The Survey art files, 1921-1948

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
Ms Coll\Survey Art Files
Bib ID:
4079382 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Jones, Wilfred, 1888-1968; Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
200 items (1 box)
Language(s):
English .
Additional Description:
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/42_STE-SY_20.pdf
Access:
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Description

Summary

Cover designs; original art work for illustrations, vignettes, charts, and mastheads; prints and photographs from the files of THE SURVEY. The collection consists primarily of art work for SURVEY GRAPHIC; some material for MIDMONTHLY is also included. SURVEY GRAPHIC included articles on broad social issues, including public health, world peace, welfare, labor conditions, and government regulations. It had striking pictorial covers, and was extensively illustrated with drawings, cartoons, reproductions of contemporary prints, and photographs, all represented in the collection. The cataloged artists include Wilfred Jones and Hendrik Willem Van Loon.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Kellogg, Helen Hall. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1980. Accession number--M-80.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89.

Biographical / Historical

THE SURVEY, a leading journal of the social work profession and social reform issues from 1897 to 1952, was edited by Paul Underwood Kellogg (1879-1958) from 1912 to 1952; his brother arthur Arthur Kellogg served as managing editor until his death in 1934. Between 1922 and 1932 two issues a month were published: the GRAPHIC NUMBER and the MIDMONTHLY NUMBER; from 1933 to 1948 they were published as two separate periodicals, SURVEY GRAPHIC and SURVEY MIDMONTHLY.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Drawings (visual works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Illustrations CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Kellogg, Arthur, -1934 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kellogg, Paul Underwood, 1879-1958 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
United States -- Social conditions CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Art, Modern -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Charities -- Periodicals CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Industrial laws and legislation CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Peace CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Public health CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Public welfare CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Social problems -- Periodicals CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Social service -- Periodicals CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Work environment CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Working class CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID