Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: Staff/Personnel
JOHN A. SPELMAN III MISC. BLOCK PROOFS AND IMPRINTS
Imprints were made of John A. Spelman III linoleum and wood blocks in c. 1963. The blocks were then wrapped in newsprint and the block impressions attached to the wrapped blocks. This list represents the impressions of blocks located in the Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections for John Spelman III and includes work from approximately 1938 to 1947. The represented proofs were on the block wrappers represent calendars, school brochures, student Conifer Literary covers, etc.. Some drawings by Spelman III are included as these were transferred to metal plates for later printing and were found with the newspaper wrappings for the metal plates. A small body of Spelman’s work is not represented in this series; for example, the blocks used to illustrate his book At Home In the Hills (1939), first edition and his large blocks created for The Kentucky by Kentucky author, Thomas D. Clark. The Kentucky (1941, reprinted 1992) was one of the books in the Rivers of America series.
Pine Mountain is appreciative of the recent work to conserve and preserve the blocks of John A. Spelman III by scholars *Scott Husby and Tracey Cullen.
TAGS: John Spelman III ; linoleum blocks ; woodblocks ; drawings ; block printing ; art ; Appalachian life ; Appalachian work ;
GALLERY
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- 32 032 John Spelman Man Chopping Wood linoleum block proof 3 5″ x 4″ (Calendar)spel_blocks_050
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- 43 043 John Spelman Woman Hoeing on Hillside linoleum block proof 2 4″ x 4″ spel_blocks_051
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- spel_blocks_052
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- 19 019 John Spelman Man with Plow and Mule linoleum block proof 2 4.25″ x 4″ (Calendar)spel_blocks_053
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- spel_blocks_054
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- spel_blocks_055
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- spel_blocks_056
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- spel_blocks_057
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- spel_blocks_058
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- spel_blocks_059
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- spel_blocks_060
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- spel_blocks_061
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- John Spelman III Drawings. [spel_blocks_093a]
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- spel_blocks_062
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- spel_blocks_063
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- spel_blocks_064
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- spel_blocks_065
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- spel_blocks_066
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- spel_blocks_067
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- Chapel East entrance in snow spel_blocks_068
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- Mining camp house spel_blocks_069
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- Cabin and outhouse spel_blocks_070
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- Chapel East entrance 1 001 John Spelman Chapel drawing linoleum block print proof 1 5″ x 3″ spel_blocks_070
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- Knoll and trees on top spel_blocks_072
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- Cabin and leafless tree spel_blocks_073
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- tilted cabin with broken fence spel_blocks_074
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- Cabin and paling fence spel_blocks_075
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- Cabin spel_blocks_076
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- Dancing in “star” pattern 26 026 John Spelman 4 Folk Dancers linoleum block proof 2 5″ x 4″ spel_blocks_077
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- Logging camp housing and narrow-gauge railway. [spel_blocks_078]
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- Cabin with paling fence spel_blocks_079
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- Cabin spel_blocks_080
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- Alley and steep mountains spel_blocks_081
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- Weaving spel_blocks_082
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- Cabin and trees spel_blocks_083
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- Pinecone spel_blocks_084
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- Barn and lot 18 018 John Spelman Large Barn with Silo linoleum block proof 3 8.5″ x 7.25″ spel_blocks_086
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- spel_blocks_087 [drawing]
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- spel_blocks_088 [drawing]
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- spel_blocks_089 [drawing]
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- spel_blocks_089a [drawing]
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- spel_blocks_090 [drawing]
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- spel_blocks_090a [drawing?]
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- spel_blocks_091 [drawing]
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- spel_blocks_091a [drawing]
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- John Spelman III Drawings. [drawing] [spel_blocks_092]
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- John Spelman III Drawings. [drawing] [spel_blocks_092a]
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- John Spelman III Drawings. [drawing] [spel_blocks_093]
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- John Spelman III Drawings. [drawing] [spel_blocks_094]
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- spel_blocks_094a [drawing]
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- spel_blocks_095 [drawing]
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- spel_blocks_095a [drawing]
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- John Spelman III Drawings. [drawing] [spel_blocks_096]
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- John Spelman III Drawings. [drawing] [spel_blocks_097]
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- John Spelman III Drawings. [drawing] [spel_blocks_098]
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- John Spelman III Drawings. [drawing] [spel_blocks_099]
*Scott Husby is a bookbinder and conservator who has worked at both the Beinecke Library, Yale University, and at Princeton University. Tracey Cullen is the former editor of Hesperia, the journal of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece. (ASCSA).
