Miriam Levy papers, 1916-1960 | Louisiana Research Collection

Scope and Contents: The collection consists of jewelry designs and drawings by Newcomb-trained metalworker Miriam Levy. There is also a letter from Ellsworth Woodward, a notebook of Levy's clients and prices, Newcomb art class notes, instructions for metalworking, and for a jewelry card layout. Also included in the collection are boxes of drawings, watercolors and prints created while Levy was an undergraduate at Newcomb College. There are also designs created while she was an Art Craftsman (1918-1929), as well as designs for Hausmann's Jewelry Store. These designs include pins, brooches, earrings, pendants, necklaces, crucifixes, belt buckles, rings, and watch bands. There are also designs for flatware, plaques, bookmarks, bookplates, monograms, can labels, and posters. Several personal photographs, art history notebooks, and a box of craftsman's tools are also included. There is an oversize folder of drawings and tracings for the National Eucharistic Congress monstrance of 1938 as well.