WAUSedersFrancine2426.xml Guide to the Francine Seders Papers 1923-2014 Seders (Francine) Papers Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2006 (Last modified: 4/19/2018)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-07-02. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Francine Seders papers Seders, Francine, 1932- 2426 6.17 cubic feet 13 boxes and 1 vertical file 1 sound tape reels 1923-2014 Papers of a Seattle art gallery owner. Collection materials are in English.

Francine Seders (born 1932) was an assistant at the Otto Seligman Gallery in Seattle's University District. After Otto Seligman died in 1966, Seders took over the gallery. In approximately 1974 she changed the name to Francine Seders Gallery and later moved it from the University District to the Greenwood neighborhood. The gallery showed work of artists from the Pacific Northwest, California, and Europe.

Arranged into 2 accessions:

Accession No. 2426-003, Oral history interview with Francine Seders, August 11, 1972 Accession No. 2426-007, Francine Seders papers, 1923-2014

The papers include an audiocassette and transcript for an oral history interview with Francine Seders conducted by Sally Swenson covering the years 1960-1974. The bulk of the remaining materials consists of files regarding artists whose work was exhibited at Seders' gallery, including letters, newletters, exhibit files, and photographs.

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 Seders, Francine, 1932---Archives Seders, Francine, 1932---Interviews Tobey, Mark Francine Seders Gallery (Seattle, Wash.) Otto Seligman Gallery (Seattle, Wash.) Seattle Women art dealers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives Women art dealers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Interviews Art galleries, Commercial--Washington (State)--Seattle Art dealers--Washington (State)--Seattle Art--Exhibitions Artists Artists--Washington (State) Art, American--Washington (State) Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Fine Arts Women Audiocassettes Oral histories transcripts exhibition catalogs Correspondence Newsletters Photographs Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Oral histories Sound recordings Accession No. 2426-003: Oral history interview with Francine Seders, 1974 August 11 1 vertical file sound tape reel and transcript

Scope and Content: Includes a tape-recorded interview of Francine Seders conducted by Sally Swenson on August 11, 1974. Covering the years 1960-1974, Seders discusses her art gallery, the artists she represented, art criticism, art in Europe and the United States, and the art collector. She refers to the "Northwest School," the Horiuchi Mural at Seattle Center, the Henry Moore Sculpture at the Seattle 1st Bank, the Robert Maki Sculpture at the Sea-Tac Airport, and the City of Seattle 1%25 for Art Program.

Restrictions on Access: The transcript is open to all users. The original analog tape cannot be played due to preservation concerns; users must arrange to have the analog tape converted to digital format.

Acquisition Info: Acquired from the Archives of Northwest Art (Henry Gallery) in 1973.

 Oral history interview and transcript 1974 August 11 2426-003 VF0901 Accession No. 2426-007: Francine Seders papers, 1923-2014 5.97 cubic feet (12 boxes)

Arrangement: Arranged by type of document.

Scope and Content: Collection primarily includes artist files which contain photographs, correspondence, original artwork (cards sent to Seders by artists), clippings, exhibit guides and invitations, newsletters, exhibit filesm, ephemera, artist biographies and resumes.

Restrictions on Access: The papers are open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Gift of Francine Seders and Archives of Northwest Art between 1975 and 2016.

Processing Info: This group of material was created from the merging in 2002 of four accessions that originally were received in 1975 and 1983. Additional materials were added 3/1/2016.

 Artist files Series 1 Series 1 Maria Frank Abrams 1959-1967 2426-007 Box 1 1 Ralph Aeschliman 1966-1969 2426-007 Box 1 2 Nola Ahola 1971 2426-007 Box 1 3 Juan Alonso 1988-2014 2426-007 Box 1 4 Guy Anderson 1966-1998 2426-007 Box 1 5 Daniel Argimon 1964-1976 2426-007 Box 1 6 Nasser Assar 1963-1970 2426-007 Box 1 7 Joan Backes 2004-2011 2426-007 Box 1 8 Dina Barzel 2000-2007 2426-007 Box 1 9 Rick Bartow 1988-1993 2426-007 Box 1 10 Richard Batdorff Undated 2426-007 Box 1 11 Maxwell Bates 1966-1969 2426-007 Box 1 12 Karl Benjamin 1977-2012 2426-007 Box 1 13 Fred Birchman 2000-2010 2426-007 Box 1 14 Paul Bonifas 1966-1967 2426-007 Box 1 15 Alfonse Borysewicz 1996-2008 2426-007 Box 1 16 Wendall Brazeau 1976-2011 2426-007 Box 1 17 Eduardo Calderon 2004-2013 2426-007 Box 1 18 Malcolm Cameron 1968-1969 2426-007 Box 1 19 Irwin Caplan 1961-1970 2426-007 Box 2 1 Dan W. Carmichael 1979 2426-007 Box 2 2 Lauri Chambers 1994-2013 2426-007 Box 2 3 Fay Chong 1994 2426-007 Box 2 4 Chuang Che 1990 2426-007 Box 2 5 Jean Cluseau-Lanauve 1973-1974 2426-007 Box 2 6 Michael A. Cummings 1990-2008 2426-007 Box 2 7 Paul Dahlquist Undated 2426-007 Box 2 8 Michael Dailey 1968-2009 2426-007 Box 2 9 Pat De Caro 2001-2004 2426-007 Box 2 10 James Deitz 2010 2426-007 Box 2 11 Marita Dingus 2002-2007 2426-007 Box 2 12 Joe Downing 1961-1969 2426-007 Box 2 13 Claire Falkenstein 1967-1973 2426-007 Box 2 14 John Ford 1967-1974 2426-007 Box 2 15 Jon Gierlich 2001-2006 2426-007 Box 2 16 Mar Goman 1993-2007 2426-007 Box 2 17 Boyer Gonzales 1935-1984 2426-007 Box 2 18 Philip Govedare 1995-2012 2426-007 Box 2 19 James Grant 1967-1972 2426-007 Box 2 20 Gail Grinnell 2006-2011 2426-007 Box 2 21 Andres Grunert 1991-2005 2426-007 Box 2 22 René Guietti 1958-1966 2426-007 Box 2 23 Pehr Hallsten 1961-1982 2426-007 Box 2 24 James Lee Hansen 1967-1972 2426-007 Box 2 25 Richad Heipp 1988 2426-007 Box 3 1 Juliana Heyne 2005 2426-007 Box 3 2 Anne Hirondelle 2002 Ray Hill 1970 2426-007 Box 3 3 Andrw Hofmeister 1966-1974 2426-007 Box 3 4 Paul Huber 1975 2426-007 Box 3 5 Denzil H. Hurley 2004-2012 2426-007 Box 3 6 Paul Ripley Jenkins 1968-1979 2426-007 Box 3 7 Joel Jessen 1964-1972 2426-007 Box 3 8 Jon Johnston 1988 2426-007 Box 3 9 Fay Jones 1991 2426-007 Box 3 10 Robert C. Jones 1972-2014 2426-007 Box 3 11 Joseph L. Kagle 1950-1971 2426-007 Box 3 12 Ladislas Kardos 1964-1968 2426-007 Box 3 13 Helen B. Keen 1965-1970 2426-007 Box 3 14 Hank and Solange Kowert 1973 2426-007 Box 3 15 Mary Lou Kuhl 1961-1967 2426-007 Box 3 16 Norman Lane 1966-1967 2426-007 Box 3 17 Alan Lau 1985-2013 2426-007 Box 3 18 Gwen (Knight) Lawrence 1930-2005 2426-007 Box 3 19 Jacob Lawrence 1923-2000 2426-007 Box 3 20 Jacob Lawrence: Aesop's Fables: Exhibition Notebook) 1997 2426-007 Box 3 21 Gary Lundell 1970-1972 2426-007 Box 4 1 Norman Lundin 1967-1979 2426-007 Box 4 2 Spike Mafford 1996 Georges Mathieu 1960-1971 2426-007 Box 4 3 Anna K. McKee 2008-2010 2426-007 Box 4 4 Robert McNown 1995-2002 2426-007 Box 4 5 Paul Moran Undated 2426-007 Box 4 6 Hilda Morris 1967 2426-007 Box 4 7 Ed Musante 2004 2426-007 Box 4 8 Antonio Music 1966-1968 2426-007 Box 4 9 Edward Praczukowski 1966-1968 2426-007 Box 4 10 Henri Johann Radeloff 1971 2426-007 Box 4 11 Kjell Sorensen Ringi 1966-1969 2426-007 Box 4 12 Bill Ritchie 1969-1972 2426-007 Box 4 13 Rand Robbin 1967-1973 2426-007 Box 4 14 John Roberts Undated Arthur Samuel 1968 2426-007 Box 4 15 Elizabeth Sandvig 1967-2013 2426-007 Box 4 16 Leonard Schwartz 1948-1988 2426-007 Box 4 17 Charles Seliger 1959-1968 2426-007 Box 4 18 Julie Shapiro 2009 2426-007 Box 4 19 Herbert Siebner 1961-1971 2426-007 Box 4 20 Bradd Skubinna 1996 2426-007 Box 4 21 Michael Spafford 1965-2013 2426-007 Box 4 22 Robert Storr 2010-2012 2426-007 Box 4 23 Norman Taylor 1969 2426-007 Box 4 24 Joan-Josep Tharrats 1962-1966 2426-007 Box 4 25 Barbara Earl Thomas 2003-2008 2426-007 Box 4 26 Mark Tobey 1972-1990 2426-007 Box 4 27 Gian Berto Vanni 1965-1967 2426-007 Box 5 1 Jean Visly 1957-1969 2426-007 Box 5 2 Willem Volkersz 2012-2013 2426-007 Box 5 3 Toshi Yoshida 1974 2426-007 Box 5 4 VHS Tape of "Jacob Lawrence: American Artist" Undated 2426-007 Box 5 5 Correspondence Series 2 Series 2 Correspondence (General) 1978-2007 2426-007 Box 5 6 Outgoing Letters Undated 2426-007 Box 5 7 Leo Marchutz School Series 3 Series 3 Leo Marchutz School 1969-1974 2426-007 Box 5 8 Exhibit Files Series 4 Series 4 Plastics West Coast 1967-1971 2426-007 Box 5 9 Newsletters Series 5 Series 5 L'Echo de Seattle 1976-1977 2426-007 Box 5 10 Ephemera Series 6 Series 6 Ephemera 1966-1974 2426-007 Box 5 11 Gallery cards 1994-2000 2426-007 Box 13 Events Series 7 Series 7 Seders 70th Birthday Party 2002 2426-007 Box 5 12 Gallery 25th Anniversary 1991 2426-007 Box 5 13 Gallery 30th Anniversary 1996 2426-007 Box 5 14 Gallery 35th Anniversary 2001 2426-007 Box 5 15 Gallery 40th Anniversary 2006 2426-007 Box 5 16 Gallery 44th Anniversary 2010 2426-007 Box 5 17 Talk of the Town: Town Hall Dinner 2007 2426-007 Box 5 18 Pat's 30th Anniversary 2002 2426-007 Box 5 19 Photographs Series 8 Series 8 Photographs of Seders 1975-1996 Misc. Photographs Undated Cards from Artists (Original Artwork) Series 9 Series 9 Juan Alonso 1995-2008 2426-007 Box 5 20 Glen Alps 1980-1985 2426-007 Box 5 21 Dina Barzel 2000-2012 2426-007 Box 5 22 Karl Benjamin 1980-1982 2426-007 Box 5 23 Dan W. Carmichael 1979 2426-007 Box 6 1 Lauri Chambers 1994-2013 2426-007 Box 6 2 Deirdre Croberek 1960-1964 2426-007 Box 6 3 Maysey Craddock 2002-2004 2426-007 Box 6 4 Pat De Caro 2002-2014 2426-007 Box 6 5 Renko Dempster 2014 2426-007 Box 6 6 James Deitz 1999-2000 2426-007 Box 6 7 Nanci Erskine Undated 2426-007 Box 6 8 John Ford 1970-1972 2426-007 Box 6 9 Jon Gierlich 1996-2004 2426-007 Box 6 10 Kathy Glowen 1999-2003 2426-007 Box 6 11 Mar Goman 1996-2001 2426-007 Box 6 12 Andreas Grunert Undated 2426-007 Box 6 13 René Guietti 1967 2426-007 Box 6 14 Art Hansen Undated 2426-007 Box 6 15 Stanley William Hayter 1967 2426-007 Box 6 16 Anne Hirondelle 2010 2426-007 Box 6 17 Paul Horiuchi 1973-1976 2426-007 Box 6 18 Fay Jones 2005 2426-007 Box 6 19 Diann Knezovich 2001-2010 2426-007 Box 6 20 John F. Koening 1983 2426-007 Box 6 21 Norman Lane 1988-1989 2426-007 Box 6 22 Alan Lau 1984-2013 2426-007 Box 6 23 Dale Lindman 1989-2013 2426-007 Box 6 24 Robert Mayokok Undated 2426-007 Box 6 25 Paul Moran 2004-2010 2426-007 Box 6 26 Carl Morris 1976 2426-007 Box 6 27 Hilda Morris Undated 2426-007 Box 6 28 Linda Okazaki 1978-1980 2426-007 Box 6 29 Henri Johann Radeloff 1971 2426-007 Box 6 30 Elizabeth Sandvig 2004-2007 2426-007 Box 6 31 Ikune Sawada 1975 2426-007 Box 6 32 Herbert Siebner 1967 2426-007 Box 6 33 Derin Smith 2001-2002 2426-007 Box 6 34 J. Thompson 1983-1986 2426-007 Box 6 35 Willem Volkersz Undated 2426-007 Box 6 36 Debroah Walker and Marc Wenet 2014 2426-007 Box 6 37 Robert Wilson 1969-1985 2426-007 Box 6 38 Toshi Yoshida 1974 2426-007 Box 6 39 Misc Cards 1982-1996 2426-007 Box 6 40 Paid Invoices Series 10 Series 10 Last Names: A-Alw 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 7 1 Last Names: Ama-Aye 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 7 2 Last Names: B-Ban 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 7 3 Last Names: Bar-Bay 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 7 4 Last Names: Bea-Ben 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 7 5 Last Names: Ber-Bey 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 7 6 Last Names: Bic-Boy 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 7 7 Last Names: Bra-Bri 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 8 1 Last Names: Bro-Byr 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 8 2 Last Names: Cah-Cau 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 8 3 Last Names: Cen-Clu 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 8 4 Last Names: Coa-Cus 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 8 5 Last Names: D-Die 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 8 6 Last Names: Dil-Dym 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 8 7 Last Names: E-Ell 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 8 8 Last Names: Eng-Eve 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 9 1 Last Names: Fab-Flu 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 9 2 Last Names: Fol-Fur 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 9 3 Last Names: Gad-Glu 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 9 4 Last Names: Goe-Gov 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 9 5 Last Names: Gra-Guy 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 9 6 Last Names: Haa-Hap 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 9 7 Last Names: Har-Haz 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 9 8 Last Names: Hea-Hey 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 9 9 Last Names: Hib-Hoy 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 9 10 Last Names: Hun-Hyd 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 10 1 Last Names: I 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 10 2 Last Names: J 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 10 3 Last Names: Kaf-Kiw 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 10 4 Last Names: K-Kur 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 10 5 Last Names: L-Lew 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 10 6 Last Names: Lig-Lyn 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 10 7 Last Names: M-May 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 10 8 Last Names: Mea-Mit 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 10 9 Last Names: Mcc-Mcr 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 10 10 Last Names: Moc-Muw 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 10 11 Last Names: N 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 11 1 Last Names: O 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 11 2 Last Names: P-Pay 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 11 3 Last Names: Pea-Pyr 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 11 4 Last Names: Q 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 11 5 Last Names: R-Rho 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 11 6 Last Names: Ric-Ryd 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 11 7 Last Names: Sac-Saw 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 11 8 Last Names: Sch-Sec 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 11 9 Last Names: Sed-Sey 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 11 10 Last Names: Sha-Sly 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 11 11 Last Names: Smi-Sou 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 12 1 Last Names: Spa-Stu 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 12 2 Last Names: Sug-Swe 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 12 3 Last Names: T 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 12 4 Last Names: U 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 12 5 Last Names: V 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 12 6 Last Names: W-Way 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 12 7 Last Names: Web-Why 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 12 8 Last Names: Wil-Wyc 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 12 9 Last Names: Y-Z 1980-2014 2426-007 Box 12 10