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Charles D. Cuttler, January 1983 |
Scope and Contents
The Charles D. Cuttler papers relate to his professional career as professor of art and art history. This material includes correspondence, seminar information, department administration records, and material about his work as a consultant to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical Note
Charles David Cuttler was born April 8, 1913, in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his B.F.A. degree in 1935 and M.A. in 1937, both from Ohio State University. In 1952 he received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
Cuttler was an assistant art instructor at Ohio State University from 1935 to 1937. During the summer in 1938 he was an instructor in art history at the University of Colorado. He worked in Detroit as an engineering designer from 1940 to 1947. He served as assistant professor of art at Michigan State University from 1947 to 1957. Dr. Cuttler was assistant professor of art history at Indiana University during the summer in 1952 and 1953.
He joined the faculty of the State University of Iowa in 1957 as associate professor of art history and became full professor in 1965. He was a co-founder of the Midwest Art History Society in 1973. He was chairman of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Art History subcommittee from 1968 through 1977. He was appointed as consultant to the National Endowment for the Humanities in November 1973 through 1980. Dr. Cuttler retired in 1983.
Charles D. Cuttler married Mary Cecilia Fuller in December 1941 and had one daughter, Judith Ann.
[D. Anderson; 01/2008]
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Folder, "Cuttler, Charles D. ," Faculty and Staff Vertical Files collection (RG 01.15.03)
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Records of the School of Art and Art History (RG 06.07)
Box Contents List
Box 1
"The Art of Hieronymus Bosch." Daily Iowan, December 12, 1974
"St. Anthony Abbot, Ireland, and A. Kingsley Porter"
Photographs of Irish art
Reviews
Thesis draft
New York University, Metropolitan Museum of Art lectures, 1935-1940
Seminars
---. "The Art of Nicola and Giovanni Pisano," Medieval seminar, 1970
---. "Methodology," 1972
---. "The Drawings of Jan Van Eyck," 1976
---. "A General Bibliography: Rogier Van Der Weyden." Northern Renaissance seminar, 1978
---. "Northern Renaissance Art: Hieronymus Bosch," 1983
Mid-America College Art Association conference, University of Iowa, 1982
College Art Association of America (CAA), 1986
Midwest Art History Society
---. By-laws, 1973
---. First annual meeting, 1974
---. Newsletter, 1975
Box 2
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Art History subcommittee, 1968-1977
Master's degree in Art History at the University of Iowa, requirements, 1968-1969
National Endowment for the Humanities, consultant work, 1973-1980
Professional Policy Committee minutes, 1972-1973
Professional correspondence
---. 1938-1947
---. 1955-1957
---. 1958-1984
---. 1960-1969
---. 1961
---. 1963-1982
---. 1964-1984
---. 1968-1977
---. 1969-1974
---. 1972-1983
---. 1980-1984
Winnipeg Art Gallery program, 1962
Art collection program of Central College, Pella, Iowa, 1966
Reprints, 1965-1970
Articles
Bibliography
"Christ-Logos in the Utrecht Psalter," Cuttler's comments
Student papers
---. 1959-1965
---. 1970-1980
Advising materials
Art Department administration, 1979-1980
Syllabi, 1988
