COLLEGE ARCHIVES MC 46 RICHARD BEHRENS. Acquisition: 2003?, Viola Frey, Moon. Processed: 2008, Elizabeth Gulacsy

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1 COLLEGE ARCHIVES MC 46 RICHARD BEHRENS Acquisition: 2003?, Viola Frey, Moon Processed: 2008, Elizabeth Gulacsy

2 Richard (Herman) Behrens ( ) Born: 1896, November 21, San Francisco Died: 1977, September, Oakland Married: (from Denmark, died 1958) Children: Daughter, Thurid Lininger Meckel ( ) Parents: (father from Bremen, mother from Kassel) EDUCATION 1915 Los Angeles Polytechnic High School ? College of Chemistry, University of California California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland Richmond Art Center (with Ernie Kim) WORK/TEACHING Edgwood Arsenal, Maryland (chemical warfare work during WWI) Rainier Beer and Crocker Sugar Company. High School Teacher, Monterey, California Berkeley School System Lecturer, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland HONORS/SOCIETIES PUBLICATIONS An Analytical Study Of The Duties Of The Chemical Laboratory Technician. Berkeley, Calif., 1927 Ceramic Glazemaking: Experimental Formulation And Glaze Recipes. Columbus, Ohio, Professional Publications, Westerville, Ohio: American Ceramic Society, 1998, 1967 Glaze Projects; A Formulary Of Leadless Glazes. Columbus, Ohio, Professional Publications, 1994, 1972, See also list of articles published in Ceramics Monthly. WORKSHOPS, SHOWS, COMMISSIONS

3 SERIES DESCRIPTION Notebooks of Richard Behrens, potter and educator, with recipes and notes on his research on glazes and clay bodies. He was known for his willingness to share his expertise, helping the new generation of studio potters.

4 Box 1 21 Glaze notebooks: Books 1 10, Glaze Book?, Glazes Books 13 20, Glazes Books?, Glazes 74: [two notebooks] Book?, Glazes Miscellaneous Notebooks Glaze Formulas (various numbering and dates) Clay Body Formulas Notes/Diary ( ) Reference Data (1974) Notes (1975 ) [includes recipes] Undated Notebook [two] Firing Schedules Typescript of articles, including articles submitted to Ceramics Monthly. Some have notes, additions and/or corrections. A few are dated. FOLDER 1 FOLDER 2 Amblygonite Glazes Lead Glaze Arabic Chessmen in Clay Leadless Glazes Barium in the Glaze Lepidolyte in the Glaze Bismuth Glazes Less Frequently Used Cone Level Firings Color in the Clay Body Low Firing Glazes Colemanite and Gerstley Borate Low Temperature Lead Borate Glazes Colored Glaze Formulary Magnesium in the Glaze Compact Glaze Gormulary + Addition Manganese Fluxed Glazes Cone 4 Red Glaze Manganese in the Glaze Cone 6 Albany Slip Glazes Mat Glazes Cone Six Formulary (2 different articles) Matting the Glaze Cone 6 Frit Glazes Mexican Majolica Ware Cone 06 Glacial Lake Clay Glazes Mineral Lithium Glaze Materials Cone Nine Ambligonite Glazes Natural Clay Slip Cone 5 Glazes in Reduction Cone Nine Bristol Glazes Once Fired Glazing Cone 10 Colemanite Mineral Glazes Pour Glazing with a Filler Cone Ten Glazes Fired in Reduction Raku Glazes (2 different articles) Cone 10 Wollastonite Glazes Rare Earth Glazes Cone 014 Gerstley Borate Glazes Rare Earths in the Glaze Cullet Bodies Reducing with Sawdust Fine Glay Suspension Slips Reduction Blues

5 Flouride Glazes (2 different articles) Frit Porcelain Fulfilling the Empirical Formula Gerstley Borate Foundation Glazes Glacial Clays Glass Frits (2 different articles) Glaze Oxides and their Source Glaze Oxides, Source and Glaze Function Glaze Safety Glazes from Pumice Group of Glazes of Fixed Metal Content Han Dynasty Glazes High Temperature Mineral Glazes Hygiene in Studio Potting Jasper and Basalt Ware Laterite Glazes Reduction Glaze Formulary Rock Glazes Rocks in the Glaze Ruckle Glazes Rutile in the Glaze Sagger Vapor Glazing Silico-Fluoride Glazes Simple Low Temperature Formulary Simple Nepheline Syenite Glazes Spectacle Glass Frit Tin Glazing Two Colorant Blend Vanadium in Reduction Fired Glazes Vapor Glazing in a Sagger Western Potter of a Century Ago Typescript pages (incomplete paging or unfinished papers): Art Pottery Glaze Materials (page 21) Natural Clay Slip Glazes (page 5)Red Clay Cobalt Colors and Blends Glazes Cone 9 Dolomite Glazes (page 9) Sandstone in Clay Bodies and Glazes (page 2) Empirical Glaze Fabrication (page 8) Smoke Reduction (pages 1 and 2) Glaze Slip (page 10) Waterless Glazes (page 3) Low Temperature Frits (page 4) Wide Range Firing Glazes (page 1 and 6) Glaze Recipes and Class Notes. Some dated Glaze Primer. Mainly handwritten notes, some illustrations by V. Frey. Correspondence ( ) Tom Buck correspondence and material for NCECA nomination and tribute. Includes letters from Thurid Behrens Lininger ( ) Box 2 Roll book (name of students) Recipe cards for glazes and clay bodies (including recipes for curried lamb and apple sauce meatloaf) Rapid Glaze Calculator

6 Photographs of glaze tests Glaze Projects: A formulary of leadless glazes. A CM Handbook (1981)

7 ARTICLES IN CERAMICS MONTHLY : Ash Glazes for Cone 6. Vol. 17, 1969, January, p.31 Cone 6 Stoneware. Vol.17, 1969, March, p.32 Testing Clay Bodies. Vol.17, 1969, May, p.26-7 Oven And Range-Top Clay Bodies And Glazes. Vol.17, 1969, September, p.27+ Crackle Glazes. Vol.17, 1969, October, p.23+ Raku Glazes. Vol.17, 1969, November, p.29 Chromium, the Swinging Glaze Colorant. Vol.17, 1969, December, p.33 Handcrafted Ceramic Buttons. Vol.18, 1970, January, p.28-9 Dust Glazing. Vol.18, 1970, February, p.19 Frits for the Art Potter. Vol.18, 1970, March, p.21-3 Cobalt Blues at Cone 9. Vol.18, 1970, May, p.31 Glazes from Barnard Slip. Vol.18, 1970, September, p.33 Alkaline Glaze. Vol. 18, 1970, October, p.26+ Yellow Glazes. Vol. 18, 1970, November, p.31 Volcanic Ash Bodies and Glazes. Vol. 18, 1970, December, p.28 Terra Sigillata. Vol. 19, 1971,January, p.31 Formulary of Leadless Glazes. Vol. 19, 1971,February, p.24+ Rosy Gold Glazes. Vol. 19, 1971,March, p.26+ Two-Component Glazes. Vol. 19, 1971,May, p.33 Nepheline Syenite Glazes. Vol. 19, 1971,June, p.33 Flouroide Glazes For Cones 06, 4 And 6. Vol. 19, 1971,September, p.33 Barium Glazes. Vol. 19, 1971,October, p.27 Low Temperature Frit Porcelain. Vol. 19, 1971,November, p.33 Basic Matt Glazes For Cone 4. Vol. 19, 1971,December, p.33 Cone 6 Reduction Glazes. Vol. 20, 1972, January, p.12 Some Glaze Faults... and Their Correction. Vol. 20, 1972, January, p High Magnesia Glazes For Cone 6. Vol. 20, 1972, March, p.39 Stoneware Glazes For Cone 7. Vol. 20, 1972, April, p.27 Zirconium Glazes. Vol. 20, 1972, May, p.36 Nickel Blue Glazes. Vol. 20, 1972, June, p.38 Simple Inexpensive Glazes. Vol. 20, 1972, September, p.39 Strontium Glazes. Vol. 20, 1972, October, p.43 Plant Ash Glazes. Vol. 20, 1972, November, p.41+ Using Kaolin In Simple Glazes. Vol.21, 1973, January, p.36 Basic Glazes Of Fluxing Metals. Vol.21, 1973, February, p.33 Simple Fritted Glazes. Vol.21, 1973, March, p.39 Glazes From Lithium Compounds. Vol.21, 1973, April, p.42-3 Cone 10 Reduction Glazes. Vol.21, 1973, June, p.45 Two Glaze Colorants. Vol.21, 1973, September, p.40-1 Common Glaze Colorants. Vol.21, 1973, October, p.38-9 Bismuth And Vanadium In Glazes. Vol.21, 1973, November, p.46-7

8 Matt Glazes. Vol.21, 1973, December, p.39+ Tin And Calcium In Glass. Vol.22, 1974, January, p.38-9 Colemanite and gerstley borate. Vol.22, 1974, February, p.40 Cone 6 Oxidation Glazes. Vol.22, 1974, March, p.44 Four-Three-Two-One Glazes. Vol.22, 1974, April, p.42-3 Wide-Range Firing Glazes. Vol.22, 1974, May, p.46-7 Glazes For Infrequently Used Cone Levels. Vol.22, 1974, June, p.50-1 Making Your Own Frits. Vol.22, 1974, September, p.52-3 Alternative To Salt Glazing. Vol.22, 1974, October, p.44 Single-Fired Glazes. Vol.22, 1974, November, p.44-5 Crater Glazes. Vol.22, 1974, December, p.50-1 Zinc Glazes. Vol.23, 1975, February, p.44-5 Simple Glaze-Making Technique. Vol.23, 1975, March, p.44-5 Cone 8 Stoneware Glazes. Vol.23, 1975, May, p.46-7 Jasper And Basalt Bodies. Vol.23, 1975, June, p.54-5 Cone 06 Fritted Glazes. Vol.23, 1975, September, p.65+ Nepheline Syenite Glazes. Vol.23, 1975, October, p.59+ Cone 6 Glazes For Oxidation And Reduction. Vol.23, 1975, November, p.55 Consistent Glazes. Vol.23, 1975, December, p.58 Glaze Color. Vol.24, 1976, January, p.57+ Changing Glaze Firing Temperature. Vol.24, 1976, March, p.56 Cone 5 Slip Glazes For Reduction Firing. Vol.24, 1976, April, p.58-9 White Glazes. Vol.24, 1976, May, p.53 Vapor Glazing In A Saggar. Vol.24, 1976, June, p.60 Talc Glazes. Vol.24, 1976, September, p.73 Rutile In Glazes. Vol.24, 1976, November, p.62-3 Cone 6 Albany Slip Glazes. Vol.24, 1976, December, p.55 Compact Glaze Formulary. Vol.25, 1977, January, p.62 Manganese Glazes. Vol.25, 1977, March, p.64 Preventing Bubbles In Glaze. Vol.26, April 1978, p.60 Cone 6 Frit Glazes. Vol.27, June 1979, p.38