. and The Poston Relocation Center in Arizona was the largest of the ten Japanese American internment camps operated by the United States War Relocation Authority during World War II, 1942-1945.
Subject (Geographic):
Poston (Ariz.) and Poston (Ariz.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Courage, Mary Burford, Kitaji family, Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.), Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)--Pictorial works, and United States.--War Relocation Authority
Subject (Topic):
Concentration camps--Arizona, Concentration camps--Arizona--Pictorial works, Concentration camps--United States, Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Japanese--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston--Pictorial works, and World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. and Shows route of company from Portland to Whitman Station (scene of Whitman Massacre); route from Whitman to Blue Mountains, escorting J.L. Meek's party; route in search of Cayuse Indians; scout through Palouse and Cayuse countries; route of detachment to Colville Agency; and return route from Whitman Station to Oregon City.
Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker from later plate in series., Date of publication based on watermarks from prints in this series at The Lewis Walpole Library., Six designs on one plate, each with a letter etched above and a word and its definition etched below., Description based on imperfect impression; probable plate number has been erased from upper right corner of sheet., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker from later plate in series., Questionable date of publication based on watermarks from this print and another in the series at The Lewis Walpole Library., Six designs on one plate, each with a letter etched above and a word and its definition etched below., Description based on imperfect impression; probable plate number has been erased from upper right corner of sheet.., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1827.
Title devised by cataloger., Questionable date of publication based on watermarks from this print and another in the series at The Lewis Walpole Library., Six designs on one plate, each with a letter etched above and a word and its definition etched below., Description based on imperfect impression; probable plate number has been erased from upper right corner of sheet., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: T. Edmonds 1825.
In two rows of three, from top left: a young man, his right knee resting against a rock, pulls back his short cape to reveal a small bouquet of flowers; a young couple embrace and toasting with wine glasses; a young couple seated and in conversation; a young woman in a headdress with feathers and touches to her face a folded fan; a couple dance; an older, short woman stands in profile to the right, her head slightly turned towards the viewer
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: royal cipher with initials GR inside a cirle.
"Portrait of Matthew Skeggs seated three-quarter length slightly to left, eyes to front, holding and 'playing' broom with bow as if it were a cello, music stand beside pillar and curtain at left; in the character of Signor Bumbasto; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Thos. King pinxt. ; Richd. Houston fecit., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Publisher information from later state with the imprint "Sold by the proprietor M. Jackson the corner of Bride Court in Fleet Street, & M. Skeggs at the Hoop and bunch of Grapes in St. Albans Street"; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication based on activity dates of artist Thomas King and publisher Michael Jackson; see British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom.
Drawing of the exterior of the Great Cloyster (ground floor) and Gallery (first floor) that form part of the southern facade of Strawberry Hill. Two rows of arched windows are depicted, and a doorway is present in the lower right. At top is seen a castellated roofline with evenly-spaced spires. Measurements are written in various places to provide scale
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility written below image on mounting page, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Date of production based on John Chute's death date., and Mounted on page 103 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
On recto a drawing for a window in gray and brown wash. On verso, a small pencil sketch of a detail (2 x 3.5 cm).
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Notation below image in Horace Walpole's hand: Four feet., Watermark (partial) lower edge, on the right (trimmed): D&C [Blauw]., Date from J. Harris., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 52 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)