Talk:Samuel Randlett

Publications section possible additions

Due to a conflict of interest, I am posting only to the Talk section for others to include, or not, as they see fit.

The WorldCat index lists the publications below.

https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=%22samuel+randlett%22&limit=10&offset=11

The reason I include publishers in the citations below is that magic companies issued several origami publications, including the Flapping Bird. Neale, Harbin and Randlett pursued both magic and origami.  .

a)      Neale, Robert E. (Author), Randlett, Samuel (Editor), Randlett,  Jean (Illustrator) (1964)  Bunny Bill. Magic, Inc., Chicago, Ill.        

b)       Randlett,  Samuel (1966) The Nature and Development of Scriabin's Pianistic Vocabulary,  Northwestern University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.  1966. 

Randlett's dissertation is online at: https://www.proquest.com/docview/288243142/B2D832B78E0B457APQ/1?accountid=14473&sourcetype=Dissertations%20&%20Theses Although not documented, he remained a "doctoral candidate" and did not complete the PhD requirements.

c)      Randlett, Samuel, Randlett, Jean (1968) Basic paper folding.  Jay Marshall, Chicago, IL.

d)     Randlett, Samuel (1968) Folding Money, Volume 2 . Magic, Inc.,  Chicago, IL

e)   Randlett, Samuel (1971)  Origami. Both a 13-episode television series and softbound book of same title.  Produced by  MVTS/WMVT Thomas M. Turner, Coordinator. Copyright the Broadcast Service of Milwaukee Area Technical College.  Milwaukee, WI  

(The origami series is mentioned in the Gongs and Moirés article in 1972.)    

f) Neale, Robert E., Randlett, Samuel, Kaufman, Richard (1997) Folding money fooling : how to make entertaining novelties from dollar bills.    Kaufman, Washington DC.

g) Neale, Robert E., Oakes, Earle, Randlett, Samuel (2004) Frog tales : how to fold jumping frogs from poker cards and do five tricks with them, H & R Magic Books, Humble, TX.

h) Best of Origami (cited already in the current Wikipedia article) is online at:

                https://openlibrary.org/books/OL21278458M/The_best_of_origami

and https://archive.org/details/bestoforigaminew0000rand

The articles in periodicals will be listed in a separate Talk entry. S'ann (talk) 22:57, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Periodical Articles by others

Articles written by others:

1)     Nashville Banner (1955) Inspiring Numbers given by Artists in Fisk Program.   April 30, 1955.  

The Banner article documents his employment at Fisk University, a historically black college.  He taught there with only a BA.  

2)     Johnson City Press Chronicle, (1958).  “A Performing Art – Origami.”  October 18. Section B, Page 1

The Johnson article records his view:   “The art [origami] is a discipline since it is based on classical forms and strict traditions.  It is distinguished from other arts in that it is a  performing art.  It is meant to be copied and reproduced in the (illegible) that a composer’s music is (illegible) to be recreated by many performers." I am looking for a clear copy.

3)     The Recorder, (3/25/2004), , page 1. (accessed through Newsbank Jean-Claude Lejune’s hiltop home)     

This quote from Jean-Claude Lejune describes Randlett’s ongoing presence by hosting other folders.

        “While living in Chicago, Lejeune wrote to Samuel Randlett, a Wisconsin-based author of several origami books, and a man who helped to standardize the instruction symbols for types of origami folds that are used by folders all around the world. Randlett wrote back, and invited Lejeune to attend his weekend gatherings of origami folders.   "Whenever I'd go visit these people, we spent 12 hours making things," said Lejeune, who made the two-hour drive to Randlett's home. When asked why he drove so far just to do origami, Lejeune replied, "It was like driving for two hours to go to heaven once a week." He said folders from around the world would send their creations to Randlett, for him to see. "He was a kind of clearing house," Lejeune explained. Lejeune said those who came would get to look at the new origami creations, then work on their individual projects, getting inspiration from others as they went along.”

4) Rozenburg, Laura. (2014)  The Art of Samuel Randlett. The Paper, the magazine of OrigamiUSA S'ann (talk) 23:04, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Articles by Randlett

These are periodical articles by Randlett:

(1)  Randlett, Samuel (1960) A New System of Scale Fingering.    The Piano Teacher.  Volume 2, Number 3.

(2) Randlett, Samuel. (1961). “Folding Fun with Origami: Ancient Paper Folding Art Captures Fancy of Imaginative Craftsmen Again.” Design 62 (5): 210–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00119253.1961.10744132.

(3) Randlett, Samuel, (1963).  “The Correspondence Principle in Fingering”  Clavier, Volume 11, No. 2. P 43-45

(4) Randlett, Samuel (1966).  “Gui Mombaerts, Coach and Teacher of Contest Winners.”  Clavier

(5) Randlett, Samuel, (1967).  A Solution to a Problem in Piano Fingering, Clavier

(6) Randlett, Samuel (1972) Gongs and Moirés, Creating Special Effects Characteristic of the Music of Alexander Scriabin Clavier  1972 pp 10-15  

** The Gongs and Moirés  article includes personal details:

Samuel Randlett, Clavier’s Consulting Editor, has contributed articles on pedaling and fingering to The Piano Teacher and Clavier.  He has presented all-Scriabin recitals, and his book on Scriabin’s keyboard style is appearing serially in the Piano Quarterly.  Mr. Randlett teaches at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.  His books on the Japanese art of origami are well known, and he has recently completed the taping of a series of thirteen half-hour lessons in origami for Educational Television.

(7) Randlett, Samuel. (1975) Orchestration and Choreography of the Piano. An interview with Andreas Marchand.  Clavier.  September 1975, page 20-26, 35-37.

(8)  Randlett, Samuel, (1978) Scriabin’s Prelude for Left Hand, Clavier, Volume 17, Page 25-29

I can research the full periodical citation if any are to be used in the main article. S'ann (talk) 23:10, 18 February 2024 (UTC)