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Ambrose Patterson papers, 1902-1982
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Patterson, Ambrose, 1877-1966
- Title
- Ambrose Patterson papers
- Dates
- 1902-1982 (inclusive)19021982
1914-1966 (bulk)19141966 - Quantity
- ca. 2 cubic ft. and 1 reel of tape
- Collection Number
- 2563
- Summary
- Correspondence, writings, catalogues of exhibitions, reminiscences, clippings and photographs related to an artist
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Ambrose McCarthy Patterson was born in Australia (1887) and after early art studies at the National Gallery in Melbourne (1896) went to Paris for further study (1898-1910). While there, he studied at several academies and was elected a member of the Société du Salon d'Automne. He returned to Australia (1910) and after a brief stay in Honolulu (1915-17) and San Francisco (1917-18), he became an instructor at the University of Washington School of Art (Inst.1919-45, prof.1945-47, prof.emer.,1947-). He was a founder and president of Northwest Printers. His paintings are in collections in France, Belgium, England, Australia and America. He died in 1966.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, speeches, writings, exhibition catalogs, photos of paintings, oral history interview, subject files, photos, reminiscences, and other papers, relating to the activities of Patterson and his wife, Viola Patterson, as Northwest painters and printmakers.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Consult the restrictions governing reproduction and use for each of the accessions listed below.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 4 accessions.
- Accession No. 2563-001, Ambrose Patterson papers, 1902-1967
- Accession No. 2563-003, Ambrose Patterson papers, 1903-1982
- Accession No. 2563-004, Ambrose Patterson papers, 1949-1970
- Accession No. 2563-005, Microfilm of selections from the Patterson Papers, circa 1902-1982
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 2563-001: Ambrose Patterson papers, 1902-1967Return to Top
Scope and Content: Correspondence, writings, catalogues of exhibitions, reminiscences, clippings, photographs.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Viola Patterson, 1976-04-01
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/1 | 2563-001 | Biographical Features 15 items
|
undated |
1/2 | 2563-001 | Allied Publications, Inc. incoming letters |
1960-1961 |
1/3 | 2563-001 | Barbeau, Marius incoming letters 9 items
|
1934-1966 |
1/4 | 2563-001 | Miscellaneous incoming letters, A-B 11 items
|
1958-1963 |
1/5 | 2563-001 | Cunningham, Imogen incoming letters 2 items
|
1947, 1950 |
1/6 | 2563-001 | Miscellaneous incoming letters, C 12 items
|
1920-1966 |
1/7 | 2563-001 | Evans, Daniel incoming letter 1 item
|
1966 |
1/8 | 2563-001 | Miscellaneous incoming letters, D-I 11 items
|
1936-1967 |
1/9 | 2563-001 | Gourlay, Patricia incoming letters 3 items
|
1963 |
1/10 | 2563-001 | Kanokogui, Takeshiro incoming letters 10 items
|
1933-1939 |
1/11 | 2563-001 | Kitagawa, Taniji incoming letters 5 items
|
undated |
1/12 | 2563-001 | Miscellaneous incoming letters, K-O 11 items
|
1942-1966 |
1/13 | 2563-001 | Philadelphia Museum of Art incoming letters 5 items
|
1942-1964 |
1/14 | 2563-001 | The Print Corner incoming letters 11 items
|
1931-1933 |
1/15 | 2563-001 | Miscellaneous incoming letters, P-R 9 items
|
1926-1966 |
1/16 | 2563-001 | Sturtevant, Butler S. incoming letters 3 items
|
1937 |
1/17 | 2563-001 | Miscellaneous incoming letters, S-T 14 items
|
1948-1966 |
1/18 | 2563-001 | Miscellaneous incoming letters, W 5 items
|
1937, 1963 |
1/19 | 2563-001 | Unidentified incoming letters 6 items
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1930, 1966 |
1/20 | 2563-001 | Outgoing Letters 9 items
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1940-1960 |
1/21 | 2563-001 | General Correspondence 3 items
|
1957-1960 |
1/22 | 2563-001 | Speeches and Writings of Patterson 4 items
|
undated |
1/23-24 | 2563-001 | Speeches and Writings of Barbeau, Marius 6 items
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1926-1959 |
1/25 | 2563-001 | Miscellaneous speeches and writings 11 items
|
undated |
1/26 | 2563-001 | Awards 5 items
|
1947-1961 |
1/27-30 | 2563-001 | Catalogues of Exhibitions 80 items
|
1912-1967 |
1/31 | 2563-001 | Prints 11 items
|
undated |
2/1 | 2563-001 | Photographs 15 items
|
undated |
2/2 | 2563-001 | Miscellaneous Notes 13 items
|
undated |
2/3 | 2563-001 | Notes for proposed book 12 items
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1902, 1904, 1928 |
2/4-7 | 2563-001 | Reminiscences 4 items
|
1877-1951 |
2/8-9 | 2563-001 | Notebooks 6 items
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1929-1934, 1961 |
2/10-11 | 2563-001 | Clippings 133 items
|
1914-1966 |
2/12 | 2563-001 | Miscellaneous 5 items
|
1960 |
2/13 | 2563-001 | Société du Salon d'Automne - General
Correspondence 7 items
|
1950-1953 |
2/14 | 2563-001 | Société du Salon d'Automne - Miscellaneous 11 items
|
1920-1952 |
Oversize Scrapbook |
Accession No. 2563-003: Ambrose Patterson papers, 1903-1982Return to Top
Scope and Content: Correspondence, drawings, writings, photographs of paintings.
The professional papers subgroup in this accession contains writings about art as well as material related to his paintings. Included are many letters from artist friends all over the world. Sir Gerald Kelly was President of the Royal Academy.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Viola Patterson, 1983-09-01
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Series 1: Patterson, Ambrose McCarthy |
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Professional Papers |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/1 | 2563-003 | Incoming Letters |
1925-1969 |
1/2 | 2563-003 | General Correspondence - Oeuvre |
1931 |
1/3-4 | 2563-003 | Drawings - Mexico & others |
1934 |
1/5 | 2563-003 | Writings |
1914-1958 |
1/6 | 2563-003 | Writings - contains photographs intended as
illustrations |
1928 |
1/7 | 2563-003 | Writings - "Art Appreciation Given by AP 1927 or
8" |
1927-1928 |
1/8-9 | 2563-003 | Photographs - Paintings by Ambrose
Patterson |
approximately 1904-1958 |
1/10 | 2563-003 | Notebook/Scrapbook |
1934-1961 |
1/11 | 2563-003 | Exhibition Catalogs |
1903-1967 |
1/12 | 2563-003 | Financial Records |
1928-1959 |
1/13 | 2563-003 | Lists |
1941 |
1/14 | 2563-003 | Patent |
1922 |
1/15 | 2563-003 | Amédée Ozenfant |
1918-1966 |
Personal Papers |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
2/1 | 2563-003 | Biographical Features |
undated |
2/2 | 2563-003 | Family Documents |
1907-1928 |
2/3-12 | 2563-003 | Beeton, Alan incoming letters |
1903-1942 |
2/13 | 2563-003 | Beeton, Mary incoming letters |
approximately 1915 |
2/14 | 2563-003 | Box, Anne incoming letters |
1937-1941 |
2/15 | 2563-003 | Braithwaite, Bertha incoming letters |
1952-1966 |
2/16 | 2563-003 | Braithwaite, Stella incoming letters |
1951-1965 |
2/17 | 2563-003 | Brazeau, Wendall & Elizabeth (Libby) incoming
letters |
1961-1963 |
2/18 | 2563-003 | Delrue, Clotilde incoming letters |
1919-1949 |
2/19 | 2563-003 | Dollar, William incoming letters |
1956 |
2/20 | 2563-003 | Duncan, James T. incoming letters - contains
sonnets |
1941-1954 |
2/21 | 2563-003 | Evans, Reine Robert incoming letters |
1930-1953 |
2/22 | 2563-003 | Goodrich Chauncey incoming letters - regarding Dr.
Elizabeth G. Whitney |
1934 |
2/23 | 2563-003 | Kelly, Gerald incoming letters |
1951-1957 |
2/24 | 2563-003 | Moeschlin, Elsa & Felix |
1926-1948 |
2/25 | 2563-003 | Mund, Vernon A. incoming letters |
1940-1966 |
2/26-28 | 2563-003 | Ozenfant, Amédée & Marthe incoming
letters |
1938-1964 |
2/29 | 2563-003 | Patterson, Charles incoming letters |
1909 |
2/30 | 2563-003 | Patterson, Nell (Helen Melba) incoming
letters |
1937-1966 |
2/31-34 | 2563-003 | Patterson, Yvonne incoming letters |
1944-1966 |
3/1 | 2563-003 | Raman, A.S. incoming letters |
1951-1961 |
3/2 | 2563-003 | Whitney, Elizabeth G. incoming letters |
1949-1957 |
3/3 | 2563-003 | Miscellaneous incoming letters |
1908-1966 |
3/4 | 2563-003 | Delrue, Clotilde outgoing letters |
1936 |
3/5 | 2563-003 | Patterson, Yvonne outgoing letters |
1954-1957 |
3/6 | 2563-003 | Frontier, Genevieve correspondence - regarding
Clotilde Delrue |
1949 |
3/7 | 2563-003 | Ozenfant, Amédée correspondence - regarding "La
Belle Vie" |
1959 |
3/8 | 2563-003 | Patterson, George R. B. correspondence |
1965 |
3/9 | 2563-003 | Patterson, Yvonne correspondence |
1953-1961 |
3/10 | 2563-003 | Photographs - personal |
undated |
3/11 | 2563-003 | Clippings |
undated |
3/12 | 2563-003 | Ephemera |
1905-1953 |
3/13 | 2563-003 | Patterson, Charles |
undated |
3/14 | 2563-003 | Patterson, George |
undated |
Series 2: Patterson, Viola |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
3/15 | 2563-003 | Alexander, Jane incoming letters |
1980-1982 |
3/16 | 2563-003 | Braithwaite, Bertha incoming letters |
1959-1971 |
3/17 | 2563-003 | Braithwaite, Stella incoming letters |
1955-1979 |
3/18 | 2563-003 | Brazeau, Elizabeth (Libby) incoming
letters |
1970 |
3/19 | 2563-003 | Calder, Mrs. S. W. (Winty) incoming
letters |
1980-1982 |
3/20 | 2563-003 | Fruth, Helen-Marie incoming letters |
1962-1975 |
3/21 | 2563-003 | Halley incoming letters |
approximately 1951 |
3/22 | 2563-003 | McCan, Mrs. Patterson (Isqua) incoming
letters |
approximately 1942 |
3/23 | 2563-003 | Mund, Vernon A. & Alice incoming
letters |
1967-1978 |
3/24 | 2563-003 | Patterson, Nell (Helen Melba) incoming
letters |
1937-1979 |
3/25 | 2563-003 | Patterson, Nell (Helen Melba) & Mary incoming
letters |
1979 |
3/26 | 2563-003 | Patterson, Yvonne incoming letters |
1967-1974 |
3/27 | 2563-003 | Westphol, Katherine & Ed Rossbach |
approximately 1949 |
3/28 | 2563-003 | Miscellaneous personal incoming letters |
1962-1980 |
3/29 | 2563-003 | Miscellaneous professional incoming
letters |
1967-1980 |
3/30 | 2563-003 | Condolences |
1966-1967 |
3/31 | 2563-003 | Outgoing letters |
1971 |
3/32 | 2563-003 | Memorial Funds |
1967 |
Accession No. 2563-004: Ambrose Patterson papers, 1949-1970Return to Top
Scope and Content: Biographical features, correspondence, gallery notices, lists, photographs, clippings.
Material regarding Patterson collected by the Henry Gallery and Archives of NW Art. Includes many black and white photographs.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Archives of NW Art, 1983-01-01
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Series 1: Patterson, Ambrose |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/1 | 2563-004 | Biographical Features |
1960-1964 |
1/2 | 2563-004 | Incoming Letters |
1960-1965 |
1/3 | 2563-004 | Outgoing Letter |
1962 |
1/4 | 2563-004 | Correspondence regarding Patterson,
Ambrose |
1949-1950 |
1/5 | 2563-004 | Writing |
1953 |
1/6 | 2563-004 | Exhibition Notices |
1960-1967 |
1/7 | 2563-004 | Exhibition Catalogs |
1961-1967 |
1/8 | 2563-004 | Lists |
1960 |
1/9 | 2563-004 | Photographs of Patterson, Ambrose |
1952 |
1/10 | 2563-004 | Photographs of Ambrose Patterson's
paintings |
1960-1964 |
1/11 | 2563-004 | Clippings |
1916-1967 |
Series 2: Patterson, Viola |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/12 | 2563-004 | Biographical Features |
1966 |
1/13 | 2563-004 | Incoming Letters |
1965-1968 |
1/14 | 2563-004 | Outgoing Letters |
1953-1972 |
1/15 | 2563-004 | Correspondence regarding Patterson, Viola |
1968 |
1/16 | 2563-004 | Exhibition Notices |
1960 |
1/17 | 2563-004 | Photographs of Patterson, Viola |
1920-1952 |
1/18 | 2563-004 | Photographs of Viola Patterson's paintings |
1953-1966 |
1/19 | 2563-004 | Clippings |
1937-1970 |
Accession No. 2563-005: Microfilm of selections from the Patterson Papers, circa 1902-1982Return to Top
Scope and Content: Microfilm of selections from the Patterson Papers, negatives only.
Selections from Acc. No. 2563-001 and 2563-3 filmed for the Australian National Gallery.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Filmed from originals in the MSS Collection, 1984-06-01
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Patterson, Ambrose, 1877-1966--Archives
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Barbeau, Marius (creator)
- Beeton, Alan (creator)
- Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976 (creator)
- Duncan, James T (creator)
- Kauokogui, Takeshiro (creator)
- Kelly, Gerald (creator)
- Kitagawa, Tanyi (creator)
- Mund, Vernon A. (Vernon Arthur), 1906- (creator)
- Ozenfant, Amedee J (creator)
- Patterson, Nell (creator)
- Patterson, Viola, 1898-1984 (creator)
Corporate Names
- Henry Art Gallery (creator)