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Notebook is bound in grey marbled paper covered boards with black cloth backstrip and attached label with hand-written notation:’ Kathleen J. Munn/Art Students League/57 St./ near B.W.’ The binding is shaken but intact and the sheets are unlined. A number of books are listed and the latest publication date found is 1917 (Joseph Conrad’s The shadow line). The notebook appears to consist mainly of anatomical studies and lecture notes, with 3 leaves removed and 2 partially removed. Rough sketches accompany the notes. The notebook is likely for the academic year 1918-1919

Series consists of undated drawings that appear to be contemporary with the notebooks in Series 1 and are consistent with the usual output of an art student. Figure studies predominate, probably originating in life drawing classes with a few drawings of specific individuals and places. A number of published plates of models and statuary are included. Four experiments with print-making are also included in this series, possibly dating from 1930 when Munn attended printmaking classes at the Art Students’ League. A file of decorative patterns and one cut stencil are also included in this series. One pattern contains a draft letter to the artist’s mother on the verso, remarking on a proposed visit to Elbert Hubbard’s Roycroft studio in East Aurora, NY (Hubbard died in 1915). A money-making scheme is mentioned in the letter, perhaps revolving around the production of these stencils. Photocopies of letters written to Kathleen Munn around this time are included (originals remain in the family). Series also contains a hand-lettered sign for a sale at Munn’s Jewelry store, undated and unsigned.

Plain bound sketchbook (42.5 x 35.5 cm) with 8 full page drawings and 1 half-page bound in. 5 drawings removed along perforation. The drawings are ink and brush studies, apparently from models.

File contains drawings in pencil and red pencil on heavy paper containing figures and copies from the antique, with geometrical structures overlaid.

File contains miscellaneous pencil sketches and notes on paper containing rough drawings and notations, including outline drawings of Titian

File contains pencil drawings on paper with written notations showing proportions of the human body at different ages and with different sexes.

File contains pencil drawings on paper of the human torso with detailed notes, showing muscles, bone structure, organs, etc.

File contains pencil drawings on paper that appear to be copied from a textbook. The drawings are labeled from Plate 1 to Plate 15 and have accompanying notes, with increasingly complex geometric calculations.

File contains pencil drawings on oiled tracing paper mounted on larger sheets of paper, probably containing copies from a text. Subjects include classical figures and anatomical studies of feet, eyes, various bones, muscles and joints, ears, faces, etc.

File contains pencil drawings on oiled tracing paper with detailed drawings and notes on various parts of the human figure, including the bodies and faces of children.