Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser
Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser (March 5, 1918 - August 14, 2005) was an artist, educator, and architectural historian.
Education[edit]
Sasser's undergraduate degree was from the School of Fine Arts at Ohio State University, and she went on to earn a Ph.D. from Ohio State University.[1]
Career[edit]
Texas Technological College hired Sasser in 1949 to teach watercolors courses and Freshmen design studios. Sasser and her husband taught art classes for the children of museum members at The Museum of Texas Technical College.[2][3] During this era, Sasser's publications were in School Arts: the Arts Education Magazine, and address general art education topics such as teacher and parent engagement[4] and individual projects such as three dimensional posters[5] and sculpture.[6] By 1963 Sasser was promoted to professor of architecture,[7] and she was named Faculty Woman of the Year in 1965.[8] In 1986, she transferred into the College of Architecture, and she retired in 1990.[9]
Sasser authored multiple books, most notably Dugout to Deco: Building in West Texas, 1880-1930 that traces the history of West Texas architecture, The World of Spirits and Ancestors in the Art of Western Sub-Saharan Africa, and she contributed entries to the three-volume set edited by Paul Oliver, Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World,[10]
Sasser died on August 14, 2005.[9]
Selected publications[edit]
- Sasser, Elizabeth Skidmore (1969-01-01). Architecture of Ancient Peru. Nolan E. Barrick (First ed.). International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies, Texas Technological College.
- Milosevich, Paul; Sasser, Elizabeth S. (1992). Out of the ordinary: the art of Paul Milosevich (2. [pr.] ed.). Lubbock, Tex: Texas Tech Univ. Pr. ISBN 978-0-89672-235-4.[11]
- Skidmore, Elizabeth Sasser (1993). Dugout To Deco: Building In West Texas, 1880-1930. Texas Tech University Press.[12]
- Sasser, Elizabeth (1995). The World of Spirits and Ancestors in the Art of Western Sub-Saharan Africa. Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0896723461.
References[edit]
- ^ "Dr. Sasser Lectures for Women's Council". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. 1965-01-20. p. 55. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Children's Activities". The Museum News. January 1952. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via University Archives of Texas Tech University.
- ^ Sasser, Elizabeth. "On Saturday We Draw." School Arts Magazine 51 no. 4 (December 1951): 122-123.
- ^ Sasser, Elizabeth. "Parents Need to Know." School Arts 51 no. 5 (January 1952): 166-167.
- ^ Sasser, Elizabeth. "Posters in the Round." School Arts 52 no. 7 (March 1953): 230-231.
- ^ Sasser, Elizabeth. "Creative Historic Design." School Arts 51 no. 10 (June 1952): 336-337.
- ^ "Promotions revealed". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. 1963-06-04. p. 31. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "TTU Women's History Timeline: The 1960s". Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library - University Archives. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ^ a b "Memorial Service for Dr. Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser". Texas Tech University TechAnnounce. 2005-08-19. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ^ Sasser, E.S. (1995). Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, Paul Oliver, ed. 3.VI.5.b.
- ^ Review of 'Out of the Ordinary
- Stuttaford, Genevieve (May 31, 1994). "Nonfiction -- Out of the Ordinary: The Art of Paul Milosevich by Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser". Publishers Weekly. 238 (24): 64 – via Proquest.
- Terhune, Linda (29 November 1991). "Books show off talents of musician, muralists and more". Gazette Telegraph . Colorado Springs Gazette - Telegraph ; Colorado Springs, Colo. pp. F3 – via Proquest.
- Lawrence, Larry (1991-11-10). "Art-minded individuals should enjoy out-of-the-ordinary book". Abilene Reporter-News. p. 54. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ Reviews of Dugout to Deco
- Fox, Stephen (1995). "Review of Dugout to Deco: Building in West Texas, 1880-1930". The Journal of Southern History. 61 (1): 167–168. doi:10.2307/2211403. ISSN 0022-4642. JSTOR 2211403.
- Hafertepe, Kenneth (1994). "Review of Dugout to Deco: Building in West Texas, 1880-1930". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 98 (1): 152–153. ISSN 0038-478X. JSTOR 30238976.
- Weisenburger, Patricia (April 1996). "Books for the Western library -- Dugout to Deco: Building in West Texas, 1880-1930 by Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser". Journal of the West. 35 (2): 115 – via Proquest.