Bob and Gennie DeWeese papers

Bob and Gennie DeWeese papers, 1946-2007

Overview of the Collection

Creator: DeWeese, Robert, 1920-1990; DeWeese, Gennie, 1921-2007
Title: Bob and Gennie DeWeese papers
Dates: 1946-2007 (inclusive)
19462007
Quantity: 24 linear feet, (55 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: 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
Access Restrictions: 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 had five children together: Cathie, Jan, Gretchen, Tina and Josh. According to Tina, "Art was certainly their common ground, but family is what held them together." Both were also committed to "equal studio time"; Tina has observed that "Gennie was a feminist before the word was known."

Both Bob and Gennie 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 (1991) 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. That 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

The collection focuses on the professional work and personal lives 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 Retrospective.

Also within the collection is correspondence with other Montana artists such as Jerry Rankin, Jessie Wilber and Frances Senska, reflecting the DeWeese's extensive social and professional network with creatives of significane in twentieth century Montana.

The collection also has a large variety of exhibit catalogs and flyers for the Yellowstone Art Museum and the Missoula Art Museum, among others. In addition to examples of his artwork, the collection also has items from Bob DeWeese's career as an art professor 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

Acquisition Information

Gift of Tina DeWeese on behalf of the DeWeese Family, 2018 and 2019.

Custodial History

Prior to its donation to MSU, the collection was held by the DeWeese Family, who donated it in multiple accessions between 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.

In 2023, the collection was rehoused to provide easier access. Some folder titles have been edited for clarity, and loose items that were not in folders were given titles by the archivist. Materials were condensed within boxes to make better use of space, but they have been retained in their original order. Where possible, titles assigned to folders by Bob and Gennie DeWeese have been retained.

Separated Materials

The first donation included a box of materials about Gennie DeWeese collected by Terry Karson, which was separated into its own collection.

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 chronologically.	1946-1990
Box	Folder
1	1	Army papers	1946-1972
1	2	Birth certificate copy	1975
1	3	Handwritten resume	1979
1	4	Healthcare notes and questionnaire	1976
1	5	Identification cards	1971-1976
1	6	Job searches	1948-1949
1	7	Lona E. DeWeese estate	1981
1	8	Passport	1975
1	9	Pocket address book
1	10	Provisional Special Certificate	1942
1	11-12	Veterans Administration papers	1946-1947
1	13	Bob's Memorial	1990
		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	14	Italian Renaissance class notes	1946-1947
1	15	Italian Renaissance class notes	1946-1947
1	16	Italian Renaissance class notes and reports	1946-1947
1	17	Oriental Art class notes and reports	1946-1947
1	18	Oriental Art class notes and reports	1946-1947
1	19	Oriental Art class notes and reports	1946-1947
1	20	Oriental Art class notes and reports	1946-1947
2	1	Exhibition catalogs	1946-1947
2	2	20th Century Art class report	1946-1948
2	3	Class notes	1946-1948
2	4	Class notes	1946-1948
2	5	Esthetic-Modern-Medieval notes	1946-1948
2	6	Exams	1946-1948
2	7	Northern Renaissance class notes	1946-1948
2	8	Northern Renaissance class notes and reports	1946-1948
2	9	Northern Renaissance class notes and reports	1946-1948
2	10	Shakespeare's Comedies class notes	1946-1948
2	11	Program for Master's Degree	January 21, 1947
2	12	Medieval Art/Northern Renaissance class notes	1948
3	1	Thesis	1948
3	2	Thesis	1948
3	3	Class report
3	4	Ohio State University notebook	1948
3	5	Texas Tech University class and scheduling records	1948
3	6	Texas Tech University ceramics notebook	1948-1949
3	7	Montana State College contracts	1949-1964
3	8	Art 225, Life Drawing	1950
3	9	Supply lists	1952-1966
3	10	Notes	1953
3	11	Notes, Life Drawing	1954
3	12	Student art exhibition catalogs	1956-1971
3	13	The Word	1957 Spring
3	14	Notes, Drawing	1957
3	15	Notes, Art 119 - Drawing	1958
3	16	Notes, Watercolor	1959
3	17	Notes, Art 119	1959
3	18	Notes, Art 119 - Drawing	1958
3	19	Notes, Art Appreciation	1959
4	1	Prospect	1959
4	2	Notes, Art Appreciation	1960
4	3	School of Architecture sketching program	1960
4	4	Teaching materials	1960
4	5	Notes, Watercolor	1961
4	6	Notes	1962
4	7	College of Graduate Studies	1963
4	8	Faculty documents	1963
4	9	Individual annual report	1964
4	10	Life Anatomy	1964
4	11	Life Anatomy	1964
4	12	Retirement contributions	1964
4	13	19th Century Impressionism	January 1965
4	14	Montana State University contracts	1965
4	15	"Contemporary Art 321 - Samples of tests, papers, journals"	1966
5	1	"Contemporary Art 321 - Samples of tests, papers, journals"	1966
5	2	Art 321 - Contemporary Art	1966
5	3	"Contemporary Art 321-Sherman's Cézanne"	1966
5	4	"Department"	1966
5	5	Cézanne and Visual Form teaching materials	1966
5	6	Cézanne and Visual Form teaching materials	1966
5	7	Cézanne and Visual Form teaching materials	1966
5	8	Hoyt L. Sherman correspondence	1966
5	9	Student journals	1966
5	10	"Department politics"	1966
5	11	Art 321 final exams	1967 March 17
6	1	Guest artists	1967-1968
6	2	Graduate faculty materials	1970-1974
6	3	Student papers	1970
6	4	Notes, Art 111	1971
6	5	Notes, Art 111	1974
6	6	MSU School of Art Faculty Exhibition catalogs	1974
6	7	Notes, Art 114	1975
6	8	Notes, Art 111	1975
6	9	Preliminary class rolls	1975-1977
6	10	Notes, Art 111	1976
6	11	Notes, Art 114
6	12	Notes, Art 205 - Painting
6	13	Notes, Art 218
6	14	Notes, Art 118 - Drawing
6	15	Notes, Drawing
6	16	Notes, Oil Painting, Freshman Drawing, and Water Color Painting
6	17	Notes
6	18	"Prints School"
6	19	Readings, "Gassett Mimes Wisdom"
6	20	Readings, "General Art Mimes Wisdom"
7	1	Readings, "Intaglio Mimes Wisdom"
7	2	Student journal
7	3	Student journals
7	4	Syllabus drafts
7	5	Mary Lou, Michael-Bob Shimabukuro Letters
7	6	Quotations-Notes-Ideas"	1951-1960
7	7	Painting, Drawing, and Art Appreciation
7	8	Perspective	1961
7	9	Resumes
	item
30	2	Dog tags
30	3	Paintbrushes
30	4	Robert DeWeese Studio stamp
30	5	Piccolo
30	6	Belt
	Folder
8	11	Painted letter to P.D. Skaar (on woodblock)
8	1	Montana State University Professor Emeritus certificate
9	1	Montana State University Professor Emeritus resolution	1977

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	Dates
		1: Projects 2.9 linear feet Includes material related to workshops, murals, graphic projects) Arranged by project.
Box	Folder
9	2	Examples of Work	1940-1948
9	3	Buckley Field Program Designs	1943-1944
9	4	Winter Fair Barns	1977
9	5	Winter Fair Proposal for Mural-Photos, Bozeman Public Library	1978-1982
9	6	Winter Fair Mural Documents: Drawings, Photos
9	7	Bank Mural Preliminary Sketches
9	8	Bank Mural	1960, 1989
9	9	Quake Lake Mural	1966
9	10	Collage Scraps/Xerox
9	11	Proposed Murals and photos-Mural and Architecture proposals
10	1	Montana Cultural Congress newsletters	1990
10	2-5	Cadenza, Montana Music Educators Association magazine	1962-1967
10	6	DeWeese Children's Papers and Drawings	1963-1964
10	7	Rimer, Rhode Island Music Educators Association magazine	1962
10	8	Richard Hugo Poem
10	9-11	John Buck and Deborah Butterfield - "John and Debbie"
11	1	Buck Butterfield-Clippings, brochures, photos
11	2-3	Jessie Wilber and Frances Senska: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, postcards	1952-2006
11	4-6	Personal letters to and from other artists Much of the correspondence is from Lou Penfield.	1944-1990
12	1	Les Barret Drawings and Photographs	1945
12	2	Jerry Rankin	1996
12	3-4	James Reineking - Correspondence, art brochures, photos	1969-2000
12	5	David Dunlap	1985
12	6	Ben Tone, Hamada, Leach	1982-2005
12	7	Neil Parsons	1964-1988
12	8	Bill Stockton, "Today I Baled Some Hay to Feed the Sheep the Coyotes Eat" manuscript
12	9-10	Bill Stockton	1971-2007
13	1	Art - Cadenza	1947-1967
13	2	Cadenza	1962-1967
13	3	Newspaper clippings, sketch of dog, and art gallery letter	1960-1964
13	4	Art Sketches and Studies	1942-1952
13	5	George Conky Sculpture Questionnaire	1961-1966
13	6	School of Art	1971-1974
13	7	Chicago Art Institute Class Trip, notes	1972-1976
13	8	Hospital Memorial Memorabilia	1990
13	9	Notes from Friends and Gallery Flyers	1956-1986
13	10	"De Kooning Problem" Lecture Slides	1977 January
13	11	Collected Art from Magazines and Print
13	12	Letter from Dirk Lee to Gennie DeWeese	1991
13	13	Catalog of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago	1971
14	1	Writing, Teaching notes, Shows, etc.	1972-1985
14	2-4	Order Books - Auction Sales
		2: Exhibitions 3.3 linear feet Includes art lists and prices, notes and correspondence with galleries, gallery announcements
Box	Folder
14	5	Notes - "Our Abode Almost a House We (Almost) Built in Texas Before Jessie Called from Bozeman"	1949
14	6	Notes and Correspondence - Includes poem "Memories of a DeWeese Proof" by John D. Flemming	1972-1990
14	7	Notes and To-Do Lists
14	8	Notebook - Art Inventory
14	9	Bob DeWeese Auction - Photos	1992
15	1	Bob DeWeese Auction - Item list and sales	1992
15	2	Bob DeWeese Retrospective	1991-1993
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55	1	Robert DeWeese Exhibition	1991 August 30
	Folder
15	3	Rabbit Book Baltimore (photo album)	1987
15	4	Old Trailer Inventory Notebook
15	5	Postcards and exhibition memorabilia	1985-1986
15	6	Notebook - "Slides (Tina)"
15	7	Bob DeWeese Appraisal reports	1998, 2001
16	1-2	Bob DeWeese Appraisal reports	1998, 2001
16	3	YOKOI: "The Legacy of Robert DeWeese"	1991 Winter
16	4	Bob DeWeese Appraisals	1995-1998
	floppy-disk
55	1	DeWeese Appraisals by Dennis Kern
	Folder
16	5	Fine Art Appraisals (Draft)	1997-1998
16	6-7	Bob and Gennie Shows	1978-2006
16	8-9	Personal Bob Memorabilia	1951-1992
16	10	Bob Memorabilia	1974-1987
17	1	Letters of Condolence to Gennie DeWeese	1991
17	2	Writings about Bob	1995
17	3	P.D. Skaar; Auction Correspondence	1977-1981, 1992
17	4-5	Printing Schedule and Prep for Bob DeWeese Print Show	1992
17	6-10	Exhibition Flyers and Invitations	1982-2007
18	1-6	Exhibition Flyers and Invitations	1973-2007
19	1-7	Exhibition Flyers and Invitations	1964-2007
20	1-3	Exhibition Flyers and Invitations	1987-2007
	Box
54	1	Exhibition Flyers and Invitations	1979
	Folder
20	4	Personal Correspondence	1983-1995
20	5	Billing Lists for Northcutt Gallery and Auction	1985
20	6	Current Art: Show and Grant Applications	1983-1985
20	7	Newspaper Publicity	1985-1999
20	8	Mary Lou - Michael Bob Shimabukuro Columns, Tina Letters	1983-1985
21	1	Gen. Newspaper Stuff; Lou Reed Article	1983-1985
21	2-3	Recent Letters and Recommendations"	1981-1986
21	4-5	Trips and Others' Art	1982-1985
21	6	EMC and Advertising	1983-1985
		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)
Box	Folder
21	7	DeWeese Art Stuff	1962-1988
22	1	Newsweek	1983
22	2	Art Memorabilia	1977-1990
22	3	Auction Lists and Prices	1979-1985
22	4	CAA-Boston, Letters, etc.	1986-1987
22	5	Letters to Editor	1982
22	6	Chicago	1972
22	7	Big Fork Gallery	1986
22	8	CAA and Danto Reviews	1986
22	9	Announcements	1980-1987
22	10-11	Resumes	1979-1987
22	12	Resumes, loan, and auction receipts	1983-1990
23	1	Art Shows, price lists, etc.	1987-1991
23	2	Artist Resource Bank (ARB) Update	1988
23	3	Washing Project for the Arts	1986
23	4	Gallery Paule Anglim	1987
23	5	DeWeese Catalog - Price lists	1991
23	6	Yellowstone Art Center - Record of Acquisition, University of Washington - Lynn Basa Correspondence	1988-1989
23	7	Montana Draw Exhibition	1986
23	8	Robert DeWeese Work since 1949 - Price List	1979
23	9	Introduction by Rudy Autio and Foreword by Dennis O'Leary for Exhibition Catalog
23	10	Awards in the Visual Arts (AVA)	1983-1988
23	11	Art for the Aged	1988
23	12-13	Art Correspondence	1959-1987
23	14	Letters about My Shows	1978-1979
23	15	Paris drawings and reproductions	1975-1976
8	2	"Shows" Calendar of Paris sketches	1976
24	1	Press and Publicity	1961-1985
24	2	Rapture Article, Ariel Horoscope, Studio Essays	1988
24	3-8	Shows	1954-1989
24	9	Workshops	1981-1984
25	1-2	Yellowstone Art Center	1981-1990
25	3	House Plans and Kid's Drawings	1987
25	4	Essays, Exhibitions	1960-1975
25	5	Exhibitions	1941-1985
25	6	Various Letters	1961-1963
25	7	Letters to MSU Faculty and Students, Retirement Letters	1976-1977
25	8	MSU Classes - Enrollment and correspondence	1975-1977
25	9	Art Piece Orders	1962-1963
26	1	Stuff from Studio Tack Wall	1975-1978
8	12	Artwork from Studio Tack Wall
26	2	Basic Art Courses, Old Department Stuff	1945-1965
26	3	Painting 405	1975 Fall
		4: Documentary Ephemera 9 boxes This series contains examples of Bob's work, such as a portfolio of sketches.
Box
29		Miscellaneous realia (necklace, medal, mini chalkboard, etc.)
	item
30	1	Tie wrapped in green tissue paper
30	7	Sign: "So, how much money is art worth?"
30	8	Painted cloth swatches
	Folder
31	1-3	Small pieces of art by Bob DeWeese, photographs, newspaper clippings, and Xeroxes
31	4-8	Assorted notes, sketches, newspaper clippings, sketches and photos
26	4	Photographs
26	5	Correspondence	1977-1986
33	1	Random posters, correspondence (Some OS)
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)
33	3	Documentary ephemera related to Bob's work/process?
33	4	GB DeWeese Gallery poster mock-ups, calendars (OS)
33	5	Folder of Xeroxed material (photographs, Bob sketches, etc.) (OS)
33	6	Paintings on canvas board (Bob?) (OS)
33	7	Calendars, 1983-1984 (OS)
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)
33	9	Charcoal (?) sketch on paper, "Paris E.A. Ariel" (can't read additional writing)
33	10	Photograph of Tina DeWeese (?) on horse
34	1	Portfolio (Containing documentary ephemera (miscellaneous photographs, scraps of paper, sketches, bits of writing, fabric printed with woodcuts))
34	2	Donald Gilbert Wood's BFA thesis from The Ohio State University, 1948 [Teaching Materials]
54	2	Matisse Folder of reproductions of various famous artworks
54	3	Reproductions of famous artworks
8	3-7	Reproductions of famous artworks
26	6-7	Reproductions of famous artworks
26	8	Press	1956-1966
26	9	Newspaper Clippings	1996
26	10	Art Pamphlets and Publications
27	1	Art Pamphlets and Publications
27	2	German and Italian Artists - Prints and Reproductions	1953-1961
27	3-6	Mounted Reproductions
27	7	Time Magazine Art Sections	1959-1960
27	8	De Kooning Reviews and works by other artists	1962
27	9	Art Reproductions: Nude Drawings
27	10	Postcards and Correspondence	1975-1976
28	1	Exhibition and Gallery Pamphlets	1950-1965
28	2	Workshops with Young Children and Students
8	8	Cardboard Signs: "International Child Art" and "In the MSC Art Dept. Collection of Original Works of Art"
28	3	Art Postcards	1950s-1960s
28	4	Shows and Exhibitions
28	5-6	Exhibition Catalogs	1948-1964
28	7	Miles City Art Show - Bob and Gennie	1964
28	8	Miscellaneous Exhibition Stuff

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	Dates
Box	Folder
32	1-6	Condolence Letters to Josh DeWeese - Regarding Death of Gennie DeWeese	2007-2008
35	1-7	Condolence Letters to Tina DeWeese - Regarding Death of Gennie DeWeese	2007-2008
37	1-2	Condolence Letters to Tina DeWeese - Regarding Death of Gennie DeWeese	2007-2008
37	3	Get Well Soon Cards to Bob DeWeese and Condolence Letters to Gennie DeWeese	1989-1991
37	4-6	Condolence Letters to Gennie DeWeese and Family - Regarding Death of Bob DeWeese	1990-1991
38	1-7	Condolence Letters to Gennie DeWeese and Family - Regarding Death of Bob DeWeese	1990-1991
39	1	Get Well Soon Cards to Bob DeWeese and Condolence Letters to Gennie DeWeese	1990-1991
39	2-6	Condolence Letters to Gennie DeWeese and Family - Regarding Death of Bob DeWeese	1990-1991
40	1	Letters to Bob DeWeese	1961-1977
40	2	Gennie DeWeese Correspondence	1988-1996

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.
Box	Folder
42	1	Personalized Stamp
42	2	Medal
42	3	Ribbon
42	4	Nametag
42	5	"Gen" Wooden Square
42	6	Sweet Pea Stamp
42	7	She May be Mom, but she's also a woman framed quote
40	3-4	Family Memories	1990-2006
40	5	Family History - Genealogy	2004
40	6	"Adams Family" - Gennie (Adams) DeWeese Family Research	2005
40	7	Memorabilia	1961-2000
	Volume
36	1	Claris Adams Memorial Service, The American Life Convention, "Mrs. Robert DeWeese"	1960
	Folder
54	4	Calendar, "In Praise of Women's Art"
54	5	Calendar	1988 December
40	8	MSU	1984-1991
40	9	Josh DeWeese Article	circa 2000
40	10-12	Articles and Flyers - Gennie DeWeese Shows	1966-2003
41	1-2	Articles and Flyers - Gennie DeWeese Shows	1973-2000
41	3	Gennie DeWeese Interview, Newspapers, Gallery	1985-1995
41	4	Miscellaneous	1993-2000
8	9	Article in This Week, "Celebrating the life of Gennie DeWeese"	2008 June 20
		2: Awards 1 box Collection of awards given to Gennie DeWeese.
Box
42		Artist of the Year honorary key, Yellowstone Art Museum President's Awards, (Gennie DeWeese)	2002 July 12
	Folder
41	5-6	MSU Honorary Doctorate of the Arts-with Commencement Documents	1995
41	7	Senska-Wilber Montana Governor's Arts Award	1985 May 18
41	8	Montana Governor's Arts Award	1980-1995
41	9	Sign: "A woman has to do twice as much as a man to be considered half as good"
41	10	Resume Statements
41	11	US Department of State Art, Certificate of Appreciation, Art in Embassies Program	1995-2000
43	1	Ageless Hero Award, Blue Cross and Blue Shield	2000

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	Dates
		1: Projects 4 boxes Examples of Gennie DeWeese's work such as sketches of murals, illustrations for projects such as Hamlet's Planets.
Box	Folder
43	2	Miscellaneous Panels of the Arts Involvements	1986-2005
43	3-4	Montana Contemporary Art Marketing Study	1994-1995
43	5	Meetings - Suggestions, etc.
43	6	Helen Schmidt Book	1981-1982
43	7	Gottlieb Foundation	2005-2006
43	8	Hamlet's Planets	1997
43	9	Gennie DeWeese Painting and Woodcut list
43	10	Shows, museum correspondence, etc.	1975-2003
44	1	Gallery and Exhibit Correspondence	1982-2006
44	2	Gallery Correspondence: San Francisco Gallery, Yellowstone Art Museum, Penelope Loucas Gallery	1984-2002
44	3	Morgan Gallery and Custer County Art Center	1993-2007
44	4	Toucan Gallery and UCross Foundation	2000-2002
44	5	Billings Clinic Hospital Mural, Corona Sexson, etc.	1979-2000
44	6	Billings Clinic Hospital Mural - Photographs
44	7	"Scrolls": Art statements and pricing
44	8	Hamlet's Planets sketches
44	9	Hamlet's Planets manuscript
44	10	Hamlet's Planets
45	1	Women's Work Art Show and The Griffin Child illustrations	1989
45	2	Personal letters, art programs, newspaper clippings	1989
45	3	Notes on Native American Art
45	4	Fish, Wildlife and Parks Mural Proposal	2002
45	5	Lists, Prices
45	6	Notebook
45	7	"About Gennie," Terry Karson	1999
45	8	Mr. Somersets 4th Grade Visit to Art Museum of Missoula	circa 1996
45	9	Gennie DeWeese Retrospective Art Museum of Missoula	1992-2005
45	10	Montana Artists Refuge	2003
		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.
Box	Folder
45	11	National Endowment of the Arts	1979-1990
45	12	Women's Work: The Montana Women's Centennial Art Survey Exhibition, curated by Gennie DeWeese and Suzanne Katzanek	1989
46	1	Women's Work: The Montana Women's Centennial Art Survey Exhibition, curated by Gennie DeWeese and Suzanne Katzanek	1989
46	2	Notes and Remarks on Jessie Wilber Tipi Design Serigraphs
46	3	Gallery Guestbook: Thank You Notes from Montana Art Gallery Directors Association (MAGDA)	1966-2003
46	4	Contemporary Art Pamphlets	1990-1993
46	5	Spinsters Ink and R&F Handmade Paints info	1993
46	6	Women Who Make a Difference	1986-2002
46	7	Missoula Art Museum, Gennie DeWeese Retrospective, Exhibit layout sheets (mockup)	1990-2008
46	8	Yellowstone Art Museum	1979-2007
46	9	Yellowstone Art Museum: Acquisition of Gen Paintings	1995-2002
46	10	Holtler Art Museum	1997-2007
47	1	Corona Vol. I	1980
47	2	Corona Vol. II	1981
47	3	DeWeese Legacy	1991-2011
53	1	DeWeese Legacy - Retrospective booklet	1996
47	4	DeWeese Art Postcards	1997-2004
47	5	Gennie DeWeese Retrospective - Art Museum of Missoula	1996
47	6	Arizona State University: The Works of Gennie DeWeese	1995-1996
47	7	Invoices and Receipts	1994-1996
47	8	"Gen" (speech text)	1996
47	9	Notes and Letters to Gennie DeWeese	1992-1996
8	10	"Your comments for Gennie DeWeese" - Comments from exhibition	1996-1997
47	10	Art Museum of Missoula, Gennie DeWeese: A Retrospective	1994-1997
54	6	Gennie DeWeese Retrospective - Proofs	1996
47	11	Gennie DeWeese: A Retrospective, Resume	1996

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5 boxes

Series 6 includes gallery materials, notes, guest books, publicity materials, newspaper clippings, press releases and correspondence.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
47	12-13	Bob and Gennie Gallery - Price lists and sales books	1987-1988
48	1-2	At Home magazine	2004-2008
48	3	Various Magazines and Art Auction Catalogs	2011
54	7	Various Magazines	2005
48	4-6	Art Auction Catalogs	1988-2008
49	1-2	Art Auction Catalogs	1982-2003
49	3	The Poindexter Collection, Yellowstone Art Museum	2005
49	4	Yellowstone Art Center	1974-1989
49	5-6	Yellowstone Art Museum Annual Art Auction	2000-2007
49	7	Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art Exhibition and Auction Catalogs	1988-2002
49	8	Art Magazines	1992-2004
50	1	Assorted Art Pamphlets	1959-1998
50	2	Missoula Museum of the Arts/Art Museum of Missoula Exhibitions	1987-2004
50	3	Peter Rutledge Koch	1995-2000
50	4	Montana State University Art Exhibitions	1966-1974
50	5	Women's Work: The Montana Women's Centennial	1989
50	6	Seattle Gallery Exhibitions	1997
50	7	Montana Cultural Treasures: Guide to Montana Art Galleries, Museums and Studies	1997-1999
50	8	Montana Artists	1997
50	9	DeWeese Shows: Early Years, MSU, and Bozeman	1949-1985
50	10	DeWeese Shows: Montana and Friends' Show Announcements	1954-1993
50	11	Northwest Printmakers, University of Washington	1956-1961
50	12	Seattle Art Museum Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists	1952-1961
50	13	Gallery Paule Anglim and Loggia Gallery in San Francisco	1958-1987
50	14	Various Exhibitions in the United States and France	1945-1990
50	15	Newspaper Retro Shows, etc.	1979-2006
51	1	Ford Times	1953-1956
51	2	Bob DeWeese's Obituary	1976-1993
51	3	Artweek: Exhibitions: Joys of Process	1983
51	4	DeWeese Contemporary Gallery	1986-1987
51	5	Artweek	1987-1988
51	6	Artweek and This Week magazines	1984-1988
51	7	Correspondence and Newspaper clippings	1982-1987
51	8	DeWeese Gallery: Akio Takamori and Harold Schlotzhauer	1986-1987
51	9	DeWeese Gallery Promotional Material	1987
51	10	Miscellaneous Gallery Stuff	1987-1988
51	11	DeWeese Contemporary Gallery: Miriam Sample	1978-1987
51	12	Gallery Announcements and Correspondence	1985-1987
51	13	Press Releases: Autio Trio
51	14	DeWeese Family Show: Prices and Inventories	1983
51	15	Newspaper Stories	1986
52	1	DeWeese Gallery Advertising	1986
52	2	DeWeese Gallery Preview Show photos	1985
52	3	DeWeese Gallery photos	1986
52	4	DeWeese Gallery: Various shows: Josh DeWeese, Rob DeWeese, Gen DeWeese, Jerry Rankin, Clarice Dreyer show photos	1985-1986
52	5	Exhibitor Resumes and Statements	1986
53	2-3	DeWeese Gallery Posters	1986
54	8	DeWeese Gallery Posters: Xeroxes
53	4-6	Gallery Correspondence	1986-1988
53	7	Cash Book	1985-1986
53	8	DeWeese Contemporary Gallery photos
53	9	Inventory: DeWeese family artworks	1980s
53	10	Gallery Guestbook	1985-1986
	dvd
55	1	'Gennie DeWeese 80th Birthday' Tina DeWeese's compilation of Gennie's life in 444 photographs.
55	2	'Thanksgiving 2007'
	compact-disc
55	1	'At the DeWeese's' Movie by Michael Sexton.
	dvd
55	3	'Bob DeWeese: A Look Ahead, Exhibition at the Holter Museum of Art' By Martin Holt.
	compact-disc
55	2	'Bob DeWeese Panel, Holter Museum, Terry Karson/James Reineking/Markus Stangl/Wes Mills/Jerry Rankin, October 29, 2006'	October 26, 2006
55	3	'Terry Karson, Robert DeWeese "At Large" Leni Holliman YPR'
	vhs
55	2	'DeWeese "House full of Art' MSU Film and TV production by Bill Neff.
55	3	'Tipi's Wessie' [Jessie Wilber]
55	4	'Montana Style: The Art of Bob DeWeese'
55	5	'Robert DeWeese Exhibition Tape, August 30, 1991' Video of retrospective at Yellowstone Art Center.	August 30, 1991
55	6	'Gennie DeWeese' Compilation of photos of Gennie by Tina DeWeese.
	Volume
36	2	DeWeese Gallery - Guest List
36	3	Slides and Photographs from the DeWeese Gallery

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