Jack Lambert papers, 1970-2012.
Collection Number: 21-1-4172
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Jack Lambert papers, 1970-2012.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
21-1-4172
Abstract:
Collection contains artwork and items relating to his Cornell work as well as personal
drawings.
Creator:
Lambert, R. L., Jr. (Jack)
Quanitities:
2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Robert "Jack" Lambert graduated from Cornell in 1950 and returned to the University
as an instructor in 1953. Starting in 1962 he led Cornell's freehand drawing program,
becoming a full professor in 1977. His coursework, mainly in the Department of Floriculture
and Ornamental Horticulture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, taught
freehand, nature, and scientific drawing, as well as watercolor painting.
Collection contains artwork and items relating to his Cornell work as well as personal
drawings. Includes cartoons and drawings relating to campus projects, publications
featuring Lambert's work, course material. Many large scrolls of drawings and watercolor
that tell a story, some scrolls extend 30+ feet. Several art journal notebooks. A
number of items feature the Lambert Pump Company.
See also CALS Freehand Drawing Collection, #21-25-3736, http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/EADresolver?id=RMA03736.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Jack Lambert papers, #21-1-4172. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Lambert, R. L., Jr. (Jack)
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Department of Floriculture
and Ornamental Horticulture
Subjects:
Freehand drawing.
Scientific illustration.
Form and Genre Terms:
Watercolor (paint)
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Department and campus related cartoons
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1970s-1990s |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Scenic watercolors
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1995 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Sketches and drawings of Cornell buildings, scenes, locations
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1990s |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Demonstrations practice
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2011, earlier |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Publications (many concerning Cornell) with LambertĀ“s illustrations
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2000s |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Sketches and artistic tutorials
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Artist drawing pens
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Papers mainly related to art and Lambert Pump Company
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Assorted photographs, mainly of people
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Handouts and papers from courses
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Awards and recognition
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1995 onwards |
Box 1 |
"Figure Notes" from here and there
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Scope and Contents
Notebook with sketches focusing on the human figure
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Box 1 |
"Watercolor"
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1980s | |
Scope and Contents
Notebook with watercolors and some sketches, mostly landscapes and buildings
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Box 1 |
Untitled art journal
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2008-2009 | |
Scope and Contents
Notebook with sketches mostly focusing on "form"
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Box 1 |
"Figure Notes" from here and there
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1970s-1990s | |
Scope and Contents
Notebook with sketches focusing on the human figure
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Box 1 |
Untitled
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1976 | |
Scope and Contents
Scroll with panels of watercolor art, located at Lambert's Pump Company
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Box 1 |
"The Sands of the Desert"
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Scope and Contents
Scroll with panels of watercolor art
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Box 1 |
"Tree Grow- in Perspective"
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Scope and Contents
Scroll with panels of sketches
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Box 1 |
"News-Likes of Yesteryear
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Scope and Contents
Scroll with panels of sketches "from the Lambert Pump Co. Archives of Fact and Fiction
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Box 1 |
"Are You Tired of Studying?
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1982 | |
Scope and Contents
Scroll with panels of sketches from "Lambert Pump Co." "in techna-color, watercolor,
pencil color, penic color, and more..."
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Box 1 |
"Tree Grow- in Perspective
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Scope and Contents
Scroll with panels of sketches
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Box 1 |
Untitled
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Scope and Contents
Scroll with panels of sketches, the first few depicting a morning routine
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Box 1 |
"Hoshonuma, the Ancient Art"
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Scope and Contents
Scroll with panels of sketches focusing on Asian art
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Box 1 |
"Private Eye - Jack, Case of the Vanishing Point"
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Scope and Contents
Scroll with panels of art
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Box 1 |
"Making a Film-Like and Sketchbook Image"
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1977 | |
Scope and Contents
Scroll with panels of sketches
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Box 1 |
"La Naturaleza tiene dos caras"
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Fall 1983 | |
Scope and Contents
Scroll with panels of sketches
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Assorted handmade miniatures
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Lambert Pump Company "gold" watch
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Miniature of family gazing upwards
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
"The Penny Award - President and Chief R. Lambert"
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
"Clouds of the Masters" handmade miniature
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Miniature model of a potted plant
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Model of desk with art posters
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Lambert Pump Company artistic papers
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Lambert Pump Company artistic papers
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Cornell campus drawings
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Box 2 |
Watercolors, drawings, and other artistic renderings
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Scope and Contents
Includes still life works, natural landscapes, and buildings
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