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Guide to the Cornish School of Allied Arts Records
1893-1989


 
Manuscript Collection No.:2654
Creator:Cornish School of Allied Arts (Seattle, Wash.), creator
Title:Cornish School of Allied Arts records
Date Span:1893-1989
Quantity: approximately 39.5 cubic feet
Languages:Collection materials are in English.

Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Historical Note

The Cornish School of Allied Arts was founded by Nellie C. Cornish in 1914 as the Cornish School of Music, located in the Booth Building at Broadway and Pine Street in Seattle. Nellie Cornish wanted to educate artists through exposure to all art forms, and within the next few years, expanded the curriculum to offer courses in dance, visual arts, theater, and design. The school became the first in the western United States to offer comprehensive training in all of the arts.

Nellie Cornish recruited both famous and unknown artists for her faculty, including painter Mark Tobey, dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, and artists fleeing from the Russian revolution, such as Peter Merenblum. Her focus, however, was not to bring art to a privileged elite, but to nurture creativity in the average person and enrich the lives of all, not just the talented, by means of art.

After World War I, and faced with the Cornish School's impending financial crisis, a group of prominent, welthy women and their husbands formed a Board of Trustees to raise funds for a new facility. In 1921, the School moved to a new, picturesque building on East Roy Street, with Nellie Cornish living in an upstairs apartment.

While the School's programs flourished, Cornish faced repeated financial crises. In 1924, with the school unable to pay the mortgage on its property, a group of benefactors formed the non-profit Cornish School Foundation to manage finances, and named Nellie Cornish the lifetime director of educational programs, working in coordination with the Foundation's Board of Trustees and the Women's Advisory Committee. After 1939, with the resignation of Nellie Cornish, a Faculty governing Board directed the school until 1946. The Music and Art Foundation, a women's civic organization formed in 1923 to encourage young people to develop their creative and artistic talents, assumed ownership and administrative responsibility of the Cornish School in 1954.

In 1977, Cornish School of Allied Arts became Cornish Institute of Allied Arts, a fully accredited college offering Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees. In 1986, the college was renamed the Cornish College of the Arts. Cornish College opened a new campus in downtown Seattle in 2003.

Arrangement

Arranged in 8 accessions:

Scope and Content

Correspondence, minutes, reports, subject files, clippings, scrapbooks, phonodiscs, film, catalogues; 1893-1989.

Physical/Technical Access

Some records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Access

Open to all users.

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Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Preferred Citation

Cornish School of Allied Arts records. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.

Inventory

 
Accession No. 2654-001
Cornish School of Allied Arts records, 1893-1978 (Bulk: 1955-1973)
approximately 26 cubic feet (33 boxes plus scrapbook, phonodiscs and oversize materials)
Arrangement
Arranged in 4 series:
  • Cornish School of Allied Arts
  • Cornish School Of Allied Arts, Registrar
  • Miss Aunt Nellie: The Autobiography Of Nellie C. Cornish
  • Music and Art Foundation
Scope and Content
Correspondence, minutes, reports, scrapbooks, phonodiscs, audio tape, film, photos, catalogues; 1916-1975, 1978.
The main body of the materials, Cornish School of Allied Arts series, documents the operations of the school, except for the functions administered by the Registrar. Records generated and accumulated by the latter have been arranged in a separate series.
The Miss Aunt Nellie series includes three drafts of Nellie Cornish's manuscripts. Most correspondence in this series relates to the Cornish Alumni Association, which, after Ms. Cornish's death, carried on the effort to get the manuscript published.
Materials in the Music and Art Foundation series document the Foundation's administration of Cornish since it assumed ownership in 1954.
Physical/Technical Access
Due to the fragile state of the originals in this accession, researchers should use the microfilm copies of the scrapbooks (Accession No. 2654-002).
Acquisition Info
Gift of the Cornish School via Ron McComb, Doris Tuck, Melvin Strauss, March 1, 1976
Processing Info
Student registration records in boxes 31-39 were returned to Cornish in July 1985, resulting in a gap in box numbers between box 30 and box 40.
One scrapbook regarding Bellingham musical events was transferred to Western Washington University with permission of Ron McComb in October 1979.
Box/Folder Date
Cornish School of Allied Arts
1/1-3aBiographical and historical features1921-1978, undated
45 items
Organizational materials
1/4Cornish School of Music1921 September 23
13 items
1/5Cornish School1921-1922
30 items
1/6Cornish School Foundationundated
1 item
1/7Cornish School Foundation, Board of Trustees1932-1938
9 items
1/8Cornish School, Board of Trustees and Board of Directors1968
5 items
1/9Cornish faculty, staff, and committees1958-1961, undated
11 items
1/10Cornish faculty1958, 1966, 1970
5 items
Incoming letters
1/11A, Miscellaneous1935, 1959-1964
6 items
1/12Bernac, Pierre1958-1959
7 items
1/13B, Miscellaneous1940, 1957-1972
9 items
1/14Cornish, Nellie C.1945
2 items
1/15C-D, Miscellaneous1927, 1958-1966, undated
13 items
1/16E, Miscellaneous1960, 1965
2 items
1/17Fonaroff, Nina1934-1935
6 items
1/18F, Miscellaneous1958, 1965-1969
6 items
1/19G, Miscellaneous1956-1962, undated
5 items
1/20Holman, Mickelwait, Marion, Black, & Perkins1954-1965
9 items
1/21H, Miscellaneous1956-1967, undated
10 items
1/22I-J, Miscellaneous1956-1964
7 items
1/23Kerry, Olive1959-1963, undated
5 items
1/24K-L, Miscellaneous1960-1969, undated
6 items
1/25Music and Art Foundation1956-1972, undated
21 items
1/26M, Miscellaneous1922, 1956-1961, undated
10 items
1/27New York Life Insurance Company1921, 1933-1945
16 items
1/28N, Miscellaneous1962-1971
7 items
1/29O-P, Miscellaneous1941, 1943, 1958-1969, undated
15 items
1/30Riddell, Williams, Voorhees, Ivie & Bullitt1968-1969
3 items
1/31R, Miscellaneous1958-1969
6 items
1/32Sackett, Martha1964, 1967
5 items
1/33Schultz, Willard1969-1972
4 items
1/34Seattle Fire Department1956, 1962-1965
6 items
1/35S, Miscellaneous1945, 1950-1969, undated
31 items
1/36T, Miscellaneous1958, 1964-1965
4 items
1/37United States State Department1964
1 item
1/38United States Treasury Department1923-1924
2 items
1/39United States Veterans Administration1951-1956
12 items
1/40Washington Public Instruction Superintendent1954-1955
6 items
1/41University of Washington1962-1972
3 items
1/42U-Y, Miscellaneous1929, 1935, 1947-1971, undated
18 items
1/43Unidentified1953, 1957, undated
4 items
21/1-3/18Outgoing letters1925-1973, undated
1454 items
4/1-5/4General correspondence1943, 1956-1971
366 items
5/5-11Interoffice correspondence1931-1943, 1956-1972, undated
177 items
5/12-19Intraorganizational correspondence1928-1972, undated
159 items
Minutes
5/20Cornish School, Stockholders Meeting1924
1 item
5/21-6/12Cornish School Foundation, Board of Trustees1924, 1926-1948
270 items
6/13-14Cornish School, Board of Directors1968-1973
38 items
7/1Cornish Women's Committee (Cornish Committee)1958-1965
36 items
7/2-6Cornish faculty meetings1959-1972
251 items
7/7Cornish School Advisory Committee1956-1957
4 items
7/8Joint meeting, Cornish Men's and Women's Committees1959
1 item
7/9League of Community Theaters1961
1 item
7/10Agendas and meeting notices1932, 1956-1973, undated
39 items
7/11Resolutions1937, undated
2 items
Financial records
7/12-18Miscellaneous1922, 1930-1938, 1956-1973
94 items
7/19Postage meter1962-1963
8 items
7/20Insurance records1925-1947, 1960
35 items
Ledgers1927-1961
20 volumes
General Notes: All ledgers are missing
Accounts payable1940-1944
Accounts payable1942-1944
Accounts payable1953-1958
Accounts receivable1934-1944
Accounts receivable1941-1943
Cash book1927-1929
Cash book1929-1933
Cash book1933-1934
Cash receipts1944
Cash receipts1944-1945
Cash receipts1945-1946
Cash receipts1946-1948
Cash receipts1951-1952
Cash receipts1952-1953
Journal1936-1943
Operating accounts ledger1940-1943
Register roll record1953-1955
Registration journal1960-1961
Scholarships1931-1935
Various outside activities1937-1940
Legal documents
8/1Articles of Incorporation, Cornish School Foundation1923-1940, undated
16 items
8/2By-laws and miscellaneous1924, 1932, 1940, 1960, undated
10 items
8/3Lease agreements1964-1967
5 items
8/4Licences1955-1959
11 items
8/5Oaths of Office, Cornish School Foundation Board of Trustees1924-1930
15 items
8/6Resolutions of Corporate Authority1929-1946, undated
29 items
8/7Sale Contract of Cornish School to Cornish School Foundation1924
1 item
8/8Satisfaction of Mortgage and Trust Deed1935
1 item
Reports - Cornish
8/9-22Financial1923, 1935-1973, undated
270 items
9/1Cornish School Foundation, Board of Trustees1936-1947
3 items
9/2Cornish School Foundation, President1938
1 item
9/3Cornish Director's Annual Reports1961-1969
11 items
9/4Cornish Director to Cornish School Foundation Board of Trustees1934, 1948
2 items
9/5Cornish Director to Cornish Committee1956-1966, 1969
42 items
9/6Cornish Director to Music and Art Foundation1958
1 item
9/7Reports for Music and Art Foundation Yearbooks1968-1972, undated
3 items
9/8Cornish Committeeundated
1 item
9/9Cornish Preschool1962 January
43 items
9/10Enrollment1937-1943
14 items
9/11Reports to Internal Revenue Service1925-1939
21 items
9/12-13Audit Reports to Veterans Administration1952-1953
2 items
9/14Miscellaneous1942-1972
26 items
Reports - Others
9/15United States Veterans Administration Audit Report1951
33 items
Speeches and writings
9/16Browne, Maurice: "The Mother of Gregory," a ballad-playundated
1 item
9/17Patterson, Frederick1959-1969, undated
34 items
9/18Sackett, Martha1962, undated
4 items
9/19Miscellaneous speechesundated
4 items
9/20Miscellaneous writings1959, 1972, undated
10 items
10/1-9News releases1945, 1957-1975, undated
412 items
Notes
10/10-11Annual and budget reports1960-1972
28 items
10/12-13Miscellaneous1930-1971, undated
78 items
11/1-13/5Programs1922-1975, undated
13/6-15/12Catalogues1914-1975, undated
16/1-5Curriculum materials1932, 1949-1972, undated
117 items
Newsletters - Cornish
16/6Cornette1933 April
1 item
16/7Cornish Bulletin1922 December
1 item
16/8Cornish Courier1927 November-December
2 items
16/9Cornish Newsletter1966-1975
9 items
16/10Faculty Bulletin1956-1958, undated
5 items
16/11Miscellaneous1957, 1975
4 items
16/12Newsletters - Others1950-1974
6 items
16/13Calendars of events1955, 1957-1967, undated
17 items
Lists
16/14Alumni and graduate students1959-1969, undated
27 items
16/15Mailing lists1956-1964
18 items
16/16Miscellaneous1960-1973
21 items
17/1-3Mimeographed material1957-1972, undated
17/4Ephemera - Cornishundated
17/5-6Ephemera - Othersundated
17/7Miscellany1936-1937, 1957-1958, undated
5 items
17/8Memorabilia1956
1 item
17/9Diplomas1940, 1942, 1957
6 items
17/10Drawings and graphic materials1933, undated
6 items
Box
18, 19Clippings1921-1975
18, 19Scrapbooks1893-1869
30 items
Physical/Technical Access: Due to the fragile state of the originals, researchers should use the microfilm copies of the scrapbooks in Accession No. 2654-002.
Posters
Tube
44Positive and negative prints of newspaper clippings circa 1933-1934
44Concert posterundated
Package
45Miscellaneous1964, undated
Box
46Phonodisc and tape dub: Interview of Nellie Cornish1938
General Notes: Missing
47Film: KOMO-TV broadcast on Cornish historyundated
General Notes: Missing
Subject series
Box/Folder
20/1Accreditation1965-1966
3 items
20/2-12Advertising1942-1964, undated
264 items
General Notes: See also: Folders 25/4, 25/8
20/13Allied Arts of Seattle, Inc1961-1966, undated
36 items
20/14Anderson, Gordon1970-1972, undated
41 items
Arts for Youth Council
21/1Organization1963-1964, undated
4 items
21/2General correspondence1962-1964, undated
15 items
21/3Minutes and agendas1962-1964
15 items
21/4Miscellaneous1962-1964, undated
26 items
21/5Bloedel-Brechemin Scholarship1968, undated
22 items
21/6Bonnelli, Richard1961-1962, undated
46 items
21/7-10Building supplies and maintenance1952-1971, undated
117 items
21/11-15Concerts - Faculty1956-1968, undated
141 items
General Notes: See also: Folders 25/9, 26/10
Cornish Alumni Association
General Notes: See also: Folders 24/13-15, 40/6, 40/16-17
21/16Organization1959, undated
2 items
Incoming letters
21/17Beck, Edward N1957-1958, undated
6 items
21/18A-D, Miscellaneous1956-1965, undated
26 items
21/19Foster, Winifred1957-1964, undated
8 items
22/1F-J, Miscellaneous1958-1965, undated
22 items
22/2Kerry, Olive1957-1964, undated
13 items
22/3K-P, Miscellaneous1927-1965, undated
27 items
22/4Moore, Elena Miramova1956-1959, 1963, undated
23 items
22/5Patterson, Fredundated
2 items
22/6Sackett, Martha195?, 1965
2 items
22/7R-Y, Miscellaneous1957-1965, 1971, 1973, undated
28 items
22/8Unidentified1957, 1964-1965, undated
7 items
22/9Outgoing letters1957, 1967-1968, undated
9 items
22/10Speeches and writings1960, undated
3 items
22/11Newsletters - Cornish Alumni-Notes1954-1965, undated
24 items
22/12Notes1967, undated
12 items
22/13Lists1961, undated
8 items
22/14Ephemeraundated
22/15Clippingsundated
22/16Cornish Junior Symphony1956-1957
13 items
22/17Cornish Luncheon1955
49 items
22/18Cornish Patronage Committee1960-1961
43 items
Cornish Sustaining Fund
22/19Organization1960, 1970
3 items
22/20-21General correspondence1959-1964, undated
57 items
22/22Miscellaneousundated
20 items
23/1Custodian1962, undated
4 items
23/2Edmonds Branch, Cornish School1964-1965
20 items
23/3Edwards, Thorne1965-1970, undated
29 items
23/4Exhibits on loan to Cornish1959-1960
5 items
23/5Exhibit - "Image of the City"1961-1962
52 items
Faculty data and information
General Notes: See also: Folder 26/3
23/6-8General correspondence1957-1971, undated
67 items
23/9Hourly rate study; Comparative salary survey1965-1970
29 items
23/10-12Miscellaneous1948-1949, 1958-1972, undated
124 items
23/13Fashion illustration data1958-1959
1 item
23/14Fencing data1958
11 items
23/15Funding survey trip1963
24 items
24/1Golden Anniversary Year (50th Anniversary)1964-1965
35 items
24/2Highline Public Schools1957-1958
4 items
24/3Kerry (Olive) Public Relations Fund1959
4 items
Library (Jane Givan Johnston Memorial Library)
24/4General Correspondence1961-1971
31 items
24/5Miscellaneous1962, 1969, undated
10 items
24/6McDowell, John H.1930-1933
32 items
Matsumoto, Hozan
24/7General correspondence1965-1966, undated
16 items
24/8Miscellaneous1965-1966, undated
37 items
24/9Music for Youth1959-1962
11 items
24/10Musical instruments1954, 1961-1967, undated
24 items
24/11National Foundation Work1955-1960, undated
29 items
24/12National Society of Interior Designers, Cornish Student Chapter1968, 1970, undated
16 items
24/13-15Nellie Cornish Day1957-1959
92 items
24/16Nellie Cornish Memorial Service1956
8 items
24/17Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Association1967
31 items
24/18Personnel1958-1971, undated
35 items
25/1-3Policies, rules, and regulations1958-1968
64 items
General Notes: See also: Folder 26/7
25/4Press and publicity1955-1965, undated
40 items
General Notes: See also: Folders 20/2-12, 25/8
25/5Projector (slide)1966, undated
4 items
25/6Projects to report1970-1973
29 items
25/7Publications1950, undated
15 items
25/8Radio - TV1965-1966
18 items
General Notes: See also: Folders 20/2-12, 25/4
25/9Recitals1967, undated
86 items
General Notes: See also: Folders 21/11-15, 26/10
25/10Sackett, Martha1959, undated
19 items
25/11-12Scholarships1955-1960, undated
76 items
General Notes: See also: Folder 21/5
25/13Schultz, Willard1966-1968, undated
30 items
25/14Seattle Repertory Theater1962-1969, undated
39 items
Shoreline Branch, Cornish School
26/1-2General1957-1961, undated
63 items
26/3Faculty1958-1959
53 items
26/4Registration, procedures, etc.1958, undated
5 items
26/5Curriculum materials1957-1958, undated
59 items
26/6Miscellaneous data1958-1959, undated
33 items
26/7Students (rules, etc.)1963-1964, 1969-1970, undated
11 items
26/8Surplus Property Program1971-1972
9 items
26/9Tea matinees1964-1965, undated
23 items
26/10Trio Pix1969-1973, undated
17 items
General Notes: See also: Folders 21/11-15, 25/9
26/11Tutorial programundated
3 items
26/12Veterans1959-1961, undated
43 items
26/13Washington Arts Commission1972-1973, undated
9 items
26/14Washington Arts & Crafts Association1957-1958, undated
11 items
Cornish School Of Allied Arts, Registrar
Incoming Letters
27/1-7A-Y, Miscellaneous1957-1965, 1970, undated
164 items
27/8-28/13Outgoing letters1941, 1955-1970, undated
972 items
28/14-22General correspondence1956-1957, 1960-1970
150 items
29/1-30/9Transcripts1940, 1943-1967
499 items
30/10Miscellany1957, 1960, undated
52 items
Subject series
30/11Class Grades1945-1958 , undated
6 items
30/12Registration statements1955-1958
11 items
30/13-19Summer school1959-1965
139 items
United States Veterans Administration
General Notes: See also: Folder 26/12
30/20General correspondence1955
1 item
30/21-22Certifications1954-1980
34 items
30/23Contracts1954-1957, undated
4 items
30/24Educational records1958-1959
5 items
30/25Overpayments1956-1960
10 items
30/26Students -- dropped1967
6 items
30/27Miscellaneous1955, undated
5 items
30/28Washington Public Assistance Department1956-1960
35 items
Miss Aunt Nellie: The Autobiography of Nellie C. Cornish
General correspondence
40/1A, Miscellaneous1958, 1965
2 items
40/2Beck, Edward1958-1984
94 items
40/3Beck, Eleanor M. (Mrs. B.C.)1958-1959
5 items
40/4-5Brown, Ellen Van Volkenburg ("Natasha," "Nellie B.")1956-1964, undated
64 items
40/6Cornish Alumni Association1958-1960, 1964
9 items
General Notes: See also: Folders 21/16-22/15, 40/16-17
40/7C, Miscellaneous1958, 1964
3 items
40/8Gates, Charles M.1963
1 item
40/9Graham, Martha1964
1 item
40/10Green, Joshua1964
1 item
40/11G, Miscellaneous1957, 1965
2 items
40/12Johnson, Lockrem1959
1 item
40/13H-L, Miscellaneous1959, 1984, 1965
3 items
40/14McGraw-Hill Book Company1955, 1959
2 items
40/15Moore, Elena Miramova1959-1961, 1964, undated
9 items
40/16-17Ramhorst, Ella (Mrs. Frederick H)1957-1965, undated
42 items
General Notes: See also: Folder 40/6
40/18Ross, Nancy1964
2 items
40/19Sackett, Martha1959
1 item
40/20Savage, George1959-1960, 1964
9 items
40/21S, Miscellaneous1961, 1964
3 items
40/22Tobey, Mark 1959
11 items
General Notes: Copies. Originals in Special Collections Manuscripts safe.
40/23Wagenknecht, Edward1959
2 items
40/24University of Washington Press1961-1965
11 items
Speeches and writings
40/25Browne, Maurice: Reminiscence of Nellie Cornishundated
2 items
40/26-42Cornish, Nellie C. Miss Aunt Nellieundated
3 items
General Notes: Draft manuscripts
42/1Farnsworth, Charles H.: "Calvin Brainerd Cady: A Reformer in Music Education"undated
1 item
42/2Miramova, Elena: "What Cornish Means to Me"undated
1 item
42/3Ross, Nancy Wilson: Introduction to Miss Aunt Nellie]undated
1 item
42/4Smith, Patsy: Jacket copy for Miss Aunt Nellie"undated
1 item
42/5Soelberg, Louise: Reminiscence of Nellie Cornishundated
1 item
42/6Tobey, Mark: "Miss Aunt Nellie"1959
1 item
General Notes: Copy
42/7Notesundated
22 items
42/8Miscellanyundated
42/9Clippingsundated
Music and Art Foundation
43/1Organization1955-1956, undated
18 items
43/2Outgoing letters1964-1965
2 items
43/3General correspondence1960-1961
2 items
43/4-5Intraorganizational correspondence1956-1968, undated
60 items
43/6Minutes1966
1 item
43/7Annual reports1951-1962
8 items
43/8Speeches and writings - Baillargeon, Mrs. John A1962
1 item
43/9Bulletins1956-1957
43 items
43/10Listsundated
43/11Notesundated
43/12Ephemeraundated
43/13Miscellany1956-1965
8 items
Subject series
43/14Breakfast programs1958-1967
9 items
43/15-16Reorganization1967-1969
36 items
43/17Seminars1968-1972
24 items
 
Accession No. 2654-002
Cornish School of Allied Arts microfilmed scrapbooks, 1893-1969
2.16 cubic feet (9 reels positive microfilm, 9 reels negative microfilm)
Scope and Content
Microfilm of scrapbooks, 1893-1969. These films include all of the Cornish scrapbooks in Accession No. 2654-001 in roughly chronological order.
Acquisition Info
Filmed from the originals in the University of Washington Special Collections Accession No. 2654-001.
ReelDate
1circa 1893-1918circa 1893-1918
11916-19391916-1939
11918-19371918-1937
21920-19221920-1922
21921-19221921-1922
31922-19231922-1923
31923-19251923-1925
41925-19261925-1926
4September 1926-September 1927September 1926-September 1927
51927-19281927-1928
51928-19291928-1929
51928-19331928-1933
6September 1929-August 1930September 1929-August 1930
61930-19311930-1931
61930-19381930-1938
61931-19321931-1932
7September 1932-August 1933September 1932-August 1933
71933-19341933-1934
71934-19351934-1935
71935-19361935-1936
71936-19381936-1938
7May 1937May 1937
8Merenblum Quartette1933-1935
8Cornish School Parent-Teacher Association1936-1938
81938-19391938-1939
81939-19411939-1941
81954-19551954-1955
8Miss Aunt Nellie1955-1965
81957-19631957-1963
81964-19671964-1967
81967-19691967-1969
8Cornish Playersundated
8Photographsundated
9Concert and recital programs1900-1933
9Martha Sackett1904-1964
 
Accession No. 2654-003
Cornish School of Allied Arts records, 1926-1978
.42 cubic feet (1 box plus 1 oversize volume)
Scope and Content
Minutes, catalogs, brochures, ephemera, guestbooks, clippings, film; circa 1926-1978.
Acquisition Info
Gift of the Cornish School via Ron McComb, February 1, 1979.
Processing Info
Photographs and posters were relocated to Special Collections Photographs Collections.
Box/Folder Date
1/1Organization1938-1975, undated
1/2General correspondence1958
1/3Financial records1959
Guestbook1976
1/4Programs1936-1977
1/5Programs1977-1978
1/6Clippings1926-1974, undated
1/7Film: Ted Howard
Alumni Association
1/8Related papers195 7-1960
1/9Newsletters1957-1965
Cornish Committee
1/10Interoffice Correspondence1958-1959
1/11Minutes, Reports1958-1959
Cornish Women's Committee
1/12Minutes1959
 
Accession No. 2654-004
Cornish School of Allied Arts records, 1947-1979 (Bulk: 1975-1979)
3 cubic feet; plus oversize scrapbooks
Scope and Content
Subject files, clippings, catalogs, scrapbooks; 1947-1979 (bulk 1975-1979)
Acquisition Info
Gift of the Cornish School, July 1, 1981.
Processing Info
Minimally processed.
BoxDate
1Catalogs1974-1979
1-2Clippings1947-1948, 1975-1979
2Unsorted materialcirca 1975-1979
3Subject filescirca 1954-1979
3Advertising1954-1958
3Argus Extractscirca 1970-1979
3Arts for Youthcirca 1970-1979
3Bellevue Schoolcirca 1970-1979
3Capitol Hill Festivalcirca 1970-1979
3Catalog materialcirca 1970-1979
3Children's Theater Conferencecirca 1970-1979
3Cleveland Balletcirca 1970-1979
3Cornish Bulletincirca 1970-1979
3History of Cornish Institutecirca 1970-1979
3Invitationscirca 1970-1979
3Joffreybefore 1970
3Joffrey1970 and after
3Kennedy Centercirca 1970-1979
3Cornish Music Departmentcirca 1970-1979
Scope and Content: Notices, news clippings, miscellaneous.
3Music and Art Foundationcirca 1970-1979
3Nutcrackercirca 1970-1979
3Open House - Cornish Institutecirca 1970-1979
3Pacific Northwest Ballet Association1986, 1970-1972
3Pacific Northwest Dancecirca 1970-1979
3Pennsylvania Balletcirca 1970-1979
3Ponchocirca 1970-1979
3San Francisco Balletcirca 1970-1979
3Scholarship correspondencecirca 1970-1979
3School of American Ballet scholarshipscirca 1970-1979
3Seattle Arts Commissioncirca 1970-1979
3Seattle Theater Artscirca 1970-1979
3Seattle Timescirca 1970-1979
3Sunset Clubcirca 1970-1979
3University of Washington performances, generalcirca 1970-1979
Scrapbooks1975-1977
2 volumes.
 
Accession No. 2654-005
Cornish Institute of Allied Arts records, 1977-1981
2 cubic feet
Scope and Content
Historical features, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, financial records, reports, project/planning files, questionnaires, ephemera, programs, lists, photographs, clippings, subject series; 1977-1981.
Acquisition Info
Gift of the Cornish School, July 8, 1982
Processing Info
Minimally processed
 
Accession No. 2654-006
Cornish School of Allied Arts records, 1937-1945
4 sound discs
Scope and Content
Sound recordings on phonodiscs; 1937, 1941-1945.
Content unknown. Presumably recordings are of recitals at Cornish, which had a recording studio, but no broadcasting facility. Not certain these are Cornish recordings. Includes one disc labelled "Class of 1948-1949"; no indication if recording is of music or what. Other labels are "Balog-Neumann Recital", "Rendezvous - Tribute to BR", and "Side 1 Ralph Turner Hamlet - Announcement Reading, Side 2 Music".
Physical/Technical Access
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
There is currently no equipment on campus to play these recordings.
Acquisition Info
Gift of Mea Hartman, July 14, 1981.
Processing Info
Minimally processed
 
Accession No. 2654-007
Cornish School of Allied Arts records, circa 1953-1989
2.82 cubic feet (4 boxes)
Scope and Content
Minutes, interdepartmental correspondence, program, clippings, and related files; circa 1953-1989.
Entire accession consists of records of the Cornish Dance Department. These records date from Karen Irvin's association with the school as teacher and choreographer, from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s.( Additional general files on Cornish were accessioned as Karen Irvin papers.)
Acquisition Info
Gift of Karen Irvin, June 30, 1992
Processing Info
Minimally processed
 
Accession No. 2654-008
Cornish School of Allied Arts records, 1918-1948 (Bulk: 1932-1944)
2.10 cubic feet ( 5 boxes)
Scope and Content
Correspondence, personnel files, financial records, photographs, news releases and other material concerning the faculty, performances, management of the school and its support; 1918-1948 (bulk 1932-1944). Major correspondents include Nellie Centennial Cornish, Steven Balough, and Mrs. M.S. Bornstein, treasurer.
Custodial History
Karen Irvin, who headed the dance program at Cornish, brought these files to the Pacific Northwest Ballet for safekeeping. They were discovered there by Sheila Dietrich; she donated them to University of Washington Libraries in February 2000.
Acquisition Info
Pacific Northwest Ballet via Sheila Dietrich, February 16, 2000
Processing Info
Minimally processed
Box/Folder Date
Organizational Records
1/1Historical featurescirca 1920
1/2Organizational features1918-1923
1/3Incoming letters regarding endorsements1935
General correspondence
1/4Beck, Eleanor Nordhoff1939
1/5Carnegie Corporation1926-1939
1/6Koiransky, Alexander1942
1/7Regarding Bellingham dance program1938-1939
1/8-15Regarding booking1939-1940
1/16Regarding building maintenance1937-1939
2/1-2Regarding faculty, miscellaneous1935-1944
2/3-4Regarding faculty searches1938-1940
2/5Regarding fundraising1935-1942
2/6Regarding King, Eleanor1943-1944
2/7Regarding Elsa Maxwell lecture tickets1939
2/8Regarding publicity1939
2/9Regarding royalties for music and plays1935-1936
2/10Regarding Walker, George1942
2/11Regarding Wegner, Evelyn1942-1944
2/12Regarding Wise, Willie1942
2/13General correspondence of Nellie C. Cornish1938
2/14General correspondence of Katherine Scruby1942
Personnel files
2/15Amero, Emilio1942-1943
2/16Balogh, Stephen1935-1942
2/17Bird, Bonnie1939
2/18Bjorge, Edwin M.1944
2/19-20Bolm, Adolph1933-1944
2/21Cage, John1938-1939
2/22Cox, Lolo1939
2/23Dennison, Doris1938
2/24Esser, Wright1941-1942
2/25Gellendre, Gertrude1939
2/26Gerbert, Ernst1940-1941
2/27Gombosi, Annie Tschopp1939-1941
2/28Goode, Elizabeth1944
2/29Henle, Annemarie1935-1938
3/1Jennings, George1937-1938
3/2Keller, Kathryn (Bertha)1935-1941, undated
3/3Krumschmidt, Eberhard1939
3/4MacLean, Donald I. A.1938-1941
3/5McClellan, Gladys1940-1941
3/6Neumann, Fritz1939-1940
3/7Schoeni, Helen1939-1940
3/8Taeuber, Harry1937-1938
3/9Thiel, Serrata1938-1944
3/10Towbin, Cyril1937-1940
3/11Van Emdem, Harriet1926, 1937
3/12Walker, George1942-1948
3/13Wenger, Evelyn1942, undated
3/14Wise, Willie1938
3/15Miscellaneous faculty A-Z1942, undated
Financial records
3/16Refunds1939
3/17Subscriptionsundated
3/18Gifts to Cornish1932-1937
3/19Bequest of Ingeborg MacFarlane1932
3/20Maxwell and Benes Events1939
3/21-23Miscellaneous1924-1942
3/24Contracts - Lease1921
Event files
3/25-26, 4/1-3Eduoard Benes lecture1939
4/4-5Boake Carter lecture1940
4/6"Cornish Afternoons" at Frederick and Nelson1939
4/7Cornish national radio broadcast1936
4/8Irving Deakin lecture1943
4/9Randolph Hokanson concert1940
4/10Josephine Hutchinson performance1929
4/11Elsa Maxwell lecture1938-1939
4/12George Peckham concert1942
4/13Margaret Speaks concert1940
Three Star Series
4/14Richard Bonelli concert1939
4/15Martha Graham performance1938-1940
4/16Alec Templeton concert1939-1940
4/17-18Miscellaneous1939-1940
5/1Ellen Van Volkenburg performance1933
5/2News releases1938, undated
Subject files
5/3Catalog bids1940
5/4Dartington Hall, England - School of Dance and Mime1931-1934, undated
5/5-7"Dollar Drive" fundraiser1936-1937
5/8National Association of Schools of Music1933-1936
5/9Promotional program1941
Lists
5/10"Active Lists" - recruitment1942, undated
5/11Alumni information1931-1942, undated
5/12"Plays Produced by Cornish School" 1918-1938circa 1940
5/13-14Photographscirca late 1930s
5/15Programs1931, 1942
5/16Artifact - Metal "Cornish" Stencilundated
Board of Trustees
5/17-19Incoming letters1937-1942
5/20-21Outgoing letters1936-1940
General correspondence
5/22Bird, Bonnie1939-1940
5/23Cage, John1940
5/24Van Emdem, Harriet1940
5/25Regarding Board nominations1937
5/26Regarding finances1937
5/27Intraorganizational correspondence1921, 1937-1938
5/28-29Minutes1924, 1937-1940
5/30Resolutionsundated
5/31Reportundated
5/32Contract1940

Subject Terms

Personal Names:
Bird, Bonnie--Correspondence.
Browne, Ellen Van Volkenburg, 1882- --Correspondence.
Cage, John--Correspondence.
Cornish, Nellie Centennial, 1876-1956.
Irvin, Karen, 1910?-1999.
Tobey, Mark--Correspondence.
Organizations:
Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle, Wash.)
Cornish Institute of Allied Arts (Seattle, Wash.)
Cornish School of Allied Arts (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives.
Cornish School of Allied Arts (Seattle, Wash.) Dance Department.
Cornish School of Allied Arts (Seattle, Wash.) Registrar.
Music and Art Foundation (Seattle, Wash.)
Subjects:
Acting--Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Art schools--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives.
Art--Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Arts--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Conservatories of music--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives.
Dance schools--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives.
Dance--Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Music--Instruction and study--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Small colleges--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Universities and colleges--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Genre Headings:
Catalogs.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence.
Ephemera.
Financial records.
Minutes.
Phonograph records.
Programs.
Reports.
Scrapbooks.