Correspondence between Marion Blake and Mary E. Woolley regarding plans to fill the position of Miss Galt, a Mount Holyoke archaeology professor who had died
Main Title:
Correspondence between Marion Blake and Mary E. Woolley regarding plans to fill the position of Miss Galt, a Mount Holyoke archaeology professor who had died
Description:
Correspondence between Marion Blake and Mary E. Woolley regarding the death of a professor of archaeology at Mount Holyoke, Miss Galt, and the academic position made available after her death. There are two letters, one from Miss Blake to Miss Woolley, inquiring about the position, and the other from Woolley to Blake, in response.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
1937
Genre:
correspondence
Marion Blake in midlife, front and back of a snapshot
Main Title:
Marion Blake in midlife, front and back of a snapshot
Description:
This is a small photograph of Marion Blake in her middle years, head and shoulders, facing the camera. It was probably taken in the 1920s or 1930s. On the back there is identifying information that was probably written by Miss Blake, since it resembles other examples of her penmanship.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1920 - 1930
Genre:
photographs
Mosaics from Todi environs, pencil study and notes, front and back
Main Title:
Mosaics from Todi environs, pencil study and notes, front and back
Description:
This is a study of tile patterns and details from a mosaic (or mosaics) that Marion Blake observed in Todi, Italy.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1920
Genre:
drawings (visual works)
Todi Mosaic in niches of 1st c. B.C. wall, pencil study and notes
Main Title:
Todi Mosaic in niches of 1st c. B.C. wall, pencil study and notes
Description:
This is a study of tile patterns and details from a mosaic (or mosaics) that Marion Blake observed in Todi, Italy.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1920
Genre:
drawings (visual works)
Velletri Mosaic, Station Villa, pencil studies and notes
Main Title:
Velletri Mosaic, Station Villa, pencil studies and notes
Description:
This document consists of studies (sketches) of the Velletri Mosaic, along with Marion Blake's notes, probably done at the archaeological excavation site when she visited it. Brief notes are written above or beside each drawing on the front of the sheet, giving the location of the mosaics in the villa, as well as some descriptive information. The notes are continued on the back of the sheet, with some information about when the villa may have been built. On each side of the sheet, a scholarly citation is written, indicating a source for the information.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1920
Genre:
drawings (visual works)
Marion Blake late in life, eyes towards her work
Main Title:
Marion Blake late in life, eyes towards her work
Description:
This is a black and white snapshot photograph of Marion Blake, printed posthumously in April, 1962. It was probably taken late in her life, not long before her death in September, 1961. The location could be her study in Rome.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1961
Genre:
photographs
"The Pavements of Rome and its Vicinity of the Republican and Augustan Epochs," a scholarly paper by Marion Elizabeth Blake
Main Title:
"The Pavements of Rome and its Vicinity of the Republican and Augustan Epochs," a scholarly paper by Marion Elizabeth Blake
Description:
This manuscript, written by Marion Blake in 1925, consists of a title page, 43 typed pages, and two handwritten pages at the end. Following the text are three pages (plates) of photographs of floor mosaics. Most of the photographs were taken of mosaic pavements in situ, at the site of the archaeological excavations. One photograph was taken of a fragment of pavement in a museum. Miss Blake submitted this paper to the American Academy in Rome for possible publication in 1926. It elicited a letter from A. W. Van Buren, of the American Academy, in which he suggested corrections and changes if she wanted to prepare the paper for publication by the Academy. Throughout the manuscript, small editorial changes are penned or pencilled in, usually in handwriting that looks like Blake's. Perhaps some were made at the suggestion of Mr. Van Buren.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
1925
Genre:
articles
Letter from A. W. Van Buren to Marion Blake dated 9 September 1926
Main Title:
Letter from A. W. Van Buren to Marion Blake dated 9 September 1926
Description:
This is a five-page letter from A. W. Van Buren, of the American Academy in Rome, to Marion E. Blake when she was a professor at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The topic of the letter is a scholarly paper that Prof. Blake had submitted to Gorham P. Stevens, Director of the Academy in Rome. This paper was about the ancient mosaic pavements of Rome. Mr. Van Buren makes editorial suggestions for Prof. Blake and encourages her to publish it as a paper or a volume through the American Academy in Rome.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
1926-09-09
Genre:
correspondence
Shapes and names of Greek vases, pencil study
Main Title:
Shapes and names of Greek vases, pencil study
Description:
This is a page of drawings of various Greek vase shapes (krater, kylix, etc.), with Miss Blake's title "Shapes of Vases" at the top and an identifying caption printed below each drawing in Blake's hand.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1920
Genre:
drawings (visual works)
Todi Mosaic, pencil studies with notes, front and back
Main Title:
Todi Mosaic, pencil studies with notes, front and back
Description:
This is a study of tile patterns and details from a mosaic (or mosaics) that Marion Blake observed in Todi, Italy.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1920
Genre:
drawings (visual works)
Marion Blake late in life, eyes towards the camera, front and back of a snapshot
Main Title:
Marion Blake late in life, eyes towards the camera, front and back of a snapshot
Description:
This is a black and white snapshot photograph of Marion Blake, printed posthumously in April, 1962. It was probably taken late in her life, not long before her death in September, 1961. The location could be her study in Rome.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1961
Genre:
photographs
"A Chronological Study of the Cement Pavements of Pompeii," Marion Blake's notes for a paper she was writing for the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome
Main Title:
"A Chronological Study of the Cement Pavements of Pompeii," Marion Blake's notes for a paper she was writing for the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome
Description:
This digital object consists of four parts. There are three pages of handwritten notes by Marion Blake for a paper she was writing for a volume of the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, "A Chronological Study of the Cement Pavements of Pompeii." The third page of notes was written on the back of a memorandum from E. E. Stackpole, Mount Holyoke Comptroller, about policies of the College Western Union Office. The memo is dated October 22, 1929, showing that Miss Blake was working on her paper at that time. Thus, the fourth part of the digital object is this memorandum, which is important for its date. Miss Blake did publish "The Pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early Empire" in Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome; 1930, Vol. 8. It is possible that these notes were for that publication. She was an Associate Professor of Greek at Mount Holyoke at that time (1929-1936).
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1929-10-22
Genre:
notes
Travelers posing on the steps of a church or other building during Marion Blake's Scandinavian trip, front and back of a picture
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Travelers posing on the steps of a church or other building during Marion Blake's Scandinavian trip, front and back of a picture
Description:
This is a photograph of a large group of travelers standing on the steps of what is probably a church, or other public building, taken during Marion Blake's Scandinavian trip in 1930. Whether or not Miss Blake is among the travelers pictured is uncertain. The back of the photograph is stamped with the name and address of the photographer's studio in New York City. It also has a handwritten note to identify the subject and date, as well as the filing location in Archives and Special Collections.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
1930
Genre:
photographs
Sketch Plan of Mausoleum and Sketch Plan of Nereid Monument
Main Title:
Sketch Plan of Mausoleum and Sketch Plan of Nereid Monument
Description:
This is a page with a sketch plan of a mausoleum and a sketch plan of a Nereid monument, drawn by Marion Blake.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1929
Genre:
drawings (visual works)
Letter from Rollin H. Tanner to Marion Blake
Main Title:
Letter from Rollin H. Tanner to Marion Blake
Description:
This is a letter from Prof. Rollin Harvelle Tanner, General Secretary of the Archaeological Institute of America, to Marion E. Blake. In this letter, Prof. Tanner welcomes her as a speaker at their upcoming meeting and provides some information she needs to know in advance. He requests that she check the way her name, position, and title are printed on an enclosed program (not pictured). He also reminds her that the time limit for delivering a paper is twenty minutes, so she should prepare to conform to that rule.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
1929-12-07
Genre:
correspondence
Todi Mosaic details, front and back of a drawing
Main Title:
Todi Mosaic details, front and back of a drawing
Description:
On the front are nine numbered sketches of fragments of a floor mosaic drawn by Marion Blake, probably at the archaeological site in Todi, Italy. The drawings show the geometric and floral patterns of the mosaics, as well as their placement on the floor. On the back, in Miss Blake's handwriting, are notes describing the mosaic as black and white, located in Todi. There is also a reference to an illustration in a scholarly publication, "Forma."
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1920
Genre:
drawings (visual works)
Marion Blake's portrait, probably when she graduated from Mount Holyoke
Main Title:
Marion Blake's portrait, probably when she graduated from Mount Holyoke
Description:
This is a photograph of Marion Blake, probably taken around the time she graduated from Mount Holyoke. It looks like a formal studio portrait, such as the official senior picture, showing head and shoulders, with Miss Blake looking slightly to her right. On the back of the photograph, there are some handwritten notations identifying the sitter and saying where the photograph should be returned after borrowing.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
1913
Genre:
photographs
Marion Blake seated on steps (or the cavea of an ancient Roman theater) with unidentified female companion
Main Title:
Marion Blake seated on steps (or the cavea of an ancient Roman theater) with unidentified female companion
Description:
This is a miniature black and white photograph of Marion Blake, on the left, seated with an unidentified female companion. The steps on which they are sitting may belong to the cavea of an ancient Roman theater. Her companion carries a camera. This photograph appears to have been taken when Miss Blake was traveling in Italy, possibly in the 1920s or 1930s.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1920 - 1930
Genre:
photographs
Marion Blake standing in a garden with an unidentified male companion
Main Title:
Marion Blake standing in a garden with an unidentified male companion
Description:
This is a photograph depicting Marion Blake standing with an unidentified male companion on a pathway in a garden. The location is unknown, but possibly in Italy. The approximate date range is 1920s-1930s.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1920 - 1930
Genre:
photographs
Marion Blake on a donkey led by an unidentified man, with mountains in the background
Main Title:
Marion Blake on a donkey led by an unidentified man, with mountains in the background
Description:
This is a small black and white photograph of Marion Blake seated on a donkey, with an unidentified man (possibly a guide) standing near the head of the donkey. In the background, across the fields, a mountain range can be seen. The photograph may have been taken during Miss Blake's travels in Italy, although the location is unknown.
Collection:
Marion Blake papers
Date Created:
ca. 1920 - 1930
Genre:
photographs

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