Stanley Barrows papers
circa 1934-1993
- Collection Overview
- Organization and arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
- Collection Inventory
- Series I. General
- Series II. Parsons School of Design
printable version (PDF)Questions? Click here to contact us
Guide to the Stanley Barrows papers, circa 1934-1993
Collection Overview
- Repository
- Kellen Design Archives
- Creator
- Barrows, Stanley, 1914-1995
- Title
- Stanley Barrows papers, circa 1934-1993
- Extent
- 1.8 linear ft: 3 boxes, 3 oversize folders
- Summary
- Stanley Barrows (1914-1995) graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1940 and taught interior design at the school for over twenty years, becoming mentor to several generations of notable designers. The collection includes examples of student work compiled by Barrows, course outlines, class travel itineraries, reference photographs of Italian decorative styles, biographical material, and correspondence from Barrows related to his activities as a designer and teacher.
Organization and arrangement
Arranged in 2 series:
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Kellen Design Archives 2009
66 5th Ave./lobby level/
New York, NY, 10011
212.229.5942
archivist@newschool.edu
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the Kellen Design Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated by Susanna Barrows, Stanley Barrows' niece, 1997.
Related Materials
Related materials in the Kellen Design Archives include an oral history project conducted in 1994 by Martica Sawin consisting of two interviews with Stanley Barrows. The recording is part of the Parsons Institutional Collections (PIC) Moving image and audio record group.
Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
- Parsons Paris.
- Parsons School of Design. Interior Design Dept.
Genre(s)
- Clip books.
- Clippings (information artifacts).
- Renderings.
- Student projects.
Personal Name(s)
- Odom, William Macdougal, 1884-1942
Subject(s)
- Art -- Study and teaching -- France -- Paris.
- Europe -- Description and travel.
- Interior decoration -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
Collection Inventory
| Series I. General 1952-1993 | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Clippings, circa 1952-1986 | 1 | 1-2 | ||
| k_6 | 16 | |||
| k_OSxx-3 | 2 | |||
| Correspondence, 1969-1993, undated | 1 | 3 | ||
| Figure sketches [by Stanley Barrows?] | k_6 | 14 | ||
| Inventory of personalities | 1 | 4 | ||
| Lecture advertisements | 1 | 5 | ||
| Lecture notes and lists | 1 | 6-7 | ||
| Photographic portrait | 1 | 8 | ||
| Series II. Parsons School of Design circa 1934-1969 | ||||
| General 1949-1969, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Administrative | 1 | 9 | ||
| Ephemera | 1 | 10 | ||
| Lecture series mailings | 1 | 11 | ||
| Photograph [preservation copy] of William M. Odom's salon with annotations | k_6 | 16 | ||
| European summer session 1950-1965, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Notebook kept by Reagan James Caraway, Jr. | 1 | 12 | ||
|
Caraway graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1964. Following graduation, he was employed in Sanger-Harris (Dallas, Texas) department store's Interior Decorating Studio and later established his own firm. |
||||
| Travel: General | 1 | 13 | ||
| Travel: France and England | 1 | 14 | ||
| Interior design student renderings circa 1951-1954, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Black and white reproductions | 1 | 15-17 | ||
| Color reproductions | k_OSxx-3 | 2 | ||
| Watercolor renderings | k_6 | 15 | ||
| Research clip books circa 1934, undated | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Furniture: European | 2 | 1 | ||
| Furniture: Italian | 2 | 2 | ||
| Italian research: General (loosely organized by location) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Italian research: Organized by period | 3 | 2-3 | ||