Black Mountain College Special Issue

]> pc_gregory_mary Finding Aid of the Mary Gregory Papers, 1965 - 1989 Processed by: George Stevenson; machine-readable finding aid created by: Ashley Yandle &hdrNcDncsa; 2007 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: May, 2002 Description is in English December, 2007 Converted from Version 1.0 to Version 2002, by Lee Todd. Finding Aid of the Mary Gregory Papers, 1965 - 1989 North Carolina State Archives &tpNcDncsa; Descriptive Summary North Carolina State Archives. Gregory, Mary, 1914- Mary Gregory Papers, 1965 - 1989 PC.1895 Materials in English 377 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, North Carolina State Archives. Mary Gregory taught woodworking and crafts at Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) from 1941-1947. Although the collection does include a few writings and photographs relating to Black Mountain College, it primarily contains photographs and technical drawings dating from the period when Ms. Gregory had her own woodworking shop (1954-1988) and when she taught at Concord Academy, Concord, Massachusetts. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], PC.1895, Mary Gregory Papers, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Gift, Miss Mary Gregory, Hingham, MA, 1999.

Processing Information

Processed by George Stevenson, August, 1999

Encoded by Ashley Yandle, May, 2002

Updated to EAD 2002, Lee Todd, November, 2007

Biographical Note

Mary Gregory, a lifelong New Englander, was educated in Bennington College, from which she received a bachelor of arts degree in 1936. From 1936 to 1941 Ms. Gregory taught sculpture, painting, life drawing, shop, and scenery construction at Cambridge School, Kendal Green, Massachusetts. She joined the Black Mountain College faculty as an apprentice teacher in 1941, was instructor in crafts at the college in 1942/43, and instructor in woodworking from 1943-1944 to 1946-1947.

Collection Overview

Except for writings on Black Mountain College and four photographs relating to the college in the 1940s, this collection of photographs and technical drawings dates from the period when Ms. Gregory had her own woodworking shop (1954-1988) and when she taught at Concord Academy, Concord, Massachusetts. Among the photographs are examples of furniture, cabinetry, church furnishings, and carvings made by Ms. Gregory, and, from the closing two decades of her practice, houses and outbuildings designed by her. The writings and collection of photographs are stored in a fibredex box and are shelved in their proper place among the collections of private papers. The large technical drawings, which include her house designs and plans for interior woodwork, are housed in the map case containing double oversized materials from private papers.

Online Catalog Headings

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Subject Terms Architecture, Domestic--United States--20th century--Designs and plans. Architecture--United States--Details. Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)--History. Cabinetwork--United States--History--20th century. Carving (Decorative arts)--United States. Church furniture--United States. Concord Academy (Concord, Mass.) Furniture--United States--History--20th century. Gregory, Mary, 1914- Photography of interiors. Woodwork--United States--History--20th century. Related Collections

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS) http://www.ncarchives.dcr.state.nc.us.

Container List Black Mountain College PC.1895.1 Writings Black Mountain College Special Issue, The Arts Journal (Asheville, NC), v.3, no.7 (Apr. 1978) Black Mountain College: A Golden Seed, by M. C. Richards, in Craft Horizons, June 1977, pages 20-22, 70. Black Mountain College: A Historical Collage, by Andrew S. Leinhoff, B.S. thesis, MIT, 1969, 91 pages, xerox copy of a typescript. Black Mountain College and Work Program, by John Evarts, Paris, 1967. [Written for an English magazine, FORM, edited by Michael Weaver.] xerox copy, 5 pages. Photographs Student study Farm house (roof raising) T. Dreier tray for silverware The Quiet House Photographs Architecture Mrs. Copley Amory, Jr., house, Lincoln, MA, 1965 7 items Eddy house, North Ridge, Sutton, VT, 1975 7 items Fowl house, dovecote, birdfeeder 13 items Hutchinson house (curved stairs), Cambridge, MA, 1979, 1989 17 items Pierce barn/storage, Seal Harbor, ME, 1982 2 items Walcott house, Bessemer Hill, Dryden [Ithaca], NY, 1982-1983 31 items Shed 3 items Shed raising 8 items She's 80 6 items Unidentified 12 items Furniture Contact prints 7 sheets Beds 2 and part of 1 contact sheet Chairs and stools 6 items Chests 5 items Church furniture 9 and 1 contact sheet Desks and writing tables 11 items Music stands 3 items Patio furniture 3 and 1 contact strip Tables, coffee 13 items Tables, dining 14 items Tables, occasional 11 items Miscellaneous 6 items Interiors

The 52 photographs of interiors showing woodwork by Ms. Gregory have been gathered by similarity of detail and put into six folders. Proximity, however, does not always suggest relationship among these 52 photographs.

Group 1 10 items Group 2 6 items Group 3 4 items Group 4: Walcott house, Bessemer Hill, Dryden [Ithaca], NY 21 items Group 5 5 items Group 6 6 items Architecture Drawings and Plans (In Map Case) PC.1895.2 Mrs. Copley Amory Jr., house at Lincoln, MA 1965. 19 items (16 original pencil drawings; 3 line prints)

Elevations, floor plans, schedules, cabinetry, and site plats.

Eddy house, North Ridge, Sutton, VT, 1975. 18 original pencil drawings (one with added color)

Elevations, floor plans, specifications, cabinetry, fireplaces, and schedules for dwelling house and outbuildings.

Grossman house (interior woodwork), Conway, MA, 1984. 1 original pencil drawing

Floor plans and interior elevations suggesting alterations to be made in the house.

Hunsaker house, Fox Ridge Farm, Lincoln, MA, 1972, 1986. 7 items (5 original pencil drawings; 2 blue line prints)

Floor plans and specifications for a heifer shed and for alterations to the cottage, and a site plat.

Hutchinson house, Cambridge, MA, 1979, 1989. 17 items (15 original pencil drawings-8 of them partially inked: 1 blue line print; 1 typed sheet of specifications)

Elevations, floor plans, and specifications for alterations to the dwelling house and creation of a curved patio stair.

Leon mantle, 1980. 1 original pencil drawing

Elevation, plan and sections for a living room mantle for Mr. and Mrs. Fernando S. Leon, Ann Arbor, MI.

Livermore house (interior woodwork), Lincoln, MA 10 items (7 original pencil drawings; 3 blue line prints)

Chiefly drawing for cabinetry and fireplace treatment (including mantle); blue line prints are elevation and floor plans.

Pierce barn/storage, Seal Harbor, ME, 1982. 1 original pencil drawing

Elevation and floor plan.

Sweet house (interior woodwork), Lexington, MA, 1981. 2 original pencil drawings

Floor plans and elevations for cabinetry.

Walcott house, Bessemer Hill, Dryden [Ithaca], NY, 1982, 1983. 20 original pencil drawings (16 of them partially inked)

Drafts and re-drafts of elevations, floor plans, and specifications.

Walcott house (interior), Bessember Hill, Dryden [Ithaca], NY, 1982. 5 original pencil drawings

Elevations and plans for cabinetry, bannister, and newel post.

Walcott house, Bessemer Hill, Dryden [Ithaca], NY, 1982. 11 items (4 original pencil drawings; 1 negative ozalid transparency; 3 black line prints; 1 USGS quadrangle sheet entitled, Ithaca East, New York; 1 blue line print, 1 MS height readings on ruled yellow tablet paper). Walcott house, Old Field, Long Island, NY, 1977, 1978. 9 items (8 original pencil drawings; 1 sheet of notes in ink)

Elevations, floor plans, details, and interior woodwork elevations.