http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf9p3012wq Online items available Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material Finding Aid by Mary W. Elings, Project Archivist and Eva M.M. Garcelon, Project Archivist The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu © 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. BANC PIC 1963.002:0001-1886 1 Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material Collection number: BANC PIC 1963.002:0001-1886 The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Contact Information: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu Finding Aid by: Mary W. Elings, Project Archivist Eva M.M. Garcelon, Project Archivist Date Completed: September 1998 Encoded by: Campbell Crabtree Gabriela A. Montoya Funding: Finding aid and digital representations of archival material funded in part by a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). © 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material Collection Number: BANC PIC 1963.002:0001-1886 Collector: Honeyman, Robert B. Extent: 2371 items: oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, engravings, etchings, lettersheets, clipper cards, ephemera, objects, etc.2271 digital objects Repository: The Bancroft Library. Berkeley, California 94720-6000 Languages Represented: English Access Restricted originals. Use digital facsimiles or selected viewing prints only. Use of originals only by permission of the Curator of Pictorial Collections, The Bancroft Library. BANC PIC 1963.002:0001-1886 2 Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish pictorial materials must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, BANC PIC 1963.002:0001-1886, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Digital Representations Available Digital representations of all original pictorial materials are available as a part of the Container list of the finding aid. Digital image files were captured from originals by the Library Photographic Service. Most Library originals were captured directly using a Phase One Powerphase digital camera back and a Hasselblad camera. Some flat, unmounted originals were scanned using an Epson 836XL flatbed scanner. Some framed items were first copied on 4x5 color transparency film, then scanned using the Epson flatbed. Lower-resolution viewing files were prepared from the high-resolution master TIFF files: the master files were downsampled, sharpened, color-corrected, adjusted for a gamma 2.2 viewing environment, and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format before being placed on the server. Separated Material The Honeyman Collection originally included books, maps, manuscripts, and printed matter in addition to pictorial materials. The non-pictorial materials were transferred to other areas of The Library and catalogued separately: books have been cataloged in the call number range F591.H72.A-Z; maps have been cataloged in the call number range G9990.H6 No. 1-; manuscript materials have been cataloged with the provenance noted and traced under the catalog entry, Honeyman, Robert B.; Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. collection; selected printed materials, such as newspapers, were transferred to the Western Americana Collection of the Bancroft Library. Bibliography Baird, Joseph Armstrong. California's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869. San Francisco: D. Magee, 1967. ______. Catalogue of Original Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors in the Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection. Berkeley: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, 1968. ______. Honeyman Collection Inventory Sheets (unpublished, held by The Bancroft Library). Bénézit, Emmanuel. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs & graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Paris: Librairie Gründ, 1976. 10 vols. Bryan, Michael. Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. New York: MacMillan, 1903. 5 vols. Cummings, Paul. Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists, Third Edition. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1977. Dakin, Susana Bryant. The Honeyman Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material: a Project of The Friends of the Bancroft Library. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library, 1963. Leeper, Blanche Magurn. Early Prints of California: from the Robert B. Honeyman Collection. Pasadena, California: Pasadena Art Institute, 1952. Fielding, Mantle. Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers. Poughkeepsie, New York: Apollo Book, 1983. Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor. American Primitive Painting, [catalog of] an exhibition organized by The Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor. Balboa, California: The Pavilion Gallery, 1965. Groce, George C. & Davis H. Wallace. New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1936. Hamilton, Sinclair. Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers 1670-1870. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1958. ______. Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers 1670-1870, Volume II Supplement. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1968. Hart, James D. A companion to California. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. Hughes, Edan Milton. Artists in California 1786-1940 II. San Francisco: Hughes Publishing Company, 1989. Karolik, M. & M. Collection of American Water Colors & Drawings, Volumes 1 & 11. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1962. BANC PIC 1963.002:0001-1886 3 Kuchel & Dresel. California in the '50's. San Francisco: John Howell, 1936. Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von. Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803-1807. Frankfurt, 1812, London, 1813. 2 vols. Mills, Paul. "Collection of Robert B. Honeyman, Jr." In California Pictorial 1800-1900; an Exhibition of Two Parts: the Collection of Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. and Paintings by William Keith. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1962. Mills, Paul and Joseph R. Knowland. Early Paintings of California in the Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection. Oakland: The Oakland Art Museum, 1956. Peters, Harry T. California on Stone. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. Reps, John W. Views and Viewmakers of Urban America.Colombia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1984. Taft, Robert. Artists and Illustrators of the Old West 1850-1900. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Van Nostrand, Jeanne and Edith M. Coulter. California Pictorial. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, University of California Press, Vancouver, George. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World. London: Robinson and Edwards, 1798. Provenance The Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material was purchased by The Bancroft Library in 1963. It was funded by the UC Regents and private donations raised by The Friends of The Bancroft Library. Robert B. Honeyman Jr. assembled this collection largely with the help of his agent Warren Howell of John Howell Books in San Francisco. Many items were purchased abroad, chiefly in Britain, Germany, and Spain. The collection was previously housed in Mr. Honeyman's private museum at Rancho Los Cerritos near Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, and until now has never been exhibited in its entirety. Scope and Content The Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material is comprised of over 2300 items, with formats and media ranging from original oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, engravings, etchings, lettersheets, clipper cards, and ephemera, to plates and spoons featuring western themes, and a fore-edge painting. The collection focuses on pictorial interpretations of the old West, with emphasis on the early California and Gold Rush periods. Views depict the changing landscape of the West under the impact of westward migration, the development of towns and cities, early settlements, California missions, railroads, gold mining scenes, pioneer and frontier life, native populations, social history, and many other topics. Many items in the collection are of unique historical value as they represent some of the earliest records of a particular scene, location, or event. Included are the earliest known views of the Presidio of Monterey, Mission Carmel, San Francisco, and Yosemite. Geographically, the collection focuses primarily on California, but also includes images