Non-Curricular Programs/ Organizations, 1973-1975

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Boxes 3-4. NON-CURRICULAR PROGRAMS is comprised of documents associated with non-curricular programs sponsored or hosted by Bennington College, including summer programs held on campus. ORGANIZATIONS consists of documents related to organizations to which the college belonged, or organizations consulted by President Parker.

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    Letter from Kathleen Harriman Mortimer '40 to Interim President Joseph Iseman in regards to saving the Summers Program
    (Bennington College, 1976-06-10) Mortimer, Kathleen Harriman
    This letter was in response to a March 5th, 1976 letter from Joseph Iseman to Kathleen Harriman Mortimer '40 (Mrs. Stanley "Puff" Mortimer) See attached link. http://hdl.handle.net/11209/11115
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    Letter from Interim President Joseph Iseman to Kathleen Harriman Mortimer '40 (Mrs. Stanley "Puff" Mortimer) regarding the Bennington Summers Program.
    (Bennington College, 1976-06-05) Iseman, Joseph
    Letter regarding the trimming down of the Bennington Summers programming. See attached link for Kathleen Harriman Mortimer's '40 response. http://hdl.handle.net/11209/11117
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    Letter from Anthony Caro to Interim President Joseph Iseman pertaining to Bennington Summers
    (Bennington College, 1976-04-16) Caro, Anthony;
    Dear Mr. Iseman, I remember Paul Feeley in 1964 or 5 asking the Art Division of which he was chairman if we would think out some ways in which the Visual Arts program at Bennington could be enlarged and extended. I felt - and I still feel - that Bennington had a role to play in the opening up and flowering of modernist sculpture, and I wrote the outline of a scheme, stillborn in fact, whereby the facilities and energies available at the College could become available to up-and-coming sculptors all over the world. I am delighted therefore that this year a similar but far better, far enlarged idea, the Bennington Summers, appears to be coming to fruition. Living outside the USA and far from Bennington, I am always amazed at the Bennington phenomenon, a college that has at its call, within its faculty, or just outside its walls the most shining talents around in so many artistic fields. It is an exceptional situation; but perhaps not enough appreciated at the College where emphasis now resides more in education than in research and advancement of a subject. But now the proposal is to cash in on some of these assets and make them available to those who are hungry for experiment within a discipline. The Summers will certainly reflect well on Bennington's reputation abroad as well as in USA, its faculty stimulated and its students encouraged. Probably the most exciting aspect of the scheme is the fact that artists will be working at the limits of their knowledge and experience, and hopefully breaking new ground by working with others and working in areas in which they have no familiarity. This makes everyone equal partners in workshop situations, and I do not doubt that the exchanges between the less and the more experienced will be equal. This note is simply to indicate one ex-faculty member's complete support of the venture. I wish it all success, by which will be enhanced Bennington's already strong position as a center for what is most alive in the arts. Yours Sincerely, Anthony Caro"