144 research outputs found
Lucy’s Summer
No full textNotes: Michael McCurdy’s wood engravings and illustrations may be found in over 190 books for both children and adults, and in fine limited editions. An author, as well as an illustrator and printmaker, McCurdy also has published significant small-press first editions by leading American and European writers and poets. Born in New York City, McCurdy grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts. As a boy, he wanted above all to print things. “I wanted to set type, smell printers’ ink, hear the clank of presses,” he explains. Later, after studying art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and at Tufts University, and then teaching it, he started his own press, where he made fine books by hand. Today, McCurdy still designs and illustrates both his own books and books written by others. He has designed cover and jacket art for books and magazines and has produced posters and prints. His art has been exhibited in close to 200 one-person and group shows.https://mosaic.messiah.edu/englecollection/1003/thumbnail.jp
Hannah’s Farm
No full textNotes: Michael McCurdy’s wood engravings and illustrations may be found in over 190 books for both children and adults, and in fine limited editions. An author, as well as an illustrator and printmaker, McCurdy also has published significant small-press first editions by leading American and European writers and poets. Born in New York City, McCurdy grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts. As a boy, he wanted above all to print things. “I wanted to set type, smell printers’ ink, hear the clank of presses,” he explains. Later, after studying art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and at Tufts University, and then teaching it, he started his own press, where he made fine books by hand. Today, McCurdy still designs and illustrates both his own books and books written by others. He has designed cover and jacket art for books and magazines and has produced posters and prints. His art has been exhibited in close to 200 one-person and group shows.https://mosaic.messiah.edu/englecollection/1002/thumbnail.jp
A letter to Dr. James Huff McCurdy (October 25, 1914)
No full textThis is a letter written to Dr. James Huff McCurdy in support of Eli A. Finn to attend Springfield College, at the time known as the International YMCA College. The letter is dated October 25, 1914. In addition, the name of the author of the letter was unable to be read, but the letterhead says "Unity Parsonage, Springfield, Mass.
Swimmers in McCurdy Natatorium
No full textA lantern slide of McCurdy Natatorium. Featured in the slide, are several students, one standing on the diving board, two posed on either side of the board, one swimming in the pool and one using the side ladder. Inset in the upper right corner of the slide is an image of Professor T.K. Cureton, the swimming coach. The text at the bottom of the slide reads, "He always enjoys swimming, and his swimming tests introduce to him the McCurdy Natatorium and Professor T.K. Cureton, the swimming coach, who develops collegiate champions and is the author of a new book on swimming."
During the 1930s, Springfield College used this image in a recruitment pamphlet with two titles: “A Cinema of Springfield College” and “Being the story of a Young Man who elects to go to Springfield College.” Through a series of pictures featuring the campus, students, and faculty, this pamphlet describes the life of a Springfield College student, from his very first day to graduation
A letter to Dr. James Huff McCurdy (1914)
No full textThis is a letter written to Dr. James Huff McCurdy in support of Eli A. Finn to attend Springfield College, at the time known as the International YMCA College. The letter is not dated, but all other material sent in support of Mr. Finn came in October 1914, so it is thought that the letter was sent around this time. In addition, the name of the author of the letter was unable to be read
Gathering Merchandise
No full textPhotograph used for a story in the Sunday Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gathering merchandise for a flea market and garage sale are St. John's Parish Day School 3rd-graders Michelle Robertson, left, and Rick McCurdy, both 8 years old.
NASA, SpaceX, safety and (Post) bureaucracy. Reinterrogating the past, challenging the present with H. McCurdy.
No full textInternational audienceThis article discusses the safety contribution of a public administration scholar specialised in space policy, Howard McCurdy. Its aim is twofold. First, it contends that McCurdy’s research on NASA and (post) bureaucracy has been overlooked in the field whereas it provides a valuable lens to the understanding of reliability, safety and performance of safety–critical systems. This contention requires bringing to the fore McCurdy’ extensive study of NASA and his rationale over several decades. Second, the article argues that McCurdy’s research brings novel and valuable insights to important safety debates. Following a methodological section, the article explains his analysis of the engineering, organisational, and political complexities and challenges experienced by NASA’s employees over more than sixty years of the agency’s lifetime, developing a unique longitudinal and multilevel study of reliability, safety and performance. The relevance of McCurdy’s lens is then illustrated using SpaceX as a case study, an example of the new developments in organising space exploration with their safety related challenges, moving from public to private initiatives. In the discussion, the article explores the value of this author for past and contemporary debates on reliability, safety and performance of safety–critical systems. In “Reinterrogating the past”, it is argued that McCurdy’s research provides a bridge between what was once framed as two opposite theses, normal accident versus high-reliability organisation. In “challenging the present” it is argued that more recent debates and controversies triggered by the “new view” might not be as new as currently thought and advocated
Everything That Has Been Shall Be Again: The Reincarnation Fables of John Gilgun
No full textThese nine pieces surprised me. Fables might not be the best category for them. They are a delightful exercise in imaginative empathy. The trick is reincarnation: it gets the author inside each of the nine animals. What the reader finds in each case is not really a simple story, but a variety of genres, including fantasy, prayer, reminiscence, monologue, religious apologia, complaint, and diatribe. I found myself saying Wow! to piece after piece. That Michael McCurdy illustrates them is not such a surprise to me, since my reaction is much like that to the other work for which I have his illustrations, Aesop's Forest by Robert Coover (1986). Perhaps the most fascinating piece of all for me is Cow, which turns out to be the reminiscences of Thelma R. Hodge, who lived near Joplin, Missouri. Second place for me goes to Fox, which is the one-sided conversation of a jaded fox with a newspaper-reporter goose named Greta whom he and his brethren are preparing to devour.With Nine Wood Engravings by Michael McCurd
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