Newcomb College drawings

Containers:
Folder 13
Scope and content:

Newcomb College, a coordinate college of Tulane University 1886-2006, offered an industrial art program featuring pottery, interior design, furniture making, and many other arts and crafts in an effort to educate women in the "practical side of life" and also to provide employment for women at a time when few opportunities existed. The collection includes 18 original pencil drawings - 5 by Wanda Simmons (c. 1915), 1 by Ora Reams (1911), 1 by Phyllis Evelyn Reeves (c. 1920-1924), and 11 unattributed. See also Fannie Magee drawings, Acc2010-033.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Parent restrictions:
Collection is open to research.
Parent terms of access:
Permission to publish material from the IAWA Small Collections must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.