Background
Pond, Theodore Hanford was born on September 27, 1873 in of America parents at Beirut, Syria. Son of Theodore Strong (Doctor of Divinity) and Julia Ida (Hanford) P.
Pond, Theodore Hanford was born on September 27, 1873 in of America parents at Beirut, Syria. Son of Theodore Strong (Doctor of Divinity) and Julia Ida (Hanford) P.
Preparatory education under father and mother private tutors. Graduate Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, 1892.
Designer for textiles, interior decorations, wall papers, stained glass, silverware, jewelry, book covers and decorations, New York City, Boston, Providence, Rochester and Baltimore, 1893-1914, also worked as wood carver, potter, silversmith and jeweler. Teacher of design and drawing, Association Business Institute, New York City, 1895-1896. Teacher of design, composition, wood carving, modeling and metal work, also lecturer on history of art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, 1896-1902, director department design and applied art, 1900-1902.
Teacher design, et cetera, and lecturer on history of art and theory of design, Mechanics Institute, Rochester, 1902-1908, superintendent department of fine and applied arts, 1903-1908.
Head of department of design, teacher and lecturer, Maryland. Institute, Baltimore, 1908-1911.
President and director The Pond Applied Art Studios, Baltimore, 1911-1914. Superintendent plantation, Puerto Rico, 1914-1915.
Director Guild of Applied Arts, Buffalo, also instructor, Chautauqua Summer School Arts and Crafts, 1915-1916.
Organizer and instructor department of silversmithing and jewelry, Ohio Mechanics Institute, Cincinnati, 1916-1917. Director department of design and applied art, Maryland. Institute, 1917-1922.
Also instructor in industrial arts, Maryland.
State Normal School, 1921-1922, and teacher in summer schools, Johns Hopkins, Maryland. Institute, Baltimore City Summer School for Teachers.
Director Dayton (O.) Museum of Art, 1922-1929. Editor Dayton Institute News, 1928-1929.
Director Akron The Art Institute of Chicago, 1929-1931.
Home: Akron, O.
Married Marion Ruth Goff, June 30, 1903.