UUM_Accn2820.xml Inventory of the Trevor Southey papers Southey (Trevor) papers Finding aid created by Betsey Welland. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2016 (last modified: 2020)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-04-14. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Trevor Southey papers Southey, Trevor, 1940-2015 ACCN 2820 25.25 linear feet 47 boxes and 2 oversize folders 1917-2015 The Trevor Southey papers (1917-2015) contains both his personal and professional records. These materials document Southey's career as a Utah artist and a gay activist. English .

Trevor Southey was born in Rhodesia, Africa (now Zimbabwe) in 1940. His African heritage can be traced to European colonists who settled in Cape Town, South Africa in the 17th century. In 1965, he emigrated to the United States, retaining an abiding sense of his African and British origins.

Southey's formal training includes two years at the Brighton College of Art in Sussex, England; a year in Durban, South Africa; and two degrees obtained from Brigham Young University (1967 and 1969). He taught at the University through 1977 and has since pursued his career independently, although he remains deeply interested in art education giving occasional workshops particularly in drawing.

In 1967, Southey married Elaine Fish of Utah. Their mutual vision and their four children became a vital and critical part of his life and work. For 15 years until their separation and divorce, together they evolved a personal sense of place and beauty in Alpine, Utah.

Environmental issues, especially relative to visual concerns such as urban planning, continue to command considerable attention from him. At its most personal level this is reflected in his ever evolving garden where he retreats for a few minutes several times each working day.

Up until his move to California, where he currently resides in the Bay area, he had concentrated his professional experience in the Rocky Mountain west. However, even then and since his move, his work has commanded an increasing breadth and intensity of appeal.

Many major commissions in various parts of the country and Britain in painting and sculpture have dominated his production in the last few years, demonstrating the rapid growth of interest by an ever widening group of collectors. Southey's work is included in numerous private collections in the United States and throughout the world, ranging from that of actress Brook Shields to Senator and Mrs. Orrin Hatch. His work is also included in a wide variety of institutional and corporate collections.

His media include drawing, printmaking, painting, stained glass, and sculpture. He has been increasingly interested in writing and has collaborated with K. Mitchell Snow of Washington D.C. in the production of a major, lavishly illustrated volume about his work entitled, Trevor Southey: Reconciliation.

(Biographical sketch was taken from the Trevor Southey website, http://www.trevorsouthey.com)

The Trevor Southey papers contains various materials that illustrate the personal and professional life of Southey as a successful artist. Boxes 1-23 contain biographical information and correspondence with various friends, business associates and family members arranged by year. Included in the correspondence are several boxes of letter written by his mother, Mary Southey.

Boxes 24-38 contain business materials related to his professional career as an artist. Included are materials related to art projects, galleries, general business records and collected articles. Also included in the collection are several working artist proofs of Southey's etchings.

This collection has been arranged into the following series: I. Personal and family materials; II. Educational and professional teaching materials; III. Correspondence; IV. Art business materials; V. Writings and notes by Southey; VI. Writings about Southey; VII. Collected writings by others; VIII. Travel materials; IX. General materials; X. Oversize materials.

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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Donated by the Southey family in 2016.

Processed by Betsey Welland in 2016.

Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

 Southey, Trevor, 1940-2015--Archives Artists--Utah Art--Utah Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches Art--Utah Fine Arts Gays and Lesbians Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Correspondence Personal and family materials I Journals 1958-1965 1 Journals 1965-1977 2 Journals 1978-1986 3 Journals 1987-1999 4 Journals 2000-2003 2007 2010 5 Curriculum vitae and biographical information 6 1 Trevor Southey oral history, interviewed by Matthew K. Heiss 1990 6 2-3 Patriarchal blessing 1967 6 4 Last will and testament 1987 6 5 Missionary memorabilia and notes 1962-1965 6 6 Certificates and awards 1954-2011 6 7 Utah State Senate commendation 2014 6 8 Guest book 1971 6 9 House plans, drawings and notes 1965-1984 6 10 Scrapbook 1950s-1990s 7 1-2 Mary and Trevor D. Southey collected records and notes 1917-1998 8 1 Address book of Mary Southey 8 2 Autograph book of Mary Southey 1933-1951 8 3 Articles collected by Mary Southey 1969-1989 8 4 Atlas for Rhodesia and Nyasaland 8 5 Genealogical materials 8 6 Family calendars 2008 2012 2015 8 7 Educational and professional teaching materials II School report cards 1946-1967 9 1 The Jameson yearbook 1956 9 2 Thesis, A Survey to Determine the Public Responses and Attitudes Towards the First Festival of Mormon Art at Brigham Young University 1969 9 3-4 School coursework notes 9 5 Master of Fine Arts degree materials 1968-1979 9 6-7 Professional dossier for the Art Department at Brigham Young University circa 1975 9 8 Professional teaching materials 1967-1976 10 1-2 Student responses to Fall course 1974 10 3 Creative Crafts, "A Unique Approach to Still Life with Trevor Southey" 1983 10 4 Correspondence III Correspondence 1959-1969 11 Correspondence 1970-1983 12 Correspondence 1984-1989 13 Correspondence 1988-1998 14 Correspondence 1999-2009 15 Correspondence 2010-2015 16 Correspondence undated 17 Greeting cards undated 18 Greeting cards undated 19 Mary Southey correspondence 1948-1982 20 Mary Southey correspondence 1983-1996 21 Mary Southey correspondence undated 22 Mary Southey correspondence undated 23 1-2 David Knaus correspondence 1979-1985 23 3 Art business materials IV Exhibition announcements, brochures and catalogues 1962-2012 24 Examples of published artwork 1967-2003 25 Art projects A Beyond Boundaries, North American Printmaking Exhibition 1997 26 1 Cathedral of Hope, Dallas, Texas 1994-1998 26 2 Cover art for Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 1993 26 3 "Earth Energy" sculpture commissioned by Crow-Terwilliger Company 1986-1987 26 4 "Full Life Reach" sculpture commissioned by Trammell Crow Company 1986-1987 26 5 Migraine Disease Awareness Exhibition 1998 26 6 Painting for Nature's Sunshine 1992 26 7 Sculpture for St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church, Yorba Linda, California 2004-2005 26 8 Artwork for St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula, Montana 1984-1992 26 9 "Flight Aspiration" painting for the Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah 1979-1986 26 10 Art exhibition in Singapore 1976 1984 26 11 "Sojourn Suite" project 26 12 Frieze for the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Memorial Library, University of Scranton 1990-1993 26 13 Reconciliation book production materials B Correspondence 1998-2001 27 1 Text drafts 27 2 Manuscript draft 27 3 Images of artwork 27 4 Book production 1996-2001 27 5 Publishing and marketing 1997-2011 27 6 Copyright 1999 27 7 General business records C Account books 1981-1983 28 1-2 Business plans 1985 1988 1994-1996 28 3 Business records 1975-1990 28 4-5 Contracts 1983-2010 28 6 Day planners 1989-2004 29 1 Etching and lithograph fragments 29 2 Etching price lists 1979-2006 29 3 Foundry materials 1983-2005 29 4 Financial materials 1983-2008 29 5 Inventories 1980-2007 29 6 Inventory images 2001-2008 29 7 Loan request package 1984 29 8 Mailing lists 30 1-2 Marketing 1989-2006 30 3 "Notes from the Studio" newsletters 1983-2007 30 4 Potential images 31 1 Postcard manufacturing materials 31 2 Royalty statements 1970-1997 31 3 Sales and staff reports 1985-1989 31 4 Sculpture price lists 1989-2003 31 5 Seller's permit 1997 31 6 Task lists 2006-2010 31 7 Unique works available price lists 1985-2004 31 8 Wasatch Bronzeworks and Adonis Bronze 1985-1998 31 9 Website 2003 31 10 Galleries D Adams State College 1984-1985 32 1 Addi Galleries 1999-2000 32 2 A Gallery/Frames Inc. 1995-2005 32 3 Andrea Ross Gallery 1987 1990 32 4 Andreas Galleries 1984-1989 32 5 Artworks Foundry and Gallery 1997-1998 32 6 Barkin-Leeds Limited 1986-1987 32 7 Burns Fine Art, Limited 32 8 Designer Interiors 2000 32 9 Dolores Chase Fine Art 1992-1993 32 10 Elizabeth Edwards Fine Art 32 11 Ellie Sonntag Art and Design 1990-1992 32 12 Gallery One 1993 32 13 Gallery 5 1999-2000 32 14 The Grapevine Gallery 1978-1992 32 15 InglisArt 1990 1992 32 16 J.D. Newman 1995 32 17 Kimball Art Center 1991-1992 32 18 Larry Warnock Fine Arts 2005-2009 32 19 Laura Craig Galleries 1991-2001 32 20 LeCelle Gallery 1992-1996 32 21 Lowe Gallery 1992 32 22 Marshall Arts Gallery 2001 33 1 Michael Thompson Gallery 1992-1993 33 2 Miller Gallery 1990 33 3 Nancy Dodds Gallery 1997-2003 33 4 Old Town Gallery 1983-1997 33 5 Phillips Gallery 1986-1993 33 6 The Principle Gallery 1995-2001 33 7 The Royal Pantiles Gallery 1983-1984 33 8 Sable V Fine Art Gallery 1993 33 9 Strictly Top Drawer! 1991-1992 33 10 Tallgrass Fine Arts 1979-1982 33 11 Thomas Bartlett 1995-1996 33 12 Tideline Gallery 1992 33 13 Vorpal Gallery 1991-2003 33 14 Waterworks Gallery 1997-2005 33 15 Weinstein Gallery 2000-2001 33 16 White Sheff Associates 1995 2001 33 17 William Daniell Fine Art 1997 1999 33 18 General correspondence with galleries 1980-2011 34 1 General materials 1980-2012 34 2 Utah Artists at Sundance and Robert Redford 1984 34 3 Potential galleries 1994-2014 34 4 Private collectors E Correspondence and general materials 1979-2004 34 5 Orrin Hatch 1983-1994 34 6 Writings and notes by Southey V "A Matter of Choice" 1992 35 1 "Mormons and Art--A Personal Appraisal 35 2 "Multiples in Art" 35 3 General notes and writings 35 4-6 Interpretive notes about artwork 35 7 Writings about Southey VI D.W. Marsh, Frances Smeath, and H. Chris Sorenson, "Transcription of a Discussion Regarding Southey's Paintings" 1976 36 1 Articles about Southey 1977-2013 36 2 Collected writings by others VII Anthony Borgia, Life in the World Unseen 2008 37 1 H.M Bradshaw, Rise 37 2 Carol Lynn Pearson materials 1966 1981 37 3 Robert Lee Stuart, Baboon in the Mealies: Rhodesian Sketches 37 4 Kathleen E. Watt, "The Nude as Art Form: A Brief History" 1974 37 5 News clippings about Southey 1957-2015 38 1-4 General news clippings 1975-2014 38 5 Travel materials VIII Rhodesia ephemera 1966-1978 39 1 Russian visa and travel materials 1993 2007 39 2 San Francisco travel materials 2000-2004 39 3 Travel maps, brochures and general materials 1963-2007 39 4-6 General materials IX The Alpine County Paper newsletter 1973-1979 40 1 Alpine Community Arts Council materials circa 1979 1991 40 2 General artist catalogues and brochures 1955-2001 41 1-2 General programs and brochures 1966-2015 41 3 Art theory articles 1966-2006 42 1 Emergency preparedness materials 1975-1977 42 2 Homosexuality articles 1990-2011 42 3 Mormon theology articles 1962-2013 42 4 General articles 1916-2014 42 5-6 Business cards and ephemeral materials 43 Digital files 44-45

These boxes contain CDs, disks and zip drives.

 Oversize materials X Sketchbooks 46 General materials 47 Artist working proofs 1

This folder contains working proofs of various etchings.

 Posters 1976 2011 undated 2