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Ruth Dennis Grover papers, 1880-1995
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Grover, Ruth Dennis
- Title
- Ruth Dennis Grover papers
- Dates
- 1880-1995 (inclusive)18801995
- Quantity
- 20 linear feet, (20 boxes)
- Collection Number
- WUA052
- Summary
- The Ruth Dennis Grover Papers contain correspondence, photographs, sketchbooks, personal papers such as copies of contracts, school transcripts and financial information.
- Repository
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Willamette University Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Mark O. Hatfield Library
900 State Street
Salem, OR
97301
Telephone: 5033706866
Fax: 5033706141
archives@willamette.edu - Access Restrictions
-
These papers are open to researchers.
- Languages
- English, Materials are in English.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Ruth Dennis Grover was born in 1912 in Portland, Oregon. She spent her early years in Michigan and spent summers with her mother in Oregon. She started her art training in high school, attending art school on Saturdays. She studied under Jean Paul Slusser and Ha A. Fowler at the University of Michigan where she graduated with honors. She also studied at Detroit School of Applied Art and the Meizinger Foundation Art School under Carlos Lopez and Don Gooch. In 1939, after her father's death, she and her mother moved to Oregon and in 1940 they settled in Wecoma, now Lincoln City. In 1944 she moved to Roads End where she lived until her death in 2003.
Her paintings begin with a natural form though some seem abstract. The subjects of her paintings include growth and decay, constant mutation of form and force, universal repetition and endless variation. Well known for watercolors, she also worked in the encaustic method, an ancient wax and pigment medium with exceptional luminosity and performance. It involves a "heating in" process which creates extraordinarily transparent and brilliant color and unusual texture. Grover worked with various mixed media, acrylics and drawings. Her intense interest in basic natural patterns combined with exploration of various spatial, textural and color relations to produce unique works.
Grover was a member of the Oregon Society of Artists. She exhibited in Agate Shows and was president of the Agate Society for five years and secretary for one year. She also helped develop the Lincoln County Art Center where she taught children and adult classes in the 1940s. In 1952 she established Cascade Artists, a group of amateurs and professionals whose work Grover organized in exhibitions on the coast as well as throughout Oregon, Idaho, Washington and California.
From the 1960s until the end of her life she lived with her companion, Martha Kay Renfroe.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Ruth Dennis Grover papers consist of correspondence, personal papers on subjects including contracts, bills, receipts, school transcripts, interview transcript, statements about the artist, and financial information, photographs covering a wide range of subjects including the Oregon coast, Grover's family and photographs of art works, as well as exhibition items, ephemera, scrapbooks and sketchbooks, material from her personal library and publications about Grover.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Library acts as "fair use" reproduction agent.
For further information, see the section on copyright in the Regulations and Procedures of the Willamette University Archives and Special Collections.
Copyright Information: Before material from collections at Willamette University Archives and Special Collections may be quoted in print, or otherwise reproduced, in whole or in part, in any publication, permission must be obtained from (1) the owner of the physical property, and (2) the holder of the copyright. It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain both sets of permission. Persons wishing to quote from materials in any collections held by University Archives and Special Collections should consult the University Archivist. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ruth Dennis Grover papers, Archives and Special Collections, Mark O. Hatfield Library, Willamette University.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in eleven series: Series I. Correspondence; Series II. Personal papers; Series III. Photographs; Series IV. Exhibitions; Series V. Ephemera; Series VI. News clippings; Series VII. Articles about Grover; Series VIII. Cascade Artist Scrapbook, Series IX. Ruth Grover's Library, Series X. Grover sketchbooks and journal, and Series XI. Grover audio/visual materials.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Correspondence, 1936-1999Return to Top
This series includes letters, cards, and notes from and to Ruth Dennis Grover and covers such topics as Grover's rock collecting, cutting, and polishing; her early work as a commercial artist in Michigan and Oregon; her association with the Lincoln County Art Center; her role as director of Cascade Artists, which she founded in 1952 and her career as an independent artist exhibiting and publicizing her art in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. There are also letters from Martha Kay Renfroe concerning various art shows and sales Grover and Renfroe participated in.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Grover's address lists |
1939-1999 |
1 | 2 | From Ruth |
1941-1949 |
1 | 3 | From Ruth |
1950-1959 |
1 | 4 | From Ruth |
1960-1969 |
1 | 5 | From Ruth |
1970-1982 |
1 | 6 | From Ruth |
1998-1999 |
1 | 7 | From Ruth |
undated |
2 | 1 | To Ruth |
1936-1949 |
2 | 2 | To Ruth |
1950-1956 |
2 | 3 | To Ruth |
1957-1959 |
2 | 4 | To Ruth |
1957-1959 |
2 | 5 | To Ruth |
1960-1963 |
2 | 6 | To Ruth |
1960-1963 |
2 | 7 | To Ruth |
1964-1969 |
2 | 8 | To Ruth |
1964-1969 |
2 | 9 | To Ruth |
1970-1984 |
2 | 10 | To Ruth |
1990-1995 |
2 | 11 | From Martha Key Refroe |
1965-1975 |
2 | 12 | To Ruth |
undated |
Series II: Personal papers, 1931-1996Return to Top
In Series II are contracts for Grover to serve as an art judge at the Oregon State Fair, school transcripts from the University of Michigan and the transcript of an interview conducted by Roger Hull in which Grover talks about her art, teaching experience, personal life and her experience with encaustics. The series also contains statements and introductions about the artist as well as financial information including bills, ordering supply forms and receipts.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
3 | 1 | Contracts |
1960-1965 |
3 | 2 | Interviews, notes |
1931-1966 |
3 | 3 | Vitae Statements, Introductions |
undated |
3 | 4 | Commercial Artist Billing Records |
1939-1958 |
3 | 5 | Bills |
1941-1962 |
3 | 6 | Bills |
1941-1962 |
3 | 7 | Paint supplies, ordering notes and receipts |
1958-1996 |
3 | 8 | Shipping receipts |
1961-1970 |
3 | 9 | Rock collecting; Notes, sketches and financial records |
1942-1957 |
3 | 10 | Travel notes |
undated |
Series III: Photographs, 1880-1972Return to Top
This series contains photographs taken by Grover as well as family photographs and publicity photographs. Dates have been provided when possible. The photographic subjects include Grover family members, the Oregon coast, and various natural subjects in the Pacific Northwest. Box 6 contains negatives for the Photograph Groups of Box 5.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
4 | 1 | Photographs of art work and negatives
Artist identified on back of some photographs.
|
1953-1957 |
4 | 2 | Photographs of art work
Information about piece of art on back of some photographs.
|
1958-1960 |
4 | 3 | Photographs of art work
Information about piece of art on back of some photographs.
|
1958-1960 |
4 | 4 | Photographs of art work
Information about piece of art on back of some photographs.
|
1957 |
4 | 5 | Photographs of art work
Information about piece of art on back of some photographs.
|
1957 |
4 | 6 | Photographs of family and other people |
1956-1957 |
4 | 7 | Cascade Artists photographs |
1956 |
4 | 8 | Photographs of Ruth Grover |
1961 |
5 | 1 | Photograph Group 1
Mt. Hood, Dunes at Pacific Beach, Crater Lake, Wasatch Canyon.
|
1939-1944 |
5 | 2 | Photograph Group 2
Rockaway beach, photographs of family members, Grover as a child, Lake Lytle, Canadian Pacific Railway, Mt. Rainier.
|
1912-1930 |
5 | 3 | Photograph Group 3
Bend area, Grover as a child.
|
1915, 1939-1948 |
5 | 4 | Photograph Group 4
Some color photographs, Grover with painting.
|
1958 |
5 | 5 | Photograph Group 7
Ann Arbor, Michigan, graduation.
|
1928, 1936 |
5 | 6 | Photograph Group 8
Paulina Lake, Deschutes River, Bend, Haystack Rock, Crater Lake.
|
undated |
5 | 7 | Photograph Group 10
Road's End.
|
1943 |
5 | 8 | Photograph Group 11 |
1946-1948 |
5 | 9 | Photograph Group 12
Photographs of Grover paintings, color photographs of nature.
|
undated |
5 | 10 | Photograph Group 14 |
undated |
5 | 11 | Photograph Group 15
Family photographs.
|
1928-1936 |
5 | 12 | Photograph Group 16
Lake Huron, family photographs.
|
1918-1928 |
5 | 13 | Photograph Group 17, 18
Family photographs, photographs of Grover as a child.
|
undated |
5 | 14 | Photograph Group 20
Road trip, family photographs.
|
undated |
5 | 15 | Photograph Group 21
Baby photograph of Eva H Dennis, Lake Lytle, Silver Creek Falls, photograph of F. Carlos Lopez of the Detroit Art Academy.
|
1880, 1927-1940 |
5 | 16 | Photograph Group 23 |
1940-1941 |
5 | 17 | Photograph Group 25
An undeveloped roll of film.
|
undated |
5 | 18 | Photograph Group 27
Color photographs, photographs of Grover.
|
1967 |
5 | 19 | Photograph Group 31
Deschutes River.
|
1940-1943 |
5 | 20 | Photograph Group 32
Grover as a child, Grover's childhood backyard.
|
1918-1928 |
5 | 21 | Photograph Group 33
Grover with paintings, Road's End, Grover painting on beach.
|
1957, 1964-1969 |
5 | 22 | Photograph Group 34
Road's End, beach, Rocky Bay, Silver City.
|
1939-1948 |
5 | 23 | Photograph Group 35
Road's End, Devil's Churn.
|
1948-1949 |
5 | 24 | Photograph postcards |
1911-1922 |
6 | 1 | Photograph Group 1
Mt. Hood, Dunes at Pacific Beach, Crater Lake, Wasatch Canyon.
|
1939-1944 |
6 | 2 | Photograph Group 3
Bend area, Grover as a child.
|
1915, 1939-1948 |
6 | 3 | Photograph Group 4
Some color photographs, Grover with painting.
|
1958 |
6 | 4 | Photograph Group 5 |
undated |
6 | 5 | Photograph Group 6 |
undated |
6 | 6 | Photograph Group 8 |
undated |
6 | 7 | Photograph Group 9 |
undated |
6 | 8 | Photograph Group 10
Road's End.
|
1943 |
6 | 9 | Photograph Group 12
Photographs of Grover paintings, color photographs of nature.
|
undated |
6 | 10 | Photograph Group 13 |
undated |
6 | 11 | Photograph Group 14 |
undated |
6 | 12 | Photograph Group 18 |
undated |
6 | 13 | Photograph Group 19 |
undated |
6 | 14 | Photograph Group 20
Road trip, family photographs.
|
undated |
6 | 15 | Photograph Group 22 |
undated |
6 | 16 | Photograph Group 25 |
undated |
6 | 17 | Photograph Group 26 |
undated |
6 | 18 | Photograph Group 27
Color photographs, photographs of Grover.
|
1967 |
6 | 19 | Photograph Group 28
Church, cats, buildings.
|
undated |
6 | 20 | Photograph Group 29 |
1972 |
6 | 21 | Photograph Group 30 |
1972 |
6 | 22 | Photograph Group 32
Grover as a child, Grover's childhood backyard.
|
1918-1928 |
6 | 23 | Photograph Group 34
Road's End, beach, Rocky Bay, Silver City.
|
1939-1948 |
6 | 24 | Photograph Group 35 |
undated |
7 | 3 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 4 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 5 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 6 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 7 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 8 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 9 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 10 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 11 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 12 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 13 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 14 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 15 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 16 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 17 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 18 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 19 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 20 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 21 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 22 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 23 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 24 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 25 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 26 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 27 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 28 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 29 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 30 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 31 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 32 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 33 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 34 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 35 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 36 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 37 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 38 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 39 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 40 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 41 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 42 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 43 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 44 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
7 | 45 | Photographs of trees
A series of photographs of trees, none identified as to place or species.
|
undated |
Series IV: Exhibitions, 1944-1982Return to Top
This series has catalogues and fliers of exhibitions that Grover participated in, information and biographies about other artists, as well as exhibition announcements and invitations. There are group records from Cascade Artists and Oregon Art Alliance, exhibition price lists and publicity releases.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
8 | 1 | Exhibition catalogues/Fliers |
1944-1961 |
8 | 2 | Exhibition catalogues/Fliers |
1944-1960 |
8 | 3 | Information about Other Artists |
1951-1965 |
8 | 4 | Exhibition Invitation/Announcements
Includes sketch for advertisement for Lincoln Book Store and Cascade Artists Gallery.
|
1954-1981 |
8 | 5 | Group records |
1951-1965 |
8 | 6 | Exhibition price lists |
1949-1962 |
8 | 7 | Exhibition price lists |
1962-1982 |
8 | 8 | Publicity releases |
1957-1968 |
Series V: Ephemera, 1950-1974Return to Top
This series contains brochures and information for the American Artists in Particular group of which Grover was a part. There is information about art associations that she was involved with including Cascade Artists, Oregon Society of Artists, Oregon Art Alliance, Portland Art Associations and Society of Western Artists. In addition, the series contains information about rock collecting, entry cards for exhibits, and brochures for Kodak.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
9 | 1 | American Artists in Particular materials |
1959-1961 |
9 | 2 | Art price lists, supplies |
1959 |
9 | 3 | Coos Artist League newsletter |
1956-1961 |
9 | 4 | Erdon Gallery II newsletter |
1969-1970 |
9 | 5 | Governor (Hatfield) Planning Council on the Arts and Humanities |
1965-1966 |
9 | 6 | Lincoln County Art Center materials |
1956 |
9 | 7 | Oregon Society of Artists newsletters |
1953-1959 |
9 | 8 | Oregon Art Alliance, copies of programs and newsletters |
1959-1966 |
9 | 9 | Portland Art Association
Membership lists.
|
1955-1974 |
9 | 10 | Artist class prospectus |
undated |
9 | 11 | Cartoons, satire |
1955 |
9 | 12 | Prospectuses, entry cards |
1951-1965 |
9 | 13 | Rock collecting |
1946-1958 |
9 | 14 | Society of Western Artists bulletins |
1958-1959 |
9 | 15 | University of Oregon Art Museum newsletters |
1962-1967 |
9 | 16 | Kodak catalogues |
1950 |
Series VI: News clippings, 1947-1982Return to Top
Series VI includes newspaper clippings about Cascade Artists, the Lincoln Bookshop and Lincoln County Art Center. The series also contains a copy of La Revue Moderne as well as clippings of articles about the Master Watercolor Society, Salishan, rock collecting, Eugene Bennett and Herbert Rydell.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
10 | 1 | Clippings about Grover |
1947-1960 |
10 | 2 | Clippings about Grover |
1961-1982 |
10 | 3 | Clippings about Grover |
undated |
10 | 4 | Cascade Artists clippings |
1952-1965 |
10 | 5 | Lincoln Book Shop clippings |
1962-1974 |
10 | 6 | Lincoln County Art Center clippings |
1957 |
10 | 7 | La Revue Moderne clipping |
1960 |
10 | 8 | Master Watercolor Society clippings |
1958-1959 |
10 | 9 | Photocopy of Salishan clipping |
1963 |
10 | 10 | Clipping about Eugene Bennett |
1960 |
10 | 11 | Clippings about Herbert Rydell |
1957-1963 |
10 | 12 | Copy of a Rock Collection newsletter, "The Great American Trade Rat" |
undated |
10 | 13 | Various clippings |
1957-1959 |
11 | 1 | Newspapers with articles already clipped and filed by Grover |
1960-1975 |
11 | 2 | Newspapers with articles not clipped or filed by Grover |
1959-1975 |
12 | 1 | Copy of clippings about Ruth Grover |
1947-1960 |
12 | 2 | Copy of clippings about Ruth Grover |
1961-1982 |
12 | 3 | Copy of clippings about Ruth Grover |
undated |
12 | 4 | Copy of Cascade Artists clippings |
1952-1965 |
12 | 5 | Copy of Lincoln Bookshop clippings |
1962-1974 |
12 | 6 | Copy of Lincoln County Art Center clippings |
1957 |
12 | 7 | Copy of La Revue Moderne clippings |
1960 |
12 | 8 | Copy of Master Watercolor Society clippings |
1958-1959 |
12 | 9 | Copy of clipping about Eugene Bennett |
1960 |
12 | 10 | Copy of clippings about Herbert Rydell |
1957-1963 |
12 | 11 | Copy of a rock collection newsletter, "The Great American Trade Rat" |
undated |
12 | 12 | Copy of various clippings |
1957-1959 |
12 | 13 | Copies of articles from newspapers not filed or clipped by Grover |
1959-1975 |
Series VII: Articles about Grover, 1957-1989Return to Top
This series contains brochures, magazines, pamphlets and other published materials with articles about Grover or about other artists in the Pacific Northwest.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
13 | 1 | Story of the Artist |
1960 |
13 | 2 | America's Artists in Particular |
1960 |
13 | 3 | La Revue Moderne |
1960 June 1 |
13 | 4 | Northwest Originals-Oregon Women and Their Art
Grover took the photographs for the publication, but there is not an article about her.
|
1989 |
13 | 5 | Palm Springs Life |
1982 June |
13 | 6 | Coast Tidings |
1974 October |
13 | 7 | Copy of the Sunday Oregonian Photogravure Magazine
Original copy of magazine article has been digitized.
|
1957 April 21 |
Series VIII: Cascade Artist Scrapbook, 1953-1958Return to Top
This series contains a scrapbook which has newspaper clippings about Cascade Artists, an organization Grover helped found in 1952.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
14 | 1 | Cascade Artist Scrapbook |
1953-1958 |
14 | 2 | Copy of scrapbook pages 1-29 |
1953-1958 |
14 | 3 | Loose clippings found in scrapbook |
1959-1962 |
14 | 4 | Copy of loose clippings found in scrapbook |
1959-1962 |
14 | 5 | Loose oversize items found in scrapbook |
1953-1958 |
Series IX: Ruth Grover's Library, 1933-1965Return to Top
Books in this series deal with various artist techniques such as watercolor technique, human figure drawing and oil painting. The series includes art magazines and catalogues from art exhibitions in various cities in the United States.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
14 | 6 | Vincent Van Gogh, catalogue of Van Gogh exhibition in American museums |
1959 |
14 | 7 | Art and Industry (magazine) |
1937 April |
14 | 8 | Art and Industry (magazine) |
1937 June |
14 | 9 | Kui Xing Japanese and Chinese magazine |
1956 August |
14 | 10 | Gebrauchsgraphik International Advertising Art magazine |
1936 December |
14 | 11 | Gebrauchsgraphik International Advertising Art magazine |
1937 April |
14 | 12 | Gebrauchsgraphik International Advertising Art magazine |
1937 December |
15 | American Artist magazine |
1937-1942 | |
16 | American Artist magazine |
1942-1947 | |
17 | Baldinger, Wallace S.: The Visual Arts |
1960 | |
17 | Bethers, Ray: Composition in Pictures |
1949 | |
17 | Brandt, Rex: Watercolor Technique in 15 Lessons |
1948 | |
17 | Bridgman, George B.: The Human Machine; The Anatomical Structure Mechanism of the Human Body |
1939 | |
17 | Fowler Herbert A.: Modern Creative Design and its Application |
1933 | |
17 | Jensen, Lawrence N.: Synthetic Painting Media |
1965 | |
17 | Kelly, R. B. Talbot: Bird Life and the Painter |
1955 | |
17 | Lawson, Philip J.: Practical Perspective Drawing |
1943 | |
17 | Nicolaides, Kimon: The Natural Way to Draw |
1941 | |
17 | Norling, Ernest R.: Perspective Made Easy, A Step-by-Step Method for Learning the Basis of Drawing |
1939 | |
17 | O'Hara, Eliot: Making the Brush Behave |
1935 | |
17 | O'Hara, Eliot: Making Watercolor Behave |
1932 | |
17 | O'Hara, Eliot: Watercolor At Large
Autographed by author.
|
1946 | |
17 | O'Hara, Eliot: Watercolor Fares Forth |
1938 | |
17 | Taubes, Frederic: The Art Technique of Landscape Painting |
1960 | |
17 | Taubes, Frederic: The Technique of Oil Painting |
1960 | |
17 | Vanderwalker, F. N.: The Mixing of Colors and Paints |
1944 | |
17 | Volk, Kurt H.: Using Type Correctly |
1935 | |
17 | Walker, Phoebe Flory; Dorothy Short and Eliot O'Hara: Portraits in the Making |
1948 | |
17 | Walker, Phoebe Flory; Dorothy Short and Eliot O'Hara: Watercolor Portraiture |
1949 | |
18 | Ballinger, Harry R.: Painting Surf Sea |
1957 | |
18 | Brooks, Leonard: Oil Painting…Traditional and New |
1959 | |
18 | Brooks, Leonard: Watercolor; A Challenge |
1957 | |
18 | Carlyle, Paul and Guy Oring: Letters and Lettering |
1938 | |
18 | Cambodian Sculptures; Selected from the Murray Warner Collection of Oriental Art, catalogue |
1957 | |
18 | Contemporary Japanese Oil Paintings, Group A, catalogue |
1957 | |
18 | Contemporary Japanese Oil Paintings and Sculptures, Group B, catalogue |
1957 | |
18 | Contemporary Japanese Oil Paintings and Sculptures, Group C, catalogue |
1957 | |
18 | Japanese Ink-Painting and Calligraphy, 1400-1957 A.D., catalogue |
1957 | |
18 | Edited by Kent, Norman: Seascapes Landscapes in Watercolor |
1956 | |
18 | Edited by Watson, Ernest W. and Norman Kent: Watercolor Demonstrated by 23 American Artists |
1946 | |
18 | Gasser, Henry: Casein Painting; Methods and Demonstrations |
1950 | |
18 | Guptill, Arthur L.: Color in Sketching and Rendering |
1935 | |
18 | Renggli, Edward: How to Draw the Head in Light Shade |
1927 | |
18 | Stanley, Thomas Blaine Stanley: The Technique of Advertising Production |
1940 | |
Box/Folder | |||
18 | Woodward, Stanley: Adventure in Marine Painting |
1947 |
Series X: Sketchbooks and journal, 1938-1968Return to Top
This series contains sketchbooks and a journal from 1965 with notes. The sketchbooks have sketches of animals, plants and people.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
19 | 1 | Sketch pad |
1950 |
19 | 2 | Art Tablet |
1943-1949 |
19 | 3 | Sketchbook
Sketchbook has Detroit, Michigan on the back cover.
|
undated |
19 | 4 | Sketches/Class notes |
1953-1954 |
19 | 5 | Sketchbook
Photographs of sketched items, very few pages used.
|
1983-1984 |
19 | 6 | Sketchbook
Two loose pages with one sketch, otherwise empty.
|
1938 |
19 | 7 | Sketchbook
Some sketches marked with "Enc".
|
1956-1968 |
19 | 8 | Sketchbook |
1958-1960 |
19 | 9 | Sketchbook |
1960-1964 |
20 | 1 | Sketchbook
Some sketches marked with bits of paper. Sketches marked with either "Enc" or "Watercolor" and dates or place names.
|
1956-1965 |
20 | 2 | Sketchbook
Sketchbook has 11/9/1958 written on the cover.
|
1958 |
20 | 3 | Sketchbook
8/26/64 written inside the front cover. There are some travel notes near the back. Some sketches are marked with "Enc" or "used" with a date and there are loose sketches in various places.
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1964-1974 |
20 | 4 | Sketchbook
Sketchbook has 3/28/1966 written inside the cover. Some sketches marked with "Enc" and there are some loose pages.
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1966-1977 |
20 | 5 | Sketchbook
Written on the cover "Finished 10/1/1960."
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1959-1960 |
20 | 6 | Sketchbook
Written inside front cover "Ruth Grover. Road's End, Otis, Oregon." Some sketches are marked with bits of paper or tissue, a number of sketches are marked with "Enc" and a date.
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1960-1966 |
20 | 7 | Sketch book
Written on the front "Agate Beach Lighthouse #13 Seal Rock, Grand Ronde, Schooner Creek Covered Bridge, Beach Sketches." Color indicators written on some sketches.
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1955 |
20 | 8 | Sketchbook
Some sketches marked with bits of papers, some sketches marked with "Enc" and a date.
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1957-1960 |
20 | 9 | Date Book
Entries through early March, groups of loose papers.
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1965 |
Series XI: Audio/visual materials, 1975Return to Top
This series contains video of Ruth Grover painting and talking about her art. One video was made in 1975 by Peter Powell in Eugene, OR. The other is Grover's Oregon Art Beat interview which aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting in October 2002. To view these materials please contact Archives staff.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
CD/DVD 1 | Ruth Grover, Oregon Artist (Unedited). Video by Peter Powell, Eugene OR. |
1975 |
CD/DVD 1 | Ruth Grover Interview, Oregon Art Beat, OPB |
2002 October 17 and 20 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Arts--Northwest, Pacific
- Fine Arts
Personal Names
- Slusser, Jean Paul, 1886-1981
- Wren, M. K.
- Wren, M. K.
Corporate Names
- Oregon Society of Artists
Geographical Names
- Oregon
- Salem (Or.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs
- paintings (visual works)
- sketchbooks