Series 1 :Biographical Material , 1902-1983 0.7 Linear feet
Box 1, 13
Found are three address books and loose notes, three appointment books, awards and certificates, a guest book for a 1968 exhibition, Bunce family genealogical records, resumes, identification cards, and travel documents. The appointment books also include notes on sales and loans, resume drafts, addresses, lists of works of art, and sketches. Also found is one five-minute videorecording showing Bunce's retirement party at the Portland Museum School and of Bunce hanging his show at the Fountain Gallery.
Description Container Select Address Books, circa 1950 Select: Address Books, circa 1950 Appointment Books, 1979-1982 Select: Appointment Books, 1979-1982 Awards and Certificates, 1917-1980 Select: Awards and Certificates, 1917-1980Scope and ContentsOversized material housed in Box 13, F1 Cooking, 1960s Select: Cooking, 1960s Genealogy Records, 1930s Select: Genealogy Records, 1930s Guest Book, 1968 Select: Guest Book, 1968 Identification and Membership Cards, 1942-1983 Select: Identification and Membership Cards, 1942-1983 Memorial Service Program, 1983 Select: Memorial Service Program, 1983 Passports, 1960s Select: Passports, 1960s Personalized Newspaper, circa 1960 Select: Personalized Newspaper, circa 1960 Resumes, 1940s-1970s Select: Resumes, 1940s-1970s Video Recording of Retirement and of Bunce Hanging Art, circa 1977 Select: Video Recording of Retirement and of Bunce Hanging Art, circa 19771 Videocassettes (U-matic) Travel, 1969 Select: Travel, 1969 Wedding Invitation, 1902 Select: Wedding Invitation, 1902 Oversized Certificate, 1920 Select: Oversized Certificate, 1920
Series 2 :Correspondence , circa 1916-1983 1.7 Linear feet
Box 1-3
Bunce's correspondence is with family, colleagues, artists, and galleries and institutions. Correspondents include Eda Bunce, Gloria Bunce, John Hammack, John Heller Gallery, Jackson Pollock, Pee Wee Russell, Max Weber, and many others. Some letters are illustrated, including handmade birthday cards. Letters from Jackson Pollock discuss Pollock's move to The Springs on Long Island; upcoming shows; various abstract artists, including William Baziotes, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko, and Spivak, and mentions his plans to visit Bunce in Oregon. Also, he sends an exhibition catalog First Exhibition Jackson Pollock, Paintings and Drawings (1943), and an announcement for a painting exhibition, April 2-20 [1946], both at Art of This Century.
Description Container Select General, 1930-1939 Select: General, 1930-1939 General, 1940-1949 Select: General, 1940-1949 General, 1950-1959 Select: General, 1950-1959 General, 1960 Select: General, 1960 General, 1960-1969 Select: General, 1960-1969 General, 1970-1979 Select: General, 1970-1979 General, 1980-1982 Select: General, 1980-1982 General, 1983 Select: General, 1983 Undated, circa 1916-circa 1983 Select: Undated, circa 1916-circa 1983
Series 3 :Writings and Notes , 1940-1970s 0.2 Linear feet
Box 3
Writing and notes by Bunce include a notebook containing sales information, lists of works of art, sketches, and artist statements. There are also autobiographical essays and a 1961 video recording of "The Jazz Arts," a Frank Parr Production television show written by Ernie Hood featuring Bunce painting while "No Way Out" jazz musicians perform. There are scattered unsigned writings by others and one by Joachim Gasquet.
Description Container Select Notebook, 1940-1949 Select: Notebook, 1940-1949 Autobiographical Sketches, circa 1950s Select: Autobiographical Sketches, circa 1950s Notes, on Art, 1940s-1970s Select: Notes, on Art, 1940s-1970s "The Jazz Arts," hosted by Louis Bunce, 1961 Select: "The Jazz Arts," hosted by Louis Bunce, 19611 Videocassette by Others, circa 1940s Select: by Others, circa 1940s
Series 4 :Interviews and Interview Transcripts , 1955-1982 0.2 Linear feet
Box 3
There are two recorded interviews and three transcripts of interviews with Louis Bunce. An audio tape contains an interview conducted on March 13, 1955 by Couch and Rachel Griffin discussing Bunce's exhibition. A forty minute interview conducted by Wendy Wells of the Fountain Gallery dates from circa 1982. Other interviews were conducted for the Oregon Historical Society, KOIN TV, and an art student named Gleason.
Description Container Select by Couch and Rachel Griffin, 1955 Select: by Couch and Rachel Griffin, 1955 with KOIN TV, Transcript, circa 1960s Select: with KOIN TV, Transcript, circa 1960s by Mr. Gleason, Transcript, circa 1960s Select: by Mr. Gleason, Transcript, circa 1960s by Charles Digregorio from the Oregon Historical Society, Transcript, 1978 Select: by Charles Digregorio from the Oregon Historical Society, Transcript, 1978 by Wendy Wells, circa 1982 Select: by Wendy Wells, circa 19821 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Series 5 :Organizational Records , 1970s-1983 0.1 Linear feet
Box 3
Found here are files regarding Bunce's involvement in the Portland Center for the Visual Arts and the Metropolitan Arts Commission, including records about the selection of the sculpture Portlandia .
Series 6 :Personal Business Records , 1948-1983 0.8 Linear feet
Box 3-4
There are agreements and contracts for commissions, publications, media releases, and the creation of a partnership with Sally Judd to form a gallery. Consignment records are mostly from Fountain Gallery. Two divorce and separation records are between Louis D. Bunce and Gloria Bunce as well as another Louis Bunce, likely the artist's father. Income and sales records documents artwork sales.
Description Container Select Agreements and Contracts, 1968-1982 Select: Agreements and Contracts, 1968-1982 Consignment Records, 1980s Select: Consignment Records, 1980s Divorce and Separation Records, 1959-1973 Select: Divorce and Separation Records, 1959-1973 Income and Sales Records, 1948-1982 Select: Income and Sales Records, 1948-1982 Lease, 1959 Select: Lease, 1959 Mortgage and Real Estate Records, 1967 Select: Mortgage and Real Estate Records, 1967 Price Lists and Inventories, 1972-1979 Select: Price Lists and Inventories, 1972-1979 Receipts, 1960s-1983 Select: Receipts, 1960s-1983 Will, 1981 Select: Will, 1981
Series 7 :Printed Material , 1930s-1980s 1.7 Linear feet
Box 4-6, 13
Printed materials include bulletins, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and food-related publications. There is also a thirty-second video recording of Bunce painting an outdoor mural that was produced by KGW-TV.
Description Container Select KWG-TV, Bunce Painting a Mural, 1961 Select: KWG-TV, Bunce Painting a Mural, 19611 Videocassette Bulletins, 1930s-1970s Select: Bulletins, 1930s-1970s Clippings, 1930s-1970s Select: Clippings, 1930s-1970s Clippings, 1950s-1980s Select: Clippings, 1950s-1980sScope and ContentsOversized material housed in Box 13, F2 Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1930s-1980s Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1930s-1980s Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1930s-1980s Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1930s-1980s Food Publications, 1960s Select: Food Publications, 1960s Oversized Clippings, 1957 Select: Oversized Clippings, 1957
Series 8 :Scrapbooks , 1941-1982 1 Linear foot
Box 6, 9-10
Nine scrapbooks contain sketches, notes, printed material, photographs, correspondence and drafts of letters, project proposal estimates, writings, notes, addresses, receipts, and sales records. Some scrapbooks may include a variety of materials while Scrapbook 8 only contains artwork. It is likely that all of the scrapbooks were compiled by Bunce and some include miniature sketches possibly used as a model for a later works of art pasted into the book while other sketches were done directly onto the paper.
Description Container Select Scrapbook 1, 1941-1974 Select: Scrapbook 1, 1941-1974 Scrapbook 2, 1963-1982 Select: Scrapbook 2, 1963-1982 Scrapbook 3, 1969 Select: Scrapbook 3, 1969 Scrapbook 4, 1978 Select: Scrapbook 4, 1978 Scrapbook 5, 1970s Select: Scrapbook 5, 1970s Scrapbook 6, 1982 Select: Scrapbook 6, 1982 Scrapbook 7, 1932-1950s Select: Scrapbook 7, 1932-1950s Scrapbook 8, 1940s Select: Scrapbook 8, 1940s Scrapbook 9, 1950-1954 Select: Scrapbook 9, 1950-1954
Series 9 :Sketchbooks , 1940-1960s 1.2 Linear feet
Box 6-7, 11
Eighteen sketchbooks depict abstract drawings, figures, portraits, landscapes, and street scenes in a variety of media. Some are labeled with locations, but many are unidentified. Some sketches are miniature versions of works of art Bunce intended to create.
Description Container Select Sketchbook 1, circa 1940 Select: Sketchbook 1, circa 1940Scope and ContentsPortraits, pencil drawings Sketchbook 2, 1947 Select: Sketchbook 2, 1947Scope and ContentsBoats and abstract drawings in pen and pencil Sketchbook 3, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 3, 1950sScope and ContentsBotanical and abstract drawings in pen, crayon, pencil and colored pencil Sketchbook 4, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 4, 1950sScope and ContentsAbstract drawings and doodles in pencil and watercolor Sketchbook 5, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 5, 1950sScope and ContentsHeads and abstract drawings in watercolor and colored pencil Sketchbook 6, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 6, 1950sScope and ContentsPortraits and doodles in pencil Sketchbook 7, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 7, 1950sScope and ContentsPortraits, abstract drawings, and ships in pencil, colored pencil and watercolor Sketchbook 8, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 8, 1950sScope and ContentsHood River scenes in pencil Sketchbook 9, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 9, 1950sScope and ContentsNewport, Oregon landscapes in pencil Sketchbook 10, circa 1950s Select: Sketchbook 10, circa 1950sScope and ContentsPortland, Oregon scenes and landscapes in pen and pencil Sketchbook 11, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 11, 1950sScope and ContentsAbstract drawings in pen, pencil, and watercolor Sketchbook 12, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 12, 1950sScope and ContentsAbstract drawings and doodles in pencil and watercolor Sketchbook 13, 1960s Select: Sketchbook 13, 1960sScope and ContentsAbstract drawings, portraits and landscapes in pencil, colored pencil, and pen Sketchbook 14, 1940 Select: Sketchbook 14, 1940Scope and ContentsAbstract drawings and figures in pencil, watercolor and pen Sketchbook 15, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 15, 1950sScope and ContentsFaces and abstract drawings in pencil and colored pencil Sketchbook 16, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 16, 1950sScope and ContentsAbstract drawings in pencil Sketchbook 17, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 17, 1950sScope and ContentsLandscapes and abstract drawings in pencil and watercolor Sketchbook 18, 1950s Select: Sketchbook 18, 1950sScope and ContentsAbstract figures in watercolor and pencil
Series 10 :Artwork , circa 1944-1979 0.6 Linear feet
Box 7, 13-15
The bulk of artwork consists of sketches by Louis Bunce. Done in pencil, pen, and watercolors, sketches are of landscapes, portraits, figures, or abstract drawings. Some sketches are miniature versions of works of art Bunce intended to create. Bunce created a flipbook for Valentine's Day. Artwork by others is likely by John Hammack.
Description Container Select Sketches, 1944-circa 1980 Select: Sketches, 1944-circa 1980Scope and ContentsOversized material housed in Box 13, F3 and OVs 14-15 Flipbook, 1979 Select: Flipbook, 1979 By Others, likely John Hammack, circa 1960 Select: By Others, likely John Hammack, circa 1960 Oversized Sketches from Box 7, F15, 1940s-1970s Select: Oversized Sketches from Box 7, F15, 1940s-1970s Oversized Sketches from Box 7, F15, 1940-1970s Select: Oversized Sketches from Box 7, F15, 1940-1970s Oversized Sketches from Box 7, F15, 1940s-1970s Select: Oversized Sketches from Box 7, F15, 1940s-1970s
Series 11 :Photographs , 1890s-1981 0.9 Linear feet
Box 7-8, 12
There are personal photographs and portraits of Bunce; his wives and families; colleagues; at events; with his art, and while painting and in his studio. Other photographs are stills of footage used on KOIN-TV, jazz musicians, Bunce family portraits, and travel photos. Photographs of works of art include images of Bunce's WPA-sponsored mural at the post office of Grants Pass, Oregon. Exhibition photographs are of an opening at Kharouba Gallery opening, and shows at the Benson Museum of Modern Art, Kraushaar Galleries, and the Portland Art Museum.
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