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Artists -- New Mexico -- Taos

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Angie Laylock Letter

 Collection
Identifier: AC 271-p
Scope and Content One letter describes a trip to Taos, NM, and a visit to Dorothy Brett.
Dates: 1993

Anthony Kroll collection of Gene Kloss correspondence

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms. Coll. 20
Scope and Contents Collection of 22 letters and note cards written to Anthony Kroll of Pasadena, CA from Gene Kloss from 1975 through 1995. Also includes a few print catalogues of the Collegium of Western Art for exhibitions in 1975 and 1980, a listing of Gene Kloss etchings available for purchase to Collegium members, miscellaneous Kloss biographical excerpts, and some biographical information and miscellany on Anthony Kroll.
Dates: 1975-1995

Beatrice Mandelman and Louis Ribak Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS -1002-BC
Abstract The collection contains Beatrice Mandelman and Louis Ribak's personal papers, art-related documents, and the Mandelman-Ribak Foundation's Oral Archives History Project.
Dates: 1902-2014

Christopher Felver Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-2008-002
Abstract The Christopher Felver photograph collection contains portraits of prominent Southwest and Native American authors, artists, activists, and performers, as well as photographs from Nicaragua.
Dates: 1982-2015; Majority of material found within 1984, 1998, 2012-2015

Couse Family Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms. Coll. 7
Abstract This collection comprises approximately 11,000 photographs, the majority of which are E.I. Couse's original contact prints produced throughout his lifetime as well as later reprints, picture postcards, and a small amount of pre- and post-1936 photographs of family members, friends, and locations in and around Taos.
Dates: ca. 1880s-1990s

Dean A. Porter Collection Relating to the Taos Society of Artists

 Collection
Identifier: Ms. Coll. 2
Abstract This collection consists of copies of historic documents, original writings, notes, correspondence, and research materials compiled by Dean A. Porter and relating to his research on the Taos Society of Artists with particular emphasis on Victor Higgins and Walter Ufer.
Dates: 1890s-2018; Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text

Donaldson Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-576-BC
Scope and Content This is a collection of letters written to Norman V. Donaldson, his wife Hildegarde, and his daughter Virginia "Midge" Donaldson, by Mabel Dodge Luhan, Dorothy Brett, Robinson Jeffers, and "Eileen Q" (Eileen Quinn, who was sales manager for the University of New Mexico Press). Norman Donaldson became secretary of Yale University Press in 1938, was appointed managing director in 1945, and became director of the Press from 1950 until he retired in 1959. The letters suggest that the...
Dates: 1936-1956

E.I. Couse Correspondence Collection

 Collection — Box 1-4
Identifier: Ms. Coll. 12
Scope and Contents This collection comprises 2 linear feet of original correspondence addressed to and composed by E.I. Couse spanning the late 19th century through the first four decades of the 20th century. The subjects mainly pertain to Mr. Couse's paintings, prints, sales, and exhibitions. The collection is arranged alphabetically according to the correspondent's last name.
Dates: late 19th century to ca. 1936

Elizabeth J. Cunningham Papers Relating to Ernest L. Blumenschein

 Collection
Identifier: Ms. Coll. 1
Abstract This collection comprises research notes, writings, correspondence, printed materials, photographs, slides, and memorabilia belonging to Elizabeth J. Cunningham and relating to her research on the life and work of the Taos artist, Ernest L. Blumenschein.
Dates: 1890s-2017; Majority of material found in 1890s-2017

Ernest L. Blumenschein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 354
Scope and Content Collection consists of the personal papers of Ernest L. Blumenschein, including Blumenschein's correspondence; articles and clippings about him and his work, and biographical and genealogical information. Collection also contains copies of his letters to Ellis Butler Parker. Some of the material is contained in Blumenschein's scrapbooks. Additionally, collection holds financial and tax records, and ephemeral material such as driver's licences and passports. Inventory was produced at item level...
Dates: 1891-1993

Ernest L. Blumenschein Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AC 021-P
Scope and Content Collection consists of a 13-page handwritten text of a speech given by Blumenschein in 1953 on the occasion of John Gaw Meem's induction as an honorary fellow of the School of American Research in Santa Fe, and five letters sent and one letter received by Blumenschein between 1946 and 1955.
Dates: 1946-1955

Joseph Imhof Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 579
Scope and Content Collection consists of extensive Joseph Imhof research materials collected by Nancy Reily, including correspondence, art work research, interviews, and articles. Also part of the collection is documentation of his paintings, lithographs, drawings and greeting cards.
Dates: 1870s-1960s

Mary Greene Blumenschein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 410
Scope and Content The collection consists of correspondence between Mary Greene Blumenschein and her husband Ernest L. Blumenschein (1874-1960) and their daughter Helen G. Blumenschein (1910-1989). The content of these letters discusses artistic matters and the state of the world during World War II. There is an itemized inventory in each folder of the correspondence. The collection also contains a small amount of personal items: passports, certificates, notices, financial papers, and one medical receipt.
Dates: 1900-1958

Michael Grauer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms. Coll. 16
Abstract This collection contains the papers of Michael Grauer and Julie Schimmel on their research regarding artists W. Herbert Dunton and Bert Geer Phillips. Both artists were founding members of the Taos Society of Artists.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 2008

Oral History Interviews with Frank Waters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-613-BC
Scope and Content The Frank Waters oral history interviews consist of one master set of thirty-nine (39) professional quality Beta videotapes. The contents of the original tapes are recorded on two sets of thirteen (13) videocassettes for patron use. The set of videocassettes labeled, "Window burn from Beta, camera originals," can be used for editing. Additionally, there are two sets of seven (7) audio cassette tapes of the interviews (one set for patron use), a transcript log, plus a summary log of the contents...
Dates: 1989, September 14-17

Porter-Harvey Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-731-BC
Abstract This collection consists of correspondence, news clippings, journals, scrapbooks, photographs and genealogical information relating to the Porter and Harvey families. The collection documents their personal, social, and political experiences.
Dates: 1815-2012 (bulk 1917-1969)

Robert R. White Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms. Coll. 3
Abstract This collection consists of copies of Robert R. White's diaries, biographical information, unpublished manuscripts, articles, essays, and ephemera.
Dates: 1947-2014; Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text

Shuler-Berninghaus Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: 1960-036
Scope and Content Collection consists of the papers of James J. Shuler and Oscar E. Berninghaus. Series I consists primarily of Shuler's professional papers as a doctor, businessman, and Mayor in Raton, New Mexico. Much of the collection consists of letters sent by Shuler to various individuals concerning topics such as real estate, mining, irrigation, his medical practice, the New Mexico Municipal League, the Panama-California Exposition of 1915, and civic improvement projects in Raton. Some of the major...
Dates: 1879-1967

Taos Society of Artists Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 219
Scope and Content Collection consists of materials relating to the Taos Society of Artists and its members. Includes the constitution, by-laws, minutes, and reports of the Society; promotional materials and programs from various art exhibits; and materials concerning the Museum of New Mexico, which worked closely with the Society. This collection also contains a significant amount of correspondence involving members and associates of the Society, including Oscar Berninghaus, E. Irving Couse, Gerald Cassidy, Bert...
Dates: 1918-1928

Teresa Hayes Ebie papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms. Coll. 17
Abstract This is the research collection of Teresa Hayes Ebie revolving around the lives and work of notable figures of the Taos art scene in the 20th century. Much of the collection contains photocopies. There is a notable amount of audio cassettes containing interviews, the bulk of which were recorded in the 1990s.
Dates: Majority of material found in 1900 - 2000

Virginia Dooley papers from her personal life and business relationship with R.C. Gorman

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-844-BC
Abstract This collection documents the personal and professional lives of Navajo artist R.C. Gorman and the Executive Director of his Navajo Gallery, Virginia Dooley. Materials from their early lives and their time together as friends and colleagues are included. The collection highlights Gorman’s career as an artist, Dooley’s hand in managing his career, and their shared interests in parties, food, music and art.
Dates: 1916-2008; Majority of material found within 1960-2006

Virginia Walker Couse Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms. Coll. 26
Abstract This collection comprises 278 letters written by Virginia Walker Couse to her relatives, spanning the years 1882-1912. The majority of the letters are written to her sister, Fan, but also to her parents and other members of the family. They detail her years in Paris studying at the Academie Julian, meeting and marrying E. I. Couse, their time at the art colony in Etaples, New York, and eventually Taos. The collection also includes typed transcripts, one set of which has been annotated by...
Dates: 1882-1912

W. Herbert Dunton Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: AC 360-s
Scope and Content Collection consists of clippings of Dunton's illustrations and articles that appeared in journals and magazines, notably The National Sportsman, Nickel, Field and Stream, Brown Book, and Vogue. One scrapbook is bound, and one is unbound containing clippings in eighteen plastic covers.
Dates: 1896-1904