Archives of American Art

Pewabic Pottery records

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.pewapott
Creators:
Pewabic Pottery (Firm)
Dates:
1891-1973
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
10 Microfilm reels
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Business files and records; correspondence; files on commissions, consignments, and exhibitions; day books (16 vols.); order books; ledgers; legal documents; guest books; correspondence regarding inquiries, recipes, and tests for clays and glazes; photographs; information on the Pewabic Pottery building; and miscellaneous papers. Also includes some personal papers of Mary Chase Perry Stratton, such as a scrapbook, teaching records, tax returns, property documents, records, and day books of Revelation Kiln owned by Stratton.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Pottery center; Detroit, Mich. Founded in the early 1890s by Mary Chase Perry Stratton where she produced "Revelation Pottery." She experimented and developed potters' techniques and used specially developed kilns for firing, called Revelation Kilns. Michigan State University has subsequently acquired Pewabic Pottery.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 1011-1020 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to the lender, Michigan State University, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1975 by Pewabic Pottery.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Women potters Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Decorative arts Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ceramicists -- Michigan -- Detroit Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pottery Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Revelation Kiln Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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