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Mary Muir papers, 1903-2013
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Muir, Mary Margaret
- Title
- Mary Muir papers
- Dates
- 1903-2013 (inclusive)19032013
- Quantity
- 9.75 linear feet, (19 boxes)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 3146
- Summary
- The Mary Muir papers (1903-2013) contain correspondence, interviews, research, and writing related to Muir's book on Utah artist LeConte Stewart.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this Collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Mary Margaret Morgan (1921-2019) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She earned a BA and MA in History at the McCune School of Music and the University of Utah, where she taught Art History until her retirement. An active member of the community, she served as the President of the Utah Symphony Guild, and was the first woman member of the Symphony's Board of Directors, as well as an influential founder of the Bountiful Art Center. She dedicated much of her life to researching Utah artist LeConte Stewart, and became one of the foremost authorities on him and his work. She was married to Edward Wallace Muir from 1943 until his death in 2007. Mary Margaret Morgan Muir died in September 2019.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Mary Muir papers (1903-2013) contain correspondence, interviews, research, and writing related to Muir's book on Utah artist LeConte Stewart.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged by subject.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Edward Muir Jr., Prescott Muir, and Phillip Muir in 2019.
Processing Note
Processed by Kristina Barksdale in 2020.
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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
I: Personal materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Correspondence |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Student: Frank Christensen letter |
1986 |
| 1 | 2 | Student: Katie Corning letters |
1986-1987 |
| 1 | 3 | Student: Florence Cole Cowan letter |
1982 |
| 1 | 4 | Student: Roger Hammond letters and interview notes |
1984-1987 |
| 1 | 5 | Student: letter from Roy Johnson about Mary Kimball |
1997 |
| 1 | 6 | Postcards and Randall Lake letter |
1998 |
| 1 | 7 | Frank Paul letter and Ethel Paul interview |
1982; 1986 |
| 1 | 8 | Students field trip, Peterson |
1986 |
| 1 | 9 | Will South correspondence |
1998 |
| 1 | 10 | Kathryn Stats letter and art |
1995 |
| 1 | 11 | John Stewart correspondence |
1991 |
Thesis materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Muir thesis manuscript |
1978 |
| 2 | 2 | Muir master's thesis copy #2 |
1978 |
| 2 | 3-4 | Thesis notes |
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| 2 | 5 | Bibliography |
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| 3 | 1 |
The Color of Mood: American Tonalism
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1972 |
| 3 | 2 |
Tonalism: An American Interpretation of the Landscape
|
1993 |
| 3 | 3 | Notes on tonalism |
1993 |
| 3 | 4 | Tonalism: Willard Metcalf |
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| 3 | 5 | Dutch tonalism: 17th century and modern |
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Research on art and artists |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | Notes on Henry Ranger |
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| 4 | 2 | Ranger notes |
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| 4 | 3 | Henry Ward Ranger: Old Lyme colony outline and notes, quotes |
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| 4 | 4 | Old Lyme/Lineage |
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| 4 | 5 | Old Lyme artists colony, Florence Griswold house |
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| 4 | 6 | Old Lyme artist teachers: Hassam, DuMond, Ochtman, Harrison |
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| 4 | 7 | John Carlson: Richfield artists, Henry Ward Ranger |
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| 4 | 8 | John F. Carlson catalogues/chronology |
1978-1980 |
| 4 | 9 | DuMond: Geoffrey Anderson on DuMond contribution |
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| 4 | 10 | Artists: Frank Vincent DuMond, teacher |
1903; 1949-1986; 2009 |
| 4 | 11 | Frank Vincent DuMond |
1966; 1990 |
| 4 | 12 | Birge Harrison |
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| 4 | 13 | Birge Harrison articles, mural painting vs easel |
1907-1924; 1986; 2010 |
| 4 | 14 | Artist: Birge Harrison, archives of American arts |
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| 4 | 15 | Tonalists: Birge Harrison |
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| 4 | 16 | Valuable notes on Carlson/Woodstock/DuMond/Harrison |
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| 4 | 17 | Woodstock Depression decline |
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| 4 | 18 | Woodstock: Stewart palette |
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| 4 | 19 | Woodstock and art students league |
1982-1983 |
| 5 | 1 | Andrew J. Christensen, copies of Palette and Bench
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2013 |
| 5 | 2 | History: Luke Cosgrave A Review U of U correspondence, Dr. Greg Thompson |
1990-2000 |
| 5 | 3-4 | Luke Cosgrave, A Review
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1917; 1921; 1995 |
| 5 | 5 | Luke Cosgrave research |
1917; 1995-1997 |
| 5 | 6 | Art students' league research notes, Bruce Crane |
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| 5 | 7 | George Dibble, Tribune obituaries etc. |
1976-1992 |
| 5 | 8 | Alvin Gittins articles and retrospective |
1981 |
| 5 | 9 | Childe Hassam |
1977-1988 |
| 5 | 10 | Impressionist: Childe Hassam |
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| 5 | 11 | American impressionism |
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| 5 | 12 | American impressionism: Theodore Robinson and Giverny |
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| 5 | 13 | Art in America, Theodore Robinson |
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| 5 | 14 | Impressionism: John Henry Twachtman, Hassam |
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| 5 | 15 | John Twachtman |
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| 5 | 16 | Impressionism: J. Alden Weir |
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| 6 | 1 | Edward Hopper, The Art and the Artist, Gail Lever, Whitney museum |
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| 6 | 2 | Artists: Edward Hopper article |
1980 |
| 6 | 3 | Alice Merrill Horne, Alma Wright/Edwin Evans |
1914 |
| 6 | 4 | Artists: George Inness, LA county museum |
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| 6 | 5 | Artists: George Inness, Pat and Frank Gleason |
1996 |
| 6 | 6 | Inness materials |
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| 6 | 7-8 | Artists: Inness, Wyant Martin notes |
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| 6 | 9 | Wyant: Olpin |
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| 6 | 10 | Wyant, Homer, Whistler in Venice |
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| 6 | 11 | Lee Ann Miller, women's caucus for art |
1979 |
| 6 | 12 | Murphy notes |
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| 6 | 13 | Richard Murray materials |
1976-1978 |
| 6 | 14 | Leonard Ochtman |
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| 6 | 15 | Cornelius and Paul Salisbury history |
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| 6 | 16 | Salisbury: Cornelius and Paul |
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| 6 | 17 | Emmanuel Swedenborg notes |
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| 6 | 18 | Dwight Tryon |
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| 6 | 19 | Article on Alma Brockerman Wright |
2011 |
| 6 | 20 | U of U Bountiful/Davis artists, Tony Rasmussen and Marilyn Coleman |
1976; 2009 |
| 7 | 1 | Artists: Smithsonian photo ordering instructions |
1984 |
| 7 | 2 | Cos Cob artist's colony, Bush Holley house |
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| 7 | 3 | Extractions from all sources on the Barbizon School |
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| 7 | 4 | Miscellaneous notes and papers |
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| 8 | 1 | Art in America, The Landscape of Bruce Crane
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| 8 | 2 | Art in America, The Modern Tendency in Henni, Sloon, and Bellows
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| 8 | 3 | The Armory Show, articles from Art in America |
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| 8 | 4 |
The Silent Decade, Art in America notes |
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| 8 | 5 | Morton Feldman, After Modernism notes |
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| 8 | 6 | Artists: Sir Alfred East, The Art of Landscape
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| 8 | 7 | The Century, illustrated monthly magazine |
1913-1914 |
| 8 | 8 |
The Ten American Painters
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| 8 | 9 | Woodstock annotated readings |
1971-1972; 1984 |
II: LeConte Stewart materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Correspondence and interviews |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | Letter from Bolton Brown, lithography |
1931 |
| 9 | 2 | Letter from John F. Carlson |
1926 |
| 9 | 3 | Letter from Luke Cosgrave |
1920 |
| 9 | 4 | Letter from A.S. Cowie, the Biltmore Salon |
1930 |
| 9 | 5 | Letters from Maynard Dixon Stewart |
1919-1942 |
| 9 | 6 | Maynard Dixon Stewart letters and articles |
1919-1942; 1966-2006 |
| 9 | 7 | Maynard Dixon, Dorothea Lange correspondence |
1994-1995 |
| 9 | 8 | Letter from Carl A. Durkee |
1986 |
| 9 | 9 | Letter from Jeane Berthelson Eagan, ex student |
1976 |
| 9 | 10 | Letter from Franklin T. Ferguson, purchase of painting |
1974 |
| 9 | 11 | Letters from John Folinsbee |
1913; 1924 |
| 9 | 12 | Letter from Emil J. Kosa, Jr. re: Cowie letter |
1954 |
| 9 | 13 | Letter from Herbert Meyer, artist |
1945 |
| 9 | 14 | Letter from Leonard Ochtman |
1913 |
| 9 | 15 | Letters from Bert G. Phillips |
1920 |
| 9 | 16 | Letters from Hanson Puthuff |
1926 |
| 9 | 17 | Letters from E.W. Redfield |
1920-1924 |
| 9 | 18 | Letter from H. Leith Ross |
1913 |
| 9 | 19 | Letter from Harry Leith-Ross, Woodstock friend |
1913-1954 |
| 9 | 20 | Letter from Cornelius Salisbury, scenery painting |
1929 |
| 9 | 21 | Letter from Paul Sample, artist/teacher |
1954 |
| 9 | 22 | Letter from Jacob Getlar Smith, teacher/artist |
1954 |
| 9 | 23 | Letter from Eulalia Stuart Stauffer, student of Stewart |
1943 |
| 9 | 24 | Letter from U of U president George Thomas |
1938 |
| 9 | 25 | Letter from Elmer Wachtel |
1915 |
| 9 | 26 | Letters from Everett L. Warner, Broadmoor academy |
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| 9 | 27 | Letter from Clara Young, artist student |
1938 |
| 9 | 28 | Catalogue of valuable letters from artists |
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| 10 | 1 | LeConte Stewart interviews |
1982-1983 |
| 10 | 2 | LeConte Stewart interview notes |
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| 10 | 3 | LeConte Stewart interviews, critic/jurors, awards/prices, exhibitions |
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| 10 | 4 | LeConte Stewart interviews: influences, artists and friend artists |
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| 10 | 5 | LeConte interview: teaching - Murray, Kaysville, Ogden |
1982-1986 |
| 10 | 6 | LeConte Stewart interviews: the artist, methods/style |
1982-1983 |
| 10 | 7 | LeConte Stewart interview with Douglas Johnson, Mary Muir correspondence |
1976; 1991 |
| 10 | 8 | Stewart interviews, Mary Muir edited copies |
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| 10 | 9 | Zipporah - Alice Telford interview, Kaysville |
1984-1988 |
| 10 | 10 | Alice Gailey Telford: LeConte and Zipporah courtship |
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| 10 | 11 | Dorothy Bearnson interview notes |
1994 |
| 10 | 12 | Student: Claudia Sizemore interview, article on LeConte Stewart |
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| 10 | 13 | Claudia Sizemore tape |
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| 10 | 14 | Birge Stewart interview |
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| 10 | 15 | Lila Abergold - Patronage, interviews: David Ericson, Allen Dodworth, Tom Alder |
2010 |
| 10 | 16 | U of U student interviews |
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| 10 | 17 | Student/BAC teacher, Diane Tumer |
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| 10 | 18 | Student: Arlene Wilson interview |
1986; 1088 |
| 10 | 19 | Student: Lee Parkinson interview |
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| 10 | 20 | Ben Lomond hotel mural information, Dorothea Biglow Browning, Ogden student |
1972; 1992 |
| 10 | 21 | Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Chester Springs: interview LeConte Stewart, Gael Lindstrom |
1982; 1993 |
Mary Muir book materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | Stewart data for Donna Poulton |
2011 |
| 11 | 2 | Mary correspondence, Stewart book project |
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| 11 | 3 | Stewart project correspondence |
1986-1988 |
| 11 | 4 | Correspondence regarding LeConte Stewart book |
2009-2010 |
| 11 | 5 | LeConte Stewart book project members |
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| 11 | 6 | Book prokect, Maynard Dixon Stewart |
1976; 2001 |
| 11 | 7 | Book project, Chris essay |
2009 |
| 11 | 8-9 | Mary Muir essay, LeConte Stewart: The Education of the Artist and the Artist-Educator
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| 11 | 10 | Mary Muir essay on Stewart, Arlene Wilson included |
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| 11 | 11 | Mary Muir essay on Stewart and photo request |
2011 |
| 11 | 12 | Stewart essay copies with corrections |
1987 |
| 12 | 1 | LeConte Stewart introduction |
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| 12 | 2 | Stewart book outline |
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| 12 | 3 | Book layout of contents and notes on Stewart painting class |
1986 |
| 12 | 4 | Chapter outlines |
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| 12 | 5 | Chapter 1 and end notes - completed |
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| 12 | 6 | Chapter 1 draft, Stewart history |
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| 12 | 7 | First draft chapters |
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| 12 | 8 | Stewart chapter 1 drafts |
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| 12 | 9 | Chapter drafts |
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| 12 | 10 | Chapter 2 editing copy |
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| 12 | 11 | Chapter 2 notes |
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| 12 | 12 | Chapter 2 drafts |
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| 12 | 13 | Manuscript chapters 1-10 |
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| 13 | 1 | Chapter drafts |
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| 13 | 2 | Completed chapter drafts |
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| 13 | 3 | Invitation to Stewart festival, chapter draft with notes, and George Dibble article |
1987 |
| 13 | 4 | Rough chapters with notes |
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| 13 | 5 | Chapter notes |
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| 13 | 6 | Working chapter, LeConte Stewart |
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| 13 | 7 | Drafts of Stewart biography |
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| 13 | 8 | Book notes and revisions |
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| 13 | 9 | LeConte Stewart rough notes |
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| 13 | 10 | LeConte Stewart, Mary Muir rough notes |
1987-1990; 2013 |
| 14 | 1 | Book materials from March 25 |
1977 |
| 14 | 2 | Book materials from July 23 |
1982 |
| 14 | 3 | Book materials from November 26 |
1982 |
| 14 | 4 | Book materials from December 4 |
1982 |
| 14 | 5 | Book materials from December 8 |
1982 |
| 14 | 6 | Book materials from December 16 |
1982 |
| 14 | 7 | Book materials from December 23 |
1982 |
| 14 | 8 | Book materials from January 22 |
1983 |
| 14 | 9 | Book materials from January 28 |
1983 |
| 14 | 10 | Book materials from April 20 |
1983 |
Essays on Stewart |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 1 | Connie Borup art, articles, interviews, and essay on Stewart |
1990-1999 |
| 15 | 2 | Student: Robert Day essay on Stewart |
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| 15 | 3 | Student: Mamie Platt Dickson thesis on Stewart |
1955 |
| 15 | 4 | Alvin Gittins Continuum article and article on Stewart |
2001 |
| 15 | 5 | Ed Maryon article on Stewart |
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| 15 | 6 | Student: Gwen McCausland |
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| 15 | 7 | Student: Gwendolyn McCausland letter and essay on Stewart |
1990 |
| 15 | 8 | Student: Madelyn McGown essay on Stewart |
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| 15 | 9 | Madelyn McGown essay, The Life of LeConte Stewart
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| 15 | 10 | Katherine Nelson article on Stewart, Utah Holiday |
1985 |
| 15 | 11 | Dr. Ropbert O. Olpin essay, U of U |
1978 |
| 15 | 12 | Bob Olpin essay, writings about LeConte Stewart |
1972-1990 |
| 15 | 13 | Bob Olpin U of U Art Department history |
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| 15 | 14 | V. Douglas Snow obituary and essay on Stewart |
1986; 1995; 2009 |
| 15 | 15 | Maynard D. Stewart essay on Stewart |
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| 15 | 16 | Dr. Nathan B. Winters, LeConte Stewart: Teacher of Teachers
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| 15 | 17 | Carnegie Free Library, bulletin excerpt, LeConte Stewart: Western artist |
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| 15 | 18 | Depression-era printmakers, LeConte Stewart |
1999 |
| 15 | 19 | LeConte Stewart and DeBouzek Engraving Co. articles |
1999 |
| 15 | 20 | Article on LeConte's honors |
1978 |
Research on Stewart |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 16 | 1 | Stewart family correspondence |
1976; 1986; 1991; 2010-2013 |
| 16 | 2 | Dick Stewart correspondence |
1984-1990 |
| 16 | 3 | LeConte Stewart Kaysville home |
2011 |
| 16 | 4 | Kaysville historic tour |
1996 |
| 16 | 5 | Richfield: Stewart family property |
1990 |
| 16 | 6 | LeConte Stewart family pictures |
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| 16 | 7 | LeConte interview: early childhood art |
1982 |
| 16 | 8 | Floy Hansen Calder, Richfield: LeConte's mother, Aunt Lucy Heppler |
1996 |
| 16 | 9 | Jenny Parrish Stewart |
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| 16 | 10 | Maynard Dixon trips and notes |
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| 16 | 11 | Bountiful Gallery exhibition notes, Stewart history |
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| 16 | 12 | LeConte Stewart chronology |
1990 |
| 16 | 13 | Stewart articles, style chronology |
1972-1976; 1990 |
| 16 | 14 | Stewart personal record, rambling thoughts: art, religion, death |
1939; 1949; 1976; 1984 |
| 16 | 15 | Stewart chronology, lecture notes/book |
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| 16 | 16 | Chronology of Stewart's art style |
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| 16 | 17 | Notes and timeline |
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| 16 | 18 | Miscellaneous LeConte Stewart papers |
1949; 2001 |
| 16 | 19 | LeConte Stewart notes, articles, and miscellaneous materials |
1948; 1976; 2012 |
| 16 | 20 | Ricks Academy: Student Rays, Rexburg, Idaho |
1910 |
Articles, gallery exhibitions, and materials from U of U |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 1 | U of U faculty chronology |
1936-1956; 1978; 1999-2000 |
| 17 | 2 | LeConte Stewart U of U correspondence and faculty information |
1937-1956; 1998 |
| 17 | 3 | Graphic art: U of U LeConte talks |
1982-1983 |
| 17 | 4 | U of U art collection, Stewart, Dibble, Salisbury |
1981 |
| 17 | 5 | U of U, Salt Lake Tribune announcement, LeConte Stewart art department |
1938 |
| 17 | 6 | Stewart retrospective and gallery talk and notes |
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| 17 | 7 | Stewart exhibition, gallery notes and list of paintings, etc. |
1982 |
| 17 | 8 | LeConte Stewart gallery talk, 20th anniversary BAC |
1994 |
| 17 | 9 | Utah Museum of Fine Arts, LeConte Stewart work and retrospective |
1978 |
| 17 | 10 | Bountiful/Davis Art Center Stewart festival |
1996 |
| 17 | 11 | LeConte Stewart festival artwork |
1987 |
| 17 | 12 | LeConte Stewart art |
1998 |
| 17 | 13 | LeConte Stewart barn scene prepared for graphic reproduction |
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III: Miscellaneous materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 1 | Stewart archive materials and notes |
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| 18 | 2 | LeConte's archive: articles and photos, French impressionists, Bellows, Blakelock, Hopper |
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| 18 | 3 | Florine Stewart: archive contents on loan and returned |
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| 18 | 4 | Collections related to LeConte Stewart |
2010 |
| 18 | 5 | Stewart copies, Andrew L. Christenson, Palette and Bench
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2013 |
| 18 | 6 | Chickering piano |
1982-1984 |
| 18 | 7 | Notes |
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| 18 | 8 | Miscellaneous notes |
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| 18 | 9 | Lanscape painting |
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| 18 | 10 | 1893 World Columbian Exposition |
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| 18 | 11 | Association of American Painters/Sculptors, Society of American Art, Amory show steiglite 291 exhibitions |
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| 18 | 12 | Utah contextual history |
IV: Oversized materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Box | |
| 19 | Mary Muir thesis and copies of Palette and Bench
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Art, Modern--19th century--History
Personal Names
- Muir, Mary Margaret--Archives
- Stewart, LeConte, 1891-1990
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