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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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 2426 Seders, Francine, 1932- Francine Seders papers 1923-2014 5.97 cubic feet (12 boxes) plus 1 vertical file (1 sound cassette and 1 transcript) Collection materials are in English. Papers of a Seattle art gallery owner.

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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Accession No. 2426-003: Oral history interview with Francine Seders, 1974 August 11 1 sound tape reel and 1 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% 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.

 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.

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