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Roger Hayward Papers, 1899-2007

4. Sketchbooks and Artworks. 1909-1976, undated.

Multiple sketchbooks and loose art works are organized within this series. While over the course of his life, Hayward worked in multiple media, most of the art works held in the Hayward Papers are pencil drawings, pen and ink works or prints of etchings.


4 boxes

4.001.
Sketchbooks by Roger Hayward. 1909-1926. 8 sketchbooks
1.1.
Sketchbook. 1909. 7.25 in. x 10.50 in. Dark brown cover. Disbound, 76 pages.

Consists of still life pencil drawings created by Hayward at age 10. Includes Hayward's table of contents.

1.2.
Sketchbook. 1910-1911. 8 in. x 10.50 in. Brown cover embossed with cowboy scenes and titled "Sketch Book." 62 pages.

Consists of still life, nature and portrait pencil drawings (among them portraits of Hayward's brother and of Abraham Lincoln) created by Hayward as a boy. Includes Hayward's table of contents. Also includes a portrait drawn by Hayward's mother, Ina.

1.3.
Sketchbook. 1916-1917. 5.5 in. x 7 in. Brown cover embossed with "Sketch Book." 68 pages.

Consists of pencil drawings and watercolors of New England scenes - still life and landscape scenes, cartoon figures, profiles and figure studies. Annotated works include "Keene [New Hampshire] from Grays Hill" and "Gen. Jim Wilson House." Autographed "Glück Auf, W. P. Phelps." [Hayward's grandfather William P. Phelps]

1.4.
Sketchbook. 1917. 3.75 in. x 5.75 in. Brown cover hand-labeled "RH." 58 pages.

Consists of pencil and charcoal drawings of Boston-area scenes, including landscapes, buildings, sailboats, still lifes and figure studies. Annotated works include "Fenway" [multiple], "Bumpkin Island 'Barracks'/Camp Burrage," "Esplanad," "Jap. lantern" and "Jap. seabird." First page annotated "Roger Hayward, U. S. S. Topeka, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H."

1.5.
Sketchbook. 1917-1918. 3.75 in. x 5.75 in. Brown cover hand-labeled "RH." Black binding. 50 pages.

Consists of pencil and charcoal drawings of Boston-area and Massachusetts Institute of Technology scenes. Includes architectural depictions, museum pieces, portraits and nude studies. Annotated works include "Cambridge Bridge," "Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts," "APOXYOMENOS," "16th & 17th century Persian glass, Venetian influence," "Arabian Lattice" and "Italian Mask, XVIth Century."

1.6.
Sketchbook. 1920. 4.5 in. x 6.5 in. Grey cover. 49 pages.

Consists of Boston-area Gothic architectural and artistic renderings done in pencil, as well as a cartoon drawing of fish. Annotated works include "Pew, Park Hill Church," "Cornice over front door, Park Hill Church," "frieze for cornice," "Seat at base of Boston Public Library," "Lamp base vestibule - Boston Public Library."

1.7.
Sketchbook. 1926. 6 in. x 9 in. Grey cover embossed with "Sketches" and annotated "made around 1926." 50 pages.

Dating to Roger and Betty Hayward's art trip to Europe, this sketchbook contains pencil drawings and schematics of Gothic buildings and architectural features. Annotated works include "Gargoyle - The Tor, Glastonbury," "Cirencester," [multiple] "Fairford - England," [multiple] "Clare College Bridge, Cambridge," "Fan Vaulting, King's College Chapel, Cambridge," "S. Benedict, Cambridge, Pre-Norman Tower," "Dorset Sq[uare], London," "Vaulting, South Aisle, Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abby," "British Museum, Nimroud Rm.," "Chancel arch, S. Mary-Le-Strand, Gibbs 1717," Holy Water Basin, S. Etheldreda's - London" and "S. Kensington Museum." [multiple]

Included with the sketchbook is a Typescript: "Betty Hayward's notes on European Art trip, 1926," provided by Dr. James R. Kramer.

1.8.
Sketchbook. 1926. 10.25 in. x 7 in. Brown cover embossed with "G. Rowney & Co.'s Ring-Bound Sketch Book." 44 pages.

A second sketchbook dating to Roger and Betty Hayward's art trip to Europe. Consists of pencil and watercolor drawings of Gothic buildings and architectural features as well as nude studies. Annotated works include "Hajia Sophia - Constantinople," "Byzantine Vaults," "Église de Kapnicarea, Athens 9th cent.," "St. Ambrogio, Milan," "St. Mark's - Venice," "Apostles Church, Cologne," "Toro Cathedral," "Salamanca," "S. Sernin - Toulouse," "Clemont-Ferrand, Notre Dame du Port," "Issoire: S. Paul," "S. Martin de Broscherville," "Bay of Abbey Church - Jumieges, Early Norman," "Peterborough Cathedral," "Bay of Ste. Trinité," "St. Leu d'Esserent," "Noyon: Langhaus," "Notre Dame - Paris," "Plate Tracery - Chartres" and "Bar Tracery - Reims."


4.002.
Sketchbooks by Roger Hayward. 1928-1976. 8 sketchbooks
2.1.
Sketchbook. 1928, 1965. 4 in. x 7 in. Grey cover embossed with "Sketches." 48 pages.

Consists of pencil sketches of boats, houses, landscapes, studies for color works, abstract and impossible geometric shapes, typographic studies for Christmas cards and rough portraits of Robert F. Kennedy.

2.2.
Sketchbook. 1935-1936, 1968. 5 in. x 7 in. Purple and gold cover, spiral bound, labeled "Artists Roll-O Pad." 62 pages.

Consists of pencil and pen sketches of geometric shapes, typography for a "Blivets" logo and rough sketches of people and faces. Also includes a series of anagrams and astronomical observations.

2.3.
Sketchbook. 1942-1943. 9 in. x 12 in. Purple and gold cover, spiral bound, labeled "Artists Roll-O Pad." 16 pages.

Consists of pencil drawings of landscapes and the ruins of Apollonia, Cyrenaica, Libya.

2.4.
Sketchbook. 1947. 9 in. x 12 in. Purple and gold cover, spiral bound, labeled "Artists Roll-O Pad." 22 pages.

Consists of pencil and charcoal portraits and drawings of landscapes.

2.5.
Sketchbook. 1967-1968, 1970, 1976. 10 in. x 11.5 in. Black three-ring binder decorated with blue flowers. Disbound, 60 pages.

Consists of whimsical caricatures of humans and animals done in pen, pencil and charcoal. A special emphasis of this set is a series of drawings of humans with multiple heads. Set also includes depictions of human faces created out of typewritten characters.

2.6.
Sketchbook. 1970-1971. 8 in. x 5 in. Pink and white cover, labeled "Empire Economy Pak, for Home or Office." 85 pages.

Consists of whimsical caricatures of humans and animals done in pen.

2.7.
Sketchbook. 1975-1976. 9 in. x 12 in. Light blue cover, spiral bound, labeled "Académie Sketch Book." 58 pages.

Consists of whimsical charcoal caricatures of humans and animals.

2.8.
Sketchbook. 1973-1974. 8.5 in. x 11 in. Red cover, spiral bound, labeled "Grumbacher All Technique Sketch Book." 100 pages.

Consists of whimsical pen, pencil and charcoal caricatures of humans and animals. Certain of the drawings are sexual in nature. Others depict humans as conceptualized as coffee mugs.


4.003.
Artworks by Roger Hayward. 1913-1976. 19 folders

Box includes an inventory of paintings by Roger Hayward, compiled by Dr. James R. Kramer.

3.1.
Untitled self-portrait [profile sketch], annotated "R. Hayward studying awfully hard". 1913. 4.5 in. x 6 in. Pencil on brown paper.
3.2.
"Dardanella?" Pen and ink drawing of a cut-away house revealing family members, pets and a domestic servant dancing to jazz music. Captioned: "Brother Jack (home of vacation) tries a little jazz after breakfast." Submitted for publication in Judge magazine. 1920. 15.75 in. x 11.25 in.
3.3.
Untitled drawing of an Egyptian column and pharaoh statue. October 7, 1921. 4.5 in. x 12 in. Pencil drawing.
3.4.
Black and white photograph of an illustration by Roger Hayward titled "Tech Show 1922, The Wrong Steer." Illustration depicts a caveman, cavewoman and child riding a bull. 1922. 6.5 in. x 9 in.
3.5.
Assorted prints of etchings. Ca. 1924 - 1926. 13 etchings.

Etchings primarily depict outdoor scenes, often seaside landscapes, as well as images of European cities. Scenes also include a nude study and an elderly basketweaver.

3.6.
Prints of an etching titled "Mont San Michel". 1926. 5 in. x 4 in., 5 copies
3.7.
Pencil study and prints of an etching titled "Siena". 1926. 5 in. x 4 in., 8 copies
3.8.
European art trip sketches - drawings of buildings and architectural studies. 1926. 6 in. x 9 in. 17 leaves, pencil and pen drawings.

Drawings titled as follows: "Half plan of Strozzi, Early Florentine Palace," "Section thro' upper storeys of Strozzi Palace," "Perspective, Elevation of Strozzi Palace," "Detail of Cornice, Palazzo Strozzi," "Detail of Second Storey Window, Palazzo Riccardi," "Corner of Courtyard, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence," "Bronze Banner Holder," "Bronze Lantern from corner of Strozzi Palace," "Elevation of Children's Hospital," "Court, Palazzo Bevilacqua, Bologna," "A Brick Cornice," "Detail, Pal[azzo] Bevilacqua, Bologna," "Prigioni, Brescia," "Window in the Cortile of the Doges' Palace, Venice," "S. M. dei Miracoli, Venice," "Palais Corner - Spinelli, Venice," "Palais de la Cancellaria" and "Porta de Borsari, Verona."

3.9.
Prints of four etchings featuring images of boats floating on clouds. Etchings created for use in the Hayward family Christmas card. 1928. 4 in. x 5 in., multiple copies of each etching.

Final etching in the series includes the following text: "I saw three ships come sailing in, on Christmas Day / On Christmas Day I saw three ships come sailing in / And who was in those ships all three? / Over Savior Christ and his ladye / Pray whither sailed those ships all three? / They sailed into Bethlehem, On Christmas Day / Wishes for your health and happiness from Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hayward."

3.10.
Published drawing of a proposed Presbyterian cathedral, Washington, D. C. From "Decadence of French Church Architecture," by Ralph Adams Cram, The Architectural Forum, 50, 3 (305-320). March 1929.
3.11.
Untitled drawings of a makeshift campsite and cabin. One drawing annotated "Roger & Betty's 'camp,' The Abbott Brook [?], 1929?". 1929. 4 pencil drawings, 5 in. x 8 in. and 8.5 x 12 in.
3.12.
Photocopies of photographed watercolors exhibited at Grace Horne's Galleries, Boston, and the Los Angeles Museum. 1929.
3.13.
Untitled drawings of canyon scenery, possibly the Grand Canyon. June 1950. 4 pencil drawings, 6 in. x 9 in.
3.14.
Pen and ink drawings of maps titled "Santa Fé Trip, October 1951" and "Santa Fé Trip, October 1951; East Coast trip, May-June 1952". 1952. 2 drawings and 2 photo reproduction, 8 in. x 10 in. and 10.5 in. x 8 in.
3.15.
Untitled drawings of desert scenery. October 1958. 4 pencil drawings, 6 in. x 9 in.
3.16.
Untitled drawing of abstract geometric shapes. July 1963. Pencil drawing, 9 in. x 11.5 in.
3.17.
Untitled still life drawing of a craftsman's workspace. July 1963. Pencil drawing, 9 in. x 11.5 in.
3.18.
"Phantom Phuck." Pastel drawing of men's and women's shoes. May 1969. White pastel drawing on black paper, 8.5 in. x 11 in.
3.19.
Untitled series of whimsical pen caricatures of humans and animals. Certain of the drawings are sexual in nature. 1969-1973. 169 pages, 8.5 in. x 11 in.
3.20.
Untitled series of abstract human and animal caricatures, published as "Digititiums" in The Worm Runner's Digest. May 1976. 8 white pastel drawings on black paper, 5.5 in. x 7 in.

4.004.
Artworks by Roger Hayward. undated. 9 folders
4.1.
Untitled architectural sketches of a building entryway. undated. Pencil sketches, 1 leaf, 9.5 in. x 12 in.
4.2.
Series of illustrations submitted for publication as "Blivets" in The Worm Runner's Digest. undated. 4 pieces.

Titles as follows: "BLIVETS! Another way to see reality?," "What is Beauty?" "What we did during the Great Depression" and "KRAP."

4.3.
Untitled cartoon sketches. undated. 8 sketches in both pen and pencil.
4.4.
Untitled drawings of faces. undated. 5 leaves in charcoal, pen and pencil.
4.5.
Untitled sketches depicting harbor scenes. undated. 2 pencil sketches.
4.6.
Assorted landscape and outdoor scenes. undated. 3 photographs of watercolor paintings and 1 etching.
4.7.
Drawings of assorted plants. undated. 5 leaves, pencil drawings.

Titled works as follows: "Star Flower," "Wild oats," "Lady Slipper" and "Fringed Polygala."

4.8.
Untitled street scene. undated. Pencil drawing.

Image depicts three people walking into a very large building.

4.9.
Reproductions of assorted technical drawings and textbook illustrations. undated. 14 leaves