J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Will South papers
South, Will
ACCN 3058
23 linear feet
1955-2017
The Will South papers contain writings and lecture notes. Also included are research materials focused on individual artists. Will South is an artist and American art historian. South's research focused extensively on Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Guy Rose, James Taylor Harwood, Conrad Buff, and other topics in American art.
English
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Will South received his doctorate in art history from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1994, where he was the Henry R. Luce Fellow for 1991. He served as the Curator of Collections for the Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 2000 until 2008. He currently serves as the Chief Curator for the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, Ohio.
South published several books including
In Nature's Temple: The Life and Art of William Wendt for the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, California; A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles for the Pasadena Museum of Art; Color, Myth & Music: Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism for the North Carolina Museum of Art; California Impressionism for Abbeville Press; and Guy Rose: American Impressionist for the Oakland Museum of Art. His article, "The Unknown Henry Ossawa Tanner" for Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide was nominated for the American Art Museum Curators' award for the outstanding scholarly article of the year.
He is married to Allison South.
For further information regarding Will South, please refer to his website at willsouth.org
This collection has been organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II. Writings; III. Lecture notes and announcements; IV. Research materials; V. Coursework; and VI. General 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 Will South in 2017.
Processed by Betsey Welland in 2024.
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Photographs and audio-visual materials have been tranferred to the Multimedia Division in Special Collecions.
See also the James Taylor Harwood papers and the Ruth Harwood papers.
The papers of Will South papers date from 1955 to 2017. The papers highlight his expertise regarding specific American artitsts and the Californian art movement and document's South's career as a writer and museum curator through writings, exhibition catalogs, research materials, and correspondence.
Correspondence within the collection focuses on his research projects and includes correspondence to and from South. The series containing correspondence is rather limited and general in scope. The majority of correspondence was filed within the research materials and maintained in original order.
Writings are arranged alphbetically by title and include published articles, book reviews, and exhibition reviews. Included in the writings are several exhibition catalogs for exhibits either curated or containing content contributed by South. The majority of the exhibittion catalogs were produced for the Columbia Museum of Art, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake Art Center, and the Weatherspoon Art Museum. Along with South's writing are his lecture notes for various events.
The majority of the collection focuses on South's collected research materials. This series is arranged alphabetically according to the last name of person or by topic. These materials include correspondence with individuals regarding specific artists and their artwork, reproductions of primary source materials from various archives, collected news clippings, and articles. South's research focused extensively on Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Guy Rose, James Taylor Harwood, Conrad Buff, and other topics in American art.
South, Will--Archives
Harwood, James Taylor, 1860-1940
Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973
Alvarez, Mabel, 1891-1985
Buff, Conrad, 1886-1975
Art criticism
Synchromism (Art)
Synchromism (Art)--United States--Exhibitions
Art--Catalogs
Art, Modern--20th century--Sources
Correspondence
For further correspondence please refer to research materials within individual topics.
Correspondence
1986
1989-2003
2008-2009
2015
1
1
Correspondence with William H. Gerdts
1990-1994
1
2
Writings
Writings have been organized alphabetically by title.
100 Years of Drawing in Utah: A Tribute to Alvin Gittins
1995
2
1
Exhibition catalog for The Bountiful/Davis Art Center.
"Abstract Impressions"
2000 May
2
2
Article about Conrad Buff published in
Southwest Art.
"All's Right with the World: The J. T. Harwood Retrospective"
1988 February
2
3
Published in
Utah Holiday.
Alvin Gittins and the Figurative Motif
1986
2
4
Exhibition catalog for The Bountiful/Davis Art Center.
American Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection, 1900-1960
2
5
Exhibition catalog for the Weatherspoon Art Museum
"Americans in Paris"
1987 November
2
6
Article about James T. Harwood and Guy Rose published in
Southwest Art.
"Anton J. Rasmussen"
1989 September
2
7
Article published in
Southwest Art.
"Artspecs"
circa 2003
2
8
"Artspecs" are informational pamphlets, created for the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, regarding specific artwork in the collection. This folder contains pamphlets regarding Sonia Gechtoff, Knud Merrild, Jay DeFeo and Lorser Feitelson.
"The Art Students League of Los Angeles: A Brief History"
2005
2
9
Birth of the American Modern: Selected Works from the Weatherspoon Art Museum
2002
2
10
Exhibition catalog for the Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum.
Blue
1998
2
11
Exhibition catalog for the Salt Lake Art Center. This folder also contains an opening reception invitation.
"A Brief History of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts"
1997
2
12
"California Impressionism: In Praise of Nature"
1998 December
2
13
Article published in
Southwest Art.
"Charles Darwin and the Nineteenth Century Art Critic"
1989
2
14
Written for the graduate course, Art U876 Early American Art Criticism, taught by William H. Gerdts.
Close Relations: Works of Art, Their Preparatory Studies and Alternative Versions
1998
2
15
Exhibition catalog for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
Color, Myth, and Music: Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism
2001
2
16
Exhibition catalog. The exhibit was held at the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
"David Baddley"
1992 January 16
3
1
Exhibition review published in
Artweek.
"David Dornan"
1990
3
2
Essay written for the exhibition catalog entitled,
A View of Four, 1987-1988 created for the Utah Arts Council.
Depression-era Printmakers of Utah
1999
3
3
Exhibition catalog for the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
"Distinctions Between Grandeur and Genre"
1992
3
4
Essay for the exhibition catalog entitled,
California Grandeur and Genre for the Palm Springs Desert Museum. Included in the folder is a thank you letter for South's participation and also an exhibition review.
"Earl Jones: Natural Rhythms"
1987 September
3
5
Article published in
Southwest Art.
"Elihu Vedder's Memory: An American Symbolist Painting"
1989
3
6
Written for the graduate course, Art U-771.02 Selected Topics in American Art, taught by Barbara Weinberg.
Enduring Spirit: The Art of Tyrone Geter, by Will South and Porchia Moore
2017
3
7
Exhibition catalog for the Columbia Museum of Art.
"The Federal Art Project in Utah: Out of Oblivion or More of the Same?"
1988-1990
3
8
This article was published in the
Utah Historical Quarterly, but was initially written for the graduate course, Art U871.01 The 1930s in American Art. This folder contains the original essay, the published version, and correspondence related to the publication.
"A Fortuitous Juxtaposition of Accident and Plan"
1988 April
3
9
E. David Dornan exhibition review published in
Utah Holiday.
"Frank Anthony Smith"
1992
3
10
Essay written for the exhibition catalog entitled,
A View of Six for the Utah Arts Council.
"Frederic Remington: Artist of Epic Artifice"
1990
2000
3
11
This folder also contains research materials, correspondence regarding the article and the essay, "Observations on the Painting and Sculpture of Frederic Remington" written for the graduate course American Neo-classical Sculpture taught by William H. Gerdts.
George Dibble Drawings
1994
3
12
Exhibition catalog for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
"The Great Salt Lake: Artists Reflect on a Dead Sea"
1996
3
13
Article published in
Southwest Art
Gregory D. Ivy: Making North Carolina Modern
2006
4
1
Exhibition catalog created for the Weatherspoon Art Museum.
"Guy Rose, an American Impressionist"
1995
4
2
Article published in
American Art Review.
"Guy Rose: California's Premier Impressionist"
1995 August
4
3
Article published in
Southwest Art.
Images of the Great Salt Lake by Will South and Dean L. May
1996
4
4
Exhibition catalog for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
Impressionism from Monet to Matisse
2013
4
5
Exhibition overview published in
Collections newsletter for the Columbia Museum of Art.
"Invention and Imagination: Stanton Macdonald-Wright's Santa Monica Library Mural"
1999
4
6
Article published in
Archives of American Art Journal.
James Taylor Harwood, 1860-1940
1988
4
7
Exhibition catalog for the James T. Harwood retrospective exhibition at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
John Graham: Drawings from the Claribel and Etta Cone Collection at the Weatherspoon Art Museum
2002
4
8
Exhibtion catalog.
"Joseph Cornell and the Clay Pipe"
1989
4
9
Essay written for the graduate course Art U755:10 Dada and Surrealism taught by Robert Pincus-Witten.
"Laguna Beach: The Spirit of an Art Colony"
1999
5
1
Essay written for the exhibition catalog,
Colonies of American Impressionism: Cos Cob, Old Lyme, Shinnecock and Laguna Beach for the Laguna Art Museum. Included in the folder is a review of the exhibition and a Printed email from Deborah Epstein Solon to South.
A Legacy in Line: Matisse and American Drawing
2004
5
2
Exhibition catalog for the Weatherspoon Art Museum.
"Lenoir C. Wright: Professor, Patron, and Connoisseur"
2002
5
3
Essay written for the exhibition catalog,
Inside the Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Lenoir C. Wright Collection for the Weatherspoon Art Museum. This folder also contains news clippings regarding the exhibition, come correspondence, and some essays written about Lenoir C. Wright.
Letter written to the editor of The New York Times entitled, "It's Not News."
2002-2004
5
4
Included in the folder are news clippings of the articles and correspondence to and from South regarding his letter to the editor.
The Life and Art of James Taylor Harwood, 1860-1940
1986
5
5
Thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Utah for a Master of Art.
Mabel Alvarez: A Retrospective
1999
5
6
Exhibition catalog prepared for the Laband Art Galley, Loyola Marymount Univeristy and Orange County Museum of Art. Included in the folder is an announcement for the exhibition.
Making and Breaking Tradition: A History of the Salt Lake Art Center
1991-1992
5
7
Exhibition catalog prepared for the 60th anniversary of the Salt Lake Art Center. Included in the folder are two newsletter articles regarding the exhibit.
Making Sense of the Senses: The Body, the Brain and Modern Art
2001-2005
2009
6
1
Exhibition catalog created for the Sheldon Memorial Art Museum. Included in the folder is correspondence to and from South and an exhibtion announcement.
Making Waves: Controversial Art in Utah
1997
6
2-4
Exhibition catalog for the Salt Lake Art Center. Also included is a folder of visitor remarks and a booklet of gallery labels and selected newspaper articles.
Matisse and More
2002
6
5
Exhibition catalog for the Weatherspoon Art Museum.
"Mt. Ben Lomond and the Foothills"
1991
6
6
Newsletter article prepared for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
"NEA, Art Groups Play Vital Role in Utah"
1997
6
7
Letter to the editor of the
Deseret News.
"Nudity Versus Lewdity -- The Denuded Figure in Art"
1993
6
8
Article for
The Art Magazine. Included in the folder is a letter and draft version.
"Observations on the Painting and Sculpture of Frederic Remington"
1990 Spring
6
9
Essay written for the graduate course American Neo-Classical Sculpture taught by William H. Gerdts.
Ogden Scenes: The 12th Annual LeConte Stewart Festival
1986
6
10
Exhibition catalog prepared for the Bountiful/Davis Art Center.
"Oscar Wilde in Salt Lake City"
1992 December
6
11
Article published in
The Arts Magazine.
"The Painterly Pen"
1992 April
6
12
Essay regarding Guy Rose published in
Antiques & Fine Art.
"Paintings in the Fine Art Collection of Snow, Christensen & Martineau"
1988-1989 Summer
6
13-14
Includes a collected catalogue raisonné created by South for the collection.
"The Participatory Nature of Early California Art"
2002
7
1
Essay for the exhibition catalog
In and Out of California: Travels of American Impressionists, prepared for the Laguna Art Museum.
Paul H. Davis: Recent Work
1989
7
2
Exhibtion catalog prepared for the Salt Lake Art Center.
Photography by Jim Frankoski: The Restoration of the Cathedral of the Madeleine
1997
7
3
Exhibition catalog prepared for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
"Picturing Salt Lake City, Past and Present"
1993-1994
7
4
Essay for the exhibition catalog
This is the Place: Views of Salt Lake City from its Foundation to the Present, prepared for The Hippodrome Galleries. Includes essay drafts.
"Pompeo Batoni and the Livingston Portrait"
1992
7
5
Brief catalog regarding the Marriner S. Eccles Collection held at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
"A Piece of the Garment: The Art of Earl Jones"
1995
7
6
Essay for the exhibition catalog
Earl Jones prepared for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
"Power in the Visual Narrative"
1988 August
7
7
Essay published in
Utah Holiday.
"Robert Henri's Mary Ann MacNamara"
2016 Spring
7
8
Article written for the newsletter
Collections published by the Columbia Museum of Art.
"Seeing the Lake Again (and Again)"
2003 Spring
7
9
Article published in
Friends of the Great Salt Lake newsletter.
"Stanton Macdonald-Wright & Synchromism"
2001 April
7
10
Article published in
American Art Review.
"Stanton Macdonald-Wright's Seated Woman: Classical and Modern"
2002
7
11
Essay regarding permanent artwork in the collection held at the Elvehjem Museum of Art.
"Thoughts on Maynard Dixon"
2005
7
12
Essay for the exhibition catalog prepared for the Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts.
"Today's Regard of Modern Art Proves Beauty is in the Eye of the Enlightened Beholder"
2007 June
7
13
Essay published in
Latitude.
"Utah Art: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography"
1990
8
1
Utah Art from the Permanent Collection: An Exhibition Honoring the Utah Statehood Centennial 1896-1996
1996
8
2
Exhibition catalog created for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts: Selected Works
1997
8
3
Artwork for the catalog was selected by Frank Sanguinetti. Entries by Will South. Catalog created for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. This folder also includes draft versions.
"Utah Perspectives"
8
4
Exhibition catalog prepared for the Salt Lake Art Center.
The Val A. Browning Memorial Collection of 500 Years of European Masterworks
1995
8
5
Collection catalog created for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
"When it Comes to Designations in the Art World and Beyond, Icons Don't Need Defining"
2007 December
8
6
Essay published in
Latitudes.
Book reviews by South
1997-1998
8
7
Exhibition reviews by South
1990
1998
8
8
Lecture notes and announcements
"American Art Colonies East and West"
1999 January 17
9
1
Lecture held at Laguna Art Museum.
"Andy Warhol Slept Here? Famous and Infamous Visitors to Utah"
1998 December 06
9
2
Lecture presented to the Friends of the Marriott Library.
"Blue Thoughts"
1998
9
3
"California Impressionism"
1997 June 05
9
4
Lecture held at Brigham Young University.
"Continuing Landscape Traditions"
1997 May 01
9
5
Lecture held for the Tanner Symposium held at Utah State University.
"Definitions of Realism in Art in Utah Compared with National Definitions in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century"
1987 May 08
9
6
Lecture presented to the Utah Academy spring meeting held at Weber State University.
"Depression-era Printmakers of Utah"
1999 November 10
9
7
Lecture held at the Nora Eccles Harrison Art Museum.
"Expressions of Great Salt Lake: The Art and Science of Our Inland Sea"
2003-2004
9
8
Keynote lecture for the Great Salt Lake Issues Forum held at the Salt Lake City Public Library.
"General Utah Art"
1990
9
9
"George Dibble"
1993 December 07
9
10
Lecture presented in Logan, Utah and at the University of Utah.
"Guy Rose in France"
1995 August 20
9
11
Lecture held at the Oakland Museum.
"In and Out of California: Travels of American Impressionists" lecture announcement
2003
9
12
"Mabel Alvarez (1891-1985)"
1999 April 11
9
13
Lecture presented to the California Art Club held at the Laband Art Gallery.
"Making and Breaking Tradition: A History of the Salt Lake Art Center"
1991 May 06
9
14
"Making Waves: Controversial Art in Utah"
1997 October 29
9
15
"Modes of Modernism"
1997 March 02
9
16
Lecture held at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
"The Not-so-cosmopolitan Guy Rose"
1997 September 13
9
17
Lecture for the Crocker Museum Symposium.
"Overview of American Art in the Permanent Collection of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts"
1996 March 14
9
18
Docent lecture.
"Painters of Paradise: An Overview of California Impressionism"
1995 March 22
9
19
Lecture to the Sotheby's Educational Studies Program.
"Putting America into American Impressionism: Unraveling the Terminology of Limitation"
2006
9
20
South served as chair of this conference session. This folder contains a bound copy of the abstracts of the conference for the College Art Association.
"Reflections on a Dead Sea: Images of the Great Salt Lake"
1996 February 11
9
21
Lecture for the exhibition,
Images of the Great Salt Lake.
"Rodin, Time and Place"
1998 January 15
9
22
"Stanton Macdonald-Wright: European Sources and American Innovations"
1998 January 09
9
23
Lecture held at the San Diego Museum of Art.
Research materials
The materials in this series have been arranged alphabetically by either organization, topic, or by the last name of artist or person.
Mabel Alvarez
Mabel was a student of Stanton Macdonald-Wright's and became a confidante of Morgan Russell's.
Correspondence to and from South
1992
1998-2000
10
1
"Mabel Alvarez (1891-1985): A Biographical Sketch by Her Friend Glenn Bassett"
10
2
Exhibition announcements
1994-1999
2003
10
3
Notes by South
1998
10
4
Archives of American Art: Diaries [photocopies]
10
5-6
The original diaries are part of the Mabel Alvarez papers, 1898-1987, located in the American Art Archives, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. The photocopied diaries are dated from 1917-1939. Copies are prohibited of the materials in this collection. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Archives of American Art: Research materials [photocopies]
10
7-8
The photocopied material in these folders are from the Mabel Alvarez papers, 1898-1987, located in the American Art Archives, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. Copies are prohibited of the materials in this collection. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Art Barn
11
1
This folder contains photocopies of historical news clippings (1938-1987), articles of incorporation (1932-1961), "Art Barn Artists: The First 35 Years" (1989), and an introduction to the book written by John Franklin White entitled,
Art in Action: American Art Centers and the New Deal.
Art Students League of Los Angeles
1996
2000-2008
11
2-4
Asian artists exhibitions
1982
1993
1997-1998
11
5
Lucy Bacon
1996-1997
11
6
This folder contains a genealogical chart, correspondence to South, notes, and photocopies archival material (circa 1893-1930) regarding Lucy Bacon.
Glenn Bassett
2000-2003
12
1
This folder contains correspondence to and from South and Bassett mostly discussing topics regarding Mabel Alvarez. Included are transcribed notes by Alzarez.
Thomas Hart Benton
1982
12
2
This folder contains an exhibition announcement along with photocopies from two books,
Thomas Hart Benton: Artist, Writer and Intellectual (1989) and An American in Art: A Professional and Technical Autobiography (1969).
Nicholas Brigante
1992
2005
12
3
This folder contains articles about Brigante, exhibition information, news clippings (1921), and an oral history transcript [photocopy] of Brigante (1964).
Stan Brodsky
1999-2004
12
4
This folder contains correspondence between South and Brodsky, exhibition announcments and catalog, and news clippings.
Conrad Buff
A Singular Vision: The Art and Life of Conrad Buff, by South
1999
13
1-2
These folder contain a manuscript draft.
Correspondence to and from South
1998-2000
2003
13
3
Notes
1998-1999
13
4
Exhibition catalogs and announcements
1983
2000-2005
13
5
University of California, Los Angeles: Oral history transcript [photocopy]
13
6-7
Oral history with Buff was completed in 1968. Copies are prohibited of the materials in this collection. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Research materials
14
1-2
Includes collected photocopied materials related to Buff such as correspondence, news clippings, exhibition announcement, etc.
California art history
Marilyn Wyman, A New Deal for Art in Southern California: Murals and Sculpture Under Government Patronage [photocopy]
15
1
Dissertation published in 1982.
American Art Archives : Work Projects Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project handbooks and requirements for allocations [photocopies]
15
2-3
Copies are prohibited of the materials in this collection. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
California Art Club [photocopies]
15
4
Photocopied items include correspondence, minute meetings, and bulletins. Original materials are from 1906-1966 Copies are prohibited of the materials in this collection. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Scrapbook [photocopy]
16
1
The photocopied scrapbook consists of news articles circa 1913-1939. Copies are prohibited of the materials in this collection. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Los Angeles Times: News clippings [photocopies]
16
2-3
The photocopied news clippings are from 1905-1943.
Research materials
17
1-4
These folders contain photocopied reserach materials originally held in a binder. Topic include Henrietta Shore,
The World of Abstract Art, article by Matthew Baigell, A Survey of Art Work in the City and County of San Francisco, Los Angeles Painters of the Nineteen-twenties, general articles, exhibition catalogs and news clippings. Original materials are dated from 1902 to 1975.
California impressionism
1996-2001
2011
18
1
This folder contains materials pertaining to the book written by William H. Gerdts and Will South entitled,
California Impressionism. Included in the folder are book reviews, correspondence regarding the book, articles, and news clippings.
Herman Cherry
1989
2000
18
2
This folder contains a letter written by South, an exhibition catalog, an obituary, and an oral history transcript [photocopy] of Cherry (1989) located in the Archives of American Art.
Henry A. Clausen
2000
18
3
This folder contains an obituary and an archival letter [photocopy] from 1950.
Hideo Date
1993-1995
2003
18
4-5
This folder contains correspondence between South and Date. Also included are photocopies of archival material regarding Date, such as correspondence and exhibition information.
James Daugherty
1971-2001
18
6
This folder contains exhibition announcements and catalogs, newsletters, a few artwork data sheets, article, and a Sotheby's catalog.
Arthur B. Davies
19
1
This folder contains photocopied artwork data sheets, articles, and biographical information.
George Dibble
19
2
This folder contains biographical information, news clippings, drafts for
George Dibble Drawings, exhibition catalog, and other items.
Maynard Dixon
1997-2005
19
3
This folder contains materials related to South's involvement with Maynard Dixon Country and the Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts.
David Dornan
1990
19
4
This folder contains a letter from Dornan and biographical information.
Louisa Etcheverry
19
5
This folder contains a transcript of an oral history interview [photocopy] of Etcheverry by Betty Hoag from 1964.
Loser Fettelson
1990
1992
19
6
This folder contains exhibition announcements and news clippings.
Norma Flynn
2000-2001
19
7
This folder contains correspondence and biographical information.
Yun Gee
2002
2005
19
8
This folder contains exhibition catalogs and biographical information.
John Gerrity
19
9
This folder contains a transcript of an oral history interview [photocopy] of Gerrity by Mary McChesney from 1965.
Alvin Gittins
1955-1957
1978
1996
19
10
This folder contains correspondence and biographical information.
Joseph Greenbaum
19
11
This folder contains biographical information.
The Hands of Rodin exhibition controversy
Correspondence
1997-1998
20
1
Exhibition catalog
1996
20
2
Legal cases regarding the First Amendment and art
1997
20
3
News clippings
1997-1998
20
4-5
James Taylor Harwood
Will South had obtained archival materials from the family while researching his dissertation. He had requested that those items be added to the Hardwood collections.
See the following collection for further information regarding James T. Harwood and the Harwood family.
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James Taylor Harwood papers
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James T. Harwood photograph collection
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Ruth Harwood papers
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Ruth Harwood photograph collection
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June Rose Harwood papers
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June Rose Harwood photograph collection
Correspondence to and from South
1982-2006
21
1-3
Thesis proposal
21
4
This folder also contains acknowledgement drafts and chapter analyses.
Catalogue raisonné compiled by South
1982-1987
21
5
Catalogue raisonné compiled by South
1982-1999
22
1-3
James T. Harwood, 1860-1940: A Retrospective Exhibit planning materials
1985-1988
23
1
Lecture notes
1986
23
2
James T. Harwood, A Basket of Chips draft
23
3
Biographical information
23
4
Chronology and genealogical information
23
5
Sketchbooks [photocopies]
23
6
Funeral service program for Harwood
23
7
This folder contains the 1940 transcript of the program.
Works on papers by Harwood compiled by South
1985
23
8
This folder contains materials for an exhibit held at The Bountiful/Davis Art Center.
Exhibition announcements
1966-2011
23
9
Exhibition research
23
10
This folder contains photocopied materials from 1883-1900 and 1917.
Autobiography of James Harwood, 1834-1912
23
11
This autobiography is from James T. Harwood's father.
Willard Harwood oral history notes
1982
24
1
Notes
24
2
June Harwood art collection
1980-1982
24
3
Hattie Richards Harwood
24
4
This folder contains photocopied material includeding a diary from 1890s, articles, and a diary from H. J. Richards from 1904.
Artwork at Springville Museum of Art
24
5
Alice Merrill Horne
1991
1996
24
6
Ione Godwin Harwood, "Songs by the Lake'
1987
24
7
"The Art of James T. Harwood"
24
8
Script to a series of slides with notes by Harwood's son, Willard R. Harwood. Also a life sketch by Harwood's daughter Ruth.
Notebook of news clipping research
24
9
Art reviews by George Dibble
1974
1984
24
10
Articles about Harwood
24
11
News clippings
24
12-13
General materials
24
14
Charles Hess
1988 1990 1996-1997
1990
1996-1997
25
1
This folder contains exhibition announcements, correspondence, and photocopied archival items.
Robert Hughes
1997-2000
25
2
This folder contains new and article clippings.
Gregory Ivy
2002-2008
25
3-4
These folders contain correspondence, exhibition announcements, biographical information and news clipping related to Ivy and the exhibition
Gregory D. Ivy: Making North Carolina Modern.
Dorothy Jeakins
25
5
This folder contains a transcript of an oral history interview [photocopy] of Jeakins by Betty Hoag from 1964.
Clifton Karhu
1999-2000
25
6
This folder contains correspondence and articles.
Albert Henry King
25
7
This folder contains a transcript of an oral history interview [photocopy] of King by Betty Hoag from 1964.
Barry King
25
8
This folder contains correspondence.
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
Correspondence
1977
1982
1987-2010
2013
2015
26
1-5
Correspondence with John Coffey
1992
1996-2000
27
1
Correspondence with Lisa Hampton-Rhodes
1985
1997-2000
27
2
This correspondence regards Clint Selleck who was a friend of Macdonald-Wright. Selleck is Hampton-Rhodes' uncle.
Correspondence with Alan and Fannie Leslie
1994-2002
27
3-4
Correspondence with Jean Macdonald-Wright
1977
1987-2001
27
5-6
Correspondence with Marlene Park
1997-2002
2005-2006
28
1
This folder includes a copy of Park's artist file on Macdonald-Wright.
Correspondence with Fiona W. Simpson
2000
28
2
Correspondence with John Tuska and John Loughery
1992
2001
28
3
Color, Myth, and Music: Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism exhibit: Congratulatory correspondence
29
1
Color, Myth, and Music: Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism exhibit: Lectures by South
2001-2002
29
2
Color, Myth, and Music: Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism exhibit: Brochures and announcements
2001
29
3
Color, Myth, and Music: Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism exhibit: Planning materials
2000-2001
29
4
Color, Myth, and Music: Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism exhibit: Reviews
2001
29
5
Color, Myth, and Music: Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism exhibit: Media packets
2001
29
6
Gibbs Smith publisher contract
1991
30
1
Requests for authentication of artwork by Mcdonald-Wright
2001-2007
30
2
Fakes
1995- 2012
30
3
Auction records
1994-2013
30
4
This folder also includes auction catalogs [photocopied] from the 1960s-1980s.
Images of artwork research
1991-2007
31
1-4
Images of artwork research
1987-2001
32
1-2
Exhibition catalogs and announcements
1955-2017
33
1
Exhibition research
1987-2003
33
2-4
These folders contain photocopied archival materials from 1914-1982
Serenade in Blue: The Memoirs of S. Macdonald-Wright edited by Jean S. Wright
1995
34
1-5
Serenade in Blue: The Memoirs of S. Macdonald-Wright edited by Jean S. Wright
1995
35
1-5
Serenade in Blue: The Memoirs of S. Macdonald-Wright edited by Jean S. Wright
1995
36
1
Stanton Macdonald-Wright, On the Philosophy of Aesthetics as Dictated to the Art Students League of Los Angeles [photocopy]
36
2
Articles by and about Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1949
1967
36
3
This folder includes the following articles:
- "Some Aspects of Sung Painting"
- "The Artist Speaks: Stanton Macdonald Wright with a note on Synchromism" by Barbara Rose
Frederick G. Deragon, Jr., Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism: A Reassessment of His Painting, 1916-1918
36
4
Photocopied thesis published in 1986.
Elizabeth Hertz, The Continuing Role of Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism in Modern Painting
36
5
Photocopied thesis written in 1968.
Gail Levin, Synchromism and American Color Abstraction 1910-1925
1978
36
6
Linda Kathleen Tesar, Theory in Practice: The Mature Synchromism of Stanton Macdonald-Wright
36
7
Photocopied thesis written in 1987.
Dori Jean Watson, Stanton Macdonald-Wright
36
8
Photocopied thesis written in 1956.
William Huntington Wright materials
37
1-3
These folders contain materials from the S. S. Van Dine Scrapbooks are located in the Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
These folders contain photocopied articles written by Wright along with a photocopied scrapbook.
Ackerman Library and San Francisco Museum of Art: Artist file [photocopies]
37
4
Archives of American Art: Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers
38
1-7
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Archives of American Art: Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers
39
1-2
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Archives of American Art: Matthew Baigell papers
39
3
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Archives of American Art: Thomas Hart Benton papers
39
4
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Archives of American Art: Adelyn Dohme Breeskin
39
5
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Archives of American Art: Annita Delano papers
39
6
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Archives of American Art: Rose Fried Gallery records
39
7
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Archives of American Art: Lucien and Marcelle Labaudt papers
39
8
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Archives of American Art: Jan Stussy papers
39
9-10
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Archives of American Art: Keith Warner papers
39
11
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Archives of American Art: Henry John Weeks papers
39
12
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Archives of American Art: John Weichsel papers concerning the People's Art Guild
39
13
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Alfred Stieglitz/Georgia O'Keeffe Archive
40
1-2
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Clausen Estate materials from Jeff Miller
41
1
Gordon Groff collection materials
41
2
Joseph Chowning Gallery artist file: Articles
42
1-2
Joseph Chowning Gallery artist file: Bibliography
42
3
Joseph Chowning Gallery artist file: Drawings
42
4
Joseph Chowning Gallery artist file: Miscellaneous catalogs
42
5
Joseph Chowning Gallery artist file: Paintings
42
6
Joseph Chowning Gallery artist file: Photographs
42
7
Joseph Chowning Gallery artist file: Sketchbook
42
8
Joseph Chowning Gallery artist file: Watercolors
42
9
Joseph Chowning Gallery artist file: Woodblock prints and lithographs
42
10
Kelley Gallery artist file
43
1
Los Angeles Art Association artist file
43
2
Los Angeles County Museum of Art artist file
43
3
National Archives: Works Projects Administration
43
4
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
University of California, Los Angeles: Personnel files
43
5
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
University of Oregon: John Tuska materials
43
6
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
University of Virginia, Edgar Shannon Library: Articles and journal
43
7-8
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Whitney Museum of Art Library
43
9
These folders contain photocopied materials from the Archives of American Art. Please contact the original owning institution for copies.
Art Students League of Los Angeles
44
1
Santa Monica Library mural
44
2-3
South gate mosaic at Leland R. Weaver Library
44
4
Work Projects Administration
44
5-6
Synchromism
45
1
Artists inspired by Stanton Macdonald-Wright
45
2
General research materials
46
1-4
General research materials
47
1
Rob Wagner's Script [photocopies]
47
2-3
Notes
47
4
Ben Messick
48
1
This folder contains a transcript of an oral history interview [photocopy] of Etcheverry by Betty Hoag.
Arthur Millier
48
2
This folder contains a transcript of an oral history interview [photocopy] of Millier by Betty Hoag in 1965.
Archie L. Musick
48
3
This folder contains a transcript of an oral history interview [photocopy] of Musick by Sylvia Loomis in 1964.
Georgia O'Keeffe
2001-2003
2015
48
4
This folder contains correspondence regarding an exhibition. Included is the exhibition catalog
Georgia O'Keeffe: Her Carolina Story.
Jules Pages
48
5
This folder contains articles and biographical information.
Guy Rose
1985-1995
2001
48
6
This folder contains correspondence, articles, drafts, and notes. Also included is a draft for an article about Rose and James T. Harwood.
Morgan Russell
2005-2006
49
1-3
These folders contain photocopied archival materials and articles from the Montclair Art Museum.
Paul Sample
49
4
This folder contains a transcript of an oral history interview [photocopy] of Sample by Robert Brown in 1971.
Michael Seuphor
1993
49
5
This folder contains correspondence with Seuphor and includes photocopies of his archival materials.
Rex Slinkard
1994
49
6
This folder contains an artist file from William H. Gerdts.
Ida Solem
2000
50
1
This folder contains correspondence.
Trevor Southey
1990
1995-1996
50
2
This folder contains correspondence and a news clipping.
Carl Sprinchorn
2002
50
3
This folder contains photocopied archival materials and a gallery catalog.
Frank Stevens
50
4
This folder contains a transcript of an oral history interview [photocopy] of Stevens by Betty Hoag from 1964.
LeConte Stewart
1985
50
5
This folder contains a list of artwork for the LeConte Stewart Festival.
Minerva Kohlhepp Teichert
50
6
This folder contains biographical information.
Utah early art history
50
7
This folder contains collected articles.
Utah Museum of Art
1966
1985-2004
50
8-9
This folder contains correspondence, drafts, articles, and other items.
Helen Votichenko
2001-2002
50
10
This folder contains correspondence.
Andy Warhol
1998-2003
50
11
This folder contains news clippings collected by South.
William Wendt
2003-2009
2016
50
12
This folder contains materials related to an exhibition regarding Wendt.
Tyrus Wong
2004
50
13
This folder contains a transcript of an oral history interview [photocopy] of Wong by Betty Hoag from 1965. Also included is an exhibition catalog.
Course materials
Early American Art Criticism
1989
51
1
The Emergence of American Modernism, 1900-1930
1989
51
2
Historical Scholarship in American Art
1988
51
3
Method and Historiography
1989
51
4
Introduction to the History of Art, AH250
1997
51
5
Course taught by South at the University of Utah
General materials
Resume
51
6
Working record notebooks
1990
2001
51
7-8
Materials about South
1983-2006
51
9
This folder contains exhibition catalogs that contain art by South and articles.
General museum and art materials
1987-2013
51
10
This folder contains collected articles, announcements, and news clippings.