Maynard Dixon papers, [ca. 1896-1946].

Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975

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Merle Armitage was born in 1893 on a farm outside Mason City, Iowa. He had many jobs over the years, beginning as a train engineer before taking a job as a graphic designer for the Packard Motor Car Company. His next career was as a set designer for New York theaters, which later turned into a long stint in the theater promotion business. Armitage also managed various performers and their concert tours. He co-founded the Los Angeles Grand Opera Association and was its business manager, and also ...

California state library

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History The Spanish settled in California in 1769. The first permanent settlement was started when soldiers and sailors established permanent residence in San Diego. San Jose de Guadalupe was the first pueblo in California. It was founded November 29, 1777 by five colonists who had come to California with explorer, Juan Baptista de Anza. From 1769 to 1822 California was under Spanish rule. In 1822, California declared independence...

Carlson, Raymond, 1906-1983

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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964

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J. Frank Dobie was a noted Texas author and English professor at The University of Texas at Austin. He was also editor of the Texas Folklore Society's publications during the 1930's and 1940's. From the description of Letter : to W.A. Philpott, 1938 April 12. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22699684 Historian, author, folklorist. Born in 1888 on a ranch in Live Oak County, Texas, Dobie was awarded his B.A. by Southwestern University (1910), M.A. by Co...

Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946

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Mural painter (San Francisco, Calif.). From the description of Maynard Dixon papers, 1891-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565534 Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) was one of the premier illustrators, painters, and muralists of his time, concentrating largely on the Indians and deserts of the Southwest. From the description of Maynard Dixon ephemera. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 156976998 California artist. From the descript...

Curran, Charles C. (Charles Courtney), 1861-1942

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American painter. From the description of Letter, 1906 March 24. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82374869 ...

Browne, F. G. (Francis Granger), b. 1868.

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Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984

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Ansel Adams, American photographer, was born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He was tutored privately at home where he studied piano, San Francisco, from 1914 to 1927, then studied photography with the photofinisher Frank Dittman, in San Francisco, in 1916 and 1917. He married Virginia Best in 1928, and had two children, Michael and Anne. Adams began his career as a photographer, 1927, and worked as a commercial photographer, from 1930 to 1960. He was a photography correspond...

Brugge, David M.

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David L. Brugge was born in Jamestown, New York on September 3, 1927. He was drafted into the army in the fall of 1945 and served until the summer of 1947. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology at the University of New Mexico in 1950 he and a friend, Glen F. (Jim) Wilson, ran the Ayani Trading Company in Albuquerque Old Town. This business venture gave Brugge the opportunity to make contacts on buying trips to the reservations in the Southwest. In 1952 Brugge began his ...

Online Archive of California

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Clark, Herald R. (Herald Ray), 1890-1966

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Chairman of the Brigham Young University Community Concert and Forum Assemblies. From the guide to the Herald R. Clark correspondence and printed programs, 1929-1965, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942

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Robert Hobart Davis (1869-1942) was an American journalist, editor, dramatist, and photographer. He was editor of Munsey's Magazine from 1904 to 1925, columnist for the New York Sun from 1925 to 1942, and honorary president of the Stevenson Society of America. From the guide to the Robert H. Davis papers, 1871-1946, 1908-1942, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Robert H. Davis was an American novelist and poet, and he served as fiction editor o...

Buff, Conrad, 1886-1975

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Printmaker, illustrator; California. From the description of Conrad Buff interview, 1965 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220192433 Conrad Buff (1886-1975) was a printmaker and illustrator in California. From the description of Oral history interview with Conrad Buff, 1965 May 21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458411656 Biography Conrad and Mary Buff wrote and illustrated chil...

Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976

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Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) was an American photographer known for her early work in botanical imagery and nudes. During the 1930's, Cunningham explored the industrial and architectural forms of oil refineries, lumber mills, and shipyards. During the 1940's, her focus shifted to documentary street photography. Cunningham remained active, continuing to photograph and organize her work until just before her death at the age of 93. From the guide to the Imogen Cunningham Letter to Geo...

M.H. de Young Memorial Museum

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Art museum; San Francisco, California. Founded 1896. Originally named the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. From the description of M.H. De Young Memorial Museum records, 1894-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122850 ...