EVELYN RAYMOND:
An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Raymond, Evelyn, 1908-, creator. | |
| Title: | Evelyn Raymond papers. | |
| Dates: | Undated and 1939-1997. | |
| Abstract: | Biographical information, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, photographs, sketches, writings, studio and class information, newspaper and magazine articles, video recordings, and other memorabilia of Minnesota sculptor Evelyn Raymond. | |
| Quantity: | 0.8 cubic feet (2 boxes), 3 master video files: MOV (14.6 GB), and 3 user video files: MP4 (638.4 MB). | |
| Location: | P2631 |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Evelyn Raymond was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1908. She attended the Minnesota College of Art Design in Minneapolis before withdrawing to follow two teachers to a new program, the Minneapolis Art Students League. After working and caring for her mother in Duluth for eight years, Raymond returned to Minneapolis to begin her career as a sculptor in the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in 1938. Between 1939 and 1951 she taught at the Walker Art Center school and was the head of the sculpture department. In 1958 her statue of Maria L. Sanford was installed at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. In addition to her ongoing career as a sculptor creating architectural sculptures for businesses and churches, busts of well-known people, and many other works, she continued to teach in her own studios. Evelyn Raymond died in 1998.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Her papers contain a variety of information on her sculptures including Erg (1938), donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in 1980; her WPA bas relief for the International Falls high school stadium (1939); Feike Feikema (Frederick Manfred) bust (ca. 1947); Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Minneapolis (1949); Maria L. Sanford (1958); Family Group/The Family, Mutual Service Company, St. Paul (1959), later moved to the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul in 1983; Bernie Bierman bust, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1976); Legacy, Fairview Hospital, Minneapolis (1982); Firebird, Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park (1982); and Celebration of Peace, St. Louis Park (1997).
The collection also provides information on her other sculptures, her working and teaching philosophies, and how she built her career. There is brief information related to her membership in the Minnesota Sculpture Group and the Association of Women in Architecture.
ARRANGEMENT
The collection was originally housed in binders with little organization. Items were removed from binder sleeves and organized by type of material and chronologically if possible.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Evelyn Raymond Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 15,771
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of video material are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original videocassettes were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into MOVs.
Processing Information:
Processed by: Anne Levin, September 2005
Digital video transferred from the master videocassettes by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (August, 2019).
Catalog ID number: 990037128050104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| P2631 | 1 | Biographical infomation, undated. | |||||||||
| Includes various curriculum vitae and biographical sketches. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, undated and 1941-1997. | |||||||||||
| Exhibition catalogs and gallery announcements. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Undated and 1943-1958. | |||||||||||
| 1966-1986. | |||||||||||
| Photographs, undated. | |||||||||||
| Includes photographs of several of Raymond's sculptures. There is a series of photographs documenting her Maria L. Sanford statue from its wire frame to completion, accompanied by a newspaper article using many of the photographs. There are also a few photographs of Raymond's WPA era works. | |||||||||||
| Sketches, undated. | |||||||||||
| A sketchbook and a few miscellaneous sketches. | |||||||||||
| Studio and classes, undated and 1944-1945. | |||||||||||
| Class advertisements, notes of goals for class, and a reading list. Studio letterhead and advertisement. | |||||||||||
| Writings and interviews, undated and 1942-1966. | |||||||||||
| Drafts, portions of articles or speeches, brief notes, and some full essays by Raymond. Also includes some interviews of Raymond. | |||||||||||
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| P2631 | 2 | Organizations, undated and [1940s]-1960s. | |||||||||
| Brief information relating to the Minnesota Sculpture Group of which Raymond was a founding member and president and the Association of Women in Architecture. | |||||||||||
| Memorabilia and miscellaneous materials, undated and 1943-1997. | |||||||||||
| Mixed materials, 1943-1984. | |||||||||||
| A few pieces of correspondence, exhibition catalogs, and clippings of various dates that were pasted onto scrapbook pages such that different years and types of materials are combined. | |||||||||||
| Clippings. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| An extensive collection of newspaper and magazine articles documenting Raymond's career and sculptures. | |||||||||||
| Undated and multiple dates. | |||||||||||
| A wide range of information on Raymond and her sculptures is in this folder. Undated articles may complement articles in the dated clippings folders. Multiple dates occur when articles with different dates were pasted onto a single piece of paper (e.g. undated, 1943, and 1958). | |||||||||||
| 1939-1968. | |||||||||||
| Contains information on sculptures by Raymond used to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, the Feike Feikema bust, the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepard, the Maria L. Sanford statue, and the Family Group sculpture for Mutual Services Company. There is information on other sculptures and on Raymond and her career generally. | |||||||||||
| 1972-1997. | |||||||||||
| Information on Raymond and her sculptures including the Bernie Bierman bust, the donation of Erg to the Minnesota Historical Society, Legacy, Firebird, Family Group/The Family moving to St. Thomas, and the bust of Dimitri Mitropoulos. | |||||||||||
| Internet | Video recordings, 1988 and 1997. | ||||||||||
| A Tribute to Evelyn Raymond, March 18, 1988. 1 master video file (9 minutes, 04 seconds): MOV (2 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (89 MB). | |||||||||||
| Poor image quality. | |||||||||||
| A video celebrating Raymond and her sculpture on her 80th birthday (see also; notice of her birthday party, March 18, 1988 in Memorabilia and Miscellaneous Materials folder). | |||||||||||
Digital video
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| A Conversation with Evelyn Raymond and Black Tie Recognition Dinner. | |||||||||||
| Program 1: A Conversation with Evelyn Raymond. April-June 1997. 1 master video file (37 minutes, 1 second): MOV (2.2 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (94 MB). | |||||||||||
| Interview with Evelyn Raymond by Reg Dunlap on Citya of St. Louis Park Civic Channel 35. The video also shows the exhibition of her work at the St. Louis Park Recreation Center in June 1997. | |||||||||||
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Digital video
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| Program 2: Black Tie Recognition Dinner. June 11, 1997. 1 master video file (18 minutes, 25 seconds): MOV (4.2 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (182.1 MB). | |||||||||||
| Speakers honoring Raymond at a dinner given as part of the completion of St. Louis Park's Rec Center Renaissance project. Raymond's sculpture Celebration of Peace was installed at a new Recreation Center and a showing of her sculptures was part of the event (see also; Memorabilia and Miscellaneous Materials folder and Clippings, 1972-1997). | |||||||||||
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RELATED MATERIALS
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Artists as teachers.
- Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century.
- Women sculptors -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Federal Art Project (Minn.).
- Types of Documents:
- Photographs.
- Video recordings (physical artifacts).
- Occupations:
- Sculptors -- Minnesota.
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