Harriet Engelhardt

Harriet Engelhardt grew up in a prominent Montgomery, Ala.,family. She attended the Margaret Booth School in Montgomery and later went to Hollins College and Black Mountain College. During World War II she became a Red Cross worker in Europe. She was the driver of a clubmobile which closely followed U. S. troops across France, Germany, and Austria in 1944 and 1945. She was killed in October 1945 in a jeep accident the day before she was scheduled to return to the United States.

Above excerpt from the description of Harriett Pinkston Engelhardt papers, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History 1937-1968.

Courses Taken

Fall 1939-40: Drawing (Albers), Color (Albers), Music (Evarts), Weaving (AAlbers), The Novel (Kurtz).

Spring 1939-40: Drawing (Albers), Color II (Albers), Introductory Weaving (AAlbers), Music (Evarts), The English Novel (Kurtz), Dramatic Production(Wunsch).

Fall1941-42: Introductory Weaving (A Albers), Advanced Weaving (A Albers),Werklehre (Albers), Color (Albers), Introductory Spanish (Mangold), PlasticWorkshop (until weaving begins, Gregory), Discussion of Art Studies (Albers).

Spring 1941-42, WITHDREW Feb28: Introductory Weaving (A Albers),Advanced Weaving (A Albers), Color (Albers), Werklehre (Albers), Discussion of Art Studies (Albers)