Folk Art in the Archives

Bowen

[Left] William Bowen by Stanis­laus Korne­ski. Paint and etch­ing on wood, AR1995.78. [Right] Photo of William Bowen by the Prince­ton Alumni Weekly.

I would guess that every archives has mate­r­ial like this — objects cre­ated out of affec­tion or respect in a non-official capac­ity. These two paint­ings on etched wood — recently re-discovered here at Mudd — were cre­ated by Stanis­laus Korne­ski, a mem­ber of the draft­ing sec­tion of the grounds and build­ings depart­ment. They were given to Ed Eden­field, another Uni­ver­sity employee, as a gift, who then sent them to the archives in 1995. Resem­blances are strik­ing, I think.

Goheen

[Left]] Robert Goheen by Stanis­laus Korne­ski. Paint and etch­ing on wood,

AR1995.78. [Right] Photo of Robert Goheen by the Prince­ton Alumni

Weekly.