"Nature Study - Our Feathered Friends" by Harold N. Anderson, 1954

Item — Container: art rack

Identifier: MS0056-020037

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Series III is comprised of diversely formatted 4-H materials. It includes photographs, publications, correspondence and articles on boys' and girls' club work from 1915 through 1917, Extension Subcommittee on 4-H Club Work reports, impact studies and bibliographies, and Youth Staff Development and Training intern reports. It contains 4-H sheet music, 33.3 RPM records of radio spots, 4-H club songs on 78 RPM records, and National 4-H Week kits and posters. The sheet music is arranged chronologically. However, songs published the same date are arranged alphabetically by the composer or lyricist's name. Songs published by the same composer or lyricist the same year are arranged alphabetically by title of the song. The National 4-H Leader O.H. Benson's personal file in which the items are not sorted by date or subject was divided into 27 folders in order to maintain the original arrangement. All other dated materials are arranged chronologically. Many of the photographs are not dated and so are arranged by decades based on best estimates. The one poster that is not dated has been placed at the end of the poster collection.

Dates

Creation: 1954

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Scene with darkened background depicting night-time. A man seated in a chair with group of boys and girls around him, several older teens and adults standing behind him, holds what appears to be a mounted specimen as he gives group a nature lesson. Other mounted birds are displayed on a table beside him.

Custodial History

This oil was loaned to Paul V. Kepner, Deputy Administrator, Federal Extension Service, USDA, for display in his private office for an unknown period of time. It was later displayed in the office of the Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning, 2nd floor, J. C. Penney Hall, National 4-H Conference Center, Chevy Chase, Maryland, until 2024.

Dimensions

Oil on canvas, 38 x 28-1/2 inches. Restored after donation of Ed Gershin, retired 4-H staff. Painting has new wooden frame.

General

1956 National 4-H Calendar Art by Shaw-Barton. The company offered four types of calendars, all with same image: an Art Mount wall calendar for general distribution with border sketches of 4-H activities; a Pocket Record containing month-by-month record and simplified tax system for farm finances; a 4-H Home Calendar with space on dates to note arrangements, historical events; and a Roll calendar, a big, easy-to-read calendar for hanging in schools or places of business and coming in three sizes.