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Gordon Gilkey Print Collection, 1933-1939
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Gilkey, Gordon
- Title
- Gordon Gilkey Print Collection
- Dates
- 1933-1939 (inclusive)19331939
- Quantity
- 44 prints
- Collection Number
- OLPb095GIL
- Summary
- Signed etchings by printmaker, Gordon Gilkey, including his 35 official etchings of the grounds for the New York World's Fair (1937-39).
- Repository
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Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
- Languages
- English, English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Gordon Waverly Gilkey (1912-2000) was a gifted etcher and printmaker. Gilkey was born in Albany, Oregon, and during the 1930s he served as a student art teacher at Albany College. In 1936, he graduated from the University of Oregon with a Master's of Fine Arts degree, and in 1937, Gilkey was selected to document the 1939 World's Fair in New York as its official artist. During World War II, Gilkey was assigned command of a military unit that attemped to minimize the theft and destruction of European art. Immediately following the war, Gilkey was assigned the taks of finding and confiscating Nazi propaganda art. After completing his assingment and returning to the United States, Gilkey was hired as the head of the Oregon State University Art department and eventually the Dean of Liberal Arts. After retiring from OSU in 1977, Gilkey became the Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Portland Art Museum until his death. During his long career in the arts, Gilkey earned numerous international awards, and was key the founding of a number of advocacy groups for the arts, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Oregon Arts Commission.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Signed and numbered etched prints.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
Scans of all of these prints can be viewed in the Lewis & Clark College Digital Collections at: digitalcollections.lclark.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Fgilkey.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
The Gordon Gilkey Print Collection (OLPb095GIL), Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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item | ||
1 | Presenting the Fair | 1937-1939 |
2 | An Added Attraction | 1937-1939 |
3 | The Site Selected | 1937-1939 |
4 | The Plan | 1937-1939 |
5 | Preparation of the Site | 1937-1939 |
6 | Foundations for the Fair | 1937-1939 |
7 | The Architecture | 1937-1939 |
8 | Color at the Fair | 1937-1939 |
9 | Fair Sculpture | 1937-1939 |
10 | The Fair Administration | 1937-1939 |
11 | Protection of Visitors | 1937-1939 |
12 | The Theme Center | 1937-1939 |
13 | The Theme Exhibit | 1937-1939 |
14 | Medicine and Public Health | 1937-1939 |
15 | Home Building | 1937-1939 |
16 | Home Furnishing | 1937-1939 |
17 | Building Protection | 1937-1939 |
18 | Clothing | 1937-1939 |
19 | Cosmetics | 1937-1939 |
20 | Contemporary Arts | 1937-1939 |
21 | Religion | 1937-1939 |
22 | Food | 1937-1939 |
23 | Food II | 1937-1939 |
24 | Food - Heinz Dome | 1937-1939 |
25 | Bread | 1937-1939 |
26 | Liquor | 1937-1939 |
27 | Tobacco | 1937-1939 |
28 | Communications | 1937-1939 |
29 | Communication over wire | 1937-1939 |
30 | Communication by Wireless | 1937-1939 |
31 | Business Systems and Insurance | 1937-1939 |
32 | The Metals | 1937-1939 |
33 | Industrial Science | 1937-1939 |
34 | World of Chemistry | 1937-1939 |
35 | The Drug Store | 1937-1939 |
36 | Canoes (state 1) | 1933 |
37 | Donna Brown bookplate (State 1, no. 3 ) | ca. 1933 |
38 | Farmhouse (State 2) | ca. 1933 |
39 | Female nude (State 1) | 1933 |
40 | Mermaid (State 1) | 1933 |
41 | Windmill (State 2) | 1933 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Etching, American
- New York World's Fair (1939-1940)
Personal Names
- Gilkey, Gordon