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UNlVERSllY U BRARIJES w UNIVERSITY of WASHI NGTON Spe ial Colle tions 2350 Wesley Wehr papers Inventory Accession No: 2316-001 Special Collections Division University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, Washington, 98195-2900 USA (206) 543-1929 This document forms part of the Guide to the Wesley Wehr Papers. To find out more about the history, context, arrangement, availability and restrictions on this collection, click on the following link: http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/permalink/WehrWesley2316/ Special Collections home page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/ Search Collection Guides: http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/search WESLEY C. WEHR PAPERS ACCESSION No, 2316 - 2316-36 INVENTORY 1987 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON LIBRARIES MANUSCRIPTS AND UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES DIVISION WESLEY WEHR Accession No. 2316 to 2316-1 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I Personal Papers of Wesley Wehr 1 PART II Personal Papers of Wesley Wehr (Restricted) 8 PART III Papers of Others, Collected by Wehr 8 PART IV Papers of Others, Collected by Wehr (Restricted) 11 PART V Paleobotanical Material of Wesley Wehr 12 PART VI Paleobotanical Material of Others, Collected by Wehr 13 Name Index 15 .- WESLEY C. WEHR Accession No. 2316 to 2316-36 GUIDE Wesley Wehr is a painter, paleobotanist, correspondent, autograph collector, friend and champion of Northwest artists. He was born in 1929 in Everett, Washington, and grew up in Seattle. He attended Queen Anne High School and the University of Washington, where he studied musical composition and earned a bachelor's (1951) and a master's (1953) degree. While a student at the University, Wehr became acquainted with Mark Tobey when, for a short period, he instructed Tobey in musical composition. Their friendships with continued throughout Tobey's lifetime and Tobey encouraged Wehr's development as an artist. Over the years, Wehr developed friendships with numerous other Northwest artists, such as Morris Graves and Guy Anderson. While at the University of Washington, Wehr also studied poetry with Theodore Roethke and became acquainted with Susanne Langer, who was a visiting professor of philosophy in 1953. His friendship with Langer also lasted to the end of her life. During the mid-1950s, while working as a watchman at the Henry Gallery, Wehr began to draw with pen and ink. In the 1960s he turned his creative efforts to painting, beginning with small landscapes in colored crayon. His first exhibit was at the "Artists of the Puget Sound" show at the Henry Gallery in 1961. The next year he was included in the Northwest Annual for the first time. His first one-man show was at the Otto Seligman Gallery in 1967 and his first exhibit outside the region was in 1968 as a part of "Selections From the Personal Collection of Morris Graves" at the Humboldt Gallery in San Francisco. He received international recognition in 1976 with a show at the Gallerie Rosenau in Bern, Switzerland and in 1977 at the Gallerie D'Art Modern group show in Munich. In 1980 the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria presented a retrospective of his work. In addition to his miniature- paintings, Wer is known for his line drawings of imaginary figures, sometimes called "monster drawings." Wehr has also served as guest curator and consultant to the Henry Gallery and other galleries. Wehr's longtime friendship with the Seattle artist, Helmi Juvonen, (1903-85) also dates from his time at the Henry Gallery. He provided aid and encouragement to Juvonen, particularly in the later years of her life when two retrospective shows which he curated brought her increased, though belated, recognition. He was also responsible for persuading Juvonen to donate her papers to the Libraries' Manuscripts Collection. Another of Wehr's interests is paleontology. In 1978 he was appointed affiliate curator of paleobotany at the Burke Museum on WFSTF!f WEHR PAPERS lkx:PSsun No. 2316 to 2316-36 Bax/Folders PARl' I - P.ERS::fiAI. PAPERS OF WESlEY WEHR BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURES 1/1 Biographical material 1978-85 1/2 Tape-recorded interviews 1976, 1980 Transcripts of interviews 1/3 Archives of American Art. Northwest Oral History Project - Martha Kingsbury, interviewer 1983 1/4 Victoria's Magazine - Peter Iadner, interviewer 1980 1/5 Biography - "Research Paper on Wesley Wehr" by Gregory Kannner 1981 INCX:MtNG LEITERS 1/6 Adams, Leonie (10 items) 1970-78 1/7-8 Anderson, Guy (21 items) 1964-85 1/9 Apostolou, Andreas (Andy) 1977-85 1/10 Barnett, Virginia and Arthur 1975-78 1/11 Belcher {George) Gallery 1978-79 1/12-14 Bishop, Elizabeth (73 items) 1966-79, n.d. 1/15 Brazeau, Peter 1985 1/16 Breeskin, Adelyn 1974-85, n.d. 1/17 Brumett, Glenn 1973, 1979, n.d. 1/18 Bruner, Jerome (9 items) 1967-76 1/19 campbell, Richard 1978-79, n.d. 1/20 Clarke, David 1979-86 1/21 Costigan, Giovanni 1975-82 2/1-3 CUmmings, Paul 1972-86 2/4 Dahlquist, Paul 1979-86 2/5 Davis, Ted 1982-85 2/6 Dimitroff, lllcienne Bloch 1979-83 2/7-8 Oriver, Wilhelmine Creel and Harold 1971-84, n.d. 2/9 Eberhart, Richard, Betty, and Gretchen 1963-83, n.d. 2/10 Fgger, James 1985-86, n.d. 2/11 Freeman, Matthew 1984-86, n.d. 2/12 Gellatly, Peter 1979-86 2/13-14 Goeres, Brent 1982-86, n.d. 2/15 Goldberg, Joseph 1970-85, n.d. 2/16-18 Graham, Colin 1968-84, n.d. 2/19 Graves, Morris (7 items) 1950-75 2/20 Gray, Maxine CUshing 1978-80 2/21-23 Hamilton, Margaret (41 items) 1967-81, n.d. 2/24 Harbnan, Robert 1969-74 2/25 Ha.uberg, Anne G. 1974-78 2/26 Heilman, Robert 1976-85, n.d. WESLEY WEHR 2316 Page 2 Box/Folder INCXMING LEITERS (cont'd) 2/27 Hepburn, Katharine (19 items) 1981-86 2/28 Hildt, Michael 1979-80 2/29 Jacobson, Berthe Poncy (Claire) 1959-75, n.d. 2/30 James, Barbara 1982 2/31 James, Randy 1985-86, n.d. 2/32 to 3/12 Juvonen, Helmi (322 items) 1959-82, n.d. 3/13 Kangas, Matthew 1978-86 3/14 Karlstrom, Paul 1973-78 3/15-16 Katz, Solomon and Marcia (39 items) 1974-86, n.d. 3/17 Kellen, Ron 1981, 1984, n.d. 3/18 Kingsbury, Martha 1984 3/19 Koenig, Jahn Franklin 1973-85, n.d. 3/20-21 Ianger, SUsanne (28 items) 1956-84, n.d. 3/22 to 4/1 Ma.elver, IDren (53 items) 1973-84, n.d. 4/2 Mac::Mah.on, candace 1980-81 4/3 McNelly, Ritchie 1985-86 4/4 McPherson, Sandra ( 14 items) 1972-86 4/5 Magnuson, Warren G. 1970-80 4/6 Newland, Am:/ 1983-86 4/7-9 O'Hara, Mary (Selig) (32 items) 1963-86, n.d. 4/10 Paris, Matthew 1980-81 4/11 Patterson, Elizabeth 1971-74, n.d. 4/12 Pauling, Linus and Ava (10 items) 1967-81, n.d. 4/13 Pieters, L.J. 1974-76 4/14 Price, Vincent ( 4 items) 1966, 1979, n.d. 4/15-16 Pulver, IDtti 1976-86 4/17 Randlett, Mary (13 items) 1976-85 4/18-20 Rathbone, Eliza 1974-85, n.d. 4/21 Reeves, Mark 1984-86 4/22 Rorem, Ned (11 items) 1973-86 4/23 Royer, Charles 1979-80 4/24 Schwabland, Peter 1985-86 4/25 steensma, Jay 1983-86, n.d. 4/26 stenning, Dale 1980-83, n. d. 4/27-28 stout, Alan (37 items) 1961-82 4/29 SWeeney, Jahn L. 1967-69 4/30 Taylor, Cor:y 1982-84, n.d. 4/31 Teller, Etlward (11 items) 1968-83, n.d. 5/1 'lbieme-Becker-Kunstlerlexicon 1973-74 5/2-3 'lbbey, Mark (16 items) 1950-69 5/4 Waldron, Ethna 1971-80 5/5 Watkins, Gwen 1968-70, n.d. 5/6-8 Weber, Ben 1969-76 5/9-10 Wehr, Ingeborg Hall 1964-69 5/11-17 Miscellaneous A-Z (165 items) 1945-86, n.d. OUIGOING LEITERS 5/18 Brazeau, Peter 1985-86 5/19 o.nmnings, Paul 1983-86 WESLEY WEHR 2316 Page 3 Box/Folder OUIGOING LEITERS {cont'd) 5/20-21 Dahlquist, Paul 1956-62 5/22 Katz, Solomon 1974-82 5/23 Kellen, Ron 1981-82 5/24 to 14/19 I.anger, S\lSanne 1956-85 14/20 Maciver, IDren 1976-84 14/21 Rathbone, Eliza 1975-84 15/1-4 Reeves, Mark 1984-86 15/5 Reran, Ned 1984 15/6-8 webr, COnrad 1976, 1985-86 15/9-11 Miscellaneous outgoing 1956-86, n.d. GENERAL CX>RRESPONDENCE 15/12 Antioch Review 1981-82 15/13 Bruce, Chris 1984, 1986 15/14 cage, John {l iten) 1947 15/15 Di Biase, Linda 1984 15/16 Goeres, Brent 1986 15/17 Jolles, Arnold 1982-84 15/18 Kramer, stanley (3 items) 1979 15/19 McPherson, Sandra 1985-86 15/20 O'Hara, Geoffrey 1946 15/21 Rinehart, Nita 1986 15/22 Ringold, John 1985 15/23 'lhrun, Erich 1986 15/24 Wright, Clifford 1986 15/25 Young, DeWayne 1986 CX>RRESPONDENCE REGARDING 15/26 Bishop, Elizabeth (5 items) 1968-82 15/27 Bloch, Ernest {12 items) 1980 15/28 Brazeau, Peter 1985-86 15/29 Gilkey, Richard review 1977 15/30 Guggenheim application 1977-78 15/31 Harrington, J.amar 1975 15/32 Juvonen, Helmi - Memorial site 1986 15/33 Juvonen, Helmi - Cheney COWles Museum Retrospective 1984-86 15/34 I.anger, S\lSanne (8 items) 1979-85 15/35-36 Tobey, Mark (30 items) 1976-83, n.d. 15/37 Washington. University. Faculty salary increase 1985 15/38 Wright, James (2 items) 1982 CX>RRFSPONDENCE REGARDING WEHR'S OONATIONS 15/39 Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C.