2013-07-07Guide to the Hoyt Leon Sherman Papers, 1910-1995
RG.40.142Finding aid prepared by Karen Glenn
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Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections1858 Neil AvenueColumbus, OH, 432102016 June
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2018-09-12T13:22-0400EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content StandardHoyt Leon Sherman PapersRG.40.142Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections19.88 Cubic feet1910-1995The Hoyt Sherman Papers contain correspondence, sketches, oversized figure drawings created by Sherman's students, a camera and slides, administrative records, and visual and audiovisual materials used to teach fine arts classes. Hoyt Sherman joined the Ohio State University faculty as an instructor in the School of Art in 1928 and became nationally known for his research in visual perception.(3) file folders, (7) cartons, (1) oversize flat box, (1) flat box, (2) 5" letter document boxes, (3) artwork bundles, (1) oversize itemEnglishSherman, Hoyt L. (Hoyt Leon), 1903-1981
Arrangement of Materials
Materials are arranged in the order received.
Acquisitions Information
Accession Number UA.1987.0131; Accession Number UA.1990.0077: Rachel Sherman; Accession Number 1996.0155: Prudence Gill; Accession Number UA.2000.0052: Otterbein College; Accession Number UA.2003.0036: Ohio State University Fine Arts Library, 2003 April; Accession Number UA.2004.0155
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Hoyt Leon Sherman Papers, RG 40.142, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Collection contains glass slides, audiocassettes, a DVD, and films.
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for patron research, but may be used only in the University Archives Reading Room. Visual materials may need a use copy produced before access is allowed. Some materials in this collection may be stored off-site, and are only available if requested 72 hours in advance of your visit. Contact the University Archives for more information.
Use of Materials
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.
Processing Information
Finding aid written by Karen Glenn, 2016 June
Biographical Note
Hoyt Leon Sherman (1903-1981) joined Ohio State University's faculty as an instructor in the School of Art in 1928. Sherman became a professor in 1944 and retired in 1974. He was nationally known for his pioneering research in the field of visual perception.
Scope and Contents
The Hoyt Sherman Papers contain correspondence, administrative records, and visual materials used to teach fine arts classes. The collection also includes oversized figure drawings by Sherman's students, used in an exhibit he curated, and a flash camera and slides used by Sherman in his studies of perception. Audiovisual materials include audiocassettes, a DVD, and films.
Related Materials
Hoyt Leon ShermanOhio State University--Faculty.Ohio State University--History.Ohio State University. Department of Art.Sherman, Hoyt L. (Hoyt Leon), 1903-1981 Art--Study and teaching (Higher)--Ohio--Columbus--20th centuryCollege teachers--Ohio--Columbus--20th centuryCultural artifactsSketchesVisual perception--Research--Ohio--Columbus--20th centuryProcessed11.88 Cubic feet1910-1995(6) cartons, (1) oversize flat box, (1) flat box, (1) 5" letter document box, (3) artwork bundles
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Contains audiocassettes.
Scope and Contents
This series contains figure drawings by Sherman's students, used in an exhibit he curated; some also appeared in
Drawing by Seeing.
Personal and Correspondence: Biographical Information and VitaeUA.RG.40.142.00011-21936-1977Personal and Correspondence: CorrespondenceUA.RG.40.142.000131939, 1941, 1946-1947Personal and CorrespondenceUA.RG.40.142.00014-11, 13-14, 161948-1959Personal and CorrespondenceUA.RG.40.142.0001121953Personal and CorrespondenceUA.RG.40.142.0001151963-1981
General note
(Not inclusive)
Personal and Correspondence: DrawingsUA.RG.40.142.000117undatedPersonal and Correspondence: Goodson Report: Reply toUA.RG.40.142.000118-191942-1953Personal and Correspondence: Grant Foundation: CorrespondenceUA.RG.40.142.00021-21936-1951Personal and Correspondence: Hanover Institute: CorrespondenceUA.RG.40.142.00023-51943-1950Personal and Correspondence: InterviewUA.RG.40.142.000261978
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Includes audio cassettes.
Personal and Correspondence: "Living in the Landscape": Midwest Regional Research Workshop: ProceedingsUA.RG.40.142.000271960Personal and Correspondence: Rannells, Edward W.: CorrespondenceUA.RG.40.142.000281953Personal and Correspondence: Sketches: Sherman, Hoyt: Design, Life, Engineering, DrawingUA.RG.40.142.000291924-1925University Projects: "Survey of Research in the Teaching of Sports": Kretchman, Sherman and Mooney (The Research Quarterly Article)UA.RG.40.142.0002101949University Projects: Brain and Eye notes and diagramsUA.RG.40.142.000211-12undatedUniversity Projects: Color Experiments and NotesUA.RG.40.142.000213undatedUniversity Projects: Dentistry: College ofUA.RG.40.142.0002141943-1955University Projects: Experimental Flash Test: Report on: Sherman, Fry, and MooneyUA.RG.40.142.0002151948University Projects: Experimental Research in the Arts: Center for: ReportUA.RG.40.142.0002161965-1966University Projects: "The Flash-Room Method: Drawing Training for Freshman Architectural Students:" Sherman and McWhinnieUA.RG.40.142.0002171968University Projects: Flash-Room Workshop: Report on: Conducted for the Physical Education Faculty: Demonstrating Flash-Room Principles as Related to Learning in Sports: Sherman and MooneyUA.RG.40.142.0002181948University Projects: Institute for Research in Vision: Annual Report for: 1949-1950UA.RG.40.142.0002191951University Projects: Perception: A Brief History by Hoyt L. ShermanUA.RG.40.142.0002201935-1952University Projects: Okerbloom, Elizabeth Clymer: "Hoyt L. Sherman's Visual Training Program:"UA.RG.40.142.000221undatedUniversity Projects: "Perception, Language, and the Part-Whole Problem:" MooneyUA.RG.40.142.0002221951University Projects: Rockefeller Foundation: ProposalUA.RG.40.142.0002231949-1951University Projects: Seeing, Doing ProgramUA.RG.40.142.000311947-1951University Projects: Sports StudiesUA.RG.40.142.000321949, 1953University Projects: Sports Studies photoUA.RG.40.142.000331949University Projects: Sports Studies: Report onUA.RG.40.142.000341949University Projects: Stage DesignUA.RG.40.142.00035undatedUniversity Projects: Student PapersUA.RG.40.142.00036undatedUniversity Projects:
The Effect of Perceptual Training upon the Differentiation of Form in Children's Drawing by Efland, Arthur DUA.RG.40.142.00037undatedUniversity Projects: Visual Demonstration Center: CorrespondenceUA.RG.40.142.000381943-1945, 1947-1953University Projects: "Demonstration in the Hall" PanelsUA.RG.40.142.00039undatedUniversity Projects: GordonUA.RG.40.142.0003101950University Projects: Manual: Copy OneUA.RG.40.142.0003111951University Projects: Manual: Copy TwoUA.RG.40.142.0003121951University Projects: CorrespondenceUA.RG.40.142.0003131950-1953University Projects: Matted Photos and DrawingsUA.RG.40.142.000314undatedUniversity Projects: Matted Photos and Drawings: ContinuedUA.RG.40.142.000315-16undatedUniversity Projects: NotesUA.RG.40.142.000317undatedUniversity Projects: Notes: ContinuedUA.RG.40.142.000318undatedUniversity Projects: "Perception as a Transaction" Lecture: MooneyUA.RG.40.142.0003191951University Projects: RemodelingUA.RG.40.142.0003201966University Projects: Visual Information: Management of: ShermanUA.RG.40.142.00041undatedUniversity Projects: Visual Perception and their Relationship to Motor ActivityUA.RG.40.142.00042undatedUniversity Projects: Visual Perception: DrawingsUA.RG.40.142.000431960-1964University Projects: Visual Perception: SymposiumUA.RG.40.142.000441950University Projects: Visual Perception to Personal Discipline: Applicability of Information Derived from Fine Arts: Seminar onUA.RG.40.142.000451967University Projects: Visual Training: Football TeamUA.RG.40.142.000461948University Projects: Visual Training: MilitaryUA.RG.40.142.000471939, 1942-1945, 1947-1950, 1953University Projects: Writings: Visual Demonstration Center: A Manual for Operation: First DraftUA.RG.40.142.00048undatedUniversity Projects: Writings: Visual Demonstration Center: A Manual for Operation: Second DraftUA.RG.40.142.000491951Consulting Projects: Aspen (Colorado) Design ConferenceUA.RG.40.142.0004101951Consulting Projects: Book Plates, etcUA.RG.40.142.000411undatedConsulting Projects: Hagerty MemorialUA.RG.40.142.000412undatedConsulting Projects: Hauserman CompanyUA.RG.40.142.000413undatedConsulting Projects: Hauserman Company: NotesUA.RG.40.142.000414undatedConsulting Projects: Hauserman Company: Notes: ContinuedUA.RG.40.142.000415undatedConsulting Projects: International Poultry ShowUA.RG.40.142.000416undatedConsulting Projects: Land Projector: Photostats ofUA.RG.40.142.0004171968Consulting Projects: Timken CompanyUA.RG.40.142.000418undatedWritings: Cezanne and Visual Form: Abstract ArtUA.RG.40.142.000419undatedWritings: Abstract Art Quotes: Albers to WistlerUA.RG.40.142.0004201910-1952Writings: The Artists VisionUA.RG.40.142.000421undatedWritings: BraqueUA.RG.40.142.0004221923-1949Writings: Cezanne's InfluenceUA.RG.40.142.000423undatedWritings: CheneyUA.RG.40.142.000424undatedWritings: ColorUA.RG.40.142.000425undatedWritings: CorrespondenceUA.RG.40.142.000426-271952-1953Writings: Cezanne and Visual Form: CriticismUA.RG.40.142.00051undatedWritings: CubismUA.RG.40.142.000521920-1951Writings: Dada PaintersUA.RG.40.142.000531918, 1948, 1951Writings: DraftsUA.RG.40.142.00054undatedWritings: Early DraftUA.RG.40.142.00055undatedWritings: Gris, JuanUA.RG.40.142.000561944-1949Writings: HistoryUA.RG.40.142.00057undatedWritings: IllustrationsUA.RG.40.142.00058, 33undatedWritings: In PerspectiveUA.RG.40.142.00059undatedWritings: KandinskyUA.RG.40.142.0005101931-1951Writings: KepesUA.RG.40.142.000511undatedWritings: Learning QuotesUA.RG.40.142.000512undatedWritings: ManuscriptUA.RG.40.142.000513undatedWritings: Manuscript: OriginalUA.RG.40.142.000514undatedWritings: MiscellaneousUA.RG.40.142.000515undatedWritings: Miscellaneous QuotesUA.RG.40.142.000516undatedWritings: MondrianUA.RG.40.142.0005171945, 1951Writings: Notes on ArtworkUA.RG.40.142.000518undatedWritings: PerceptionUA.RG.40.142.000519undatedWritings: Perceptual UnityUA.RG.40.142.0005201930-1948Writings: PicassoUA.RG.40.142.0005211923-1951Writings: PicturesUA.RG.40.142.000522undatedWritings: Picture PlaneUA.RG.40.142.000523undatedWritings: ProcessUA.RG.40.142.000524undatedWritings: Response to Donald L. WeismanUA.RG.40.142.0005251952-1953Writings: Rough DraftUA.RG.40.142.000526undatedWritings: SketchesUA.RG.40.142.000527undatedWritings: Space in ArtUA.RG.40.142.0005281937, 1945, 1948Writings: ValuesUA.RG.40.142.0005291946Writings: Vision and LearningUA.RG.40.142.000530undatedWritings: Zones and Concentric CirclesUA.RG.40.142.000531undatedWritings: Drawing by Seeing: Finished ManuscriptUA.RG.40.142.0005321947Writings: ManuscriptUA.RG.40.142.000534undatedWritings: Matted PhotographsUA.RG.40.142.000535undatedWritings: NotesUA.RG.40.142.000536undatedWritings: Title Card and Title Cards for Displays: QuotesUA.RG.40.142.000537undatedWritings: Rembrandt: NotesUA.RG.40.142.00061undatedWritings: Notes: ContinuedUA.RG.40.142.00062undatedWritings: Sketches and TitlesUA.RG.40.142.00063undatedMiscellaneous: "Accent on Learning" VideoUA.RG.40.142.0006undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
DVD
Miscellaneous: Artists NotesUA.RG.40.142.00065undatedMiscellaneous: Exhibition Titles and PhotosUA.RG.40.142.00066undatedMiscellaneous: Films (Two)UA.RG.40.142.00067undatedMiscellaneous: Miscellaneous PapersUA.RG.40.142.00068undatedMiscellaneous: Miscellaneous Photos and Matted ImagesUA.RG.40.142.00069undatedMiscellaneous: PlaqueUA.RG.40.142.00061950Miscellaneous: QuotesUA.RG.40.142.000611undatedMiscellaneous: Reprints by Various AuthorsUA.RG.40.142.0006121943-1954Miscellaneous: Scientific American ArticlesUA.RG.40.142.00071undatedMiscellaneous: "Vision to Action" Book: Three CopiesUA.RG.40.142.000721995Miscellaneous: Slide Box Number 11UA.RG.40.142.0007undatedMiscellaneous: Slide Boxes: Numbers 1 - 10 and 12 - 19UA.RG.40.142.0008undatedOversize student drawings (10 pieces)UA.RG.40.142.0009Oversize student drawings (19 pieces)UA.RG.40.142.0001undatedOversize student drawings (10 pieces)UA.RG.40.142.0002undatedOversize student drawings (17 pieces)UA.RG.40.142.0003undatedAccession Number UA.2003.00360.02 Cubic feetundated(1) file folderSpeech textSmall Accessions 26undatedAccession Number UA.2000.00527.94 Cubic feetundated(1) oversize item, (1) carton, (1) 5" letter document box
Scope and Contents
This series contains a flash camera and slides used by Professor Hoyt Sherman in his studies of perception.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Contains glass slides.
Flash cameraUA.2000.0052.0001undatedSlidesUA.2000.0052.0001undatedFlash camera pieceUA.2000.0052.0002undatedAccession Number UA.2004.01550.04 Cubic feetundated(2) file foldersMen constructing building mounted photographSmall Accessions 27undatedHagerty tombstone mounted sketchSmall Accessions 27undatedEntrance to Visual Demonstration Center "Distorted Room" mounted sketchSmall Accessions 27undatedUnmarked mounted sketchSmall Accessions 27undatedStaff set for pageant mounted sketchSmall Accessions 27undated