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Digital Collections Database
A new open-access online compendium containing thousands of unique images, documents, and media, the ACC Library Digital Collections detail the history of contemporary craft in America. From ACC newsletters and photographs to firsthand documentation of major national craft exhibitions, the digital collections offer makers, scholars, and craft appreciators a glimpse at some of the ACC library’s most invaluable resources. Click here to search the Digital Collections database.
Here's a taste of what you'll find there:
Archival Finding Aids
American Craft Council Archives (1941-present) [PDF]
Museum of Contemporary Crafts/American Craft Museum Archives (1956-1990)
World Craft Council Archives (1964-present) [PDF]
ACC Conferences and Publications:
First Annual Conference of American Craftsmen, Asilomar, California, 1957
Craft Horizons, v.1, no. 1, November 1941
American Craft Council 1943-1993: A Chronology
ACC Newsletters
ACC Exhibitions and Slide Kits:
Craftsmanship in a Changing World, September 20 – November 4, 1956
Furniture by Craftsmen, February 15 – April 7, 1957
The Patron Church, October 11, 1957 – January 5, 1958
Louis Comfort Tiffany Retrospective, January 24-April 13, 1958
Furniture and sculpture of Wharton Esherick, December 12, 1958 – February 15, 1959
Lenore Tawney (slide kit), 1950s through 1969
Designed for Silver, September 23 – December 4, 1960
Retrospective Exhibition of Mariska Karasz, February 17 – March 12, 1961
The Modern Mosaics of Ravenna, March 24 - May 14, 1961
Contemporary Craftsmen of the Far West, September 22 – November 5, 1961
Fabrics International, November 17,1961 - January 15,1962
Collaboration: Artist and Architect, March 16 – May 13, 1962
Young Americans 1962, May 25 - September 2, 1962
Forms from the Earth, September 14 – November 25, 1962
Craftsmen from the Central States, December 7, 1962 – January 13, 1963
Woven Forms, March 22 - May 12,1963
Creative Casting: Techniques (slide kit), 1963
Creative Casting, September 20 - November 10, 1963
Designed for Production: The Craftsman’s Approach, March 6 – May 3, 1964
The American Craftsman, May 22 – September 13, 1964
Off-Hand Glass Blowing as illustrated by Harvey Littleton (slide kit), 1964
The Art of Personal Adornment, September 24 - November 7, 1965
Cookies and Breads, November 19, 1965 - January 9, 1966
The Raku Process as illustrated by Paul Soldner (slide kit), 1960s-1970s
Fantasy Furniture, January 21 - March 13, 1966
Craftsmen USA '66, June 3 - September 11, 1966
People Figures, November 18, 1966 - January 8, 1967
Art in Worship, August 28 – November 5, 1967
Stitching, September 23 - November 6, 1967
Made with Paper, November 17, 1967 – January 7, 1968
Textiles: Katherine Westphal & Ed Rossbach, January 19 - March 24, 1968
Architectural Glass, January 19 – March 24, 1968
Body Covering, April 5 – June 9, 1968
Ceramics by Maija Grotell, June 21 - September 8, 1968
Objects are …?, June 21 – September 8, 1968
Salt Glaze Kiln: Building/Firing as illustrated by Byron Temple (slide kit), 1968
Wall Hangings (slide kit), 1969
Plastic as Plastic, November 23, 1968 - January 12, 1969
Three Metalsmiths: Fisch, Kington, Skoogfors (slide kit), 1968-1969
Dorothy Liebes Retrospective, March 20 - May 8, 1970
Goldsmith '70, June 19 – September 13, 1970
Macramé Techniques as illustrated by Mary Walker Phillips (slide kit), 1970
Electroforming of Metals by Stanley Lechtzin (slide kit), 1971
Coffee, Tea and Other Cups, September 30 – January 10, 1971
Face Coverings, September 30, 1970 - January 10, 1971
Furs and Feathers, January 23 - March 28, 1971
Clayworks: 20 Americans, June 18 – September 12, 1971
Tie Dye Techniques as illustrated by Eileen Richardson (slide kit), 1972
Sculpture in Fiber, January 27 - April 2, 1972
Salt Glaze Ceramics, January 27 - April 2, 1972
Salt Glaze Technique as illustrated by Don Reitz (slide kit), 1972
John Prip: Metal, April 14 - May 26, 1972
Enamel & Plastic: Ellamarie & Jackson Woolley, April 14 – May 26, 1972
Objects: USA, June 9 – September 4, 1972
Objects for Preparing Food, September 22, 1972 - January 1, 1973
American Glass Now, January 11 – March 18, 1973
Wayne Higby/Ceramic Landscapes, April 12 – June 10, 1973
Fiberworks: Rossbach/Westphal (slide kit), 1968-1973
Portable World, October 5, 1973 – January 1, 1974
Baroque '74, January 18 – March 17, 1974
Charles Loloma, January 18 – March 17, 1974
Denim Art, March 29 - May 26, 1974
Forms in Metal: 275 Years of Metalsmithing in America, January 17 - March 2, 1975
Handmade Paper Reliefs by Winifred Lutz, January 17 - March 2, 1975
Homage to the Bag, October 8, 1975 – January 4, 1976
Three Metalsmiths II: Fisch/Kington/Skoogfors (slide kit), 1971-75
The New American Quilt, April 1 – June 13, 1976
Jewelry in Thread by Ruth Nivola, April 8 – June 19, 1977
Young Americans: Fiber, Wood, Plastic, Leather, October 7 – December 31, 1977
Peter Voulkos: A Retrospective 1948-1978, October 21 – December 31, 1978
New Stained Glass, January 28 – April 2, 1978
David Gilhooly: Ceramics, January 28 – April 2, 1978
The Great American Foot, April 14 – July 9, 1978
Young Americans: Clay/Glass, July 21 – October 1, 1978
New Handmade Furniture, May 4 – July 15, 1979
Felting, June 6 – September 28, 1980
For The Tabletop, October 11, 1980 – January 25, 1981
The Clay Figure, February 4 – May 31, 1981
Young Americans: Award Winners, January 29 – May 9, 1982
Papermaking USA, May 20 – October 3, 1982
The Handmade Paper Book, May 20 – October 17, 1982
Douglass Morse Howell Retrospective, May 20 – October 17, 1982
Art To Wear, May 26 - October 14, 1983
Jewelry International, May 25 – September 1, 1984
Raku & Smoke, September 14 – November 3, 1984
Harvey K. Littleton: A Retrospective, November 16, 1984 – January 12, 1985
For The Floor, January 25 – May 11, 1985
Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, October 26, 1986 – March 22, 1987
John Prip: Master Metalsmith, October 9 – December 20, 1987
Young Americans 1988, September 15 – October 28, 1988
Explorations II: The New Furniture, May 9 – August 4, 1991
Political Ceramics (slide kit), 1993
John McQueen: Language of Content, November 19, 1992 – March 28, 1993
ACC Marketing and Shows:
First Annual ACC Baltimore Winter Market (1977)
ACC Pacific States Craft Fair (1976)
World Crafts Council:
First World Congress of Craftsmen, New York City, 1964
Note: materials are continually being added and updated in the ACC Library Digital Collections. Be sure to check back soon!
