General Meetings, 1941-1947
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Box 5 & 6 General Meetings were a prominent part of campus life at Bennington during President Jone's tenure. These meetings, which took place 2-3 times per week, allowed for performances, readings, lectures, and discussions from across the academic disciplines. Evening meetings often featured guest lecturers, although performances and lectures by Bennington faculty and students were also featured. Notable lecturers and performers included: W.H. Auden, Ralph Ellison, and Erich Fromm. Documents relate to the planning and documenting of the evening meetings, and include correspondence, event programs and announcements, and schedules of meetings.
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Item General Meetings 1939-1945(1945)This document shows the schedule, attendance, and expenses for the General Meetings of the College. The General Meetings were a mix of internal and external guests representing all the academic areas of the College. The schedule also includes recreational events such as parties and movies. Notable speakers include: Jacques Barzun, Karl Polanyi, Peter Drucker, Paul Lester Wiener and José Luis Sert (Josep LluÃs Sert i López), Sinclair Lewis, Ursula Niebuhr, Erich Fromm, Buckminster Fuller, Américo Castro, Martha Graham, Richard Neutra, Alain Locke, Theodore Roethke, Kenneth Burke, William Carlos Williams, Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Stanley Kunitz, Louise Bogan, Ralph Ellison, and Margaret Mead.Item Correspondence between Ralph Ellison and Sonia Grodka detailing arrangements for his visit and lecture.(Bennington College, 1945-10-16) Grodka, SoniaItem Byzantine Institute's Work in St. Sophia - Thomas Whittemore(Bennington College, 1945-06-08) Lundberg, Mr.; Brockway, Mr.; Holt, George; Beebe, Marjorie; Gano, Seth; Whittemore, ThomasThe Byzantine Institute of America is an organization founded for the preservation of Byzantine art and architecture. Working with the Turkish government and President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, its greatest notable success is the preservation of the mosaics in Hagia Sophia starting in June 1931. WikipediaItem Russian Architecture - Building in the USSR(Bennington College, 1945-06-29) Czaja, E. Michael; Brockway, Mr.; Beebe, Marjorie; Gidoni, Elsa; Blumenfeld, HansItem Aesthetics and Societal Art Criticism(Bennington College, 1945-10-17) Grodka, Sonia; Hungerland, HelmutItem Letter from Gyorgy Kepes(Bennington College, 1946-05-29) Kepes, GyorgyItem Adolf Hitler's Art Collection(Bennington College, 1946-10-10) Holt, George; Faison, S. Lane Jr.; Beebe, MarjorieThe Lecture, illustrated by slides made from official photographs, is called "Adolf Hitler's Art Collection". It is primarily a study of Nazi taste, Nazi efficiency, and Nazi duplicity. It touches on collections from all the occupied territories. It discloses Hitler's cultural dream of establishing a kind of Nazi Acropolis at Linz, Austria, in the heart of the region in which Hitler originated.Item Amedee Ozenfant Lecture & Exhibit(Bennington College, 1941-09-25) Bowie, Elisabeth; Ozenfant, AmedeeItem Baroness Hilla von Rebay - Gallery Talk and Exhibit from the Guggenheim Collection(Bennington College, 1941-10-29) Park, Edwin Avery; Bowie, Elisabeth; Ferris, Mildred; Krob, RussellBaroness Hilla von Rebay or simply Hilla Rebay (31 May 1890 – 27 September 1967), was an abstract artist in the early 20th century and co-founder and first director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.She was a key figure in advising Solomon R. Guggenheim to collect non-objective art, a collection that would later form the basis of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum collection. She was also influential in selecting Frank Lloyd Wright to design the current Guggenheim museum, which is now known as a modernist icon in New York City. WikipediaItem The Mechanics of Abstract Art(Bennington College, 1944-06-15) Beebe, Marjorie; Morris, George L. K.Item Function and Design in Modern Stage Setting - George Amberg(Bennington College, 1944-10) Hill, Martha; Beebe, Marjorie; Amberg, GeorgeItem The Early History of Coinage(Bennington College, 1944-11) Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Charles; Dewing, Arthur S.; Beebe, Marjorie; Mendershausen, Horst...I can give a talk on the Early History of Coinage that will be profitable both to the students of art and to the students of history.Item From Expressionism to Abstraction(Bennington College, 1944-11) Neumann, J.B.; Beebe, Marjorie; Mendershausen, Mr.Item Jean Jacques Rousseau: Or is a Free Society Possible?(Bennington College, 1943-04-27) Polanyi, KarlItem Russian Education and Youth to be Theme of Kathleen Harriman, Daughter of Commerce Secretary, at Bennington Anniversary Dinner(Bennington College, 1946-10-16)Item Mass Education A Weapon In World Power Struggle, Bennington President Warns - Press Release(Bennington College, 1946-10-22)Item Correspondence Between Kathleen Harriman and Sonia Grodka(Bennington College, 1946-05)This correspondence regards Kathleen Harriman Mortimer's '40 remarks at a May 28th, 1946 Evening Meeting regarding her trip to Russia.Item Erich Fromm Letter Series(Bennington College, 1942)Item Letters between Peter Drucker and Lewis Webster Jones(Bennington College, 1942)Item Letters between Peter Drucker and Philipp Frank(Bennington College, 1944)