Roycroft campus / Robert Charles Rust.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rust, Robert., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Postcard history series.

Images of America

Postcard history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts and crafts movement--New York (State)--East Aurora--Pictorial works.

Arts and crafts movement.

Roycroft Campus (East Aurora, N.Y.)--History--Pictorial works.

Roycroft Campus (East Aurora, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

The history of the American Arts and Crafts movement is embodied in the Roycroft community. Founded by Elbert Green Hubbard, the Roycroft is more than just a National Historic Landmark in the charming village of East Aurora, New York. Roycroft's artisans and craftspersons flourished from 1898 to 1938, producing some of America's best and most important crafts, furniture, and books. This visual history through postcards and motto cards produced by the Roycrofters' presses shares the story and philosophy of their movement. Here, the 1898 postcards featuring "the Characters of the place" and the years of the "Roycroft Renaissance" show the growth and continuity.

Contents:

East Aurora before the Roycrofters : presidents and horses

Elbert Hubbard : the saga of East Aurora

From the phalanstery into an inn : 1898-1938

The campus grows : an arts and crafts mecca

Roycrofters at play : fun and games in the village

The 1001 epigrams : Elbert Hubbard's philosophy

The years 1938 to 1995 : the campus as a phoenix rising from the ashes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127).

OCLC:

885209493