Wulfekammer, Verna Mary (1900-1994), Collection, 1893-1976 (C3864)

51.9 linear feet and oversize

INTRODUCTION

The collection of Verna Mary Wulfekammer, University of Missouri-Columbia professor of art from 1928 to 1968, contains teaching materials and artifacts, correspondence, clippings, student work, publications and photographs related to the personal and professional life of Wulfekammer and her mentor and colleague, Ella Victoria Dobbs.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Verna Mary Wulfekammer Collection was donated to the University of Missouri by Howard J. Hoffman, guardian and conservator of the estate of Verna M. Wulfekammer, on October 23, 1989 (Accession No. 4921). Additions to the collection were made by Virginia Sinclair on August 17, 1990 (Accession No. 4975) and on January 16, 1991 (Accession No. 5013); Mary Edith Baker on May 19, 1995 (Accession No. 5531), and Larry Kantner on July 31, 1998.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Verna Mary Wulfekammer’s contribution to the growth of the art education program at the University of Missouri spanned the four decades between 1928 and 1968. A University of Missouri professor of art, she taught and refined course work in artcraft, bookbinding, basketry, handwork, and supervision of student teaching begun by her mentor, Ella Victoria Dobbs, during the early part of the twentieth century. Wulfekammer was responsible for training two generations of Missouri art teachers. In addition to her longstanding contribution to art education, Wulfekammer was also responsible for the advancement of the weaving program at the university begun by Dobbs in 1927. During Wulfekammer’s tenure at the university, her teaching, publications, and work on state education committees exerted considerable influence on art education throughout the state of Missouri.

Verna Wulfekammer was born May 13, 1900 in Levasy, Missouri, a farming community in Jackson County. She was the younger of two daughters born to German-American parents, William and Orlinda Kronsaga Wulfekammer. From 1906 to 1915 she attended elementary school at the Bone Hill School, a one-room schoolhouse near her home in Levasy. Her Bone Hill teacher, who boarded with the Wulfekammer family, influenced her to become a teacher.

In 1917, two years after graduating from the Bone Hill School, Wulfekammer attended William Chrisman High School in Independence, Missouri where she graduated second in her class in 1920. During high school Wulfekammer established her interest and aptitude in art and teaching. By her senior year she was yearbook staff artist and had completed a three-year teacher-training program. Upon graduation, she held a provisional teaching certificate that enabled her to teach primary school in Missouri.

Like many unmarried women of her generation, Wulfekammer chose primary school teaching as a career. For three years, from 1920 to 1923, she taught grades one through eight at the Oldham School, a one-room school in rural Jackson County. During the summer months, when she was not teaching school, Wulfekammer attended Central Missouri State Teachers College in nearby Warrensburg and worked on an undergraduate degree in education.

In 1923, with some course credits from Central Missouri State Teachers College, Wulfekammer resigned from her teaching position at the Oldham School and transferred to the University of Missouri-Columbia to complete her undergraduate degree.

While studying art and education at the University, Wulfekammer met Professor Ella Victoria Dobbs, who would later become her mentor and colleague. Dobbs, a pioneer in the correlation of art and handwork in education, taught teacher training courses (primary and intermediate handwork) in the School of Educa­tion, and applied arts courses in the School of Fine Arts. Her University of Missouri career spanned 27 years from 1909 to 1936, and her courses formed the core of the University’s art education program. Wulfekammer took courses taught by Dobbs in the latter’s area of expertise, including handwork, artcraft, basketry and bookbinding.

In 1926 Wulfekammer graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree with a major in art. In 1928, after a two-year teaching stint at the Ott School in Independence, Missouri, Wulfekammer returned to the University of Missouri to pursue graduate work in art and education. While in graduate school and at Dobbs’ invitation, Wulfekammer accepted a position as a part-time instructor of industrial arts. She taught artcraft courses and supervised student teachers in art classes in the University’s Junior and Senior Laboratory High School.

During this time Wulfekammer also took courses from Dobbs and conducted research in elementary art education in the University Elementary School. In Wulfekammer’s 1931 Master of Arts thesis, "Activities and Methods Promoting Maximum Development in the Creative Art and Handwork of Children," she set out to develop art problems that would help children see, love, and desire order and refinement in their everyday surroundings. Her study focused on how children worked with materials and the teacher’s role in providing opportunity for self expression in the process of self-control and development of technical skills.

In 1931, just after receiving her Master of Arts degree, Wulfekammer was promoted to three-quarter-time instructor of industrial arts and assistant to "Miss Dobbs" in the University’s Applied Arts Department. Colleagues from 1931 to 1936 when Dobbs retired, they both taught teacher education courses in primary and intermediate handwork, art teaching methods, supervision of student teaching, artcraft, toymaking, bookbinding, basketry and handloom weaving.

When Dobbs retired from University teaching in 1936, Wulfekammer became her successor in the Applied Arts Depart­ment and was promoted from instructor of industrial arts at three-quarter time to assistant professor of applied arts.

Although Wulfekammer was head of the Applied Arts division, her full-time appointment was not a tenure-track position and was one that was subject to annual review and renewal. She was an assistant professor for 20 years, from 1936 to 1956. With few exceptions, Wulfekammer was singlehandedly responsible for teaching and administering the University’s art education and applied arts programs begun by Dobbs. In addition to her teaching and service to the University of Missouri, Wulfekammer contributed to art education at the state level. From 1945 to 1954 Wulfekammer wrote a series of art appreciation textbooks, My Picture Study Books, for Missouri. From the early 1940s and well into the 1960s, Wulfekammer also wrote state art curriculum guides for grades one through twelve. From 1953 to 1955 Wulfekammer was editor of the Missouri Art Education Association journal, Show Me Art.

In 1961 Wulfekammer wrote Ella Victoria Dobbs: a Portrait Biography, a tribute to her mentor. In 1962 she wrote a history of the Missouri Art Education Association and in 1967 was elected to Who’s Who in American Education. Throughout her long career, Wulfekammer held membership and office in numerous professional and honorary organizations. Among them were the American Association of University Women, Pi Lambda Theta, Missouri Art Education Association, Missouri State Teachers Association Art Council and Delta Kappa Gamma.

After her 1968 retirement from the University, Wulfekammer became active in educational organizations, the Christian Scientist Church, and the Columbia Weavers Guild.

In 1989 Wulfekammer moved from her home of more than 40 years in Columbia to Candlelight Care Center in Columbia, where she died in 1994.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Verna M. Wulfekammer Collection consists of correspondence, teaching notes, speeches, lesson plans, books, pamphlets, journals, commercial publications, work by Wulfekammer’s students, artifacts, weaving drafts and examples, scrapbooks, architectural drawings, clippings, photographs, publications, and miscellaneous material relative to the University of Missouri teaching careers of both Wulfekammer and her mentor, Ella Victoria Dobbs. Series are described in more detail within the folder list. The collection is arranged into nine series:

Other collections held by the Western Historical Manuscript Collection relative to the history of American art education and crafts education, especially weaving, and university art faculty members are: Ella Victoria Dobbs Papers, Cornett Farm Papers, Junius L. Meriam Papers, Robert F. Bussabarger Papers, and the records of the Missouri Art Education Association.

For further reference, a preliminary inventory of the Dobbs/Wulfekammer teaching library held in the University of Missouri Department of Curriculum and Instruction is included in the information folder to this collection.

Since 1985 with the tremendous impact of the Penn State History of Art Education Conference on historical research, scholarly interest and research in the field has rapidly grown throughout the United States and the international education communities. Wulfekammer’s life and contribution to art education in Missouri was a viable part of that history and was addressed in a research paper by Paula L. McNeill at the Second Penn State History of Art Education Conference in 1989, "Ella Victoria Dobbs and Verna M. Wulfekammer: Teaching Art in the University Elementary School, University of Missouri, 1912-1936," and published in its proceedings in 1992.

FOLDER LIST

Correspondence Series

The Correspondence series, arranged chronologically and dating from 1920 to 1976, comprises both professional and personal letters. Unfortunately, there is only a small amount of correspondence in this section.

f. 11920-1939
f. 21940-1959
f. 31960-1976

University of Missouri Series

The University of Missouri series consists of materials related to both Wulfekammer's undergraduate and graduate student days and to her forty-year university teaching career.

f. 4 to 19Materials relate to Wulfekammer's student career and include transcripts, scrapbooks, course notes, notebooks, research projects, and her 1931 Master of Arts thesis.
f. 20 to 29Items consist of Wulfekammer's teaching notes, notebooks, and lesson plans for methods courses in the teaching of art, supervision and criticism, primary handwork, junior high school art, artcraft, bookbinding, and toymaking.
f. 30 to 61 Contain university student notebooks and papers for methods courses in art activities in the elementary school, artcraft, basketry, weaving, jewelry, pottery, toymaking, primary handwork, and teaching and supervision of art.
f. 62 to 334Teaching resources, including books, pamphlets, journals, and commercial publications related to courses in art appreciation, basketry, blockprinting, color, design, drawing, leatherwork, lettering, metalwork, painting, pottery, puppetry, sculpture, stenciling, textiles, toymaking, weaving and woodworking.
f. 130 to 147 Contain Dobbs' student portfolios and cardboard-mounted images of animals, birds and insects, baskets, costumes, etc. that were used to teach art and handwork methods courses in the 1920s.
f. 147 to 163Teaching resources on interior decoration from the New York School of Interior Decoration Home Study Course from the 1930s are in .
f. 164 to 316Weaving resources, including teaching notebooks, teacher and student-made weaving drafts, record sheets, weaving examples, and weaving publications by Mary Atwater, Berta Frey, and Mary Black.
f. 317 to 334Contain miscellaneous materials, such as art book and art education materials catalogs.

f. 4Transcripts
f. 5Scrapbooks, 1920, 1923-1926
f. 6Wulfekammer’s student notes for art history courses, c. 1925
f. 7Primary Handwork notebook, 1925
f. 8"My Picture Book" and "Cut Outs," Wulfekammer’s student work in Primary Handwork course, c. 1925
f. 9Intermediate Handwork notebook, c. 1925
f. 10Bookbinding notebook, c. 1925
f. 11Animal Life notebook, c. 1925
f. 12Principles of House Planning notebook, c. 1925
f. 13Toymaking notebook, c. 1926
f. 14Weaving notebook, 1925
f. 15"Teaching of Art" course notes, 1925
f. 16"History of Art" course notes, 1925
f. 17"Psychology of Education" course notes, c. 1925
f. 18Study of Activities in Art and Handwork of Grade I, 1929-1931
f. 19Activities and Methods Promoting Maximum Development in the Creative Art and Handwork of Children, MA thesis, 1931
f. 20Primary Handwork teacher notebook, after 1928
f. 21"Teaching of Art," teaching notes on color and design, after 1928
f. 22Teaching notebook (Artcraft, bookbinding, supervision and criticism), 1929
f. 23Teaching notebook (Toymaking), n.d.
f. 24Junior high school art course, lesson plans, n.d.
f. 25Art education course descriptions and bibliographies, miscellany, 1956-1957
f. 26Wulfekammer’s teaching schedule, 1959-1961
f. 27Teaching materials, guidelines, n.d.
f. 28Teaching materials, outline for food study, recipes, n.d.
f. 29Miscellaneous teaching materials, n.d.
f. 30Art Activities student notebook, 1939
f. 31Art Activities student notebook, "Stitchery," 1956
f. 32-33dArt Activities for Elementary School student papers, 1960s
f. 34Art Activities for the Kindergarten and Primary Grades student notebook, n.d.
f. 35Artcraft student notebook, 1936
f. 36Artcraft IV student notebook, n.d.
f. 37-44Artcraft student notebooks, n.d.
f. 45Basketry student notebooks, n.d.
f. 46Historic Research in Artcraft student notebook, "Ceramic Glazes," 1954
f. 47Historic Research in Artcraft student notebook, "Weaving," 1963
f. 48Jewelry student notebook, n.d.
f. 49Pottery student notebook, 1936
f. 50-50aPrimary Handwork student notebooks, "Color," "The Circus", n.d.
f. 51Primary Handwork student notebook, "Alphabet and Numerals", n.d.
f. 52Primary Handwork student notebooks: "Paper Cutting," "Sally’s Birthday," "Taffy," "Flop­py", n.d.
f. 53-53aPrimary Handwork student notebooks: "My Pets," "Picture Making," "My Picture Book", n.d.
f. 54Problems courses, student papers, n.d.
f. 55-55dSupervision of Art Activities student papers, n.d.
f. 55e-55hTeaching of Art student papers, n.d.
f. 56"Toymaking," Artcraft II, student notebook, 1930
f. 57"Handloom Weaving," student notebook, 1927
f. 58-60Weaving I student notebooks, 1935, n.d.
f. 61Wood carving, preliminary drawing, n.d.
f. 62Art appreciation prints, n.d.
f. 63Art at a Price: the New Aesthetics, 1942
f. 64Art for Home Economics Classes, 1925
f. 65-66Basketry technique booklets, n.d.
f. 67Colour Printing with Linoleum and Wood Blocks, 1925
f. 68Blockprinting technique booklets, n.d.
f. 69Linoleum blockprinting examples, n.d.
f. 70Color Printing and the Arts of the Book, Teachers College, Columbia University, n.d.
f. 71Bulletin boards and display, n.d.
f. 72Calligraphy/lettering, n.d.
f. 73Cardboard Construction, J.H. Trybom, 1899
f. 74The "All American" Art: Cartooning, Higgins Ink Co., 1944
f. 75Simplified Cement Craft, Pedro J. Lemos, 1924
f. 76Chipcarving, W.P. Thurber, 1936
f. 77Collage, n.d.
f. 78Color charts and Color Charm and Protection, 1934
f. 79Color in Camouflage, William Rose and Robert Corsbie
f. 80Constructive Design, Edith Phelps and Mabel Arbuckle
f. 81Costume Design, Carolyn G. Bradley, 1937
f. 82Design work examples, c. 1931
f. 83Design and Color, Johonnot, Mentzer, Bush and Co., n.d.
f. 83aThe Decorative Application of Plant and Animal Life, 1925
f. 84Doll’s Furniture, William W. Klenke, 1935
f. 85Drawing course of study, Seattle Public Schools, n.d.
f. 86Technical Hints in the Use of the Pencil, E. Watson, n.d.
f. 87Figure Drawing from Life, Rowena Huber, 1932
f. 88Drawing techniques, n.d.
f. 494The Drawing Teacher, 1926-1929
f. 495The Drawing Teacher, 1930-1931
f. 496The Drawing Teacher, 1932-1934
f. 497The Drawing Teacher, 1935-1936
f. 498The Drawing Teacher, 1937-1939
f. 499The Drawing Teacher, 1940-1943
f. 500The Drawing Teacher, 1944-1946
f. 501The Drawing Teacher, 1947-1949 (after Sept/Oct 1949 title changed to The Art Educationist
f. 502The Art Educationist, 1950-1952
f. 89Enameling on Copper, Thomas Thompson, 1950
f. 90Furniture Style Book, Berkey and Gay, 1928
f. 91Handwriting. The Palmer Method of Business Writing, 1925
f. 92Industrial Art Text Books, Snow and Froehlich, 1921, The Principles of Beauty for Industrial Design, Pedro J. Lemos, n.d.
f. 93Leather Work, Adelaide Mickel, 1913
f. 94Dictionary of Leather Terminology, 1927
f. 95The Romance of Leather..., 1928
f. 96Leathercraft, Pedro J. Lemos, 1934
f. 97Designs for Carved Leather, Louise C. Hoefer, 1946
f. 98Creative Leathercraft, Francis Sunderland, 1961
f. 99Leathercraft supply catalogs, 1930s-1950s
f. 100Lettering, The Drawlet Portfolio: Lettering and Design, n.d.
f. 101Metalwork designs, n.d.
f. 102Art Metal Craft, Pedros J. Lemos, 1937
f. 103Units in Etching...Tooling Metal, R. Smith, 1939
f. 104Painting examples, n.d.
f. 105Paint-it-Yourself Art Program, n.d.
f. 106Paper and Scissors in the Schoolroom, Emily Weaver, 1893
f. 107Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades, Ednah Rich, 1905
f. 108Primary Manual Work, Ledyard and Breckenfeld, 1911
f. 108aStudy Unit for Pottery, n.d.
f. 109American Type Founders art printing, n.d.
f. 110Puppetry: an Educational Adventure, V. Murphy, 1934
f. 111Puppet Making, Dana Green, 1935
f. 112Making and Staging Marionettes, 1951
f. 113Puppetry, n.d.
f. 114Sculpture examples, n.d.
f. 115Silk Screen Process in the War Effort, c. 1940
f. 116Splatter Ink Techniques, La Vada Zutter, 1938
f. 117The Stencil Book, Emmy Zweybruck, 1937
f. 118Stitchery techniques, 1960s
f. 119The Gingham Book of Embroidery, n.d.
f. 120Textile Decorating, Pedros J. Lemos, 1935
f. 121The Helen Speer Book of Childrens White Pine Toys and Furniture, 1915
f. 122Gifts That a Boy Can Make, 1923
f. 123Unique Simple Toys, William Klenke, 1935 and 1936
f. 124Wooden Toy-making, Winifred Horton, 1936
f. 125Action Toys, Louis Petersen, 1936
f. 126Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1938
f. 127Children’s Hallowe’en Party Book, n.d.
f. 128Toymaking instruction and diagrams, Toy Patterns, 1920
f. 129Wood Work for the Grammar Grades, San Francisco Public Schools, 1903
f. 130-130bAnimals
f. 131Basketry
f. 132-132cBirds and insects
f. 133Blockprinting
f. 134Book plates
f. 135Color
f. 136-136cCostumes and customs
f. 137Flower forms
f. 138Industrial processes
f. 139Landscapes
f. 139aPapermaking
f. 140Poses
f. 141Pottery
f. 142Trees
f. 143Miscellaneous
f. 144Cut-paper border designs
f. 145Portfolios with printed border designs
f. 146-146aPortfolios of elementary students’ landscape and flower studies
f. 147New York School of Interior Decoration Home Study Course, Architectural and Deco­rative Details, 1937
f. 148Principles of Good Taste in Interior Decoration, 1937
f. 149Tapestries, Rugs and Carpets, 1937
f. 150French Period Styles, 1937
f. 151English and American Period Styles, 1937
f. 152Lighting and Fixtures, Curtains and Hangings, 1938
f. 153Color...Development of Color Schemes, 1936
f. 154Decorative Textiles, 1936
f. 155Floor and Wall Treatments, Woodwork, Paints, 1934
f. 156Furniture Selection and Arrangement, 1937
f. 157Pre-Classical, Classical...Medieval Art..., 1937
f. 158Period Styles, Italian and Spanish, 1936
f. 159Mantels and Pictures, 1937
f. 160Pottery and Porcelain, 1936
f. 161Modern Decoration, 1936
f. 162Lamp Shades, Draperies and Slip Covers, 1936
f. 163Procedure and Harmony, 1936
f. 164Weaving notebook, c. 1933
f. 165Weaving notebook, c. 1940
f. 166Weaving notebook, c. 1949, UCLA course
f. 167-168Weaving notebooks, n.d.
f. 169-171Weaving drafts and examples by Wulfekammer, n.d.
f. 172-175Weaving drafts and examples, n.d.
f. 176-178Weaving drafts, Structo Mfg. Co., n.d.
f. 179Structo Artcraft Looms, manual of instructions, n.d.
f. 180-181Weaving examples, n.d.
f. 182-185Record sheets, examples of student weaving, c. 1958
f. 186-191Weaving drafts and examples, n.d.
f. 192Weaving drafts, "Linens on Parade," c. 1955
f. 193Commercially printed fabric samples, n.d.
f. 194Talks on Weaving Techniques, by Mary Atwater, 1939
f. 195-196Drafts for Ten Patterns, 1939
f. 197Two Harness Techniques, Irene Francisco, n.d.
f. 198Adventures in Weaving on A Two-Harness Loom, n.d.
f. 199Weaving for Beginners, n.d.
f. 200"This is Weaving," Woman’s Day, December 1941
f. 201Notes on Weaving Techniques, 1942
f. 202Seven Projects in Rosepath, Berta Frey, 1948
f. 203Weaving Manual, Special Skills Division Resettlement Administration, 1936
f. 204-206Loom Music, 1945
f. 207Loom Music, 1946
f. 208Loom Music, 1959
f. 209-212The Shuttle Service, n.d.
f. 213The Shuttlecraft Guild Recipe Book, Mary Atwater, n.d.
f. 214The Little Loomhouse, Lou Tate, 1939-1949
f. 215Creative Crafts, weaving lessons, n.d.
f. 216Four-Harness Huck, Evelyn Neher, 1957
f. 217Handweavers’ Instruction Manual, H. Douglas, 1949
f. 218Handweavers’ Reference, Mary E. Black, 1954
f. 219-222New Weaves from Old, Elmer Wallace Hickman, n.d.
f. 223Natural Yarn Fabrics, Elmer Wallace Hickman, n.d.
f. 224The "Spot" Weave of "Bronson" Weave, M. Atwater, ­1948
f. 225"Bethlehem Star" weaving examples
f. 226"Birdseye" weaving examples
f. 227"Bronson Lace" weaving examples
f. 228-232"Crackle" weaving examples
f. 233"Fleck Diamond" weaving examples
f. 234"Four Block Diamond" weaving examples
f. 235"Herringbone Twill" weaving examples
f. 236-258"Honeysuckle" weaving examples
f. 259"King’s Flower" weaving examples
f. 260-261"M’s and O’s" weaving examples
f. 262-268"Monk’s Belt" weaving examples
f. 269"Plain" weaving examples
f. 270-271"Rose Path Pattern" weaving examples
f. 272"Small Wheel" weaving examples
f. 273"Summer and Winter" weaving examples
f. 274-278"Twice Threading" weaving examples
f. 279"Twill" weaving examples
f. 280"Waffle-Swedish" weaving examples
f. 281"Young Lover’s Knot" weaving examples
f. 282-302Miscellaneous weaving examples
f. 303-316Miscellaneous weaving teaching materials, n.d.
f. 317Art school brochures, n.d.
f. 318Mexican Art and Life, 1938
f. 319Pennsylvania Planning: Handicrafts in Post War Planning, 1943
f. 320Pennsylvania German Arts and Crafts: a Picture Book, n.d.
f. 321Art book catalogs, n.d.
f. 322-325Art education materials catalogs, n.d.
f. 326Sources of Art Materials for the Handicapped, n.d.
f. 327-334Miscellaneous teaching materials, n.d.

Organizations Series

The Organizations series, consisting of both social and professional organizations, is arranged alphabetically by organization name.

f. 335American Association of University Women
f. 336Association for Childhood Education
f. 337Columbia Weavers Guild
f. 338Delta Kappa Gamma
f. 339Delta Phi Delta
f. 340Missouri Art Education Association
f. 341Missouri Association of Classroom Teachers
f. 342Missouri Association of Teachers of Allied Arts and Humanities
f. 343Missouri State Teachers Association
f. 344National Art Education Association
f. 345Phi Delta Kappa
f. 346Pi Lambda Theta

Conferences Series

The Conferences series contains programs, etc. of professional meetings and is arranged chronologically. This series is representative of only a few conferences attended by Wulfekammer.

f. 347Fifth Biennial New England Weavers’ Seminar, 1963
f. 348Mid­west Weavers Conference, 1972, 1980, 1981
f. 349Missouri Art Conference, 1955
f. 350National Conference of American Handweavers, 1943
f. 351Seventh Annual Meeting of Related Arts Service, 1945
f. 352Miscellaneous

Publications Series

The Publications series contains Wulfekammer's publications and is arranged chronologically. These publications consist of a series of art appreciation texts, My Own Picture Book and My Picture Study Book, that Wulfekammer created for the Missouri State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in the 1940s and 1950s. It also contains state art curriculum guides from the 1950s and early 1960s as well as Show-Me Art, the journal of the Missouri Art Education Association, edited by Wulfekammer in the early 1950s. Typescripts and a published volume of Wulfekammer's 1961 tribute to her mentor, Ella Victoria Dobbs: a Portrait Biography, are included in this series as is a 1962 organizational history of the Missouri Art Education Association.

f. 353My Own Picture Book, Books 3 and 4, 1940
f. 354My Own Picture Book, Books 6 and 7, 1940
f. 355My Own Picture Book, Book 8, 1940
f. 356My Own Picture Book, Books 1-3, 1943-1944, Missouri Course of Study
f. 357My Own Picture Book, Book 1, 1944-1945
f. 358My Picture Study Book, Books 1 and 3, 1945-1946
f. 359My Picture Study Book, Books 1 and 2, 1948-1949
f. 360My Picture Study Book, Books 1 and 3, 1949-1950
f. 361My Picture Study Book, Books 1-3, 1950-1951
f. 362My Picture Study Book, Books 1 and 2, 1951-1952
f. 363My Picture Study Book, Book 2, 1953-1954
f. 364My Picture Study Book, Book 2, 1954-1955
f. 365My Picture Study Book, Books 3, 5, 6, 1955
f. 366My Picture Study Book, Book 7 and 8, 1955
f. 367Art for Missouri, 1940/41, 1951/52
f. 368Art for Missouri: Ten Works of Art for 1955/56

Art for Missouri: Ten Works of Art for 1956/57

f. 369Missouri Art Course of Study, 1944-1945, n.d.
f. 370Art for Elementary Schools of Missouri, 1952
f. 371Art for Elementary Schools of Missouri, 1956
f. 372-377Elementary Art Guide, n.d.
f. 378-383State of Missouri Art Curriculum Guide, 1960-1961
f. 384Show-Me Art, 1953
f. 385-389Ella Victoria Dobbs: a Portrait Biography, typescript, 1959
f. 390-391Ella Victoria Dobbs: a Portrait Biography, typescript, c. 1960
f. 392Ella Victoria Dobbs: a Portrait Biography, 1961
f. 393"Ella Victoria Dobbs--Through the Years," n.d.
f. 394Historical Development of Missouri Art Education Association, 1916-1962, 1962

Ella Victoria Dobbs Series

The Ella Victoria Dobbs series contains Dobbs' publications on art and handwork methods for elementary school students (1914, 1917, 1924, 1932) and a 1938 book on weaving techniques. This section also includes Dobbs' 75th birthday scrapbook that contains letters and cards from former students and colleagues, her Pi Lambda Theta pins, biographical information, and miscellany.

f. 395Handwork in Grades One to Six, 1916
f. 396Illustrative Handwork for Elementary School Subjects, 1917
f. 397Our Playhouse: an Industrial Reader, 1924
f. 398First Steps in Art and Handwork, 1932
f. 399First Steps in Weaving, 1938
f. 400Art Fibre Weaving, n.d.
f. 401Scrapbook, 75th birthday, 1941
f. 401a"Joy in Creative Expression" in Show-Me Art, March-April 1944
f. 402Pi Lambda Theta pins
f. 403Miscellaneous
f. 404"Ella Victoria Dobbs," typescript, Agnes Snyder, ACEI Leadership Book, 1967

Photographs Series

The Photographs series contains both professional and personal photographs of Wulfekammer and Dobbs. In folder 427 there are glass lantern slides of Dobbs' elementary student work used in her primary handwork publications (1914, 1917) and images of University of Missouri, Department of Art, art studios and lecture rooms. Folders 416 and 429 contain images of artifacts created in University of Missouri courses in applied arts from the 1930s.

f. 405Ella Victoria Dobbs
f. 406-408Verna Mary Wulfekammer
f. 409-425Artifacts, University of Missouri, Art Department, 1930s-1960s
f. 426University of Missouri, Central Missouri State University buildings
f. 427Glass lantern slides, student work in Dobbs’ handwork publications
f. 428Delta Kappa Gamma, Women’s Centennial Congress, 1940
f. 429Artifacts, University of Missouri, applied arts courses, c. 1935
f. 430Delta Kappa Gamma, 1961

Miscellaneous Series

The Miscellaneous series contains Wulfekammer's biographical information, elementary and high school papers and certificates, and poems collected by Wulfekammer in the 1920s. Within this series are University of Missouri, Department of Art, architectural plans by Wulfekammer for art education and weaving classrooms in the Fine Arts Building constructed in 1961, Wulfekammer's 1963 University of Missouri personal faculty record, and a 1970 Department of Art self-study. This series also contains art tests, art curriculum guides from other states, and University and public school student artwork.

f. 431Biographical information
f. 432-435Bone Hill School and William Chrisman High School grade cards
f. 436The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book, 1920
f. 437-438The Gleam, William Chrisman High School, 1918, 1919
f. 439Progressive Course in Spelling, 1904
f. 440Geometry notebook, c. 1920
f. 441Poems collected by Verna Wulfekammer, c. 1920
f. 442Miscellaneous, Personal
f. 443-444Certificates and diplomas
f. 445-460Clippings
f. 461-466Wulfekammer’s University of Missouri personal faculty record, c. 1963
f. 467-472University of Missouri Department of Art architectural plans, c. 1960s
f. 473-476University of Missouri Department of Art self-study, 1970
f. 477-486Art curriculum guides from other states
f. 487-488Art tests
f. 489-491Miscellaneous, Art
f. 492Student art work

Artifacts Series

The Artifacts series contains three-dimensional examples of artwork by Wulfekammer and her students and Dobbs' turn-of-the century student work in sloyd (manual training) from the Throop Polytechnic Institute, Pasadena, California (the present California Institute of Technology). This section also includes examples of textiles from the 1950s and 1960s, puppets, toys, dolls and dollhouse furniture, paper mache masks and sculpture, metalwork, bookbinding, printmaking, basketry, and miscellaneous objects. A complete list of the artifacts follows this inventory.

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WULFEKAMMER ARTIFACTS

Note: The artifacts in this collection are located in Oversize. Locations such as "W-1" indicate a box. Please use these designations when requesting an item, along with the item number, which precedes the item in the list below, and a brief description of the item. For example: W-17, #14, angle.

Artist’s materials and tools:

Location: W-17

14-16wooden angles, "property of the School of Fine Arts, Applied Arts Division," c. 1924
17French curve
18protractor
19ruler owned by Wulfekammer, Creamer Ruler Co., Chillicothe, Ohio
20"7 Keys to Art," drawing pencil set, Dixon’s "Eldorado"
21set of German-made drawing tools
22Esterbrook scratch knife
23set of Mastercraftsman modeling tools by Ettl Studios, with card "With Love to my professional Mother, Verna"
24linoleum block printing tool set, Millers-Falls

Basketry:

Location: W-18

1wicker waste basket
33-36miscellaneous small baskets

Location: W-19

2wicker waste basket
8-15miscellaneous small baskets

Location: W-20

3large wicker basket with handle
7miscellaneous small baskets
16-17miscellaneous small baskets
22-30miscellaneous small baskets
31-32fibers examples

Location: W-21

4large round wicker basket with handle

Location: W-21

5-6medium-sized baskets
18-21miscellaneous small baskets

Bookbinding:

Location: W-7

1-6Milwaukee Handicraft Project, c. 1937, bookbinding examples
7bookbinding press

Cardboard construction

Normal course, Throop Polytech­nic Institute, objects made by Ella Victoria Dobbs, c. 1897:

Location: W-10

1napkin ring
2holder
3cylindrical box with lid, painted repeat pattern on outer surface
4cylindrical box with lid, covered with lizard-like pat­terned material
5wooden box (sloyd)
6book end (chip carving, sloyd)
7pillow made from handwoven fabric
8Guatemalan woven top

Ceramics:

Location: W-7

1ceramic bowl by Verna Wulfekammer, 1949

2ceramic plate: "Federation of Arts and Crafts, Show-Me Missouri," 1948-1950, by Charpiot
3cement craft tile by Verna Wulfekammer

Dolls:

Location: W-3

1"oriental" seated figure [netsuke]
2-4plastic "kewpie" dolls
5wooden female figure
6wooden male figure [Mexican]
7wooden male figure in cap and work apron
8wooden male figure
9wooden male figure [baker]
10wooden male figure [drum major]
11female corn husk doll
12female Indian doll, "Tuley," by Helen Howerton
13-16female yarn dolls
17"Tom Sawyer," paper mache doll
18crepe paper and pipe cleaner doll
19-20Indian corn husk dolls
21Male in buckskin twig doll
22"clown" twig doll by Verna Wulfekammer
23"Pilgrim" sock doll
24"Mexican" sock doll
25"Japanese" sock doll
26"Chinese" sock doll
27"clown" bean bag doll
28"Little Bo Peep" cork doll
29"Jack-in-the-Box" construction paper doll
30"Pilgrim" construction paper doll
31"Ragged Ann" construction paper doll
32"poodle" construction paper doll

Location: W-4

33-43flat joined wooden dolls

Glass:

Location: W-7

4glass plate with leaf pattern by Ed Walter, student of Wulfekammer

Line cuts for educational methods in primary handwork publications:

Location: W-17

1"The Playhouse"
2-3Ella Victoria Dobbs, c. 1937
4Toymaking, balancing figures
5Toymaking, animals
6-7Sandtables
8Toymaking, circus parade through village

Location: W-17

9Smith & Brown Grocery Store
10"free hand paper cutting" examples
11weaving class
12loom and weaving examples
13basketmaking

Marionettes:

Location: W-4

44"clown" figure
45[dwarf] figure
46[woodworker] figure
47"Pinnochio"

Metalwork:

Location: W-7

5platter
6candlestick
7embossed organic design exercise
8open work bracelet
9two-metal bracelet
10pin
11wavy-edged dish
12square box with floral design
13-15copper enameling examples

Paper Mache:

Location: W-13

1"turtle"
2basket with handle
3[dragon]
4"owl" by Martha O’Connor, problem 7, Art Activities
5"lady bug" by Kathy Kiniry, problem 8
6"penguin"
7"duck" by Judy Musgraves, problem 9, Art Activities
8"pig"
9-10painted gourd instruments

Location: W-14

1angel
2poodle
3pig
4hippopotamus
5lobster, by Sylvia Johnston, Art Activities, sect. 1, Mrs. Townsend

Location: W-15

1-4masks
5abstract sculpture
6dog, Artcraft IV

Playhouse furniture:

Location: W-5

1rust-colored upholstered couch
2-5upholstered chairs
6-7green wooden chairs
8bunk bed with coverlet and pillows
9bathroom towel rack, towels and rug
10-13brown wooden chairs
14TV set
15green wooden chair with red and white painted design
16brown wooden table
17brown leather chair trimmed in navy
18brown paisley-shaped wooden table
19dresser with round mirror
20dresser stool
21bed with green plaid dust ruffle
22chest of drawers and mirror
23wooden kitchen sink
24refrigerator
25stove
26bathroom medicine cabinet
27toilet
28small black table
29brown wooden table lamp and shade
30dresser
31bathroom sink
32small red chair

Printmaking:

Location: W-17

1-25linoleum blocks
26silk screen frame

Puppets:

Location: W-2

1paper mache "clown" W-1
2paper mache "Dopey" W-1
3paper mache "queen" W-1
4paper mache female W-1
5paper mache "oriental," by Linda Horn W-1
6styrofoam head female W-1
7female figure with braids W-1
8female figure W-1
9-12male figures W-1
13female figure, by Karen Fort W-1
14female "rabbit" W-1
15"witch" W-1
16"owl," by Julie Meinershagen, problem 14, Art Activi­ties, Mrs Townsend
17"horse," by Lucy Smith, section 1, project 10
18"Little Red Riding Hood," by Patricia Williamson, sect 2, problem 10
19"clown," by Barbara Bitshenauer, problem 11
20male figure, by Jeanne Cary W-1

Sloyd work by Ella Victoria Dobbs

Done while a student at Throop Polytechnic Institute, Pasadena, California. Work approved by teacher, C.A. Kunou, 1897:

Location: W-8

1hinged book holder with chip carving
2corner shelf
3wooden tray with chip carving
4wooden plaque with chip carving
5letter opener with chip carving
6pencil tray with chip carving
7hammer handle
8hatchet handle
9scoop
10spoon
11oval plaque
12rectangular picture frame
13rectangular frame (tongue and groove)
14egg-shaped frame with rectangular opening
15three-sided form with three holes
16four-sided form with four holes
17five-sided form with cup hooks [key holder]
18four-sided form with semi-circular cuts on each side and a round hole in the center
19right angle with round hole in center
20tongue and groove example

Sloyd work:

Location: W-8

21square piece of wood
22three-sided figure with three holes
23letter opener
24letter opener with chip carving
25two square buttons with chip carving
26spoon
27rectangular napkin holder with chip carving
28rectangular napkin holder with truncated corners and chip carving
29six-sided shallow bowl with chip carving
30carved wooden frame

Textiles

Location: W-1

3green on green block printed fabric
4green block printed fabric
6"clover" stenciled napkin
8"grape" block printed fabric
9"house" block printed fabric
11stitchery on burlap
12cross-stitch sampler
13cross-stitch sampler
16block printed pillow case
21woven belt
22tapestry weaving sample
23slit-tapestry weaving sample

Location: W-1

24slit-tapestry weaving sample
25tapestry weaving sample, stripes
27circular raffia crocheted doily
28loom-woven hanging with slats and metallic thread, c. 1950s
29loom-woven hanging with silver metallic thread, c. 1950s
30woven sampler
34off-white woven fabric sample
35off-white woven fabric with red and silver metallic thread
36placemat
37placemat
38placemat
42[Guatemalan] sampler
47tapestry woven pillow
48woven plaid fabric
49tapestry woven example
51burlap fabric with copper-colored metallic thread
53woven mat with metallic thread
54woven mat with gold metallic thread
55brown and yellow woven mat
56white and red woven mat
57burlap woven mat
60woven mat with beige and gold metallic thread
61beige, gold, and rust woven example
62woven brown and green novelty yarn example
63black and multi-colored woven example
64woven example
66blue and white woven example
67rose and white woven example
68white, yellow, orange, green yarn and straw place mat
69houndstooth scarf
70woven table scarf
72gold metallic thread and brown yarn woven example
73black and white weaving
75white weaving
76beige, brown, and blue weaving
77gold and white weaving
78green, beige, and brown weaving
79weaving example
81silver, black, and white weaving
82beige, green, red and brown weaving
83orange and beige weaving
84green and beige weaving

Location: W-1

85weaving example
86white weaving
87black, white, brown and yellow weaving
88slat weaving
90green, grey, black and white weaving
92blue and red weaving
93white, pink and beige weaving
95blue, white and burgundy weaving
96beige and orange weaving

Location: W-10

1pink and navy woven pillow cover
26women’s garment made from loom-woven fabric, [c. 1920s]
45upholstery trim
46upholstery fabric

Location: Roll 1

31beige and white checked placemat with clear plastic fiber, c. 1950s
44rug
50multi-color woven mat
71gold metallic thread and green yarn woven example
74orange, green and gold weaving
80blue, purple, pink and silver woven wall hanging
89woven sampler
91black, green, beige and orange weaving
94blue, white and green weaving

Location: Roll 2

32beige and white striped placemat, c. 1950s
33turquoise placemat woven with plastic fiber, c. 1950s
39woven fabric
40navy shawl with metallic thread
41white shawl with metallic thread
43woven fabric with elephant motifs
52green woven runner
58brown shawl
59black and white houndstooth scarf
65blue woven example

Location: Roll 3

2orange and brown block printed fabric
5orange "corn" printed fabric
7"clover" stenciled cloth
10batik fabric
14"horse" stenciled [scarf]
15"dancers" block printed scarf
17linoleum block printed fabric
18printed tablecloth, c. 1950s
19printed fabric, c. 1950s
20block printed runner

Toymaking:

Location: W-6

1wooden "walking grasshopper"
2wooden zebra
3wooden giraffe
4wooden tiger
5wooden black dog
6wooden walking ape, "Dan"
7-8jumping jacks
9horse and rider moveable toy
10moveable caricature figure, "HHS," [Hickman High School]
11ostrich like figure
12court jester figure
13pull toy with figure
14instrument [drum on a stick]

Location: W-11

1clown and donkey (weighted wooden toy)
2two male figures (weighted wooden toy)
3dog in red jacket (weighted wooden toy)
4dog and cat (weighted wooden toy)
5tumbling clown (weighted wooden toy)
6fighting pigs (cardboard see-saw toy)
7carved totem pole
8assembled totem pole
9carved wooden bear
10sheep
11porcupine

Location: W-11

12-14sailboats

Location: W-12

15red, white and blue boat
16boat with threee smoke stacks
17green and yellow boat
18wooden ocean liner (designed by Edmund Wichman, Milwaukee Handicraft Project, 1930s)
19wooden ocean liner
20tug boat
21wooden steam roller (designed by George Burns, Milwaukee Handicraft Project, 1930s)
22-24two-wheeled pull carts for dolls
25wheelbarrow
26running boy (mechanical toy)

Wire sculpture:

Location: W-16

1moose, attributed to James R. Trice
2bee
3ostrich by Shirley Petermann
4grasshopper
5human figure
6turkey
7abstract sculpture
8abstract sculpture with wire screening
9dinosaur

Woodworking:

Location: W-9

1chip carving exercise, n.d.
2-4chip carving exercises by Verna Wulfekammer
5-6chip carving wooden boxes, n.d.
7-8chip carving plates
9-11painted circular wooden trays
12low-relief carved donkey, "Art Department, Scott"

Location: W-9

13low-relief carving of four running horses with man on reverse side
14low-relief carved book marker with bird figure
15Delta Kappa Gamma napkin holder
16carved wooden box

Miscellany:

Location: W-5

1-4ceramic figures
5-13set of ceramic doll dishes
14-18glass figures: rooster, duck, goat, abstract figures
19-22egghead dolls
23-26soap carvings
27toothpick porcupine
28toothpick house
29paper sculpture sheep
30leather moccasins

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

  • Alexander, Alice Mae
  • American Association of University Women
  • Architecture, Domestic, 1934
  • Art and the handicapped
  • Art appreciation
  • Art appreciation--Missouri
  • Art appreciation--Prints
  • Art Lovers Guild, Columbia, Missouri
  • Art tests
  • Art, Mexican
  • Artcraft
  • Art--Elementary education, Columbia, Missouri, 1914, 1917
  • Art--Elementary schools
  • Artex Prints, Inc., Westport, Connecticut
  • Artists' materials
  • Arts and crafts
  • Arts and crafts--Pennsylvania Dutch
  • Art--Study and teaching
  • Art--Teaching aids and devices
  • Association for Childhood Education
  • Association for Childhood Education, 1942
  • Atwater, Mary Meigs
  • Bartlett, Donald
  • Basket making
  • Basket making
  • Baskets (artifacts)
  • Black, Mary E.
  • Bleckschmidt, Alfred W.
  • Block printing
  • Block printing
  • Block printing (artifacts)
  • Bone Hill School, Levasy, Missouri
  • Bone Hill School, Levasy, Missouri, c. 1915
  • Bookbinding
  • Bookbinding
  • Bookbinding (artifacts)
  • Bussabarger, Robert F. (1922- )
  • Bussabarger, Robert F. (1922- )
  • Camouflage (Military)
  • Cartoons and caricatures
  • Cement craft
  • Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri, 1920
  • Children's literature
  • Chip carving
  • Collage
  • Color
  • Color printing
  • Color prints
  • Coloring books
  • Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, New York
  • Columbia Weaver's Guild, Columbia, Missouri
  • Costume, c. 1956
  • Delta Kappa Gamma
  • Delta Kappa Gamma, 1937, 1958, 1972, 1973
  • Delta Phi Delta
  • Design
  • Design, Decorative
  • Dobbs, Ella Victoria
  • Dollhouse furniture
  • Dolls
  • Dolls (artifacts)
  • Drapery
  • Drawing
  • E.H. Sheldon and Company, Muskegon, Michigan
  • Education--Elementary Art, 1919, 1917
  • Embroidery
  • Enamel and enameling
  • English drama
  • Esthetics
  • Etching
  • Fabrics
  • Fabrics (artifacts)
  • Fashion design
  • Federation of Arts and Crafts, Show-Me Missouri, n.d. (artifacts)
  • Finger painting
  • Flory, Mary Josephine
  • Frey, Berta
  • Froehlich, Hugo B.
  • Furniture
  • German language
  • Handwork, 1914, 1917
  • Handwriting
  • Hansen, Douglas R. ( -1992)
  • Home economics
  • Hulse, Dorothea
  • Illustration of Books
  • Industrial arts education
  • Interior decoration
  • Interior decoration, 1934
  • Jamison and Spearl, Architects, St. Louis, MO
  • Jewelry
  • Johonnot, Ralph Helm
  • Leather work
  • Lemos, Pedros J.
  • Lettering
  • Loans
  • Masks (Plays) (artifacts)
  • McKinin, Lawrence
  • Metalwork
  • Metalwork (artifacts)
  • Midwest Weavers Conference
  • Milwaukee Handicraft Project, Works Progress Administration, Milwaukee, WI, 1937 (artifacts)
  • Missouri Art Education Association
  • Missouri Association of Classroom Teachers
  • Missouri Association of Teachers of Allied Arts & Humanities
  • Missouri State Teachers Association
  • Missouri, Art Conference
  • Mobiles (Sculpture)
  • Nails
  • National Art Education Association
  • National Conference of American Handweavers
  • New England Weavers Seminar
  • New York School of Interior Decoration Home Study Course
  • Oldham School, Jackson County, MO, 1921
  • Painting
  • Painting, technique
  • Paper crafts
  • Pennsylvania Dutch, Arts & crafts
  • Perry Pictures, Boston, MA
  • Phi Delta Kappa
  • Pi Lambda Theta
  • Pickard, Caroline Garrish
  • Pottery
  • Printing
  • Prints
  • Puppets & puppet plays
  • Puppets (artifacts)
  • Rivera, Diego (1886-1957)
  • Rugolo, Lawrence T.
  • Rugs
  • Sand tables, 1914, 1917
  • Schwartz, Charles W.
  • Sculpture
  • Sculpture (artifact)
  • Shane, Frederick (1906-1990)
  • Silk screen printing
  • Skating
  • Slides (Photography), 1914, 1917
  • Snow, Bonnie E.
  • Speed Ball Textbook Modern Lettering & Poster Design, Hunt Pen Company, Camden, NJ, c. 1941
  • Stack, Frank
  • Stanley Rule & Level Plant, New Britain, CT
  • Stanley Rule & Level Plant, New Britain, CT, Tool charts, 1926
  • Stencil work
  • Structo Artcraft Looms, Freeport, IL
  • Student art work, 1940s
  • Student art work, 1950s
  • Student art work, 1960s
  • Student notebooks
  • Tapestry
  • Tate, Lou
  • Teachers, Training
  • Teaching, Aids and devices
  • Textile design
  • The Alice Jo Shop, Columbia, Missouri
  • Theater
  • Throop Polytechnic Institute, Pasadena, CA, 1897
  • Tools
  • Toymaking
  • Toys
  • Type and type founding
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of Missouri
  • University of Missouri, Campus plan, 1930
  • University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Barnwarming, 1923, 1924
  • University of Missouri, Columns
  • University of Missouri, Department of Applied Arts, 1935
  • University of Missouri, Department of Art
  • University of Missouri, Department of Art Education
  • University of Missouri, Department of Art, Faculty, 1962
  • University of Missouri, Department of Theory & Practice of Art
  • University of Missouri, Elmer Ellis Library
  • University of Missouri, Fine Arts Building, c. 1960s
  • University of Missouri, German Club, c. 1925
  • University of Missouri, Laboratory School
  • University of Missouri, Memorial Stadium, c. 1925
  • University of Missouri, Memorial Union
  • University of Missouri, School of Fine Arts
  • University of Missouri, Student Life, 1923-1926
  • University of Missouri, Students, 1950s
  • Urback family
  • Walter, Edward
  • Watercolor
  • Weavers--Columbia, MO
  • Weaving
  • Weaving (artifacts)
  • William Chrisman High School, Independence, MO
  • Women, Friendship
  • Women's Centennial Congress, 1940
  • Woodworking
  • World War, 1939-1945, Arts and Crafts
  • Wulfekammer, Edna
  • Wulfekammer, Verna Mary
  • Zutter, La Vada
  • Zweybruck, Emmy