Guide to the Helen Edwards Witchell papers, 1912-1932
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Fleet Library at RISD
2 College Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-709-5922
Fax: 401-709-5932
email: risdarchives@risd.edu
Published in 2013
Collection Overview
| Title: | Helen Edwards Witchell papers |
| Date range: | 1912-1932 |
| Creator: | Witchell, Helen Edwards, 1898-1992 |
| Extent: | .25 linear feet |
| Abstract: | This series documents Helen Edwards Witchell's education, teaching career, and credentials, 1912-1932. |
| Language of materials: | English |
| Repository: | Rhode Island School of Design Archives |
| Collection number: | 10.2.10 |
Scope & content
This series documents Helen Edwards Witchell's education, teaching career, and credentials, 1912-1932. The collection holds graduation certificates from Providence, RI for the grammar grades and the Technical High School and her grammar school graduation photograph. Records documenting her certification by the California State Board of Education to teach manual and fine arts include Credentials in Special Subjects, a Rhode Island Teacher's certificate, transcripts, letters of recommendation, verification of employment, and her Life diploma for public school art.Access Points
Subject Names Subject Organizations Subject Organizations- Rhode Island School of Design
- University of California Extension, Los Angeles
- Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Faculty
- Art teachers--Certification--Standards--United States.
- Women art teachers
- Public schools-Rhode Island
- Public schools-California
Arrangement
The series is arranged chronologically
Biographical note
Helen Edwards Witchell was born in Providence, RI on 1898 July 2. She attended Providence Public Schools graduating in 1916 and attended Rhode Island School of Design, 1916-1920, receiving a diploma in Normal Art. She taught art in the Cranston and Bristol, Rhode Island public schools as well as the RISD Childrens' Saturday classes, 1920-1923.She married Charles R. Witchell (1898-1988), also from Rhode Island, and moved to California in 1923. Witchell received California certification to teach elementary and junior high school manual and fine arts in 1923. She continued her education at the Chouinard School of Art, Inc. [Chouinard Art Institute] and the University of California Extension Division, 1924-1927, in Los Angeles. She received her California life diploma for public school art in 1932. Witchell died 1992 June 28 in Butte County, California.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: | The use of certain documents and collections may be restricted. Please consult the Archives staff for further details. |
| Use of the materials: | Permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from archival materials must be obtained in writing from the Archives. The researcher assumes full responsibility for use of material and for conformity to all applicable laws, including copyright. |
| Preferred citation: | Helen Edwards Witchell Papers, Rhode Island School of Design Archives. |
| Contact information: | Rhode Island School of Design Archives Fleet Library at RISD 2 College Street Providence, RI 02903 Tel: 401-709-5922 Fax: 401-709-5932 email: risdarchives@risd.edu |
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
| Acquisition: | Philip T. Fazioli donated the Helen Edwards Witchell papers to the RISD Archives in 1998. |
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by Rachael Juskuv. |
| Encoding: | Finding aid encoded by Rachael Juskuv 2013 November 01 |
| Descriptive rules: | Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
Inventory
| Box 1 | Providence Grammar Grades Diploma |
1912 Jan 26 |
| Box 1 | Providence Technical High School Diploma |
1916 Jan 25 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 | Grammar School photograph |
1912 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | Rhode Island records |
1920-1925 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | California records |
1923-1932 |