Notable Bucklin Family Artists

William Savery Bucklin's work is enjoying a resurgence of interest.  We have several pages on William Savery Bucklin.  They are an example of the information the Joseph Bucklin Society has about sundry Bucklin artists. Time and money limitations prevent us from presenting other Bucklin artists in the same length as we presently do for William Savery Bucklin.

Check the left margin for more artists and authors.

Notable Bucklin Family Authors

In addition to artists, this page highlights some of the many Bucklins who have written books or articles, who were noteworthy either for the written material itself, or for aspects of his/her life concerned with the publication. 

Harold Stephen Bucklin (1886-1967) published a series of articles surveying the agencies that dealt with disadvantaged children.  As you may guess from that statement, he was a professor of political science and sociology.  But what is truly remarkable about him (and his wife) is his trip (with his wife and two year old son Donald) to China long before it was a tourist destination. In 1923-24 he went to China with the Brown-in-China program as professor of sociology at Shanghai College. A wonderful view of the photos he took documenting social conditions and his China trip is found at a site established by Donald Bucklin, where you can order photos, such as the one at the left.

Harold was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on November 4, 1886. He graduated from Brown University in 1910, received his Master of Arts degree in social work, in 1915 from the New York School of Social Work, where he received a master of arts degree in 1915, and  earned his Ph.D. degree in 1918 at Brown University. He was named assistant professor in 1918, associate professor of social science in 1926, associate professor of sociology in 1929, and full professor in 1949.   He was chairman of Sociology within the Department of Political Science and Sociology in 1946, and from 1947 to 1948 chairman of the separate Department of Sociology, retiring in 1951.  In Rhode Island he  served as chairman of the Americanization Commission in 1919 and member of the Children's Law Commission in 1926 and of the Juvenile Court Commission in 1938.