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Turner, Oscar A. (Oscar Arthur), 1911-1989

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Oscar A. Turner papers, 1945-1957

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Identifier: 038.01.31
Description of the Collection A manuscript by Oscar A. Turner entitled "A Prelude to an Unknown Designer in Industry: A Missing Chapter of Industrial Design of Industrial Art, the New Fine Art Profession of Industry Unveiled" and correspondence related to it.The manuscript is an oversize (13x18") handwritten 33-page document, in which Turner campaigns for the use of the word "fabritecture" to replace the term "industrial design." The first 31 pages are dated 1956, and...
Dates: 1945-1957

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