Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 26/2/13
Marjorie Stuart Garfield (1904-1993)
Papers, 1938-1993, undated


Descriptive summary

creator:

Garfield, Marjorie Stuart (1904-1993)

title:

Papers

dates:

1938-1993, undated

extent:

2.31 linear feet (1 half-document box, 5 document boxes, 1 map case folder)

collection number:

RS 26/2/13

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Marjorie Stuart Garfield Papers, RS 26/2/13, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

Marjorie S. Garfield, the daughter of Jessie S. and Henry S. Garfield, was born on November 30, 1904, in Boston, Massachusetts.  She received her BFA (1926) and her MFA (1937) from Syracuse University.  After she received her BFA, she was employed by Syracuse University and served as Professor and Head (1926-1948) of the Interior Decoration Department.  She was then hired by Iowa State University and served as Professor and Head (1948-1969) of the Applied Art Department in the Division of Home Economics.  She served in this capacity until her retirement in 1969. 

Marjorie traveled to Guatemala in Central America and conducted extensive studies on Spanish colonial furniture.  She is the author of the book, Spanish Colonial Furniture in Guatemala.  Ms. Garfield was an award winning watercolor artist.  Her watercolors were exhibited in many states and by the Lisbon Art Society, Lisbon Portugal.  Her paintings and etchings are included in permanent collections at Iowa State University, The Syracuse New York Museum of Fine Art, the University of Manitoba, and other museums and universities across the country.  Marjorie received the Christian Petersen Design Award in 1982.  In 1991, Iowa State University established the Marjorie Garfield Fine Arts Scholarship.  This scholarship provides financial assistance to art and design students. 

Marjorie Garfield died on January 7, 1993, from heart failure in Naples, Florida.

 

Collection description

This collection (1938-1993, undated) contains biographical information, correspondence, notes, sketches, tropical wood samples, photographs, and negatives.  The collection documents Garfield's work on the history of Guatemalan furniture and accessories.  Also included in the collection are photographs of selected watercolors painted by Garfield, and materials related to exhibitions of her artwork.

 

Organization

The series is listed in alphabetical order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Biographical Materials: Biographical Data

1948-1993, undated

1

2

Biographical Materials: Scrapbook Compiled by Mary Meixner Documenting the Artwork and Career of Marjorie Garfield

1960-1993

1

3

Biographical Materials: Sketches, Photographs of Artwork, and Photographs of Marjorie Garfield (13- 3x4" color and 3- 4x5" b/w photographs)

1967, undated

1

4

Biographical Materials: Watercolor Slides

undated

2

1

Central America and Art Exhibitions: Correspondence

1938-1983, undated

2

2

Central America and Art Exhibitions: Documentation for Watercolor Exhibit at Iowa State Memorial Union

1970

2

11

Central America and Art Exhibitions: Information and Correspondence on Tropical Woods

1938-1941, undated

2

7

Central America and Art Exhibitions: Information Book on Guatemala

1938

2

8

Central America and Art Exhibitions: Measurements for Furniture/Notes

undated

2

4

Central America and Art Exhibitions: Miscellaneous Notes

1941, undated

2

5

Central America and Art Exhibitions: Miscellaneous Business Cards

undated

2

6

Central America and Art Exhibitions: Miscellaneous Signage

undated

2

3

Central America and Art Exhibitions: Personal Brochures

1953-1968, undated

2

12

Central America and Art Exhibitions: Tropical Wood Samples and Bronze Decorative Nail Stud

undated

2

10

Central America and Art Exhibitions: Unfinished Chapters for Proposed Text

undated

2

9

Central America and Art Exhibitions: Various Notes and Articles for Research

undated
1 5 Course Syllabus: Applied Art 223, Watercolor 1967

Map

Case

Large Sketches, Decorative Nail Stud Sketches

undated

Map

Case

Miscellaneous Sketches, Family Crest

undated

5

4

Negatives: Antiqua

undated

5

5

Negatives: Belen

undated

5

6

Negatives: Caloario

undated

5

7

Negatives: Clark

undated

5

8

Negatives: Guatemala City: Cathedral and Palacio

undated

6

1

Negatives: Hockstetter

undated

6

2-3

Negatives: Furniture

undated

5

9

Negatives: Guatemalan Furniture

undated

6

4

Negatives: Popenoe

undated

6

5

Negatives: San Ignacio

undated
2 13 Paper: "Art s a Root Discipline in Home Economics: Comments of a Reactor" 1964

3

1

Photographs: Alcazar (5- 8x10" b/w)

undated

3

2

Photographs: Amarios (8- 8x10" b/w, 4- 5x7" b/w)

undated

3

3

Photographs: Antiqua (b/w contact prints)

undated

3

4

Photographs: Antiqua: Courtyard – Padres Quarters Cathedral (4- 8x10" b/w)

undated

3

6

Photographs: Belen (11- 8x10" b/w, 14- 5x7" b/w, 6- 3x4" b/w)

undated

3

5

Photographs: Belen, San Ignacio (b/w contact prints)

undated

5

3

Photographs: Contact Photograph Books

undated

3

7

Photographs: Guatemala City: Archbishop's Palace (8- 8x10" b/w)

undated

3

9

Photographs: Guatemala: Casa De Los Liones (2- 8x10" b/w)

undated

3

8

Photographs: Guatemala: Hockstetter, Clark (b/w contact prints)

undated

3

12

Photographs: Guatemala (b/w contact prints)

undated

3

13-15

Photographs: Guatemala: Furniture (b/w contact prints)

undated

3

10

Photographs: Guatemala: Popenoe (49- 8x10" b/w, 6- 5x7" b/w)

undated

3

11

Photographs: Guatemala: Popenoe, Guatemala City, Casa De Liones (b/w contact prints)

undated

3

16-17

Photographs: Guatemala: Furniture (b/w contact prints)

undated

3

18

Photographs: Furniture (34- 8x10" b/w)

undated

4

1

Photographs: Furniture (50- 8x10" b/w, 7- 5x7" b/w)

undated

4

3

Photographs: Panatomic (b/w contact prints)

undated

4

4

Photographs: Rio Pensatiro Street Scenes (1- 8x10" b/w, 1-5x7" b/w)

undated

4

5

Photographs: San Ignacio (65- 8x10" b/w, 3- 5x7" b/w)

undated

4

7-8

Photographs: Furniture, Gardens, Buildings (109- 8x10" b/w, 16- 5x7" b/w)

undated

5

1-2

Photographs: Furniture, City Scenes, Buildings (129- 8x10" b/w)

undated

4

2

Photographs: Furniture (b/w contact prints)

undated

4

6

Photographs: Varguenos – Papaleros (2- 8x10" b/w, 3- 5x7" b/w)

undated

6

6-7

Negatives:  Furniture, Buildings, Individuals

undated