Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-2001

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• Description: Accession No. 5187-001: Richard S. Beyer, papers, 1998

  4.17 cubic feet (5 boxes)

  Scope and Content: Clippings and letters showing public reaction to Beyer's sculptures on public view. Margaret Beyer used this material for the book on her husband's work Art People Love, 1998. Also includes photo album of Beyer at his Pateros foundry and other items; ca. 1998.

  Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

  Restrictions on Use: Some restrictions exist on copying, quotation or publication. Contact Repository for details.

  Acquisition Info: Richard and Margaret Beyer, 2000-08-24

• Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001

  12.00 cubic feet (12 boxes)

  Scope and Content: Sketches, letters, notes, writings, ephemera related to various projected and actual sculptures and to the sculptor's other activities, primarily while residing in Seattle. Bulk ca1970-ca1985.

  Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.

  Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights retained. Contact repository for details.

  Donor and heirs retain copyright in drawings until 2050, when they transfer to the Libraries. Reproductions of drawings and quotations from manuscripts of Beyer to be credited to Richard S. Beyer.

  Acquisition Info: Margaret Beyer, 2002-04-26

  • Description: Correspondence
    Container: Box 1, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Writings
    Container: Box 1, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Drawings
    Container: Box 1, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Rolls

    Scope and Content: A Story; Birds; Wright/Schucart Sculpture; Unemployment Office; Wild Pig; Old Man Telling Stories to Children (Proposal for Columbus Sculpture); Lion Standing on a Man; Squirl; Story Fragment; Figure; Girl Nursing a Coyote; Kent City Hall; Friends Center Poster

    Container: Box 1, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: 2 Tide Books
    Container: Box 1, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Correspondence
    Container: Box 2, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Writings

    Scope and Content: Fremont

    Container: Box 2, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Unidentified drawings
    Container: Box 2, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Brick designs

    Scope and Content: ID Bookstore sign

    Container: Box 2, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Writings
    Container: Box 2, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Kent City Hall Designs
    Container: Box 2, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Drawings
    Container: Box 3, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Writings
    Dates: approximately 1980-1985
    Container: Box 3, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Correspondence
    Container: Box 3, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Rolls
    Container: Box 3, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Old folders (some drawings)
    Container: Box 3, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Calendars
    Container: Box 3, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Drawings (unassigned)
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Writings
    Dates: 1990s
    Container: Box 4, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Rolls

    Scope and Content: Cutouts of 3 Men; A Face Pattern

    Container: Box 4, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Packets

    Scope and Content: Lecture to Children; Old Shop Drawings

    Dates: 1970s
    Container: Box 4, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Drawings

    Scope and Content: Separated by topic, design, or place

    Container: Box 5, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Drawings
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Libby Dam Competition
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Kah-Nee-Ta parflects, Warm Springs, OR
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Bassetti Sculpture
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Writings
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Children's Art
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Brick Carving Designs for the Federal Building
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Politics
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Roseburg Church
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Child's crib
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Buckles
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Proportions of the human figure
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Benches at the Woodland Park Zoo
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: War of the Frogs and the Cranes
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Llama Sculpture
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Richard and Sandy's wedding
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Burris and Peaceable Kingdom design
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Russia
    Dates: approximately 1970
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Drawings, Pateros
    Dates: 1988
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Bassetti Pole
    Dates: 2001
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Columbus sculpture in Georgia
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: War and Politics
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: McDonald's sculpture on Mercer Island
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Artists Equity
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Everett Library Brick Carving
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Proposal for Anacortes
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Getting into a Boat design
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Boy on Man's Shoulders, Library, Shelton
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Children's Art
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Diomede Island Competition
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Russia
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Pictures
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Writings
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Reflection on the Columbia
    Dates: 1989-1993
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Notebook- Early Pictures
    Dates: 1960-1990
    Container: Box 8, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Notebook - Story of the Allosaurus
    Dates: 1960-1990
    Container: Box 8, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Notebook - Drawings of Misirachord Carvings
    Dates: 1960-1990
    Container: Box 8, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: 23 notebooks - Drawings and Pictures
    Dates: 1960-1990
    Container: Box 8, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Papers
    Container: Box 9, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Columbia University
    Container: Box 10, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Poetry and writings
    Container: Box 10, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Letters
    Container: Box 10, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: 1970s
    Container: Box 11, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001
  • Description: Late 1980s and mid 1990s
    Container: Box 12, Accession 5187-002
    Location: Accession No. 5187-002: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1965-2001

• Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996

  8.00 cu. ft. (8 boxes)

  Scope and Content: Project files, including sketches, letters, drawings, subject series; ca. 1963-1996.

  Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.

  Some material stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.

  Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights retained. Contact repository for details.

  Donor and heirs retain copyright in drawings until 2050, when they transfer to the Libraries. Reproductions of drawings and quotations from manuscripts of Beyer to be credited to Richard S. Beyer.

  Acquisition Info: Richard and Margaret Beyer, 2003-08-18

  • Description: Sketches and Drawings
    Dates: 1963-1970
    Container: Box 1, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Ka-nee-ta
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 1, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Sketches and Drawings
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1973-1990
    Container: Box 2, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Financial Records
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Papers and Drawings
    Dates: 1970-1975
    Container: Box 3, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Drawings
    Dates: 1983
    Container: Box 3, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Drawings
    Dates: 1960-1979
    Container: Box 4, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Writings
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 4, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Stations of the Cross
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 4, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Roseburg
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 4, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Freemont Forum Drawings
    Dates: 1980
    Container: Box 5, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Drawings
    Dates: 1975-1980
    Container: Box 5, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Sketches and Writings
    Dates: 1980-1984
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Sketches of Seattle Projects
    Dates: 1980s
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Seattle Arts Organizations
    Dates: 1978
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Sketches and Writings re: Pateros
    Dates: 1990-1994
    Container: Box 6, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Writings and Drawings re: Community Arts at Pateros
    Dates: 1989-1990
    Container: Box 7, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996
  • Description: Subject Series
    Dates: 1995-1996
    Container: Box 8, Accession 5187-003
    Location: Accession No. 5187-003: Richard S. Beyer papers, 1963-1996