Finding Aid for the Gregory Ivy Papers, 1910-1999
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Gregory Ivy (1904-1985) was chairman of the art department at Woman's College (now UNCG) from 1935 to 1961. The Gregory Ivy Papers date from 1910 to 1999 and contain correspondence, photographs, publications, and clippings.
MSS 206
2 boxes
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Gregory Ivy Papers (MSS 206), University Archives and Manuscripts, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Given by Mackey Bane, May 2003.
Gregory Ivy (1904-1985) was chairman of the art department at Woman's College (now UNCG) from 1935 to 1961. He was born in Clarksburg, Missouri, graduated from the State Teachers College of Central Missouri at Warrensburg in 1928 with a bachelor's degree in art and agriculture, and in 1932 received a master's degree in art from Columbia University. He also did postgraduate work at New York University.
As chairman of the art department at WC, Ivy introduced the state of North Carolina to contemporary painting, and under his leadership, the department acquired a national reputation. For many years, WC was the only college offering bachelor's and master's degrees in painting. Ivy was also instrumental in establishing the Weatherspoon Art Gallery and the Weatherspoon Art Guild.
Ivy served in the Camouflage School of the US Army during world War II. He left Woman's College in 1961 and joined the firm of Lowenstein and Atkinson as design coordinator, and later served as professor of art at California State University, Fullerton, from 1965 to 1971 (and served as chairman of the department from 1965 to 1967). Ivy retired and moved to Missouri in 1971.
The Gregory Ivy Papers date from 1910 to 1999 and contain correspondence, photographs, publications, and clippings.
Box 1
Correspondence, 1933-1980, n.d.
Mrs. Gregory Ivy, 1925-1990, n.d.
Education, 1910-1932
Career, 1930-1970
World War II
Conference, 1962
Home in California
Speeches, n.d.
Early Family/Genealogy
Biographical
Clippings, 1928-1995, n.d.
Exhibit Brochures/Catalogs
Box 2
Creative Arts Program, WC, 1948
UNCG Art Department, 50th Anniversary
Photographs
Photographs of art
Sketches
Greeting Cards
Clippings from periodicals
Periodicals
Lowenstein-Atkinson, Architects
Mackey Bane Letters, 1980, 1989-1999
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See the Weatherspoon Art Museum for information on an exhibition of Ivy's work.
Information avaliable on Ivy's collaboration with Edward Loewenstein.