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[Identification of item], Ransom Rathbone Patrick Papers, University Archives, Duke University.
The Ransom Rathbone Patrick Papers were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1974, 1977, 1984.
Processed by Jessica Wood, October 2006
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, November 2006
Accessions A74-70 , 77-19, A74-70 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
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Ransom Rathbone Patrick was born in 1906 in Santa Barbara, CA. He began as a graphic artist, apprenticing as a sign-painter and newspaper artist and eventually became a freelance artist in Seattle, San Francisco, Cleveland and New York. In 1944, he received is B.A. from the University of Washington, in 1947 and 1959, respectively, he received his M.F.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University. He taught at Oberlin College, the University of British Columbia, the University of Minnesota and Western Reserve University before joining the Duke faculty as chair of the Aesthetics, Art and Music Department at Duke University in 1954. Specializing in American and modern art, Patrick also designed the ceremonial flag of Duke University. He died in April of 1971.
Collection contains course materials, Patrick's academic essays and lectures, academic and personal correspondence, Duke administrative and departmental memoranda and documents, photographs of Patrick's murals and sculptures, and news clippings relating to Duke University events.
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