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Helen Loggie Papers, approximately 1937-1979
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Loggie, Helen A., -- 1895-1976.
- Title
- Helen Loggie Papers
- Dates
- approximately
1937-1979 (inclusive)19371979
- Quantity
- 3 linear feet, (2 oversized boxes)
- Collection Number
- XOE_CPNWS0370
- Summary
- Biographical materials including educational diplomas, certificates, and awards; personal papers including correspondence; brochures for various exhibitions; photographs of Helen Loggie and her art works.
- Repository
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Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Archives Building
808 25th St.
Bellingham, WA
98225
Telephone: (360) 650-7534
cpnws@wwu.edu - Access Restrictions
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The collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection helps to provide a context of the artistic world Helen Loggie occupied during her active years as an artist. A variety of beautifully engraved cards from several of Loggie's significant artist friends reflect her many contacts throughout the United States. Exhibit programs and catalogs listing her art for sale indicate the breadth of her success. Newspaper clippings detail Loggie's local, national and international activities and her awards confirm her state, national and international reputation.
On a local level, Loggie played a significant role in helping to establish the Studio Gallery at Western Washington College of Education, the precursor of today’s Western Gallery. A variety of photographs of her prints are included, and some of these works are held by the Western Gallery. An "Order Book", listing financial and property transactions over the course of 30 years, provides a peek into her domestic life. It was the landscape that brought Helen Loggie back to Bellingham and the collection contains photographs of some of her mountain sites. Also included is a copy of Helen Loggie’s description of her artistic career, which Loggie submitted to Who’s Who in America, 1972-1973 edition.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The artist Helen Amanda Loggie was born in Bellingham, Washington in 1895, where her father, George, and his brother, J.A., owned the Whatcom Falls Mill Company. Her family encouraged her early artistic interests and their wealth enabled her to pursue her talent for the rest of her life.
After studying at Smith College for 2 years, she entered the Art Students League in New York City in 1916, where she studied with George Luks and Robert Henri. She then traveled in Europe and lived and worked in New York City, studying privately with Mahonri Young and John Taylor Arms.
In 1927 Helen Loggie returned to Bellingham, where she lived in the family home and on Orcas Island for the rest of her life. She remained in close touch with her New York artist friends and others, exhibiting her etchings and drawings locally, nationally and internationally in both group and one-person exhibitions.
Of significance to the Bellingham community, beginning in 1938 Helen Loggie gave her tireless support and professional advice to the fledgling Western Washington College of Education’s Studio Gallery, and through her many contacts assisted the college in attracting high quality shows for exhibit.
She received numerous honors and awards during her life, and many of her etchings were placed in public collections, including the Library of Congress, the British Museum and the National Academy of Design. Her particular genius was to use her exceptional draughtsmanship and etching technique to capture the beauty of the Salish Sea region, particularly the trees.
Helen Loggie died in Bellingham in 1976.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Helen Loggie Papers, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Archives and Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Collection was transferred from Special Collections to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies in 2016.
Related Materials
"Beyond the veil, the etchings of Helen Loggie" exhibit program, The Whatcom Museum of History and Art, text by Thomas Alix Johnston and Dorothy Koert, September 1979, held in the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies reference collection, Vertical Folder 318.
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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Engraved cards and letter
Cards by: Helen Loggie, 1895-1976 (4 with duplicate); John Taylor Arms, 1887-1953
(5); Ernest David Roth, 1879-1964 (3); Louis Conrad Rosenberg, 1890-1983 (1);
Frank Hartley Anderson, 1891-1947 (1) [biographical information about Frank
Hartley Anderson and his wife, Martha Fort Anderson, appears in "Southern
Printmakers Society’s" 1942 publication, in file 2/4]; Samuel V. Chamberlain,
1895-1975 (1)
Letter from John Bryans (1925-) to Helen Loggie regarding The Arts Club and
Smithsonian exhibits, 1964
|
1937-1945, 1964 |
| 1/2 | Black and white photographs of the artist’s
mountain sites
Includes one negative of an etching with the inscription "Made test on this one L.
M. H."
|
undated |
| 1/3 | Photographs of Helen Loggie’s titled artwork not
owned by the Western Gallery
Titles taken from the artist’s notation on the back of the photograph or
transcribed from a titled copy located in a printed source and dates taken from
the front of the photograph or a printed source, when available: "Shuksan from
Austin Pass", 1949 (2 copies); "This flowering earth", 1956 (4 copies); "One white
camas", 1966 (2 copies); "Hymn to spring", undated; "Baby camel", undated (2
copies); "Ringling Bros. Camels", undated (2 copies); "Dog days", undated; "Coles
Circus camels", 1949 (2 copies); "White light", 1946 (2 copies); "The sun-drenched
cedar", 1954 (2 copies); "Christmas tree at night", 1948 (2 copies); "Olympic Rain
Forest of the HOH", 1963 (3 copies); "Poppies and Queen Anne’s Lace", 1949 (4
copies); "Spring abundance", undated (3 copies); "High noon", 1960 (2 copies);
"Blond giant", 1947 (3 copies); "Through forests green", 1959 (2 copies); "Winter
path", 1951 (2 copies); "Ski slopes", undated; "Hill top", undated; "Indian Poke
Lilies", undated; "Spirit of the Cascades", 1943 (3 copies); "Daffodil Way",
1962
|
approximately 1947-1966 |
| 1/4 | Photographs of Helen Loggie’s untitled artwork not
owned by the Western Gallery
Works described, with dates taken from the front of the photograph when available:
View of mountains (including Shuksan?) with sloping hill and Indian poke lilies in
foreground, undated (10 copies); View of small island from vine covered balcony,
1965 (7 copies); Ship (possibly the Vigilant) at dock with activity on deck, and
log boom and 2 workers in foreground with 2 small craft on the right, 1933 (2
copies); 3 elephants moving to the left underneath a tent, with several tent poles
visible, undated; Exterior scene of Cole Bros. Circus, with various tents, flags,
signs, ticket wagon, customers and circus workers visible, undated; Twisted tree
amongst wild flowers with water and land in background, 1965 (2 copies); Forest
scene with stream on left running down in front of cedar in foreground, 1966;
Forest view of the trunks of 4 trees on right, the trunk in the foreground
separated from the others by a small stream, with under growth, 1968?; View of
white cat sleeping on a bed, 1958
|
approximately 1933-1968 |
| 1/5 | Photographs of Helen Loggie’s artwork owned by the
Western Gallery
Titles taken from artist’s notation on the back of the photograph or transcribed
from a titled copy located in a printed source and dates taken from the front of
the photograph or a printed source: "Hemlock forest", 1955 (2 copies); "Flowering
madrona", 1942 or 1941? (2 copies); "Minus tide", 1963 (3 copies); "Island
shores", 1956 (4 copies); "Hosanna", 1960 (4 copies); "The Monarch of Woolard",
1952 (2 copies)
|
approximately 1941-1960 |
| 2/1 | Programs, brochure and catalog for Helen Loggie’s
exhibits
Studio Gallery, WWCE 1942 Studio Gallery, Arts Building, WWCE 1956 (2 copies); The
Drawings of Helen A. Loggie June 7-July 1, 1965, Norfolk Museum of Arts and
Sciences; The Etchings of Helen Loggie September 20, 1979: invitation to the
exhibit "Beyond the Veil, the etchings of Helen Loggie, The Whatcom Museum of
History and Art, text by Thomas Alix Johnston and Dorothy Koert; The Drawings of
Helen A. Loggie, June 7- July 1, 1965, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences; The
Art of Helen Loggie by Ann Friedman (2 copies), 1993, Western Gallery in exhibit
program "Helen Loggie"; "Rain Forest Nature Trail" brochure, Olympic National
Park, Washington; "John James Audubon, the Man and His Achievement" exhibit
catalog, Kennedy Galleries, New York
|
1942-1993 |
| 2/2 | Newspaper clippings about Helen Loggie and her
art
These contain information about prize awards, out of town exhibits and local
exhibits at Western Washington College of Education and the Whatcom Museum of
History and Art
|
1939-1979 |
| 2/3 | Helen Loggie’s copy of the personal information she
submitted to "Who's Who in America"
Also includes an earlier version.
|
1972-1973 |
| 2/4 | Catalogs with Helen Loggie’s art listed
Kennedy Galleries Print Catalogues, 1956 and 1966; Sixty-Fourth Annual National
Exhibition of the Washington Water Color Association catalog, 1961; Catalog of The
Chicago Society of Etchers, 1956; Brochure of exhibition at Kleemann Galleries,
1938; Annual Exhibition of Etchings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, February 1958;
Annual Exhibition of Etchings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, March 1960; "Southern
Printmakers Society" publication includes Print Catalog, 1942
|
1938-1966 |
| 2/5 | "Order Book"
Contains Loggie household and property accounts and transactions, chiefly kept by
Mrs. George W. Loggie
|
1916-1950 |
| 2/6 | Photographs and post card
Photograph of Helen Loggie and negative print; Photograph of six unidentified
women; Post card of Lake Cresent Tavern
|
undated |
| 2/7 | Honors and awards
Diploma of Honor, Internation exposition, France, 1937; National Academy of Design
Associate Degree, 1949; National Academy of Design Certificate of Merit, 1963;
National Academy of Design Samuel F. Morse Medal Certificate (framed) and Medal
(in box), 1969; National Academy of Design Academician Certificate, 1971; Letter
announcing reception of the Governor’s 1971; Arts Awards from the Washington State
Arts Commission, 1972
|
1937-1972 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Women artists -- History -- Sources.
Personal Names
- Loggie, Helen A., -- 1895-1976 -- Archives.
Form or Genre Terms
- Personal correspondence.
- Records (Documents)
Finding aid prepared by Leslie Hall.
2020
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