Ambrose Patterson papers, 1902-1982
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Patterson, Ambrose, 1877-1966
- Title
- Ambrose Patterson papers
- Dates
- 1902-1982 (inclusive)19021982
1914-1966 (bulk)19141966 - Quantity
- ca. 2 cubic ft. and 1 reel of tape
- Collection Number
- 2563
- Summary
- Correspondence, writings, catalogues of exhibitions, reminiscences, clippings and photographs related to an artist
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Ambrose McCarthy Patterson was born in Australia (1887) and after early art studies at the National Gallery in Melbourne (1896) went to Paris for further study (1898-1910). While there, he studied at several academies and was elected a member of the Société du Salon d'Automne. He returned to Australia (1910) and after a brief stay in Honolulu (1915-17) and San Francisco (1917-18), he became an instructor at the University of Washington School of Art (Inst.1919-45, prof.1945-47, prof.emer.,1947-). He was a founder and president of Northwest Printers. His paintings are in collections in France, Belgium, England, Australia and America. He died in 1966.
Content Description
Correspondence, speeches, writings, exhibition catalogs, photos of paintings, oral history interview, subject files, photos, reminiscences, and other papers, relating to the activities of Patterson and his wife, Viola Patterson, as Northwest painters and printmakers.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Consult the restrictions governing reproduction and use for each of the accessions listed below.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
Organized into 4 accessions.
- Accession No. 2563-001, Ambrose Patterson papers, 1902-1967
- Accession No. 2563-003, Ambrose Patterson papers, 1903-1982
- Accession No. 2563-004, Ambrose Patterson papers, 1949-1970
- Accession No. 2563-005, Microfilm of selections from the Patterson Papers, circa 1902-1982
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Accession No. 2563-001: Ambrose Patterson papers, 1902-1967
1 ft.Scope and Content: Correspondence, writings, catalogues of exhibitions, reminiscences, clippings, photographs.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Viola Patterson, 1976-04-01
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Description: Biographical Features15 itemsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Allied Publications, Inc. incoming lettersDates: 1960-1961Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Barbeau, Marius incoming letters9 itemsDates: 1934-1966Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Miscellaneous incoming letters, A-B11 itemsDates: 1958-1963Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Cunningham, Imogen incoming letters2 itemsDates: 1947, 1950Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Miscellaneous incoming letters, C12 itemsDates: 1920-1966Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Evans, Daniel incoming letter1 itemDates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Miscellaneous incoming letters, D-I11 itemsDates: 1936-1967Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Gourlay, Patricia incoming letters3 itemsDates: 1963Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Kanokogui, Takeshiro incoming letters10 itemsDates: 1933-1939Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Kitagawa, Taniji incoming letters5 itemsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/11, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Miscellaneous incoming letters, K-O11 itemsDates: 1942-1966Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Philadelphia Museum of Art incoming letters5 itemsDates: 1942-1964Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Accession 2563-001
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Description: The Print Corner incoming letters11 itemsDates: 1931-1933Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Miscellaneous incoming letters, P-R9 itemsDates: 1926-1966Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Sturtevant, Butler S. incoming letters3 itemsDates: 1937Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Miscellaneous incoming letters, S-T14 itemsDates: 1948-1966Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Miscellaneous incoming letters, W5 itemsDates: 1937, 1963Container: Box/Folder 1/18, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Unidentified incoming letters6 itemsDates: 1930, 1966Container: Box/Folder 1/19, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Outgoing Letters9 itemsDates: 1940-1960Container: Box/Folder 1/20, Accession 2563-001
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Description: General Correspondence3 itemsDates: 1957-1960Container: Box/Folder 1/21, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Speeches and Writings of Patterson4 itemsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/22, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Speeches and Writings of Barbeau, Marius6 itemsDates: 1926-1959Container: Box/Folder 1/23-24, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Miscellaneous speeches and writings11 itemsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/25, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Awards5 itemsDates: 1947-1961Container: Box/Folder 1/26, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Catalogues of Exhibitions80 itemsDates: 1912-1967Container: Box/Folder 1/27-30, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Prints11 itemsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/31, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Photographs15 itemsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/1, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Miscellaneous Notes13 itemsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/2, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Notes for proposed book12 itemsDates: 1902, 1904, 1928Container: Box/Folder 2/3, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Reminiscences4 itemsDates: 1877-1951Container: Box/Folder 2/4-7, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Notebooks6 itemsDates: 1929-1934, 1961Container: Box/Folder 2/8-9, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Clippings133 itemsDates: 1914-1966Container: Box/Folder 2/10-11, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Miscellaneous5 itemsDates: 1960Container: Box/Folder 2/12, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Société du Salon d'Automne - General Correspondence7 itemsDates: 1950-1953Container: Box/Folder 2/13, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Société du Salon d'Automne - Miscellaneous11 itemsDates: 1920-1952Container: Box/Folder 2/14, Accession 2563-001
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Description: Oversize Scrapbook
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Accession No. 2563-003: Ambrose Patterson papers, 1903-1982
1.25 linear ft.Scope and Content: Correspondence, drawings, writings, photographs of paintings.
The professional papers subgroup in this accession contains writings about art as well as material related to his paintings. Included are many letters from artist friends all over the world. Sir Gerald Kelly was President of the Royal Academy.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Viola Patterson, 1983-09-01
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Series 1: Patterson, Ambrose McCarthy
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Professional Papers
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Description: Incoming LettersDates: 1925-1969Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 2563-003
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Description: General Correspondence - OeuvreDates: 1931Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Drawings - Mexico & othersDates: 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/3-4, Accession 2563-003
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Description: WritingsDates: 1914-1958Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Writings - contains photographs intended as illustrationsDates: 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Writings - "Art Appreciation Given by AP 1927 or 8"Dates: 1927-1928Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Photographs - Paintings by Ambrose PattersonDates: approximately 1904-1958Container: Box/Folder 1/8-9, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Notebook/ScrapbookDates: 1934-1961Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Exhibition CatalogsDates: 1903-1967Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Financial RecordsDates: 1928-1959Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Accession 2563-003
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Description: ListsDates: 1941Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Accession 2563-003
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Description: PatentDates: 1922Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Amédée OzenfantDates: 1918-1966Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Accession 2563-003
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Personal Papers
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Description: Biographical FeaturesDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/1, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Family DocumentsDates: 1907-1928Container: Box/Folder 2/2, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Beeton, Alan incoming lettersDates: 1903-1942Container: Box/Folder 2/3-12, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Beeton, Mary incoming lettersDates: approximately 1915Container: Box/Folder 2/13, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Box, Anne incoming lettersDates: 1937-1941Container: Box/Folder 2/14, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Braithwaite, Bertha incoming lettersDates: 1952-1966Container: Box/Folder 2/15, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Braithwaite, Stella incoming lettersDates: 1951-1965Container: Box/Folder 2/16, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Brazeau, Wendall & Elizabeth (Libby) incoming lettersDates: 1961-1963Container: Box/Folder 2/17, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Delrue, Clotilde incoming lettersDates: 1919-1949Container: Box/Folder 2/18, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Dollar, William incoming lettersDates: 1956Container: Box/Folder 2/19, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Duncan, James T. incoming letters - contains sonnetsDates: 1941-1954Container: Box/Folder 2/20, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Evans, Reine Robert incoming lettersDates: 1930-1953Container: Box/Folder 2/21, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Goodrich Chauncey incoming letters - regarding Dr. Elizabeth G. WhitneyDates: 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/22, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Kelly, Gerald incoming lettersDates: 1951-1957Container: Box/Folder 2/23, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Moeschlin, Elsa & FelixDates: 1926-1948Container: Box/Folder 2/24, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Mund, Vernon A. incoming lettersDates: 1940-1966Container: Box/Folder 2/25, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Ozenfant, Amédée & Marthe incoming lettersDates: 1938-1964Container: Box/Folder 2/26-28, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Patterson, Charles incoming lettersDates: 1909Container: Box/Folder 2/29, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Patterson, Nell (Helen Melba) incoming lettersDates: 1937-1966Container: Box/Folder 2/30, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Patterson, Yvonne incoming lettersDates: 1944-1966Container: Box/Folder 2/31-34, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Raman, A.S. incoming lettersDates: 1951-1961Container: Box/Folder 3/1, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Whitney, Elizabeth G. incoming lettersDates: 1949-1957Container: Box/Folder 3/2, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Miscellaneous incoming lettersDates: 1908-1966Container: Box/Folder 3/3, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Delrue, Clotilde outgoing lettersDates: 1936Container: Box/Folder 3/4, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Patterson, Yvonne outgoing lettersDates: 1954-1957Container: Box/Folder 3/5, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Frontier, Genevieve correspondence - regarding Clotilde DelrueDates: 1949Container: Box/Folder 3/6, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Ozenfant, Amédée correspondence - regarding "La Belle Vie"Dates: 1959Container: Box/Folder 3/7, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Patterson, George R. B. correspondenceDates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 3/8, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Patterson, Yvonne correspondenceDates: 1953-1961Container: Box/Folder 3/9, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Photographs - personalDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 3/10, Accession 2563-003
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Description: ClippingsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 3/11, Accession 2563-003
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Description: EphemeraDates: 1905-1953Container: Box/Folder 3/12, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Patterson, CharlesDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 3/13, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Patterson, GeorgeDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 3/14, Accession 2563-003
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Series 2: Patterson, Viola
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Description: Alexander, Jane incoming lettersDates: 1980-1982Container: Box/Folder 3/15, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Braithwaite, Bertha incoming lettersDates: 1959-1971Container: Box/Folder 3/16, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Braithwaite, Stella incoming lettersDates: 1955-1979Container: Box/Folder 3/17, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Brazeau, Elizabeth (Libby) incoming lettersDates: 1970Container: Box/Folder 3/18, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Calder, Mrs. S. W. (Winty) incoming lettersDates: 1980-1982Container: Box/Folder 3/19, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Fruth, Helen-Marie incoming lettersDates: 1962-1975Container: Box/Folder 3/20, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Halley incoming lettersDates: approximately 1951Container: Box/Folder 3/21, Accession 2563-003
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Description: McCan, Mrs. Patterson (Isqua) incoming lettersDates: approximately 1942Container: Box/Folder 3/22, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Mund, Vernon A. & Alice incoming lettersDates: 1967-1978Container: Box/Folder 3/23, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Patterson, Nell (Helen Melba) incoming lettersDates: 1937-1979Container: Box/Folder 3/24, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Patterson, Nell (Helen Melba) & Mary incoming lettersDates: 1979Container: Box/Folder 3/25, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Patterson, Yvonne incoming lettersDates: 1967-1974Container: Box/Folder 3/26, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Westphol, Katherine & Ed RossbachDates: approximately 1949Container: Box/Folder 3/27, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Miscellaneous personal incoming lettersDates: 1962-1980Container: Box/Folder 3/28, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Miscellaneous professional incoming lettersDates: 1967-1980Container: Box/Folder 3/29, Accession 2563-003
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Description: CondolencesDates: 1966-1967Container: Box/Folder 3/30, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Outgoing lettersDates: 1971Container: Box/Folder 3/31, Accession 2563-003
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Description: Memorial FundsDates: 1967Container: Box/Folder 3/32, Accession 2563-003
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Accession No. 2563-004: Ambrose Patterson papers, 1949-1970
.21 linear ft.Scope and Content: Biographical features, correspondence, gallery notices, lists, photographs, clippings.
Material regarding Patterson collected by the Henry Gallery and Archives of NW Art. Includes many black and white photographs.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Archives of NW Art, 1983-01-01
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Series 1: Patterson, Ambrose
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Description: Biographical FeaturesDates: 1960-1964Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Incoming LettersDates: 1960-1965Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Outgoing LetterDates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Correspondence regarding Patterson, AmbroseDates: 1949-1950Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Accession 2563-004
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Description: WritingDates: 1953Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Exhibition NoticesDates: 1960-1967Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Exhibition CatalogsDates: 1961-1967Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Accession 2563-004
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Description: ListsDates: 1960Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Photographs of Patterson, AmbroseDates: 1952Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Photographs of Ambrose Patterson's paintingsDates: 1960-1964Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Accession 2563-004
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Description: ClippingsDates: 1916-1967Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Accession 2563-004
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Series 2: Patterson, Viola
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Description: Biographical FeaturesDates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Incoming LettersDates: 1965-1968Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Outgoing LettersDates: 1953-1972Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Correspondence regarding Patterson, ViolaDates: 1968Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Exhibition NoticesDates: 1960Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Photographs of Patterson, ViolaDates: 1920-1952Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Photographs of Viola Patterson's paintingsDates: 1953-1966Container: Box/Folder 1/18, Accession 2563-004
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Description: ClippingsDates: 1937-1970Container: Box/Folder 1/19, Accession 2563-004
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Description: Accession No. 2563-005: Microfilm of selections from the Patterson Papers, circa 1902-19824 microfilm reels : negative
Scope and Content: Microfilm of selections from the Patterson Papers, negatives only.
Selections from Acc. No. 2563-001 and 2563-3 filmed for the Australian National Gallery.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Filmed from originals in the MSS Collection, 1984-06-01
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Patterson, Ambrose, 1877-1966--Archives
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Barbeau, Marius (creator)
- Beeton, Alan (creator)
- Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976 (creator)
- Duncan, James T (creator)
- Kauokogui, Takeshiro (creator)
- Kelly, Gerald (creator)
- Kitagawa, Tanyi (creator)
- Mund, Vernon A. (Vernon Arthur), 1906- (creator)
- Ozenfant, Amedee J (creator)
- Patterson, Nell (creator)
- Patterson, Viola, 1898-1984 (creator)
Corporate Names
- Henry Art Gallery (creator)
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