Name/Title
New Rural SchoolEntry/Object ID
2003.64.1Description
Watercolor of a rural school house with trees and fields in foreground and a village in the background. It is mounted within a brown mat that has the label, "THE NEW RURAL SCHOOL" and a thin silver line around the mat opening. The whole is framed in a black wooden frame with a simple molding.Context
In the late 1910s and 1920s the Daughters of the American Revolution took a distinct interest in education in the United States. In the early years they felt a need to create a unified, Anglo-American-centric curriculum to help immigrants shed their own culture and become "Americanized." By the mid-1920s this initiative grew beyond new immigrants to poor and rural schools.
In 1924, the Marquis de Lafayette Chapter of the DAR (Montpelier) sponsored a speaking contest to define the "New Rural School" and raise funds for the project. The speaker had to be between the ages of 50 and 90. This second prize painting by Verna Stebbins of Montpelier was awarded to Lenora Stevens Farnham on February 24, 1924.Acquisition
Accession
2003.64Source or Donor
Farnham, Madeline H.Acquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
In memory of Lenora Stevens FarnhamMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Stebbins, Verna Adele (1898-1998)Role
PainterDate made
1924Place
City
MontpelierCounty
Washington CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
12 inWidth
8-3/8 inRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Farnham, Lenora Rachael Stevens (1869-1943)Person or Organization
Daughters of the American Revolution