Elverhoj: The Arts and Crafts Colony at Milton-on-Hudson
Single Session Class | Registration closed 9/1/2024
Elverhoj, "Hill of the Fairies" in Danish, was an arts and crafts colony along the Hudson River,
founded in 1912 by Danish American artists and craftsmen. The community excelled in jewelry, metalwork, painting, and textiles, with close ties to Vassar College. The course will include a presentation by William Rhoads and Leslie Melvin, authors of a recent book on Elverhoj. Following the presentation there will be a tour of the exhibition on the same topic in the Vassar College Library (Vassar recently acquired an Elverhoj Collection).
Ronald Patkus
Ronald Patkus serves as head of the Archives & Special Collections Library and is the College Historian. A member of the History Department, he also holds the Frederick Weyerhaeuser Endowed Chair in Biblical Literature and Bibliography. He is the Library Liaison to the departments of German Studies and Italian. His teaching and research interests focus on the history of books and printing, and the history of Vassar.