Route 66 Collection, 1997-2017
Route 66 Collection, 1997-2017
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Woodcock, Michael
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 6 boxes
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Route 66 Collection. Claremont Colleges, Pitzer College Archives
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains materials relating to the Pitzer College course Environmental Studies 65: Off the Mother Road. Students examined the history, art, and symbolic meaning of highway travel with Route 66 as case study, culminating in a 2,200-mile plus road trip. This collection represents artifacts and ephemera collected during that class and field trip, predominantly novelty items and souvenirs relating to Route 66: postcards, books, refrigerator magnets, pins, iron-on patches, etc.
- Biographical / historical:
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Michael Woodcock was born in Connecticut on October 25, 1951. In 1984 he earned an MFA in drawing and painting from Claremont Graduate School. He joined Pitzer College’s faculty in 1989 and became known for the course Environmental Studies 65: Off the Mother Road, which examined the history, art, and symbolic meaning of highway travel and Route 66. His paintings and lithographs have been collected by the Getty Museum, Los Angeles Public Library, and Yale University. He died on March 31, 2013.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Pitzer College
United States Highway 66
Photographs
Books
Souvenirs
Ephemera
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to the Pitzer College Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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Route 66 Collection. Claremont Colleges, Pitzer College Archives
- Location of this collection:
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1050 North Mills Ave., Box A-95Claremont, CA 91711, US
- Contact:
- (909) 607-0670