Betty Jean Whiteman (1918-1985) spent her childhood in the Milton-Freewater, Walla Walla, and La Crosse areas, and the attended Washington State College from 1935 to 1939, graduating with a B.A. in Fine Arts. While at WSC, she studied under Clyfford Still. She received her M.A. from Columbia University, and worked in the New York City area during World War II; after marrying Louis Feves to become Betty Feves she returned to the northwest and spent the remainder of her life in Pendleton, OR. She had a career as a noted artist, primarily working in clay.
The collection consists of a single scrapbook, focused primarily on her undergraduate years at Washington State College, but also including images from her high school and childhood years. Not counting blank pages, there are 37 pages of photographs and text, or 231 individual images. One page includes photographs of art done during a summer of coursework at the University of Washington, studying under Alexander Archipenko.
In addition to photographs, the collection contains numerous caricatures drawn by Feves of her college friends and teachers.
Handwritten labels and art in white were created by Betty; labels in other colors were primarily added by her husband Lou.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
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Betty Feves Scrapbook, 1920s-1937 (PC 196)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Alan Feves of Pendleton, OR initially loaned this scrapbook to the WSU Museum of Fine Art in spring of 2020, and subsequently donated it to the Washington State University Libraries in March of 2021.
Mark O’English processed this collection in May of 2021.
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