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| title | Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel collection of western American art, 1728-1966. | repository | Yale University Library |
| description | The collection, which consists of approximately 1300 works of art, reflects the Stenzels’ interest in visual imagery of the American Northwest of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and includes numerous or significant works by James Madison Alden, E. A. Burbank, James Montgomery Flagg, Joseph Kehoe, Hans Kleiber, William Forsyth McIlwraith, James Henry Moser, E. S. Paxson, Lute Pease, Cleveland Rockwell, James Everett Stuart, James Gilchrist Swan, Peter Peterson Toft, Daniel Winter, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood, plus approximately 490 additional works by over 200 artists, as well as many by unidentified artists. The works are executed in a variety of media: oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, pencil drawings, pen-and-ink drawings, engravings, etchings, and lithographs. The collection also includes small groups of associated papers belonging to James Gilchrist Swan, Jervis McEntee, E. S. Paxson, and Lute Pease. There is artwork, correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, and miscellaneous documents by and about James Gilchrist Swan (1818-1900), an early Pacific Northwest settler, ethnographer and artist. The artwork includes 11 works by Johnny Kit Elswa, Swan’s Haida Indian interpreter. Many of Swan’s art, correspondence and writings reflect his study of Haida and Makah Indians and the history of the Pacific Northwest. McEntee (1828-1891), a landscape painter and member of the Hudson River School, is represented not by artwork but by correspondence and printed material. His correspondence is with fellow artists George Henry Boughton, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Eastman Johnson, and Worthington Whittredge. E. S. Paxson, a Montana artist of frontiersmen and Native Americans, is represented by artwork, printed material, photographs and portraits, and other papers. Lute Pease (1869-1963), who worked as a reporter in Seattle and Portland, editor of the Pacific Monthly, and as editorial page cartoonist, is represented by artwork, printed material, photographs, and correspondence. Biographical/Historical note: Franz Robert Stenzel (1906-1998), a Portland, Oregon physician and an authority on early art of the Pacific Northwest. He wrote two books: Cleveland Rockwell, Scientist and Artist (Portland, Or.: Oregon Historical Society, 1972) and James Madison Alden, Yankee Artist of the Pacific Coast (Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1975). Kathryn Mathison Stenzel and Franz Stenzel were married in 1951. Associated Material: Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Research Files on Western American Art (WA MSS S-2369) and Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art Addition (WA MSS S-2601), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Location: BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) Call Number: WA MSS S-2368 |
| extent | 88.49 linear ft. (64 boxes) + 2 rolls, 37 broadsides, 47 art storage items. |
| formats | Artwork Correspondence Writings Printed Materials Photographs |
| access | This collection is open for research. Restricted Fragile Papers in boxes 61-66 and in cold storage may only be consulted with permission of the appropriate curator. Preservation photocopies or photographic prints for reference use have been substituted in the main files. During the course of their research, the Stenzels acquired copy prints, copy negatives, and xerox copies of original manuscripts and artworks. These materials are for reference use only and are not to be reproduced. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.stenzel |
| record source | http://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/4634968 |
| finding aid | Finding aid available. |
| acquisition information | Gift of Dr. Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel, 1997. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:35 |
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| title | Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel research files on western American art, 1859-1997. | repository | Yale University Library |
| description | The research files consist of correspondence, printed material, writings, documents, and photographs documenting the art collection and writings of Portland, Oregon collectors Franz and Kathryn Stenzel. The collection includes files on over 1000 artists, compiled as the Stenzels built their collection of Northwestern American art and conducted research for publication. It includes extensive files for artists James Madison Alden, E. S. Paxson, Cleveland Rockwell, and James Gilchrist Swan. The correspondence, with institutions, scholars, descendants and relatives of artists, documents the Stenzels’ search for information about art and artists, contacts with scholars to share or seek information about Northwest art, and arrangements for exhibitions and loans from their collection. Principal correspondents include the Amon Carter Museum, C.M. Russell Museum, Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Lewis Ferbraché, Albert Fragley, Michael Harrison, John Howell Books, Thomas S. McNeill, Montana Historical Society, Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Frederic G. Renner, Sam Rosenthal, and the University of Oregon Library. Biographical/Historical note: Franz Robert Stenzel (1906-1998) was a Portland, Oregon physician and an authority on early art of the Pacific Northwest. He wrote two books: Cleveland Rockwell, Scientist and Artist (Portland, Or.: Oregon Historical Society, 1972) and James Madison Alden, Yankee Artist of the Pacific Coast (Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1975). Kathryn Mathison Stenzel and Franz Stenzel were married in 1951. Associated Material: Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art (WA MSS S-2368), and Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art Addition (WA MSS S-2601), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Cite as: Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Research Files on Western American Art. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Location: BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) Call Number: WA MSS S-2369 |
| extent | 30.22 linear ft (66 boxes) + 7 broadside folders. |
| formats | Correspondence Printed Materials Writings Photographs Artist Files |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.stenzelr |
| bibliography | Cleveland Rockwell : Scientist and artist / Franz Stenzel. Portland, Or.: Oregon Historical Society, 1972. James Madison Alden : Yankee artist of the Pacific coast / Franz Stenzel. Fort Worth [Tex.]: The Amon Carter Museum, [1975]. |
| record source | http://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/4635472 |
| finding aid | Finding aid available. |
| acquisition information | Gift of Dr. Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel, 1997. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:40 |
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| title | Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel collection of western American art addition, 1853-1962. | repository | Yale University Library |
| description | The Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art Addition consists of thirty-two works of art, twenty Native American artifacts, and various manuscript items, which decorated the home of Kathryn M. Stenzel until her death in 2006 and which comprise the remainder of the Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art that they donated in 1997. This addition likewise reflects the Stenzels’ interest in visual imagery of the American Northwest of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Biographical/Historical note: Franz Robert Stenzel (1906-1998) and Kathryn Mathison Stenzel were collectors of western American art. They began collecting in 1955 and eventually amassed a collection that included approximately 2500 works of art. Related Material: Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art (WA MSS S-2368) and Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Research Files on Western American Art (WA MSS S-2369), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Cite as: Franz R. and Kathryn M. Stenzel Collection of Western American Art Addition. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Location: BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) Call Number: WA MSS S-2601 |
| extent | 17 linear feet (12 boxes) + 13 art storage items, 1 object storage item. |
| formats | Artwork Artifacts Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.stenzeladd |
| record source | http://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/8049206 |
| finding aid | Finding aid available. |
| acquisition information | Bequest of Kathryn M. Stenzel, 2007. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:40 |
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