Sandford, Hazel
Biography
According to Clarion University undergraduate course catalog data, Hazel Sandford was a faculty member in the Art department from 1927 until 1955. She was a graduate of the State Normal School, Fredonia, New York. She earned her B.S. from Cornell University; her A.M. from the New York School of Fine Arts, her M.A. from New York University; and did additional graduate work at the Teachers College at Columbia University, the Thurn School of Modern Art, the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and the University of Pittsburgh.
An article on page 1 of the November 12, 1971 issue of the "Clarion Call" student newspaper, published when the university's Sandford Art Gallery was dedicated, provides additional information about Hazel Sandford:
"Miss Hazel Sandford, for 28 years head of the Art Department at Clarion State College, was honored recently when the college Board of Trustees voted to name the art gallery of the Marwick-Boyd Fine Arts Center for her.
Miss Sandford came to Clarion in 1927 and retired in 1955 after a distinguished career embracing all levels of education from elementary through college and including a total of 36 years of dedicated service.
During her long service at Clarion she was an untiring worker who was always generous in her support of college activities. She taught art classes, supported art instruction in the campus school, headed the art department, and was everywhere and anywhere when her talents could add to the appeal of a campus project.
In announcing the action of the board, President James Gemmell said that a plaque would be mounted in the gallery commemorating Miss Sandford's career at Clarion and properly identifying the facility to the public."
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Account of Early Lumbering Industry in Forest and Elk Counties, 1969-01
Account of Early Lumbering Industry in Forest and Elk Counties, 1973-01
Art Education 1927-1955, Clarion State College, Hazel Sandford, 1967
Biographical Sketch of My Mother, with Addenda on Colonial Life, 1969-06
9 pages, plus a 4-page addenda.
Note on the cover page indicates that this document was written and typed by Hazel Sandford, Kane, PA, June, 1969.
Brief Notes on the Human Side of People Associated with Clarion State College, ca. 1964
This notebook is divided into three sections:
Harry Shannon Manson
Bertha Virginia Nair
Amabel Lee Ralston
Each section contains biographical information on the individuals gathered from various sources, mainly personal testimonials from Hazel Sandford.
The section on Harry Manson includes his obituary.
The section on Amabel Ralston includes a dedication program, presumably for the dedication of Ralston Hall.
Congratulatory cards, notes and letters received by Hazel Sandford in 1971-1972 relative to the dedication of Sandford Gallery. Annotated., 1971 - 1976
This scrapbook appears to be annotated in Hazel Sandford's own hand.
In addition to the cards, notes, and letters, the scrapbook also contains newspaper clippings related to the dedication of Sandford Art Gallery.
A note in the beginning of the scrapbook indicates that it was organized by Hazel Sandford at the Lutheran Home, Kane, PA in 1976.
At the end of the scrapbook is a photograph of Miss Sandford at the Kane Lutheran Home on July 12, 1976.
Cornell Alumni News Article, 1972-03
Included is the March 1972 issue of "Cornell Alumni News."
The article about Hazel Sandford appears on page 35.
The brief article is largely quoted from the article which appeared in the Nov. 12, 1971 issue of the Clarion Call. It reports on the art gallery at Clarion being named after Sandford.
Hazel Sandford: Memories of her ancestors, and things which were handed down to her about them and their times, 1970-03
12 pages.
Note on the cover page indicates that this document was written by Hazel Sandford at the Lutheran Home in Kane, PA in March 1970, and that it was "typed for Marcella, Ted, Nancy, Jack, Ellie and their children."
Hazel Sandford Obituary, Clarion Alumni Bulletin, Winter 1979-80
Newspaper clipping.
Hazel Sandford obituary published in the Winter 1979-80 issue of the Clarion Alumni Bulletin.
The obituary indicates that Sandford was 85 years old at the time of her death, and that she died September 7, 1979 at the Lutheran Home in Kane, PA. She was born September 5, 1894.
Hazel Sandford Obituary, Clarion News, 1979-09-13
Newspaper clipping from page 9 of the Thursday, September 13, 1979 issue of the Clarion News.
Hazel Sandford was 85 years old when she died at the Kane Pennsylvania Lutheran Nursing Home on September 7, 1979. She was born September 5, 1894.