Finding aid created by: Erin Carter
Date: 2015
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| Creator: | Syracuse University. -- College of Fine Arts. |
| Title: | Syracuse University College of Fine Arts Collection |
| Dates: | 1873-1980 |
| Size: | 5 boxes, 2 packages, loose volumes (8.25 linear feet) |
| Abstract: | The College of Fine Arts Collection contains information on the inner workings of the College, including bulletins, faculty and Executive Committee meeting minutes, as well as student works from the classes of Edward C. Fricke. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
The College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University was founded by George Fisk Comfort in 1873, and he served as its first dean until 1894. Inaugurated on June 23, 1873, it was the first fine arts college of its kind established in America. The College was founded to "equate the study of art with the other elements of a liberal education" and students and faculty worked closely with the College of Liberal Arts. The original majors offered by the College were architecture and painting. In its first year, fifteen students matriculated. A Department of Music was inaugurated in 1877, but others such as sculpture, photography, oratory, and industrial art would eventually arise. Originally housed in the Hall of Languages, the College took up residence in the John Crouse Memorial College when it was finished in 1889. The founding of the College was met with both positive and negative commentary but, as enrollment and approval steadily grew over the years, dissent quickly vanished.
The College continued to grow rapidly over the years. After a brief reprieve from Syracuse, Comfort returned to establish the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (now the Everson Museum) in 1900. Students of the College worked closely with the museum, adding fine arts exhibitions to the long list of events in which they partook. After the turn of the century, the College gained momentum. Seen as a cultural center, it had adapted well to the changing times and growth in student population, developing more fine arts programs, unique classes, and ways to open itself up to the surrounding community. Student groups began to sprout up as well. The Boar's Head Dramatic Society was founded as a performance group in 1905 and would continue for many decades. In 1910 the Department of Oratory was founded, which would eventually evolve into the School of Speech and Dramatic Arts in 1913. The early twentieth century was a period of great growth for the College.
In 1945, after the end of World War II, the College was reorganized into three schools: the School of Architecture, the School of Art, and the School of Music. This change was made to ensure that each field, and its subsequent programs, received the best direction and most attention possible. Enrollment boomed post-war and, coupled with the new design of the College, the Schools were in search of places to expand. In the years after the war, art study rooms were developed, as well a photography center, new music rehearsal spaces, and a ceramics lab. Operatic performance was added to the long list of potential areas of study, and the College thrived under the new, fortified leadership.
In 1972, the College of Fine Arts was disbanded and the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) took its place, comprising of the School of Art, the Drama Department, the School of Music, and the Department of Speech Communication.
The Syracuse University College of Fine Arts Collection is divided into three series:
The Bulletins series contains individual and multi-volume bound bulletins that describe courses and policies relating to the College.
The Office files series contains general information files, meeting minutes from the Executive Committee, faculty, and Board of Graduate Studies, financial award information, and information on foundations the College worked with.
The Works by students of Edward C. Fricke series is comprised of artworks from the students of Fricke's design classes in the 1960s.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
More information on the College of Fine Arts can be found in the clipping files, the Photograph Collection, and the George Fisk Comfort Family Collection in the Syracuse University Archives.
Names
Comfort, George Fisk, 1833-1910.
Fricke, Edward C.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Syracuse University. -- College of Fine Arts.
Types of Material
Bulletins.
Minutes (administrative records)
Works of art.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Syracuse University College of Fine Arts Collection,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Materials in the College of Fine Arts Collection were collected from the College by the Syracuse University Archives.
Processing Information
All materials are housed in acid-free folders and boxes.
Materials are arranged by series and in alphabetical or chronological order.
Bulletins
Office Files
Works by Students of Edward C. Fricke
| Bulletins | |||||||||||
| REF-Box 1 | 1874-1887 | ||||||||||
| REF-Box 1 | 1901, 1916-1921 | ||||||||||
| REF-Box 1 | 1932, 1945 | ||||||||||
| REF-Box 1 | 1953-1956 | ||||||||||
| 1921-1930 (bound volume) | |||||||||||
| 1930-1940 (2 bound volumes) | |||||||||||
| 1940-1950 (bound volume) | |||||||||||
| 1942-1949 (bound volume) | |||||||||||
| 1949-1956 (bound volume) | |||||||||||
| 1950-1956 (bound volume) | |||||||||||
| 1954-1956 (4 bound volumes) | |||||||||||
| Office Files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Afro-American Studies 1969-1970 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | American Craftsmen's Council 1961-1970 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | American Federation of Arts 1960-1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | American Federation of Arts 1964-1967 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Annual Report of the College of Fine Arts 1956-1957 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Art Deanship 1969 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Art Literature Club 1895 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Board of Graduate Studies - Minutes 1950-1954 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Brochures and Fliers 1880-1894 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Centennial Catalog 1972 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Central New York Architectural Historians 1962-1967 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Childe Hassam Foundation 1962 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | City Seal Competition 1970 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Class Admission Card 1892 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Cleveland Institute of Art 1961-1968 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Cleveland Museum of Art 1962 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Collection Catalog 1970-1971 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | College Art Journal 1957-1969 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Commencement 1895-1917 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Correspondence - Fine Arts Degree 1946 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Course Offerings 1878-1929 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Dean Project 1969 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Design by Computer 1965 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Drawing Books 1913-1914 | ||||||||||
| Executive Committee Meeting Minutes | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1945-1949 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1949-1950 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1950-1951 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1952-1953 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1953-1955 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1955-1956 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1956-1957 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Enrollment Statistics 1953 | ||||||||||
| Exhibitions | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1873-1883 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1884-1889 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1890-1892 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1893-1895 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1902, 1917 | ||||||||||
| Faculty Meeting Minutes | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1922-1928 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1929-1934 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1935-1939 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | 1940-1946 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Financial Award Records 1952-1957 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Fine Arts News 1925-1935 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Fulbright Awards - Institute of International Education 1961-1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Graduate Council - Minutes 1949-1955 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1967 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Hiram Gee Fellowship Winners 1896-196957 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Industrial Design - Forestry Program Collaboration 1969-1970 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Institute de Estudios Superiores de Administracion Program 1967 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Instructions for All Students Entering the College of Fine Arts for the First Time 1930 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | International Graphic Arts Society 1956-1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Lectures 1872-1875 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | National Society of Interior Designers Symposium 1967-1971 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | New York State Council on the Arts 1968-1970 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Normal Institute of Drawing and Painting - Descriptive Brochure 1876 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Notes on the History of the College of Fine Arts - A.L. Freundlich undated | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Painting Department 1907-1914 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Paper Presentation on College of Fine Arts - Mary Ann Stankiewicz 1980 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Performances - Faculty and Student Concerts and Recitals 1890-1924 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Performances - Orpheus undated | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Print Council of America 1966-1969 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Publication - Study Art undated | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Report of the Dean of the College of Fine Arts September 10, 1923 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Society for the Advancement of the Visual Environment 1967 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Special Events - Addresses 1874, 1890, 1933 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Student Paper - "Development of the Graphic Arts Excluding Architecture at Syracuse University 1871-1890" - L.F. Bartz undated | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Student Paper - "A History of the Fine Arts College from 1870-1900" - Elizabeth Schulte undated | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Various Foundations 1957-1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Various Foundations 1965-1968 | ||||||||||
| Works by Students of Edward C. Fricke | |||||||||||
| Package 5 | Bookplate by Gail Blizzard 1962 | ||||||||||
| Package 5 | Bookplate by Laurence Longley 1962 | ||||||||||
| Package 5 | Untitled Figure by Reed Thomason 1960 | ||||||||||
| Package 5 | Sagittarius by Kevin McIntyre 1964 | ||||||||||
| Package 6 | Untitled Four-Panel Cartoon by Everett Adelman 1969 | ||||||||||