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Sylvia Fein papers, 1936-2020

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Series 1: Biographical Material, 1936-2010
10 Folders
Box 1, 8

Found here are scattered biographical documents including a guest book from an exhibition, Fein's high school yearbook, a chronology, draft documents and layouts for her website, and documents from presentation on Fein's life using kinesthetic modeling.
Description Container Select
Chronology, 2008
1
1
Documentation for Sylvia Fein Website, circa 2008-2009
2 Folders
1
2-3
Guest Book, 1965
1
4
Kinesthetic Modeling Presentation, 2004, circa 2000
Oversized items housed in box 8
1
5
Maxwell Galleries Consignments and Sales, 1962-1966
1
6
Web Search Print-outs, 2007-2010
1
7
Yearbook, 1936
1
8
Kinesthetic Modeling Presentation, 2004, circa 2000
Oversized items from box 1, folder 5
8
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Series 2: Correspondence, 1941-2011
2.3 Linear feet
Box 1-3

Correspondence, some illustrated, includes letters and postcards from friends and collegues Marshall Glasier, John and Shirley Wilde, Dudley Huppler, Karl Priebe, Helen Ashman, Lee Hoiby, Klaus Perls, and Henry Shaefer-Simmern among others. Most correspondence in this series is of a personal, rather than professional nature, and the bulk of these letters date from the 1990s-2000s. Of note are almost daily letters in the form of mail art from Fein's husband's oncologist, Randall Oyer. Researchers should note that additional correspondence is included within Series 8: Scrapbooks.
Letters have been arranged alphabetically by last name. Letters from individuals who had correspondence with Fein of four letters or less are found within the miscellaneous folders.
Description Container Select
Sylvia Fein Letters to Family, 1968, 1965, 1960
6 Folders
1
9-14
Ashman, Helen, 1942-1944
1
15
Cozzolino, Robert, 2001-2010
3 Folders
1
16-18
Dadian, Arnold, 2008, 1944
1
19
Dissanayake, Ellen, 1997-2005
1
20
Dreyfus, John, 1997-2001
1
21
Duncan, Michael, 2006-2008
1
22
Ezell, Carol, 2008-2009
1
23
Gilmore, Bob, 1999
1
24
Glasier, Marshall, circa 1942-1963, 1974-1975
8 Folders
1
25-32
Graber, Sheila, 2005-2011
1
33
Hoiby, Lee, 1969, circa 2002-2003, 1952
1
34
Huppler, Dudley, 1941-1973
10 Folders
1
35-44
Huppler, Dudley, 1987
1
45
Huppler, Dudley - Undated Letters, circa 1942-1987
4 Folders
1
46-49
Miller, Florence, circa 1970s
1
50
Mody, Zarin, circa 2000-2002
1
51
Neumeyer, Peter, circa 1963-1999
1
52
Oyer, Randall, 2006-2011
21 Folders
2
1-21
Partch, Harry, 1951-1964
2
22
Perls Galleries, 1943-1949, 1956
2
23
Priebe, Karl, 1944-1975
2
24
Schaefer-Simmern, Henry and Gertrude, 1956-1973
2
25
Scheuber, Heidi, 1998
2
26
Vivas, Eliseo and Dorothy, circa 1957-1964
3
1
Whitnah, Kerwin, circa 1971-1998
3
2
Wilde, John, 1942-1966
2 Folders
3
3-4
Wilde, John, 1991-2006
2 Folders
3
5-6
Wilde, Shirley, circa 2007-2008
3
7
Wilson, Frank, circa 2000-2002
3
8
Winters-Montemayor, Elizabeth, 2007-2010
3
9
Miscellaneous, A-B, 1972-2004
3
10
Miscellaneous, C, 1987-2009
3
11
Miscellaneous, D, circa 2000-2003, 1974
3
12
Miscellaneous, F-G, 1955-2005
3
13
Miscellaneous, H-K, circa 1962-2004
3
14
Miscellaneous, L-M, circa 1964-2005
3
15
Miscellaneous, N-R, circa 1966-2003
3
16
Miscellaneous, S, circa 1956-2004
3
17
Miscellaneous, T-W, 1953-2001
3
18
Unidentified, First Names Only, circa 1964-2005
3 Folders
3
19-21
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Series 3: Project Files, 1970-2011
1.2 Linear feet
Box 3-4, 8

Found here are files maintained by Sylvia Fein for various projects. Files for her two book projects, Heidi's Horse (1976) and First Drawings: Genesis of Visual Thinking (1993), include extensive correspondence, permission requests, photographs of the writing and publication process, film proposals, and press clippings. Materials regarding both books are filed together. Also found are project files for Fein's participation in Pleasant Hill, California, public services. Included are records of her work on the Architectural Review Commission and her 1980 run for city council. Project files for the opening of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Fron National Historical Park include photographs, correspondence, a biographical statement, and press materials.
This series also includes project files documenting Fein's retrospective "Wondrous Life: Paintings and Drawings by Sylvia Fein," at the Bakersfield Art Museum in 2007. Included are correspondence, exhibition photographs, planning documents, and the exhibition catalogs and announcements.
The series is arranged as 3 subseries:
  • Subseries 3.1: Heidi's Horse and First Drawings, 1970-2011
  • Subseries 3.2: Pleasant Hill Public Services, 1970-2008
  • Subseries 3.3: Rosie the Riveter National Historic Park, 2002-2010
  • Subseries 3.4: "Wondrous Life: Paintings and Drawings by Sylvia Fein," 2006-2008

3.1:

Heidi's Horse and First Drawings, 1970-2011
Description Container
Correspondence, "Looking for a Publisher,", 1985-1992, 1970-1974
3
22
Correspondence, 1974-2011
13 Folders
3
23-35
"Daily Log" Notebook, 1976-1977
3
36
Donata Elschenbroich Film Project, 2000-2005
3
37
Film Proposal, circa 1970s
3
38
Permission Requests and Photograph Orders, 1976-2001
3 Folders
3
39-41
Photographs, 1972-1990s
3
42
Press Clippings, 1976-2009
3
43
Press Clippings, 1976-2009
5 Folders
Oversized items housed in box 8
4
1-5
Oversized Press Clippings, 1976-2009
Oversized items from box 4, folders 1-5
8

3.2:

Pleasant Hill Public Services, 1970-2008
Description Container
Architectural Review Commission, 1970, 1981-2008
4 Folders
4
6-9
City Council Election, 1980
2 Folders
4
10-11
Fee Abitration Program, 1998-1999
4
12
Miscellaneous Records, 1979-circa 2001
4
13
Photographs, circa 1979-2000, 2002
3 Folders
4
14-16

3.3:

Rosie the Riveter National Historic Park, 2002-2010
Description Container
Rosie the Riveter National Historic Park, 2002-2010
4 Folders
4
17-20

3.4:

"Wondrous Life: Paintings and Drawings by Sylvia Fein,", 2006-2008
Description Container
Correspondence, 2007-2008
4
21
Photographs, circa 2007
4
22
Planning Documents, 2006-2007
4
23
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Series 4: Writings by Others, circa 1940s-1994
4 Folders
Box 4

Found here is a dissertation on Henry Schaefer-Simmern and a draft outline written by Schaefer-Simmern. Also found are several short writings by Dudley Huppler.
Description Container Select
Dissertation by Raymond C. Berta, 1994
4
25
Writings by Dudley Huppler, 1987, circa 1940s
2 Folders
4
26-27
Chapter Outline from The Essence of Form by Henry Schaefer-Simmern, 1968
4
28
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Series 5: Printed Material, 1941-2010
0.7 Linear feet
Box 4-5

Printed material consists of books, including two written by Sylvia Fein, magazines and news clippings documenting her activities, and a few exhibition catalog and announcements, primarily from her early career. Also found are files of printed material which Fein compiled to document the careers of her friends and fellow artists including Marshall Glasier, John Wilde, Dudley Huppler, and Karl Priebe. These files contain exhibition announcements, catalogs, and news clippings. Researchers should note that a large amount of printed material is also found within Series 8: Scrapbooks.
Description Container Select
Book, Consciousness of Artistic Form by Henry Schaefer-Simmern, 2003
4
29
Book, First Drawings: Genesis of Visual Thinking by Sylvia Fein, 1993
4
30
Book, Heidi's Horse by Sylvia Fein, 1976
4
31
Book, The Lesson Book by Dudley Huppler, 1946
5
1
Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements, 1943-2005
2 Folders
5
2-3
Map of Europe, circa 1960
5
4
Magazines, 1946, 2006
5
5
News Clippings, 1960-2004
5
6
Newsletter, The Echoboard, 1957-1960
5
7
Printed Material regarding Marshall Glasier, circa 1941-2008
3 Folders
5
8-10
Printed Material regarding Dudley Huppler, 1944-2007
5
11
Printed Material regarding Harry Partch, circa 1952-2005
3 Folders
5
12-14
Printed Material regarding Karl Priebe, 1944-1977
5
15
Printed Material regarding Henry Schaefer-Simmern, 1952-1977
5
16
Printed Material regarding John Wilde, circa 1948-2010
3 Folders
5
17-19
Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1960-2009
2 Folders
5
20-21
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Series 6: Photographs, circa 1940-2000
0.2 Linear feet
Box 5

Found here are one photograph of Sylvia Fein with John Wilde and photocopies of photographs of Fein and her husband William Scheuber during World War II. The bulk of the photographs depict other artists including Dudley Huppler, Marshall Glasier, and Karl Priebe, as well as artwork by Marshall Glasier and John Wilde. Included within the photographs of Dudley Huppler are group photographs depicting Huppler with Gertrude Abercrombie, Karl Priebe, and John Wilde. Two portraits of Dudley Huppler were taken by George Platt Lynes and Carl Van Vechten. Researchers should note that additional photographs of Sylvia Fein are found within Series 8: Scrapbooks.
Description Container Select
Sylvia Fein and William Scheuber (Photocopies), circa 1940-1946
5
22
Sylvia Fein and John Wilde, circa 1941
5
23
Dudley Huppler, circa 1945-1972
3 Folders
5
24-26
Marshall Glasier, circa 1950s-1968
5
27
Marshall Glasier, Artwork, circa 1955-1968
2 Folders
5
28-29
Marshall Glasier, Negatives, circa 1990s, 1955
5
30
Karl Priebe, 1974, circa 1940s
5
31
Henry Schaefer-Simmern, circa 1972
5
32
John Wilde, Artwork, 1967-2000
5
33
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Series 7: Artwork, 1941-1947
3 Folders
Box 5

Included are pencil drawings by Marshall Glasier and John Wilde and one oil painting on board by John Wilde called The Raven and the Fox.
Description Container Select
Drawings by Marshall Glasier, circa 1943-1947
5
34
Drawings by John Wilde, circa 1944
5
35
Painting by John Wilde, 1941
5
36
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Series 8: Scrapbooks, circa 1940-2010
0.8 Linear feet
Box 5-7

Scrapbooks were created by Sylvia Fein to document her career and activities from 1940 to the present. Included are letters, newpaper clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, price lists for works of art, and photographs.
Scrapbook materials have been removed from binders and plastic binder sleeves and housed in archival folders. The original order of the documents has been maintained.
Description Container Select
Scrapbook "1940-1945", circa 1940-1945
3 Folders
5
37-39
Scrapbook "1945-1950", circa 1945-1950
2 Folders
5
40-41
Scrapbook "1951-1960", circa 1950-1961
2 Folders
5
42-43
Scrapbook "1951-1960", circa 1950-1961
6
1
Scrapbook "1961-1965", circa 1960-1965
4 Folders
6
2-5
Scrapbook "1966-2000", circa 1966-2000
4 Folders
6
6-9
Scrapbook "2001-2004", circa 2000-2004
6
10
Scrapbook "2001-2004", circa 2000-2004
7
1
Scrapbook "2004-2006", circa 2002-2006
3 Folders
7
2-4
Scrapbook "2006-present", circa 2006-2010
2 Folders
7
5-6
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Series 9: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1938-2020
4.4 Linear feet

Description Container Select
Unprocessed Papers
9
Unprocessed Papers
10
Unprocessed Papers
11
Unprocessed Papers
12
Unprocessed Papers
13

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