WAUUWResource00287.xml Guide to the University of Washington, School of Art Records 1932-2008 University of Washington. School of Art. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2014 (Last modified: 6/20/2025)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-05-27. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). February 2026 Erin Bercovici added accession 25-040 Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries University of Washington School of Art records University of Washington. School of Art UA00287 9.06 cubic feet 19 boxes, 4 vertical files 0.0362 gigabytes 276 electronic files 1932-2017 Correspondence, committee records, meeting minutes, brochures, photographs, publications, reports, and exhibition materials of the School Collection materials are in English.

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Source: UW School of Art, 2023, https://art.washington.edu/

Organized into 12 accessions.

Accession No. 82-099, University of Washington Painting, Sculpture and Design Department records, 1932 Accession No. 83-020, University of Washington School of Art records, 1948-1976 (bulk 1960-1969) Accession No. 84-040, University of Washington School of Art records, 1967, 1971-1977 Accession No. 92-115, University of Washington School of Art records, 1958-1991 Accession No. 92-147, University of Washington, School of Art records, 1974-1991 Accession No. 94-059, University of Washington, School of Art records, 1968, 1994 Accession No. 94-105, University of Washington School of Art records, 1966-1974 Accession No. 95-118, University of Washington, School of Art records, 1937-1954 Accession No. 17-020, University of Washington, School of Art records, 1996-2002 Accession No. 23-018, University of Washington School of Art records, 2008 Accession No. 25-022, University of Washington School of Art Design Program yearbooks, 1991-2008 Accession 25-040, University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design records. 2008-2017

Correspondence, committee records, meeting minutes, brochures, photographs, publications, reports, and exhibition materials.

Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for more information.

Request at UW

Some records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Public Records—not subject to copyright. Copying, quotation, publication and other uses are unrestricted if records are open for public release.

 University of Washington. School of Art--Archives University of Washington. School of Art--Faculty University of Washington. School of Art--Curricula University of Washington. Painting, Sculpture and Design Department--Archives University of Washington. University Archives Art--Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Seattle University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington) Fine Arts Colleges and Universities Business correspondence Accession No. 82-099: University of Washington Painting, Sculpture and Design Department records, 1932 1 vertical file

Scope and Content: Publication (PSD), 1932

Restrictions on Access: Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Archives Holding area, 1982-06-01

 University of Washington Painting, Sculpture and Design Department records 82-099 VF1837 Accession No. 83-020: University of Washington School of Art records, 1948-1976 (bulk 1960-1969) 3 cubic feet

Scope and Content: Correspondence, subject files, divisional and committee records 1948-76 (Bulk 1960-69)

Restrictions on Access: Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Transferred from Art School, 1983-04-23

 Correspondence -- Director Series 1 Series 1 General Correspondence 14 folders 1955, 1957-1964 83-020 Box 1

Scope and Content: Includes incoming and outgoing letters in approximately chronological order

 General Correspondence 1959-1964 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence (Moseley) 1967 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence -- Crossroads Gallery 1965-1966 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence -- Fashion Group of Seattle 1964-1965 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence -- Ford Foundation 1974-1977 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence -- Museum of Modern Art 1966-1968 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence -- National Association of Schools of Design 1954-1968 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence -- Osaka Design House 1967 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence -- Port Townsend Summer School of the Arts 1962-1968 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence Rockefeller Brothers Fund 1963 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence -- San Francisco Art Institute 1965 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence -- Washington. State Capitol Museum 1966-1967 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence -- Wenatchee Valley College 1967 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence -- Western Association of Museums 1969 83-020 Box 1 General Correspondence -- Witte Memorial Museum 1966 83-020 Box 1 Correspondence -- Intra-University Series 2 Series 2 W.U. Arts and Sciences Colleges 1959-1966 83-020 Box 2 W.U. Arts and Sciences College. Council 1967-1968 83-020 Box 2 W.U. College Relations Office 1959-1962 83-020 Box 2 W.U. Education College 1965-1966 83-020 Box 2 W.U. Graduate School 5 folders 1959-1969 83-020 Box 2 Subject Series Series 3 Series 3 Art History Ph.D. -- survey 1971 83-020 Box 2 Art History Ph.D. -- procedures, requirements 83-020 Box 2 Audio-Visual Auditorium 1966 83-020 Box 2 Brochures of Divisions 83-020 Box 2 Exhibitions -- student files 1955 83-020 Box 2 Extension Classes 1956-1963 83-020 Box 2 Extension Classes -- Port Townsend 1966 83-020 Box 2 Ford Foundation (Asiatic Proposal) 83-020 Box 2 Graduate Program Accountability Report, Phase II 1977 83-020 Box 2 Graduate Program Survey 1971 83-020 Box 2 High School Art Program 1960-1961 83-020 Box 2 Master of Fine Arts Degree 1966 83-020 Box 2 Master of Arts for Teachers undated 83-020 Box 2 Objectives ("Geballe Report") undated 83-020 Box 2 Photography Course 1965 83-020 Box 2 Reorganization Proposals 1975? 83-020 Box 2 Six-Year Plan 1973 83-020 Box 2 Subgroups Series 4 Series 4 W.U. Art School. Graduate Program Advisor General Correspondence 13 folders 1970-1978 83-020 Box 2 W.U. Art School. Filmmaking Division 1969-1971 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Graphic Design Division undated 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Art History Division 1972-1975 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Industrial Design Division 2 folders 1948, 1967-1973 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Metal Design Division 1967-1976 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Painting Division 2 folders 1970-1975 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Printmaking Division 1975 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Sculpture Division 1971 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Textile Division 1976 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Graduate Painting Committee 1975 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Henry (Horace C.) Art Gallery -- Annual Reports (gaps) 1956-1968 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Henry (Horace C.) Art Gallery -- Correspondence 1966-1969 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Henry (Horace C.) Art Gallery -- Repairs, Construction 1969 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Henry (Horace C.) Art Gallery -- Building ("Moseley") 1968-1969 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art School. Council Minutes 1972-1975 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Architecture Building Planning Committee 1963-1964 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Art Building Planning Committee 1964 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Beginning Teacher Use Study Committee 1964 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Educational Policies and Objectives Committee 1961 83-020 Box 3 W.U. Performing Arts Committee 1966 83-020 Box 3 National Association of Art Schools 1959-1960, 1965 83-020 Box 3 National Council on Arts Education Correspondence 3 folders 1962-1967 83-020 Box 3 Accession No. 84-040: University of Washington School of Art records, 1967, 1971-1977 1 cubic feet

Scope and Content: Outgoing letters of director Spencer Moseley. 1967, 1971-77, subject files, committee records.

Restrictions on Access: Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Spencer Moseley, 1984-08-10

 Outgoing Letters of Director (S. Moseley) Series 1 Series 1 Outgoing Letters of Director (S. Moseley) 9 items 1967, 1971-1977 84-040 Box 1 General Correspondence Series 2 Series 2 Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair 1968 84-040 Box 1 Children's' Home of Washington 1973 84-040 Box 1 Simon (Norton) Museum of Art 2 items 1972-1974 84-040 Box 1 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 1971 84-040 Box 1 Washington. State University. Art Museum 1975 84-040 Box 1 Subject Series Series 3 Series 3 Art Museum Proposal (UW) 1967-1969 84-040 Box 1 "General Education at the UW" 1952 84-040 Box 1 Graduate Faculty 1975 84-040 Box 1 Port Townsend Extension Art Program 1973 84-040 Box 1 Post-Secondary Education Proposal 1977 84-040 Box 1 Six-Year Plan 1973 84-040 Box 1 Tuition (out of state) Petition 1971 84-040 Box 1 Shows, Exhibitions Series 4 Series 4 84-040 Box 1 Alaska Show of Moseley's Work 1970 84-040 Box 1 All-American Landscape 1973 84-040 Box 1 "Regionalism in the Pacific Northwest Art of the 1930's" (Kingsbury) 1972 84-040 Box 1 Subgroups Series 5 Series 5 Pacific Northwest Arts Center 1974-1975 84-040 Box 1 W.U. Arts Council 2 items 1973-1975 84-040 Box 1 W.U. Campus Art Collection Committee 1975-1977 84-040 Box 1 W.U. Fine Arts Introduction Committee 1950 84-040 Box 1 W.U. Home Economics Review Committee 3 items 1973 84-040 Box 1 Accession No. 92-115: University of Washington School of Art records, 1958-1991 2.62 cubic feet

Scope and Content: Correspondence, budget files, brochures, faculty lists, faculty meetings, reports, administrative code, proposals, retreats, trips, subject series; 1958-1991

Restrictions on Access: Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Janie Fontaine, 1992-03-23

 Brochures 1987-1988 92-115 Box 1 Budget 1985-1987 92-115 Box 1 Administrative Code 1979 92-115 Box 1 Chronological Correspondence 1965-1991 92-115 Box 1

Restrictions on Access: Restricted

 Faculty Lists 1973-1989 92-115 Box 1 Faculty Meetings 1977-1991 92-115 Box 1 Proposals 1972-1987 92-115 Box 2 Reports 1967-1984 92-115 Box 2 Retreats 1987-1991 92-115 Box 2 Trips 1989 92-115 Box 2 Subject Series 1974-1989 92-115 Box 2 Subgroups: Ford Foundation 1974-1979 92-115 Box 2 Subgroups: National Association of Schools of Art and Design 1982-1986 92-115 Box 2 Subgroups: Patrons of Northwest Civic, Cultural and Charitable Organizations (PONCHO) 1970-1987 92-115 Box 2 Subgroups: W.U. Art School. Art Council 1972-1986 92-115 Box 2 Subgroups: W.U. Art School. Art Education Division 1958-1977 92-115 Box 3 Subgroups: W.U. Art School. Art History Division 1964-1988 92-115 Box 4 Restricted Material 1985-1988 92-115 Box 4

Restrictions on Access: Restricted

 Accession No. 92-147: University of Washington, School of Art records, 1974-1991 .79 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, brochures, scrapbook of photographs; 1974-1991

Restrictions on Access: Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Janie Fontaine, 1992-03-19

 Correspondence 1974 92-147 Box 1 Brochures 1987-1988 92-147 Box 1 Scrapbook of Photographs approximately 1975-1990 92-147 Box 2 W.U. Art School Faculty Council Minutes 6 folders 1986-1991 92-147 Box 1 Accession No. 94-059: University of Washington, School of Art records, 1968, 1994 1 vertical file

Scope and Content: Black and White photographs, negatives (1968); covering letter with background information (1994).

The photographs show students who attended the first two years of the School Art Study Abroad Program in Avignon, France in 1968-1969.

Restrictions on Access: Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Jo Nilsson, 1994-07-13

 University of Washington, School of Art records 94-059 VF2313 Accession No. 94-105: University of Washington School of Art records, 1966-1974 0.83 cubic feet 2 boxes

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, subject series; 1966-1974.

Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use.

Restrictions on Access: Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Gervais Reed, 1994-07-20

 University of Washington School of Art records 94-105 Box 1 University of Washington School of Art records 94-105 Box 2 Accession No. 95-118: University of Washington, School of Art records, 1937-1954 1 vertical file

Scope and Content: Annual and biennial reports; 1937-1943, 1947-1950, 1953-1954.

Restrictions on Access: Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Publications Area, 1990-01-01

 University of Washington, School of Art records 95-118 VF2349 Accession No. 17-020: University of Washington, School of Art records, 1996-2002 0.18 cubic feet 1 box

Scope and Content: Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition catalogs.

Restrictions on Access: Public Records (Public disclosure laws may restrict access to some records)

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use is unrestricted after access has been granted)

 University of Washington, School of Art records 17-020 Box 1 Accession No. 23-018: University of Washington School of Art records, 2008 1 vertical file

Scope and Content: A Public Art Curriculum proposal for a renewal of grant funding, submitted on behalf of the Public Art Curriculum faculty.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records—not subject to copyright. Copying, quotation, publication and other uses are unrestricted if records are open for public release.

Acquisition Info: Angela Weaver, UW Art Library, 2010

 University of Washington School of Art records 23-018 VF3232 Accession No. 25-022: University of Washington School of Art Design Program yearbooks, 1991-2008 1 box

Scope and Content: Design program yearbooks.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records—not subject to copyright. Copying, quotation, publication and other uses are unrestricted if records are open for public release.

Acquisition Info: transferred by Karen Cheng, February 21, 2025

 1998 Division of Design BFA Yearbook 25-022 Box 1 2000 Division of Design BFA Yearbook 25-022 Box 1 1996 Division of Design BFA Yearbook 25-022 Box 1 1994 Division of Design BFA Yearbook 25-022 Box 1 2018 Visual Communication Design Yearbook 25-022 Box 1 2002 Visual Communication Design Yearbook 25-022 Box 1 2008 Design Studies Yearbook 25-022 Box 1 1995 UW School of Art MFA Catalog 25-022 Box 1 1993 UW Graphic Design BFA Yearbook "Fresh Squeezed" 25-022 Box 1 1991 Division of Design BFA Yearbook "2-1/2D" 25-022 Box 1 1992 Division of Desgin BFA Yearbook 25-022 Box 1 1998 School of Art MFA Catalog 25-022 Box 1 1989 Visual Communication Design Year "8658 Picas" 25-022 Box 1 Fragments from the Stacked Deck, by Judy Anderson 1994 25-022 Box 1

Scope and Content: Judy Anderson was a professor and chair of the Division of Design at the University of Washington's School of Art from 1988–2002

 1997 Graphic Design Yearbook 25-022 Box 1 2001 Division of Design BFA Yearbook 25-022 Box 1 Accession No. 25-040, University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design records, 2008-2017 0.0362 gigabytes 276 files

Scope and Content: Leadership council meeting agendas and minutes from 2008-2017, missing years 2010 and 2011.

Access Restrictions: Access restricted: For terms of access, contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Use Restrictions: Public Records—not subject to copyright. Copying, quotation, publication and other uses are unrestricted if records are open for public release.

Acquisition Information: Beth Eastwood-Beatty, UW School of Art + Art History + Design, 2024

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