Archives of American Art

A Finding Aid to the Cass Technical High School Yearbooks, 1929-1936, in the Archives of American Art

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.eagemari
Creators:
Eagen, Marion Kenney
Dates:
1929-1936
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.2 Linear feet
Repository:
The Cass Technical High School yearbooks consist of volumes created by the art department entitled Temper Mental. Found are volumes one through seven dating from 1929 to 1936 and measuring 0.2 linear feet. Volumes may contain original prints, drawings, photographs, reproductions of works of art, writings, and information about the students' yearly activities and awards, and Departmental events.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The Cass Technical High School yearbooks consist of volumes created by the art department entitled Temper Mental. Found are volumes one through seven dating from 1929 to 1936 and measuring 0.2 linear feet. Volumes may contain original prints, drawings, photographs, reproductions of works of art, writings, and information about the students' yearly activities and awards, and Departmental events.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Cass Technical High School is a public high school in Detroit, Michigan founded in 1907.
The yearbooks were kept by Marion Kenney, a metalworking student at Cass. Her name appears in the 1929 issue as the recipient of the first prize in metalwork for the National High School Art Exhibition in Pittsburgh. Among other Cass Tech High School graduates were Harry Bertoia and John Carroll.

Administration

Author
Jayna M. Josefson
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1978 by Marion Kenney Eagen, who attended Cass Technical High School.
Processing Information
The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Preferred Citation
Cass Technical High School yearbooks, 1929-1936. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Art -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Michigan -- Detroit Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Drawings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art students -- Michigan -- Detroit Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Carroll, John, 1892-1959 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bertoia, Harry Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cass Technical High School. Art Dept Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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