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Bob and Gennie DeWeese Papers, 1946-2007
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- DeWeese, Robert 1920-1990; DeWeese, Genevieve
- Title
- Bob and Gennie DeWeese Papers
- Dates
- 1946-2007 (inclusive)19462007
- Quantity
- 30 Linear Feet, (63 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 2640
- Summary
- Personal files and artwork of Bob and Gennie DeWeese, two Bozeman-based artists and teachers who helped to build Montana's modernist art scene.
- Repository
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Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
https://www.lib.montana.edu/archives/contact-form/ - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Robert (Bob) and Genevieve (Gennie) DeWeese were pioneers in the modernist movement in the state of Montana. Primarily painters and printmakers, both artists influenced a generation of students through their teaching and involvement with the Montana arts community. Bob was Professor of Art at Montana State University from 1949 to 1977. Prior to that, he taught classes at Texas Tech University, and Ohio State University. He earned his B.S. from Ohio State University and his M.F.A. from University of Iowa in 1948. In 1946 he married Gennie, who was a fellow art student at Ohio State. They would go on to have five children together: Cathie, Jan, Gretchen, Tina and Josh. Both artists exhibited extensively throughout the state and major retrospectives of their works were presented at the Montana State University School of Art (1979) and the Yellowstone Art Center (19910 for Bob, and at the Missoula Art Museum (1996) for Gennie. In 1995 Bob and Gennie received the Montana Governor's Award for the Arts, and the same year Gennie was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Montana State University in Bozeman. Bob and Gennie were a hub for a very lively community of intellectual, modernist thinkers and artists of their generation, mostly a cross section of university faculty. They loved to stay in touch with what people were thinking about and what was new in their respective fields through hosting parties which provided them with lifetime friends. Bob DeWeese passed away in 1990, and Gennie in 2007. The DeWeese children continue to honor their parents' life work.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection focuses on the professional work of both Bob and Gennie DeWeese, including sketches of commissioned artwork (murals for Bob, book illustrations for Gennie). It has examples of art done by both, such as illustrations done by Gennie DeWeese for the book Hamlet's Planets, items related to the Bob and Gennie DeWeese Gallery, and exhibitions such as Robert DeWeese, a Retrospecitive. Also within the collection is correspondence with other Montana artists such as Jerry Rankin, Jessie Wilber and Franics Senska. The collection also has a large variety of exhibit catalogs and flyers for the Yellowstone Art Museum and the Missolua Art Museum, among others. In addition to examples of his artwork, the collection also has items from Bob DeWeese's career as an art profesor at Montana State College (now Montana State University).
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Name of document or photograph], [Year if available], [Collection title], Box [Box number], Folder [Folder number], Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Divided into the following series: 1. Bob DeWeese-Biographical Files, 2. Bob DeWeese--Working Files, 3. Bob DeWeese--Correspondence, 4. Gennie DeWeese--Biographical Files, 5. Gennie DeWeese--Working Files, 6. Gennie and Bob DeWeese Gallery, and 7. DeWeese Web Archive
Custodial History
Prior to its donation to MSU, the collection was held by Bob and Gennie's daughter Tina DeWeese, who dontated it in multiple accessions between 2018 and 2019.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Tina DeWeese, 2018 and 2019.
Processing Note
This collection was processed from 2019-2020. Tina DeWeese provided assistance with identification. An inventory was made of the collection, and this was used as the basis for creating the listed series. All items were reboxed into acid-free containers and sorted into the series. While some items were also refoldered, the bulk of the collection was left in its original folders.
Separated Materials
The first donation included a box of mateirals about Gennie DeWeese collected by Terry Karson, which was seperated into its own collection under the number 2641 Tony Karson.
Related Materials
Special Collections also holds the Robert and Genevieve DeWeese Collection on Robert Pirsig, 1970-2007 (Collection No. 2571).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
1: Bob DeWeese Biographical Files, 1946-1990Return to Top
4 linear feet
This series includes correspondence, teaching materials, notes and student papers. Series one is divided among 2 sub-series, personal and education/teaching.
Arranged chronologically.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1: Personal 0.4 linear feet
Personal papers and items of Bob DeWeese such as his resume and Army
papers.
Arranged chronologcially.
|
1946-1990 | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Army papers |
1946-1972 |
| 1 | 2 | Birth certificate copy1975 |
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| 1 | 3 | Handwritten resume1979 |
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| 1 | 4 | Healthcare notes and questionnaire1976 |
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| 1 | 5 | Identification cards1971-1976 |
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| 1 | 6 | Job searches1948-1949 |
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| 1 | 7 | Lona E. DeWeese estate1981 |
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| 1 | 8 | Passport1975 |
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| 1 | 9 | Pocket address bookundated |
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| 1 | 10 | Provisional Special Certificate1942 |
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| 1 | 11 | Veterans Administration papers1946-1947 |
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| 1 | 12 | Bob's Memorial1990 |
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2: Educational and Teaching 3.5 linear
feet
Two types of papers are represented in this subseries:Papers related to
Bob DeWeese's time as a student, and papers related to his tenure as a
professor at Montana State Collage, including lesson plans, student
work, and administration records.
|
1946-1977 | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 13 | Italian Renaissance class notes1946-1947 |
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| 1 | 14 | Italian Renaissance class notes1946-1947 |
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| 1 | 15 | Italian Renaissance class notes and reports1946-1947 |
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| 1 | 16 | Oriental Art class notes and reports1946-1947 |
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| 1 | 17 | Oriental Art class notes and reports1946-1947 |
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| 1 | 18 | Oriental Art class notes and reports1946-1947 |
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| 1 | 19 | Oriental Art class notes and reports1946-1947 |
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| 2 | 1 | Exhibition catalogs1946-1947 |
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| 2 | 2 | 20th Century Art class report1946-1948 |
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| 2 | 3 | Class notes1946-1948 |
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| 2 | 4 | Class notes1946-1948 |
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| 2 | 5 | Esthetic-Modern-Medieval notes1946-1948 |
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| 2 | 6 | Exams1946-1948 |
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| 2 | 7 | Northern Renaissance class notes1946-1948 |
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| 2 | 8 | Northern Renaissance class notes and reports1946-1948 |
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| 2 | 9 | Northern Renaissance class notes and reports1946-1948 |
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| 2 | 10 | Shakespeare's Comedies class notes1946-1948 |
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| 2 | 11 | Program for Master's DegreeJanuary 21,
1947 |
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| 2 | 12 | Medieval Art/Northern Renaissance class notes1948 |
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| 3 | 1 | Thesis1948 |
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| 3 | 2 | Thesis1948 |
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| 3 | 3 | Class reportundated |
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| 3 | 4 | Ohio State University notebook1948 |
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| 3 | 5 | Texas Tech University class and scheduling records1948 |
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| 3 | 6 | Texas Tech University ceramics notebook1948-1949 |
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| 3 | 7 | Montana State College contracts1949-1964 |
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| 3 | 8 | Art 225, Life Drawing1950 |
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| 3 | 9 | Supply lists1952-1966 |
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| 3 | 10 | Notes1953 |
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| 3 | 11 | Notes, Life Drawing1954 |
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| 3 | 12 | Student art exhibition catalogs1956-1971 |
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| 3 | 13 | The Word1957 |
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| 3 | 14 | Notes, Drawing1957 |
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| 3 | 15 | Notes, Art 119 - Drawing1958 |
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| 3 | 16 | Notes, Watercolor1959 |
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| 3 | 17 | Notes, Art 1191959 |
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| 3 | 1 | Notes, Art 119 - Drawing1958 |
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| 3 | 2 | Notes, Art Appreciation1959 |
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| 4 | 1 | Prospect1959 |
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| 4 | 2 | Notes, Art Appreciation1960 |
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| 4 | 3 | School of Architecture sketching program1960 |
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| 4 | 4 | Teaching materials1960 |
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| 4 | 5 | Notes, Watercolor1961 |
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| 4 | 6 | Notes1962 |
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| 4 | 7 | College of Graduate Studies1963 |
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| 4 | 8 | Faculty documents1963 |
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| 4 | 9 | Individual annual report1964 |
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| 4 | 10 | Life Anatomy1964 |
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| 4 | 11 | Life Anatomy1964 |
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| 4 | 12 | Retirement contributions1964 |
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| 4 | 13 | 19th Century ImpressionismJanuary
1965 |
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| 4 | 14 | Montana State University contracts1965 |
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| 4 | 15 | "Contemporary Art 321 - Samples of tests, papers, journals",
1966 |
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| 5 | 1 | "Contemporary Art 321 - Samples of tests, papers, journals",
1966 |
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| 5 | 2 | Art 321 - Contemporary Art1966 |
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| 5 | 3 | "Contemporary Art 321-Sherman's Cézanne"1966 |
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| 5 | 4 | "Department"1966 |
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| 5 | 5 | Cézanne and Visual Form teaching materials1966 |
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| 5 | 6 | Cézanne and Visual Form teaching materials1966 |
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| 5 | 7 | Cézanne and Visual Form teaching materials1966 |
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| 5 | 8 | Hoyt L. Sherman correspondence1966 |
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| 5 | 9 | Student journals1966 |
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| 5 | 10 | "Department politics"1966 |
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| 5 | 11 | Art 321 final examsMarch 17, 1967 |
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| 6 | 1 | Guest artists |
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| 6 | 2 | Graduate faculty materials1970/1974 |
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| 6 | 3 | Student papers1970 |
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| 6 | 4 | Notes, Art 1111971 |
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| 6 | 5 | Notes, Art 1111974 |
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| 6 | 6 | MSU School of Art Faculty Exhibition catalogs1974 |
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| 6 | 7 | Notes, Art 1141975 |
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| 6 | 8 | Notes, Art 1111975 |
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| 6 | 9 | Preliminary class rolls1975/1977 |
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| 6 | 10 | Notes, Art 1111976 |
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| 6 | 11 | Notes, Art 114undated |
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| 6 | 12 | Notes, Art 205 - Paintingundated |
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| 6 | 13 | Notes, Art 218undated |
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| 6 | 14 | Notes, Art 118 - Drawingundated |
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| 6 | 15 | Notes, Drawingundated |
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| 6 | 16 | Notes, Oil Painting, Freshman Drawing, and Water Color
Paintingundated |
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| 6 | 17 | Notesundated |
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| 6 | 18 | "Prints School"undated |
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| 6 | 19 | Readings, "Gassett Mimes Wisdom"undated |
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| 6 | 20 | Readings, "General Art Mimes Wisdom"undated |
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| 7 | 1 | Readings, "Intaglio Mimes Wisdom"undated |
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| 7 | 2 | Student journalundated |
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| 7 | 3 | Student journalsundated |
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| 7 | 4 | Syllabus draftsundated |
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| 7 | 5 | Mary Lou, Michael-Bob Shambukaro Lettersundated |
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| 7 | 6 | Quotations-Notes-Ideas" 1951-1960 and undated |
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| 7 | 7 | Resumes, |
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| 7 | 8 | Poetry, Drawing, Art, |
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| 7 | 9 | Perspective 1961 , |
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| 7 | 10 | Bob Work/Progress, |
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| 8 | 1 | Dog tagsundated |
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| 8 | 2 | Piccoloundated |
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| 8 | 3 | Beltundated |
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| 8 | 4 | Art on Woodblockundated |
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| 8 | 5 | Paintbrushesundated |
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| 9 | 1 | Montana State University Professor Emeritus resolution,
1977 |
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2: Bob DeWeese--Working FilesReturn to Top
13 linear feet
Series 2 contains art projects and materials, notes, newspaper clippings, correspondence and photographs.
This series is divided between four subseries: projects, exhibitions, filing
cabinets and documentary ephemera.
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
1: Projects 2.9 linear feet
Includes material related to workshops, murals, graphic projects)
Arranged by project.
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| Box | Folder | |
| 10 | 1 | Buckly Field Progrom Designs 1943-19441943-1944 |
| 10 | 2 | Buckly Field Progrom Designs 1943-19441943-1944 |
| 10 | 3 | Buckly Field Progrom Designs 1943-19441943--1944 |
| 10 | 4 | Winter Fair Proposal for Mural-Photos, Mural for BPL,
undated |
| 10 | 5 | Winter Fair Mural Documents: Drawings, Photosundated |
| 10 | 6 | Preliminary Sketchings for Bank Muralundated |
| 10 | 7 | Secruity Bank Letter and Photosundated |
| 10 | 8 | Quake Lake Muralundated |
| 10 | 9 | Collage Scraps/Xeroxundated |
| 10 | 10 | Proposed Murals and photos-Mural and Archtequire proposals,
undated |
| 10 | 11 | Montana Cultural Congress newslettersundated |
| 111 | 1 | Loose Museum Brochures and bookletsundated |
| 11 | 2 | Bob's covers for Music Magazine + some of the Children's
posters + drawingsundated |
| 11 | 3 | Richard Hugo Poemundated |
| 11 | 4 | John and Debbieundated |
| 11 | 5 | Buck Butterfield-Clippings, brochures, photosundated |
| 12 | 1 | Jerry Rankin undated |
| 12 | 2 | Jessie Wilber and Franics Senska: Correspondence, newspaper
clippings, postcardsundated |
| 12 | 3 | Personal letters to and from other artistsundated |
| 12 | 4 | Newspapers and newspaper clippingsundated |
| 12 | 5 | Exhibit Prochuresundated |
| 12 | 6 | Words and Picturesundated |
| 12 | 7 | Penfield, Nolan Blakesly Lettersundated |
| 12 | 8 | Lou Penfieldundated |
| 12 | 9 | Les Barrett Hawaii Pictures undated |
| 13 | 1 | Loose Clippingsundated |
| 13 | 2 | James Reineking-Correspondence, art brochures, photos,
undated |
| 13 | 3 | Ben Toneundated |
| 13 | 4 | David Dunlapundated |
| 13 | 5 | Loose Correspondence, artworkundated |
| 13 | 6 | Mural proposals -Proposed Mural for the museum of the Plains
INdian at Browning Montanaundated |
| 13 | 7 | Mr. and Mrs. Stockton-book manuscripts and drawings,
correspondenceundated |
| 13 | 8 | Stocktonundated |
| 14 | 1 | Blue accordian folder (sketches, other papers)undated |
| 14 | 2 | Conky ...Questionarieundated |
| 14 | 3 | School of Artundated |
| 14 | 4 | The Art Gallery Booklet (with papers inside)undated |
| 14 | 5 | Hospital Memorial Memoribilaundated |
| 14 | 6 | Mitchell, Sheridanundated |
| 15 | 1 | Folder, “Old” -- misc. Correspondence, postcards, 1956-1970s
undated |
| 15 | 2 | lides, “De Kooning Problem Jan 77” (Bob DeWeese? Looks like
his thought process) undated |
| 15 | 3 | Miscellaneous documents (pictures and covers from magazines,
etc.)undated |
| 15 | 4 | Sketches (Bob?)undated |
| 15 | 5 | Letter & sketch to GD from Dirk Lee, 1991undated |
| 15 | 6 | “Misc writing, teaching notes, shows, etc. (old)” -- Notes,
sketches, correspondence, 1956-1970s (Bob DeWeese)undated |
| 15 | Auction Salesundated |
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2: Exhibitions 3.3 linear feet
Includes art lists and prices, notes and correspondence with galleries,
gallery announcements
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| Box | Folder | |
| 16 | 1 | Notes (loose, bundles)undated |
| 16 | 2 | Green notebookundated |
| 16 | 3 | Bob Deweese Auctionundated |
| 16 | 4 | Bob Deweese Retrospectiveundated |
| 16 | 5 | Robert DeWeese Exhibition Tape Auguest 30, 1991undated |
| 16 | 6 | Rabbit Book Baltimore. Nov 1987 (photo album)undated |
| 16 | 7 | Old Trailer Inventory Notebookundated |
| 17 | 1 | Bag of postcards and bookletsundated |
| 17 | 2 | Cadenza bookletundated |
| 17 | 3 | Slides (Tina) Notebookundated |
| 17 | 4 | Bob DeWeese Apprasial reports 2001 (two burgundy notebooks),
undated |
| 17 | 5 | Bob DWeese Apprasial 1998 (two green notebooks)undated |
| 17 | 6 | The Legacy of Robert DeWeese (Yokai Winter 1991)undated |
| 17 | 7 | Bob Apprasialundated |
| 18 | 1 | Newspaper clippingsundated |
| 18 | 2 | Misc . Bob + Gennie Showsundated |
| 18 | 3 | Correspondenceundated |
| 18 | 4 | Bob memoribilliaundated |
| 18 | 5 | Bob memoribilliaundated |
| 18 | 6 | Bob Essayundated |
| 18 | 7 | Loose correspondence and Picturesundated |
| 18 | 8 | Auction Correspondenceundated |
| 18 | 9 | Bob Dweese prep for Print Showundated |
| 19 | 1 | "Gennie's Wall for Book"undated |
| 19 | 2 | Correspondence and Flyersundated |
| 20 | 1 | Correspondence and Flyersundated |
| 21 | 1 | Correspondence and Flyersundated |
| 22 | 1 | Newspaper Publicityundated |
| 23 | 1 | Mary Lou - Michael Bob Shimabukuro Columns, Tina Letters,
undated |
| 23 | 2 | Gen. Newspaper Stuff : Lou Reed Articleundated |
| 23 | 3 | Recent Letters and Recommendations” undated |
| 23 | 4 | “Trips and Others’ Art” undated |
| 23 | 5 | “Current Art Barrett Etc.” undated |
3: Filing Cabinet 6 boxes
Files taken from a filing cabinet kept by Bob DeWeese, includes drafts of
projects, artwork, correspondence, and documents relating to shows and
workshops that Bob participated in. The materials give insight into his
working process and what items he kept over the years.
While some items were refoldered, they kept their original labels, and
their original order as arranged by Bob Deweese; labels may not exactly
adhere to contents)
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| Box | Folder | |
| 24 | 1 | DeWeese Art Stuffundated |
| 24 | 2 | Misc. Art Memorbiliaundated |
| 24 | 3 | NewsWeekundated |
| 24 | 4 | Recent Resumesundated |
| 24 | 5 | CAA-Boston Letters Etc.undated |
| 24 | 6 | Letters to Editorundated |
| 24 | 7 | Chicago 72undated |
| 24 | 8 | Big Fork (illigle)undated |
| 24 | 9 | Cadenzaundated |
| 24 | 10 | Announcementsundated |
| 25 | 1 | Resumesundated |
| 25 | 2 | Art Price, Lists Etc.undated |
| 25 | 3 | ARB Updateundated |
| 25 | 4 | Washing Project for the Artsundated |
| 25 | 5 | Gallery Paule Anglimundated |
| 25 | 6 | Price listsundated |
| 25 | 7 | University of Washington Lynn Bassetundated |
| 25 | 8 | WESTAFundated |
| 25 | 9 | University Hospital-University of Washingtonundated |
| 25 | 10 | Montana Draw Daddyundated |
| 25 | 11 | Book chaptersundated |
| 25 | 12 | Robert DeWeese Work since 1949 Price Listundated |
| 25 | 13 | Ava 1984-1984undated |
| 25 | 14 | Art for the Agedundated |
| 25 | 15 | Yellow envelope, “Art Correspondence ‘60s”, 1960s-1980s ,
undated |
| 26 | 1 | Originals and reproductions of ink sketches from a trip to
Paris, 1975-19761975-176 |
| 26 | 2 | Documents relating to showsundated |
| 26 | 3 | Documents relating to workshops Bob DeWeese participated in,
1982-1984 1982-1984 |
| 26 | 4 | Miscellaneous materials (art-in-progress, inspo for BD’s
work) undated |
| 26 | 5 | Yellow envelope containing correspondence between BD and
individuals re: work undated |
| 26 | 6 | Old Showsundated |
| 26 | 7 | Showsundated |
| 27 | 1 | Workshopsundated |
| 27 | 2 | Documents re: Yellowstone Art Center undated |
| 27 | 3 | Kidsundated |
| 27 | 4 | Folder of sketches (title illigible) |
| 27 | 5 | Small folder of letter and Museum Cardundated |
| 27 | 6 | Folder of art essaysundated |
| 27 | 7 | Unfoldered correspondence and exhibit catalogs/booklets
undated |
| 28 | 1 | MSU Correspondence, 1975-19771975-1977 |
| 28 | 2 | MSU Class Enrollment and correspondence 1976-1977 (Exhibiton
Summer 1976) 1976-1977 |
| 28 | 3 | Painting 405 Spring 76 |
| 28 | 4 | 110 Basic Art Spring 76 (class notes) |
| 28 | 5 | Faculty Documents/Miller, Alan |
| 28 | 6 | Old Dept Stuff-50s, 60s, 70s |
| 28 | 7 | Saga of Two Kids Print |
| 28 | 8 | Part of Wall 3/11/79 (sketches, notecards) |
| 28 | 10 | stuff from Studio Tack Wall Oct 1975 (sketches |
| 28 | 11 | Basic Art Syllibi |
| 28 | 12 | Fall 1975 Painting 405 (class documents) |
4: Documentary Ephemera 9 boxes
This series contains examples of Bob's work, such as a porfolio of
sketches.
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| Box | Folder | |
| 29 | 1 | , miscellaneous realia (necklace, medal, mini chalkboard,
etc.)undated |
| 30 | 1 | Ziploc bag containing photographs, small pieces of art by Bob
DeWeese, newspaper clippings, xeroxed images, gallery
brochures/advertisementsundated |
| 31 | 1 | Tie wrapped in green tissue paperundated |
| 31 | 2 | Painted cloth swatchesundated |
| 31 | 3 | Notes, newspaper clippings, sketches and writings (fonts) on
miscellaneous paper documents, photographs, art gallery brochures,
undated |
| 32 | 1 | Photographsundated |
| 32 | 2 | Correspondenceundated |
| 33 | 1 | Random posters, correspondence (Some OS)undated |
| 33 | 2 | Posters for gallery and show announcements (auction of Bob’s
work after his death in 1986, a performance that Jan DeWeese was in)
(Some OS) undated |
| 33 | 3 | Documentary ephemera related to Bob’s work/process?,
undated |
| 33 | 4 | GB DeWeese Gallery poster mock-ups, calendars (OS)undated |
| 33 | 5 | Folder of Xeroxed material (photographs, Bob sketches, etc.)
(OS)undated |
| 33 | 6 | Paintings on canvas board (Bob?) (OS)undated |
| 33 | 7 | Calendars, 1983-1984 (OS)undated |
| 33 | 8 | “Kids’ Drawings of Bob” -- Portraits of Bob DeWeese by Butte
Fifth and Sixth graders during a workshop for the Butte Public
Schools, sometime in 1981 (OS)undated |
| 33 | 9 | Charcoal (?) sketch on paper, “Paris E.A. Ariel” (can’t read
additional writing) undated |
| 33 | 10 | Photograph of Tina DeWeese (?) on horseundated |
| 34 | 1 | Portfolio (Containing documentary ephemera (miscellaneous
photographs, scraps of paper, sketches, bits of writing, fabric
printed with woodcuts))undated |
| 34 | 2 | Donald Gilbert Wood’s BFA thesis from The Ohio State
University, 1948 [Teaching Materials]undated |
| 35 | 1 | Matisse Folder of reproductions of various famous artworks,
undated |
| 35 | 2 | Six folders of reproductions of famous artworksundated |
| 36 | 1 | Pressundated |
| 36 | 2 | Newspaper Clippings and Exhibit brochuresundated |
| 36 | 3 | Multiple reproductions of artworks, bound in folders with
rubber bandsundated |
| 36 | 4 | De Kooning Folderundated |
| 36 | 5 | FOlder of Xeroxed slidesundated |
| 36 | 6 | Faculty Leave Reports (Contains art reproductions)undated |
| 36 | 7 | Postcardsundated |
| 36 | 8 | Exhibit Catalogsundated |
| 36 | 9 | Workshops w/young children/studentsundated |
| 36 | 10 | Art postcardsundated |
| 36 | 11 | Exhibitions + Galleriesundated |
| 36 | 12 | Exhibition Catalogsundated |
| 36 | 13 | Gennie + Bob Exhibit Catalogsundated |
| 36 | 14 | Misc. Exhibition Stuffundated |
3: Bob DeWeese--CorrespondenceReturn to Top
5 boxes
Correspondence contains letters, condolence notes and newspaper clippings. (note that this series is not exhaustive and that other correspondence may be found interspersed throughout the rest of the collection)
This series has no formal arrangement
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 437 | 1 | Condolence cards and letters for both Bob and Gennie-Estimated 55
lettersundated |
| 38 | 1 | Condolence cards and letters for both Bob and Gennie-Estimated 75
Letters + newspaper clippingsundated |
| 39 | 1 | Condolence cards and letters for both Bob and Gennie-estimated
100 cardsundated |
| 40 | 1 | Condolence cards and letters for both Bob and Gennie-Some letters
are crumpled, estimated 100 cards, This box also has exhibit materials
mixed in with cardsundated |
| 41 | 1 | Gennie Correspondenceundated |
| 41 | 2 | Correspondence Generalundated |
| 41 | 3 | Lettersundated |
4: Gennie DeWeese--Biographical Files, 1948-2007Return to Top
4 boxes
This series contains personal effects, art materials, awards, newspaper clippings and gallery opening materials. Series 4 is divided into 2 subseries, personal and awards.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1: Personal 3 boxes
This subseries contains documents about Gennie DeWeese's family history,
as well as personal items she kept over the years.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 42 | 1 | Personalized Stampundated |
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| 42 | 2 | Medalundated |
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| 42 | 3 | Ribbonundated |
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| 42 | 4 | Nametagundated |
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| 42 | 5 | "Gen" Wooden Squareundated |
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| 42 | 6 | Sweet Pea Stampundated |
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| 42 | 7 | She May be Mom, but she's also a woman framed quote,
undated |
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| 43 | 1 | Paper Plate-with writing (note to Gennie)undated |
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| 43 | 2 | Bound booklet of scanned photos from play (Gennie DeWeese
& Tina DeWeese), undated undated |
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| 43 | 3 | Yellow envelope, “Dodo’s family history”, Gennie DeWeese
family history (remembrances, photocopied documents), 2004 ,
2004 |
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| 43 | 4 | Folder, “Adams Family”, correspondence and photocopied
article, 2005 2005 |
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| 43 | 5 | “Remember When” spiral bound notebook (family remembrances),
undated |
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| 43 | 6 | Black leather scrapbook “Mrs. Robert DeWeese”, contains
speech by Claris Adams, May 18-20, 1948; speech for Claris Adams
memorial service, 1960undated |
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| 43 | 7 | calendars (4)undated |
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| 43 | 8 | Memorabiliaundated |
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| 43 | 9 | Joy of Cooking Metal Plateundated |
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| 43 | 10 | MSUundated |
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| 43 | 11 | Unidentified Photo of Womenundated |
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| 43 | 12 | Josh DeWeese Article undated |
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| 44 | 1 | Newspaper Clippings (Interviews, Profiles)undated |
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| 44 | 2 | Correspondenceundated |
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| 44 | 3 | Gallery Brochuresundated |
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| 44 | 4 | Misc. (Paperwork, notes, photo of Gennie)undated |
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2: Awards 1 box
Collection of awards given to Gennie DeWeese.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 45 | 1 | Artist of the Year honorary key, Yellowstone Art Museum
President’s Awards, July 12, 2002 (Gennie DeWeese)July 12,
2002 |
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| 45 | 2 | Framed Senska-Wilber Award, May 18, 1985May 18,
1985 |
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| 45 | 3 | MSU Honoray Doctorate of the Arts-with Commencement Documents
1995 (several documents)1995 |
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| 45 | 4 | Governor's Awardundated |
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| 45 | 5 | "A Woman has to do twice as much as a man to be consdiered
half as good. Fortunately, that isn't difficult"undated |
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| 45 | 6 | Resume Statementsundated |
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| 45 | 7 | US Department of State Art & Embassies Program
applicationundated |
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| 45 | 8 | Department of State-Arts and Embassies Program Letter,
undated |
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| 45 | 9 | Ageless Hero Award-Blue Cross and Blue Shieldundated |
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5: Gennie DeWeese--Working FilesReturn to Top
9 boxes
Series 5 contains art projects, exhibition materials, notes, lists of artwork details, illustrations and newspaper clippings. The series is split into two subseries, projects and exhibitions.
| Container(s) | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1: Projects 4 boxes
Examples of Gennie DeWeese's work such as sketches of murals,
illustrations for projects such as Hamlet's
Planets.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 46 | 1 | Misc. Panels of the Arts Involvementsundated |
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| 46 | 2 | Correspondence (loose)undated |
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| 46 | 3 | Correspondence undated |
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| 46 | 4 | Helen Schimitt Bookundated |
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| 46 | 5 | Current/Gottliebundated |
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| 46 | 6 | Hamlet's Planetsundated |
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| 46 | 7 | Gennie DeWeese Paintings and Woodcuts undated |
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| 46 | 8 | Montana Contemporary Artundated |
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| 47 | 1 | Show Misc. Musem Correspondence Etc.undated |
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| 47 | 2 | Collection of Corresponence with different museums and art
galleries 1991 |
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| 47 | 3 | “Salon de The Jusse“ (?), Yellowstone Art Museum Associates,
2002 undated |
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| 47 | 4 | Renny Loucas”, Penelope Loucas Gallery, 1988-1997 undated |
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| 47 | 5 | Morgan Gallery”, 1993-1997 undated |
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| 47 | 6 | Custer County”, materials re: Southeastern Montana Juried Exhibition, Custer County Art Center, 2001-2007 |
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| 47 | 7 | “Toucan”, materials re: Toucan Gallery, 2000 |
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| 47 | 8 | “Honorary Guest Butte--Ray Campeau”, sketch of wall space for exhibit |
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| 47 | 9 | UCross”, materials related to UCross Foundation, 2002 |
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| 47 | 10 | “Billings Clinic Hospital Mural”, materials related to Billings Clinic Hospital Mural bid, 1999 |
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| 47 | 11 | Lorona/Coronaundated |
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| 47 | 11 | Loose articles, sketches, flyers undated |
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| 48 | 1 | Art statements and pricing (scrolls folder)undated |
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| 48 | 2 | Hamlet’s Planets manuscriptundated |
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| 48 | 3 | Hamlet’s Planets sketchesundated |
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| 48 | 4 | Hamlet's Planets undated |
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| 48 | 5 | Letters, manuscripts, correspondence, articles about the
Women’s Art Show 1989 1989 |
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| 48 | 6 | “The Griffin Child” manuscript and sketchesundated |
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| 48 | 7 | Personal letters, art programs, newspaper clippings,
undated |
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| 48 | 8 | Letters-Fish & WIldlife Park Mural Proposal
undated |
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| 48 | 9 | DeWeese, G.-Montana History Society folder
undated |
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| 48 | 10 | Lists, Pricesundated |
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| 48 | 11 | Notebook with notesundated |
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| 49 | 1 | Notes (loose) 1975-1990 |
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| 49 | 2 | Mr. Somersets 4th Grade Visit to Art Museum of Missolua, undated |
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| 49 | 3 | Gennie DeWeese Retrospective Art Museum of Missoula 1996-Draft, 1996 |
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| 49 | 4 | About Gennie-Terry Karson, undated |
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| 49 | 5 | Gennie DeWeese Retrospective booklets, undated |
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2: Exhibitions 5 boxes
Includes art lists and prices, notes and correspondence with galleries,
gallery announcements displaying Gennie's works, as well as ones she may
have been interested in.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 50 | 1 | At Home Magazineundated |
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| 50 | 2 | Blue folder, “Women’s Work, curated by Gennie DeWeese and
Suzanne Katzanek”, documents and photographs re: ‘Women’s Work: The
Montana Women’s Centennial Art Survey Exhibition 1889-1989’,
undated |
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| 50 | 3 | NEAundated |
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| 50 | 4 | Box: Press clips, exhibit programs, correspondence,
photographs, press clips, newsletters, 1966-20031966-2003 |
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| 50 | 5 | Gallery Guestbook-Faded Greenundated |
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| 50 | 6 | Exhibit layout sheets (mockup), Genne DeWeese Retrospective, Art Museum of Missoula, 1996
1996 |
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| 51 | 1 | Missoula1984-1991 |
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| 51 | 2 | YAM/Yellowstoneundated |
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| 51 | 3 | Holtlerundated |
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| 51 | 4 | Corona Iundated |
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| 51 | 5 | Corona IIundated |
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| 52 | 1 | Gennie Deweese Retrospective booksundated |
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| 52 | 2 | Robert DeWeeseundated |
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| 52 | 3 | Robert DeWeese-A Look Aheadundated |
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| 52 | 4 | Robert DeWeese Invitationundated |
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| 52 | 5 | Robert DeWeese Work since 1993undated |
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| 52 | 6 | Envelope of Gallery Invitations/Notesundated |
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| 7 | Retrospective at Missoluaundated |
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6: Gennie and Bob DeWeese GalleryReturn to Top
5 boxes
Series 6 includes gallery materials, notes, guest books, publicity materials, newspaper clippings, press releases and correspondence.
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 53 | 1 | At Home September 7 2004September 7, 2004 |
| 53 | 2 | Western Art & Architecture Spring/Summer 20112011 |
| 53 | 3 | At Home 2005-Ellen Ornitz2002 |
| 53 | 4 | At Home 2005-Loretta Domaszewski2002 |
| 53 | 5 | At Home 2006 Dana Aaberg2006 |
| 53 | 6 | At Home 2007 Tom Ferris2007 |
| 53 | 7 | At Home 2007 Dean Adams2007 |
| 53 | 8 | At Home 2007 Harold Scholtzhauer2007 |
| 53 | 9 | At Home 2005 Dick Pence2005 |
| 53 | 10 | At Home 2006 Shannon Adams2006 |
| 53 | 11 | Tributary 2005 Bozeman Art2005 |
| 53 | 12 | Billings Gazette 20052005 |
| 53 | 13 | At home 2005 Ken Boba2005 |
| 53 | 14 | At Home 2006 Gennie DeWeese2006 |
| 53 | 15 | 1997 Art Equinox-A Religious Survey of Contemporary Art1997 |
| 53 | 16 | Mountain West Contemporary Art Auction Montana State university
20022002 |
| 53 | 17 | Mountain West Contemporary Art Auction Montana State university
20032003 |
| 53 | 18 | FLowebb Julia M. Beckerundated |
| 53 | 19 | The Holter Museum Art Auction 13th Annual (2 copies)undated |
| 53 | 20 | The Holter Museum Art Auction 16th Annualundated |
| 53 | 21 | Missoula Art Museum Auction 20082008 |
| 53 | 22 | MAM Art Benefit Auction and Dinnerundated |
| 53 | 23 | Friends of the Helena Film Society Auctionundated |
| 53 | 24 | Art Equinox Exhibition and Auction 19911991 |
| 53 | 25 | 20th Anniversary Holter Museum Art Auction with Receipts
insideundated |
| 53 | 26 | Art Equinix Exhibit and Auction 19901990 |
| 53 | 27 | 37 Annual Art Auction Yellowstone Art Museumundated |
| 53 | 28 | 33rd Annual Art Auction Yellowstone Art Museum1991 |
| 53 | 29 | 23rd Annual Art Auction Yellowstone Art Auction 1991 (2
copies)undated |
| 53 | 30 | Campaign for the New Holter-Creating a Capital Place for the
Artsundated |
| 53 | 31 | 16th Annual Dinner and Art Auction-Maverick Art of the
Westundated |
| 53 | 32 | Friends of the Helena Film Society 7th Annual Benefit Art
Auctionundated |
| 53 | 33 | The Dinner Party by Judy Chicagoundated |
| 53 | 34 | 33rd Annual Art Auction Board of Trustees Yellowstone Art
Museumundated |
| 53 | 35 | 2nd Annual ACLU Liberty's Sake Auctionundated |
| 53 | 36 | 20th Annual Art Auction-Missoula Museum of Artsundated |
| 53 | 37 | Montana West Contemporary Art Auction 20032003 |
| 53 | 38 | 27th Annual Art Auction Custer County Art Center 20022002 |
| 53 | 39 | Yellowstone Art Museum 30th Art Auction Signed by Josh
DeWeeseundated |
| 53 | 40 | University of Montana Museum of Fine Arts-Letter for Tina DeWeese
concerning Saleundated |
| 53 | 41 | Yellowstone Art Museum 31st Art Auctionundated |
| 53 | 42 | 8th Annual Friends of the Helena Film Society Art Auction-with
Letter enclosedundated |
| 53 | 43 | Eastern Washing State Historical Society Contemporary Art Auction
18th Annual 2003-2 Copies2003 |
| 53 | 44 | 1995 Art Equinox Survey of Art1995 |
| 53 | 45 | Mountain West Contemporary October 5, 2002October 5,
2002 |
| 53 | 46 | Holter Museum of Art 10th Annual MiniTreasurs Summer Exhibition
& Auctionundated |
| 53 | 47 | 18th Annual Auction Yellowstone Art Centerundated |
| 53 | 48 | Yellowstone Art Center 14th Annual Art Auction 19821982 |
| 53 | 49 | Sixth Annual A.C.L.U. of Montana Art Auctionundated |
| 53 | 50 | 7th Annual ACLU of Montana Art Auction-Silent Auction Donations(2
copies)undated |
| 53 | 51 | Yellowstone Art Center 25th Annual Art Auctionundated |
| 53 | 52 | 28th Annual Art Auction-Yellowstone Art Center (2
copies)undated |
| 53 | 53 | Yellowstone Art Center 21st Annual Art Auction (2 copes)undated |
| 53 | 54 | Yellowstone Art Center 27th Annual Art Auctionundated |
| 53 | 55 | Yellowstone Art Center 20th Annual Art Auctionundated |
| 53 | 56 | Yellowstone Art Center 26th Annual Art Auctionundated |
| 53 | 57 | Yellowstone Art Center 24th Annual Art Auctionundated |
| 53 | 58 | Yellowstone Art Center 22nd Annual Art Auctionundated |
| 53 | 59 | Yellowstone Art Museum 34th Annual Pary and Auctionundated |
| 53 | 60 | 36th Annual Party and Auction-Expanded Horizons Yellowstone Art
Museumundated |
| 53 | 61 | 37th Annual Art Auction Yellowstone Art Center (2
copies)undated |
| 53 | 62 | 87-89 Yellowstone Art Center-A Montana Collection1987-1989 |
| 53 | 63 | 39th Annual Auction Yellowstone Art museumundated |
| 53 | 64 | 19th Annual Art Auction Yellowstone Art Centerundated |
| 53 | 65 | Yellowstone Art Museum 38th Annual Art Auctionundated |
| 53 | 66 | Explore Magazine 2004-Red Raven Gallery2004 |
| 53 | 67 | Northern Rockies Yellowstone Art Centerundated |
| 53 | 68 | Escape to Jamaica-Paris Gibson Suare Musem of Artundated |
| 53 | 69 | Montana Arts-Montana Institute of Arts-25th Anniversary of
MIAundated |
| 53 | 70 | Montana Cultural Treasures-1997 Guide to Montana Art Galleries,
Museums and Studies1997 |
| 53 | 71 | Montana Cultural Treasures-1998-1999 Guide to Montana Art
Galleries, Museums and Studies1998-1999 |
| 53 | 72 | MSU School of Art Faculty Exhibition 19741974 |
| 53 | 73 | Sam Finkle by George Secondundated |
| 53 | 74 | Lee Steen Yellowstone Arts Centerundated |
| 53 | 75 | Tribute to an Artist: George Conkeyundated |
| 53 | 76 | Exhibition MSU Art Alum 1941-1960-1966undated |
| 53 | 77 | Gauguin Printsundated |
| 53 | 78 | Los Angeles Time Article 1997 on death of Roy
Lichtenstein1997 |
| 53 | 79 | Shapes of the Wild 19981998 |
| 53 | 80 | Past Experience-Future Visionsundated |
| 53 | 81 | Forty & Five: An Exhibit of patins of Indians by Montana
artists, past and present.undated |
| 53 | 82 | Great Impressionists and Contemporary Masterpiecesundated |
| 53 | 83 | Seattle Gallery Exhibitions April 1997undated |
| 53 | 84 | Western Places Missoula Museum of The Arts 19871987 |
| 53 | 85 | Cristoff Bergmann Flug-Skulturenundated |
| 53 | 86 | Peter Koch, Printerundated |
| 53 | 87 | Hard Words, Peter Kochundated |
| 53 | 88 | Art Museum of Missoula-Anne Applbye, Wes Millsundated |
| 53 | 89 | An Exhibtion of Arts from Bozeman SFMMA undated |
| 53 | 90 | Montana Connections Yellowstone Art Museumundated |
| 53 | 91 | Patrick Zentz-Paris Gibson Museum of Artsundated |
| 53 | 92 | Sheila Miles in Neighbonood-Art Museum Missoulaundated |
| 53 | 93 | The Pointdexter Museum of Contemporary Artundated |
| 53 | 94 | Women's Work The Montana Women's Centennial Art Survey Exhibition
1889-1989undated |
| 53 | 95 | Yokoi: A Quarterly Journal of the Arts Issue #5 Summer
19921992 |
| 53 | 96 | GB DeWeese Gallery price lists (on index cards), 1987-1988
1987-1988 |
| 53 | 97 | GB DeWeese Gallery sales books, 1987 1987 |
| 53 | 98 | Exhibition & auction catalogs, 1960s-2000s undated |
| 54 | 1 | GB DeWeese Gallery materials -- photographs, notes, checkbooks,
account book, correspondence, notebooks, guestbook, press releases &
other publicity materials, 1987-19881987-1988 |
| 55 | 1 | DVD, ‘Gennie DeWeese 80th Birthday’undated |
| 55 | 2 | DVD, ‘Thanksgiving 2007’undated |
| 55 | 3 | CD, ‘At the DeWeese’s’undated |
| 55 | 4 | DVD, ‘Bob DeWeese: A Look Ahead, Exhibition at the Holter Museum
of Art’undated |
| 55 | 5 | CD, ‘Bob DeWeese Panel, Holter Museum, Terry Karson/James
Reineking/Markus Stangl/Wes Mills/Jerry Rankin, October 29,
2006’October 26, 2006 |
| 55 | 6 | CD, ‘Terry Karson, Robert DeWeese “At Large” Leni Holliman YPR’
undated |
| 55 | 7 | VHS ‘DeWeese “House full of Art’undated |
| 55 | 8 | VHS, ‘Tipi’s Wessie’ (?) undated |
| 55 | 9 | VHS, ‘Montana Style: The Art of Bob DeWeese’undated |
| 55 | 10 | VHS, ‘Robert DeWeese Exhibition Tape, August 30, 1991’ August 30,
1991 |
| 55 | 11 | VHS, ‘Gennie DeWeese’undated |
| 56 | 1 | Yellow folder, “Shows”undated |
| 56 | 2 | Folder, ‘Ford Times White Sulphur Spring Commission’undated |
| 56 | 3 | Folder, ‘Newspaper retro shows & etc.’undated |
| 56 | 4 | Folder, ‘Bob resume & obituary’undated |
| 57 | 1 | Exhibitions Joys of Processundated |
| 57 | 2 | Orange Folder GB Galleryundated |
| 57 | 3 | Newspapers/Newslettersundated |
| 57 | 4 | Postcards and Lettersundated |
| 57 | 5 | Clippingsundated |
| 57 | 6 | Handwritten notes/lettersundated |
| 57 | 7 | Newspapers/Newslettersundated |
| 57 | 8 | Gallery Phamletsundated |
| 57 | 9 | Publicity 87undated |
| 57 | 10 | Gallery Misc.undated |
| 57 | 11 | Sampleundated |
| 57 | 12 | Misc.undated |
| 57 | 13 | Press Releasesundated |
| 58 | 1 | 6 manila folders of correspondence with exhibiting artists,
newspaper articles, advertisements for the gallery, art price
inventories, receipts, exhibitors’ resumes & statements, and
postersundated |
| 58 | 2 | GB DeWeese Gallery guestbook [binder] undated |
| 58 | 3 | Clipboard with receipts, public announcements, miscellaneous
notesundated |
| 58 | 4 | GB DeWeese Gallery scrapbooks (3)1985-1986 |
| 58 | 5 | GB DeWeese Gallery photo album [green binder], 1986-19871986-1987 |
| 58 | 6 | Adhesive pages. Mostly photographs, some gallery announcements,
newspaper clippingsundated |
| 58 | 7 | Also contains 3 pages of Kodachrome slidesundated |
7: DeWeese Web Archive, 2020Return to Top
The DeWeese website is maintained by the four DeWeese children to document and promote the DeWeeses' legacy. It includes photographs, written tributes, and other materials.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Artists -- Montana
Personal Names
- DeWeese, Gennie -- Archives
- DeWeese, Robert, 1920-1990 -- Archives
Corporate Names
- Montana State University--Bozeman -- Faculty
Form or Genre Terms
- Artist files
- Biography
- Correspondence
- Web archives
- Works of art
Finding aid prepared by Sophia Phillips
2020
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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