Rox papers
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Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Henry Rox Papers consist of books and writings, exhibit catalogues, publications illustrated with Rox's artwork, biographical information, and photographs. The majority of the material in this collection relates to Rox's professional work as a sculptor and professor of art. The documentation highlights Rox's earlier work in fruit and vegetable photosculpture, which was used in magazines, children's books, and in the film "Strike Up the Band" (1939), which starred Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. The collection includes three books illustrated by Rox: "Tommy Apple" (1935), "Tommy Apple and Peggy Pear" (1936), and "Banana Circus" (1940), which he also wrote. One example of a scholarly writing by Rox, "On Dürer's 'Knight, Death, and Devil'" (1948), is included in the collection along with an unpublished transcription of one of Rox's lectures on light in art (1963). The collection also documents Rox's more traditional work with wood, metals, ceramic, and terracotta. Recognition for Rox's work, which includes awards from the National Sculpture Society, the Springfield Art League, and a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creativity in Sculpture, is thoroughly documented in this collection. The papers also contain records of Rox's exhibits from 1945-1966 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, the Museo interzionale della ceramiche in Faenza, Italy, the De Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, California, and others. A number of the catalogues for these exhibits, along with numerous pamphlets and other publications using photographs of Rox's sculptures, are contained in the collection. Newspaper articles also gave significant attention to his achievements as a professor at Mount Holyoke College including promotions and appointments at other institutions. The collection contains photographs of Rox's work, including images of his fruit and vegetable photosculpture and his more traditional work with wood, metals, terracotta, plaster, and ceramic. This collection is organized into five series:
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