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Barbara Lekisch: Artist Research Files

CAE2211

Summary Note

The artist files in this archive were utilized by Nevada Museum of Art’s Senior Curator and Deputy Director, Ann M. Wolfe, for the exhibition Tahoe: A Visual History, from August 15, 2015 – January 10, 2016, as well as the publication of the same name.

Biographical Note

Art historian and retired librarian Barbara Lekisch (1942-) is a resident of Marin County, CA, and has published three encyclopedic works: Thomas Davies 1713-1785: A Chronological Guide to His Life and Work; Tahoe Place Names: The Origin and History of Names in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and Embracing Scenes about Lakes Tahoe & Donner: Painters, Illustrators & Sketch Artists 1855-1915. She is also the co-author of California, an Environmental Atlas & Guide.

Scope and Content

Artists files are compiled by museums and researchers as important resources for art historical endeavors, such as exhibitions, books, and articles, as well as for use by arts educators. The artist files in this archive consist of photocopies of press and publication clippings, research notes, and correspondence. The files were utilized by Nevada Museum of Art’s Senior Curator and Deputy Director, Ann M. Wolfe, for the exhibition Tahoe: A Visual History, from August 15, 2015 – January 10, 2016, as well as the book of the same name.

Arrangement

The artist files in this archive are organized into five series arranged alphabetically.
  • Series 1: A-B
  • Series 2: C-G
  • Series 3: H-K
  • Series 4: L-R
  • Series 5: S-Y

Inclusive Dates

Original Date 1845-2006

Bulk Dates

Original Date 1890-2003

Quantity / Extent

4 cubic feet

Language

English, Italian

Related Archive Collections

  • CAE2105: Lorenzo P. Latimer: Artist and Teacher

Related Publications

Lekisch, Barbara. Embracing Scenes about Lakes Tahoe & Donner: Painters, Illustrators & Sketch Artists 1855-1915. Lafayette, CA: Great West Books, 2003.

Lekisch, Barbara. Tahoe Place Names: The Origin and History of Names in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Lafayette, CA: Great West Books, 2007, ©1988.

Wolfe, Ann M., Nevada Museum of Art. Tahoe: A Visual History. New York, NY: Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., 2015.

Container Listing by Series:

CAE2211/1 Series 1: A-B, Original Date 1849-2006

Series 1 contains artist research files organized by last name (for letters A-B) created by Barbara Lekisch for her art history books.

  • CAE Box 144

    • 1-1 Abbey, Edwin Austin (1 of 2), Original Date 1911-1921
    • 1-2 Abbey, Edwin Austin (2 of 2), Original Date 1973-2002
    • 1-3 Andrews, Lucy Emma, Original Date 1871-1912
    • 1-4 Armstrong, Thomas, Original Date 1861
    • 1-5 Armstrong, William Weaver, Original Date 1985-1999
    • 1-6 Arriola, Fortunato, Original Date 1852-1965
    • 1-7 Ayres, Thomas, Original Date 1941
    • 1-8 Babbitt, Abbie Stevens, Original Date 1994-1999
    • 1-9 Bacon, Henry D., Original Date 1973
    • 1-10 Baker, George A., Original Date 1936-1983
    • 1-11 Baker, George Holbrook, Original Date 1936-1980
    • 1-12 Ball, Martha S., Not dated
    • 1-13 Bartholomew, William Newton, Original Date 1927
    • 1-14 Becker, Joseph Hubert, Original Date 1930-2002
    • 1-15 Becker, Joseph (1 of 4), Original Date 1869-2003
    • 1-16 Becker, Joseph (2 of 4), Original Date 1869-2003
    • 1-17 Becker, Joseph (3 of 4), Original Date 1869-2003
    • 1-18 Becker, Joseph (4 of 4), Original Date 1869-2003
    • 1-19 Benton, John Eliot, Original Date 1907-1928
    • 1-20 Benton, Mary Park, Original Date 1910-1928
    • 1-21 Berghaus, Albert, Not dated
    • 1-22 Bernahl, Henry, 2006
    • 1-23 Bierstadt, Albert (1 of 2), Original Date 1859-2003
    • 1-24 Bierstadt, Albert (2 of 2), Original Date 1859-2003
    • 1-25 Blakelock, Ralph Albert, Original Date 1913-2003
    • 1-26 Blodget, Lee M., Not dated
    • 1-27 Boillot, Jean, Original Date 1990-2002
    • 1-28 Bonheur, Rosa, Original Date 1996
    • 1-29 Borglum, Gutzon, Original Date 1895-2001
    • 1-30 Bremer, Anne, Not dated
    • 1-31 Breuer, Henry Joseph, Original Date 1907-1915
    • 1-32 Britton, Joseph, Original Date 1901
    • 1-33 Broad, Alphonso Herman, Not dated
    • 1-34 Brodt, Helen Tanner, Original Date 1924-2000
    • 1-35 Brown, Benjamin Chambers, Original Date 1924-1975
    • 1-36 Browne, Belmore, Original Date 1954
    • 1-37 Browne, John Ross (1 of 2), Original Date 1865-1969
    • 1-38 Browne, John Ross (2 of 2), Original Date 1865-1969
    • 1-39 Bruff, J. Goldsborough, Original Date 1949
    • 1-40 Bull, William Howell, Original Date 1893-1999
    • 1-41 Burgess, George Henry, Original Date 1849-1977
    • 1-42 Burr, William Henry, Original Date 1957-1977
    • 1-43 Burton, Charles W., Not dated
    • 1-44 Bush, Norton, Original Date 1860-2001
    • 1-45 Butler, George Bernard, Original Date 1907-1999
    • 1-46 Butman, Frederick A., Original Date 1859-1956

CAE2211/2 Series 2: C-G, Original Date 1857-2006

Series 2 contains artist research files organized by last name (for letters C-G) created by Barbara Lekisch for her art history books.

  • CAE Box 154

    • 2-1 Campion, Howard T.S. (1 of 2), Original Date 1870-2003
    • 2-2 Campion, Howard T.S. (2 of 2), Original Date 1870-2003
    • 2-3 Campion, J. S. (1 of 3), Original Date 1878-2002
    • 2-4 Campion, J. S. (2 of 3), Original Date 1878-2002
    • 2-5 Campion, J. S. (3 of 3), Original Date 1878-2002
    • 2-6 Campion, Sarah, Original Date 1998
    • 2-7 Catlin, George, Not dated
    • 2-8 Chappel, Alonzo, Original Date 1878-1999
    • 2-9 Chittenden, Alice, Original Date 1898-2001
    • 2-10 Cross, Henry H., Original Date 1990-2002
    • 2-11 Currier, Edward Wilson, Original Date 1911
    • 2-12 Currier & Ives, Original Date 1962-1989
    • 2-13 Curtis, Herbert Pelham, Original Date 1875-1999
    • 2-14 Dahlgren, Carl Christian, Original Date 1917-2000
    • 2-15 Daken, Sidney Tilden, Original Date 1923-2006
    • 2-16 Davies, Arthur Bowen, Original Date 1918-2004
    • 2-17 Davis, H. A., Not dated
    • 2-18 Davis, Theodore Russell, Not dated
    • 2-19 Davis, Willis E., Original Date 1910-1975
    • 2-20 Day, Benjamin Henry Jr., Not dated
    • 2-21 Day, Oriana, Not dated
    • 2-22 Deakin, Edwin, Original Date 1873-1991
    • 2-23 Delano, Alonzo, Not dated
    • 2-24 Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, Original Date 1945-2003
    • 2-25 Del Mue, Maurice Auguste, Original Date 1906-1987
    • 2-26 Denivelle, Paul E., Not dated
    • 2-27 D’Estrella, Theophilus, Original Date 1892-2004
    • 2-28 DeTreville, Richard P., Not dated
    • 2-29 Dickman, Charles J., Original Date 1907-2002
    • 2-30 Doughty, C. N., 2002
    • 2-31 Doughty, Thomas, Original Date 1973
    • 2-32 Dunlap, Mary Stewart, Original Date 1907-2001
    • 2-33 Eastman, Harrison, Original Date 1968
    • 2-34 Englehart, Joseph John, Original Date 1985-1999
    • 2-35 Farny, Henry Francois, Not dated
    • 2-36 Fasel, Georg Wilhelm, Original Date 1964-2000
    • 2-37 Fenn, Harry, Original Date 1890-1911
    • 2-38 Fisher, Hugo Anton, Original Date 1893-1999
    • 2-39 Frenzeny, Paul, Not dated
    • 2-40 Frost, George Albert, Original Date 1874
    • 2-41 Fulton, Mary Leeds, Original Date 1922
    • 2-42 Gale, Goddard, Original Date 1924
    • 2-43 Gaul, William Gilbert, Original Date 1975
    • 2-44 Gifford, Sanford Robinson, Original Date 1869-2004
    • 2-45 Gihon, Lydia, Not dated
    • 2-46 Goddard, George Henry, Original Date 1857-2003
    • 2-47 Goeller-Wood, Emily Shotwell, Original Date 1915-2000
    • 2-48 Graham, Charles S., Original Date 1922-1972
    • 2-49 Graham, Curtis Burr, Original Date 1953
    • 2-50 Grain, Frederick, Original Date 1858-1999
    • 2-51 Groll, Albert Lorey, Original Date 1985

CAE2211/3 Series 3: H-K, Original Date 1863-2003

Series 3 contains artist research files organized by last name (for letters H-K) created by Barbara Lekisch for her art history books.

  • CAE Box 156

    • 3-1 Hahn, William (Karl Wilhelm), Original Date 1873-2003
    • 3-2 Hall, Cyrenius, Original Date 1976-2000
    • 3-3 Hall, George Eli, Original Date 1909
    • 3-4 Hamilton, James, Not dated
    • 3-5 Hansen, Herman Wendelborg, Original Date 1924-1968
    • 3-6 Harmon, Charles Henry, Not dated
    • 3-7 Hart, William M., Original Date 1894-1996
    • 3-8 Hassam, Childe, Original Date 1990
    • 3-9 Hayes, George H., Not dated
    • 3-10 Heath, Frank L., Not dated
    • 3-11 Heger, Joseph, Original Date 1975
    • 3-12 Helgesen, Nils “Nelson” R., Not dated
    • 3-13 Henry, Edward Lamson, Original Date 1960
    • 3-14 Herzog, Herman, Original Date 1932
    • 3-15 Hill, Andrew Putman, Original Date 1893-2001
    • 3-16 Hill, Edward Rufus, Not dated
    • 3-17 Hill, Thomas, Original Date 1873-1998
    • 3-18 Hilton, William Hayes, Original Date 1999-2001
    • 3-19 Hittell, Charles (Carlos) Joseph, Original Date 1863-1938
    • 3-20 Hobart, Clark, Original Date 1915-1948
    • 3-21 Hogan, Thomas, Not dated
    • 3-22 Holdridge, Ransome Gillett, Original Date 1899-2000
    • 3-23 Hopps, Ella “Nellie" C., Original Date 1883-1972
    • 3-24 Holladay, Benjamin, Not dated
    • 3-25 Hudson, Charles Bradford, Not dated
    • 3-26 Hughes, Addie L., Not dated
    • 3-27 Inness, George, Not dated
    • 3-28 Ives, Joseph, Not dated
    • 3-29 Ivey, John, Original Date 1999
    • 3-30 Jackson, William Franklin, Original Date 1910
    • 3-31 Jackson, William Henry, Original Date 1940-1999
    • 3-32 Jewett, William Smith, Original Date 1957
    • 3-33 Jonnevold, Carl Henrik, 2002
    • 3-34 Juengling, Frederick, Original Date 1890-1961
    • 3-35 Kane, Paul, Not dated
    • 3-36 Kappes, Alfred, Original Date 1976
    • 3-37 Keith, William, (1 of 2), Original Date 1875-2001
    • 3-38 Keith, William, (2 of 2), Original Date 1942-1957
    • 3-39 Keller, George Frederick, Original Date 1884
    • 3-40 Key, John Ross, Original Date 1908-1999
    • 3-41 Kingsley, Elbridge, Original Date 1901-2000
    • 3-42 Kuchel, Charles Conrad, Original Date 1877-1961
    • 3-43 Kunath, Oscar, Not dated

CAE2211/4 Series 4: L-R, Original Date 1845-2006

Series 4 contains artist research files organized by last name (for letters L-R) created by Barbara Lekisch for her art history books.

  • CAE Box 156

    • 4-1 Lacroix, William, Not dated
    • 4-2 Lamson, Joseph (1 of 2), Original Date 1849-1862
    • 4-3 Lamson, Joseph (2 of 2), Original Date 1856-2002
    • 4-4 Latimer, Lorenzo P., Original Date 1914-2000
    • 4-5 Law, Maitland, Original Date 1884-1999
    • 4-6 Le Capelain, John, Original Date 1986-2000
    • 4-7 Lewis, Mary Amanda, Not dated
    • 4-8 Maher, Kate Heath, 2000
    • 4-9 Marple, William Lewis, Original Date 1877-1931
    • 4-10 Martin, Fannie Rowland, Original Date 1850-2003
    • 4-11 McComas, Francis John, Original Date 1900-1935
    • 4-12 McDonald, Mark L., Original Date 1855-2006
    • 4-13 McMurtrie, William Birch, Not dated
    • 4-14 Menton, Mary Theresa Murphy, Original Date 1909-1913
    • 4-15 Möllhausen, Heinrich Balduin, Not dated
    • 4-16 Moran, Thomas, Original Date 1926-2002
    • 4-17 Munger, Gilbert Davis, Original Date 1869-2001
    • 4-18 Nahl, Charles Christian, Original Date 1878-1999
    • 4-19 Nagel, Louis, Not dated
    • 4-20 Neilson, Charles Peter, Original Date 1904-1906
    • 4-21 Neuhaus, Karl Eugen, Original Date 1912
    • 4-22 Nicholl, Mary “Mazie” E. (Mrs. Kruger), Original Date 1871-2002
    • 4-23 Nicholson, Lillie May, Original Date 1999
    • 4-24 North, Marianne, Original Date 1890-2003
    • 4-25 Nystrom, Charles W., Original Date 1880-2000

  • CAE Box 235

    • 4-26 Ogilby, Robert E., Original Date 1869
    • 4-27 Oliver, Henry, Not dated
    • 4-28 Ottinger, George Martin, Original Date 1949-1975
    • 4-29 Pagès, Jules Eugène, Not dated
    • 4-30 Palmer, Harry Sutton (1 of 2), Original Date 1914-2001
    • 4-31 Palmer, Harry Sutton (2 of 2), Original Date 1912-2003
    • 4-32 Patterson, Martha, Original Date 1981-2001
    • 4-33 Perkins, Granville, Original Date 1957
    • 4-34 Pettis, Mary Fancher, Original Date 1878-1909
    • 4-35 Pfister, Jean Jacques, Not dated
    • 4-36 Piazzoni, Gottardo, Original Date 1905-2005
    • 4-37 Prang, Louis, Original Date 1899-1943
    • 4-38 Preuss, Charles, Original Date 1845-1999
    • 4-39 Redfield, Edward Willis, Original Date 1910-1999
    • 4-40 Rix, Julian Walbridge, Original Date 1877-1999
    • 4-41 Robinson, Charles Darmon, Original Date 1893-2002
    • 4-42 Roeth, Louis Henry, Not dated
    • 4-43 Rogers, Charles H., Not dated
    • 4-44 Rogers, George H., Not dated
    • 4-45 Rogers, William Allen, Not dated
    • 4-46 Rohde, Peter H., Not dated
    • 4-47 Rosenthal, Toby, Not dated
    • 4-48 Ruppricht, Minnie, Original Date 1928

CAE2211/5 Series 5: S-Y, Original Date 1863-2005

Series 5 contains artist research files organized by last name (for letters S-Y) as well as a file of unidentified artists created by Barbara Lekisch for her art history books.

  • CAE Box 235

    • 5-1 Schafer, Frederick Ferdinand, Original Date 1894-1985
    • 5-2 Schuchard, Carl, Not dated
    • 5-3 Sears, Benjamin Willard, Original Date 1879
    • 5-4 Seawell, Henry W., Original Date 1975
    • 5-5 Shourds, George Washington, Original Date 1875
    • 5-6 Siegfried, Edwin, Original Date 1983
    • 5-7 Simmons, Mary, Original Date 1974-1997
    • 5-8 Skov, Christian Petersen, Original Date 1942-2002
    • 5-9 Sparks, William, Not dated
    • 5-10 Sroufe, Susan (Mrs. Loosley), Original Date 1889-2003
    • 5-11 Straus, Meyer, Original Date 1882-1913
    • 5-12 Stuart, Granville, Original Date 1925
    • 5-13 Stuart, Hector A., Original Date 1927
    • 5-14 Stuart, James Everett, Original Date 1924-2001
    • 5-15 Tavernier, Jules, Original Date 1875
    • 5-16 Taylor, Anita O’Brien, Original Date 1949-2000
    • 5-17 Taylor, William Ladd, Not dated
    • 5-18 Tilden, George Smith, Original Date 1999
    • 5-19 Tobin, Frederick, Not dated
    • 5-20 Tofft, Peter Peterson, Original Date 1870-2004
    • 5-21 Unidentified Artists, Original Date 1873-1963
    • 5-22 Valencia, Manuel, Original Date 1902-2002
    • 5-23 Vanderhoof, Charles A., Not dated
    • 5-24 Varley, Robert, Not dated
    • 5-25 Vivian, Calthea Campbell, Not dated
    • 5-26 Vischer, Edward, Original Date 1886-1999
    • 5-27 Von Perbandt, Carl, Original Date 1863-2000
    • 5-28 Warren, Asa Coolidge, Original Date 1867-1957
    • 5-29 Wandesforde, Juan (Ivan) B., Original Date 1871-1976
    • 5-30 Waud, Alfred Rudolph, Original Date 1963
    • 5-31 Weyss, John E., Original Date 1877-2005
    • 5-32 Whistler, James McNeil, 2003
    • 5-33 White, Ian C., Not dated
    • 5-34 White, Orrin Augustine, Original Date 1970
    • 5-35 Whymper, Fred, Not dated
    • 5-36 Wiles, Lemuel M., Original Date 1999
    • 5-37 Wilke, William Hancock, Not dated
    • 5-38 Wilkes, Charles, Not dated
    • 5-39 Williams, Virgil, Not dated
    • 5-40 Wilson, Jeremiah, Original Date 1957
    • 5-41 Wisby, Jack, Original Date 1909-1974
    • 5-42 Wix, Otto, Not dated
    • 5-43 Wood, Fremont, Original Date 1888-2002
    • 5-44 Wyttenbach, Emanuel, Original Date 1890
    • 5-45 Yard, Sydney Jones, Original Date 1905-1999
    • 5-46 Yelland, Raymond Dabb, Original Date 1877-2002
    • 5-47 Young, Harvey Otis, Original Date 1898-2000
    • 5-48 Young, John J., Original Date 1953-2002

Additional Materials

  • CAE S-Box 55

    • 5-31#1 Geographical Survey West of 100th Meridian. Sketches, etc., in vicinity of Lake Tahoe, 1877,