Bill Rhoades Northwest Art Archive
Scope and Contents
The Bill Rhoades Northwest Art Archive is a collection of artifacts, interviews, photographs and printed materials from a wide variety of Northwest artists. Bill Rhoades has been an advocate for Northwest Art since before 1997, when he began donating collected artworks to the Hallie Ford Museum of Art. In addition to collecting and donating artwork, Rhoades has collected printed materials, interviews, artifacts, and correspondence that highlight Northwest artists and their work. This Archive includes the work of Northwest sculptors, painters, printmakers, and photographers. Also included are newsletters and exhibition materials from institutions such as the Portland Art Museum, the Fountain Gallery of Art and the Seattle Art Dealers Association. Along with the representation of Northwest art, are photographs and correspondence with Rhoades and his family and friends covering topics of dogs, travel, and hunting.
Dates
- 1940-2016
- Majority of material found within 1960-2016
Creator
- Rhoades, Bill (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
Library acts as “fair use” reproduction agent.
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Biographical Note
Bill Rhoades is a collector of Northwest Art, residing in Central Oregon. He is a native Oregonian and outdoors-man. Rhoades' interest in art collecting includes American Indian basketry and modern Northwest prints and paintings. In 1997, he made arrangements with Roger Hull, Professor Emeritus of Art History at Willamette University, to begin making donations of art to the Hallie Ford Museum of Art. His donations include works by Jack McLarty, Coralee Popp, John Stahl and Manuel Izquierdo. Rhoades' goal in 1997 was to donate at least 100 works of art to the Hallie Ford Museum. By 2005 he had already accomplished and exceeded that goal.
Extent
10 Linear Feet (15 boxes)
Overview
The Bill Rhoades Northwest Art Archive is a representation of Northwest artists and their work ranging from 1940 to 2013. The Archive consists of correspondence, interviews, printed material, and photographs that Bill Rhoades has collected about Northwest artists.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into five series: Series I. Correspondence; Series II. Interviews; Series III. Printed Materials; Series IV. Photographs; and Series V. Artifacts. Materials maintain original order where it could be determined; in alphabetical order and/or chronologically.
Physical Location
Mark O. Hatfield Library
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Bill Rhoades, 2010, 2012, and 2014.
- Ace, Katherine
- Altus, Kathryn, 1948-
- Ambrose, Leona
- Anders, Mark
- Anderson, Guy, 1906-1998
- Angell, Tony
- Arts -- Northwest, Pacific
- Backstrand, Jay, 1934-
- Bauer, Marlene
- Belzman, Steve
- Benjamin, Max
- Bennett, Eugene, 1921-
- Benson, Carol
- Bloedel, Joan Ross, 1942-
- Boyden, Frank, 1942-
- Bronson, Bonnie, 1940-1990
- Buckner, Paul
- Buswell, Ben
- Cage, John
- Carrasco, Priscilla
- Castle, James, 1900-1977
- Cave, Claudia, 1951-
- Celentano, Francis Michael
- Clausnitzer, Jim
- Coghill, Linda
- Colescott, Robert, 1925-2009
- Cooke, Judy
- Cunningham, Dennis
- Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976
- Dahlquist, Paul
- Davis, Mary, 1907-1989
- Davis, Richard, 1931-2001
- Dobbins, Jim
- Dodson, Betty
- Dozono, Robert R.
- Eiswerth, Barbara
- Elliot, Frank
- Faising, Chue
- Fawkes, Tom
- Feddersen, Joe, 1958-
- Feves, Betty, 1918-1985
- Fine Arts
- Fountain Gallery of Art
- Fraser, Chris, 1978-
- Fried, Otto, 1922-
- Funkhouser, Sheryl
- Furchgott, Terry
- Gabel, Marlene
- Gardner, Byron
- Garner, Bert
- Gittelson, Shirley
- Givler, William Hubert
- Gould, Dennis, 1940-
- Graves, Morris, 1910-2001
- Grenon, Gregory, 1948-
- Griffin, Rachael, 1906-1983
- Gronberg, Erik
- Gronberg, Irina
- Grube, Joachim
- Gruenwald, Boris, 1933-
- Gunn, Jeff
- Gunther, Erna, 1896-1982
- Guzak, Karen
- Halbrooks, Nancy Weymouth
- Haley, Sally
- Hall, Carl, 1921-1996
- Hall, Susan Russell
- Hansen, J. L. (James Lee), 1925-
- Hansen, Robert, 1936-2011
- Harris, Christopher
- Heaney, Charles, 1897-1981
- Heidel, Frederick
- Hibbard, Jim
- Hoppe, Bill
- Horsley, Patrick
- Hyder, Frank, 1951-
- Iverson, Mary
- Ivey, William
- Izquierdo, Manuel, 1925-2009
- Jacobs, Harold
- James, Clayton
- Jameson, Demetrios George, 1919-1996
- Jenkins, Donald
- Johanson, George, 1928-
- Johns, Mary Ann
- Johnson, Anne Griffon
- Josephson, Mary
- Joyce, K. C.
- Kasal, Robert
- Katz, Mel
- Kelly, Lee, 1932-
- Kiener, Connie
- Knight, Chris
- Kosuge, Michihiro, 1943-
- Kowert, Hank
- Kowert, Solange
- Krause, LaVerne, 1924-1987
- LaDuke, Betty
- Lange, Dorothea
- Larkin, Andrew
- Lavadour, James, 1951-
- Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
- Lee, Susie J.
- Leisy, Jim
- Leon, Margarita
- Levine, Phillip, 1931-
- Levine, Shepard
- Lewis, Charlotte
- Lewitt, Soll
- Literal, Bruce
- Littman, Frederic, 1907-
- Luce, Vern
- Maki, Robert, 1938-
- Mann, Joseph
- Martin, Gan
- Mason, Alden, 1919-2013
- Masterson, Jon
- Matoush, Lyle
- Mattingley, James
- McCosh, Anne Kutka
- McCosh, David, 1903-1981
- McCracken, Philip
- McGarrell, James, 1930-
- McLarty, Jack, 1919-2011
- Meitzler, Neil, 1930-2009
- Merken, Betty
- Midgette, Willard F., 1937-
- Missal, Paul
- Morris, Ann, 1934-
- Morris, Carl, 1911-1993
- Morris, Hilda, 1911-1991
- Muller, Richard
- Nebeker, Royal
- Newton, Francis J.
- Okada, Frank S. (Frank Sumio), 1931-2000
- Oulmann, Lynne
- Pacific Northwest College of Art
- Pander, Henk, 1937-
- Park, William
- Parker, Lucinda, 1942-
- Parsons, Eunice
- Pitkin, Orleonok
- Podemski, Esther, 1946-
- Portland (Or.)
- Portland Community College (Portland, Or.)
- Portland, Jack
- Price, Clayton S., 1874-1950
- Randlett, Mary, 1924-
- Reynolds, Lloyd J.
- Rickabaugh, René
- Rock, John Henry, 1919-1993
- Ross-Paul, Laura
- Ruder, Leonard
- Runquist, Albert
- Runquist, Arthur
- Russo, Laura
- Russo, Michelle
- Salem (Or.)
- Saltzman, Florence
- Sandgren, Erik
- Sandgren, Nelson
- Seattle (Wash.)
- Setziol, Monica
- Setziol, Roy
- Seubert, Susan
- Sewall, Howard
- Shamsud-Din, Isaac (Isaka)
- Sheehan, Evelyn
- Shirley, Margaret
- Shores, Ken
- Shotola-Hardt, Christopher
- Singer, John
- Snyder, Amanda
- Soihl, Stephen
- Stahl, John
- Stewart, Jeffree
- Tacoma Art Museum
- Tellum, Keith
- Thompson, Margot Voorhies, 1948-
- Thorsnes, Melinda
- Tobey, Mark
- Toedtemeier, Terry
- Tomkins, Margaret
- Torres, Jose Izquierdo
- Trayle, Raymond E.
- Tsutakawa, George
- Uelsmann, Jerry, 1934-
- Upton, Joann L.
- Viviano, Gary
- Voorhies, Charles Howard
- Watt, Marie, 1967-
- Wentz, Henry
- West, Bruce
- Whatcom Museum of History and Art
- Whitten, Tim
- Widman, Harry, 1929-2014
- Willson, Genevieve
- Willson, Valerie
- Wilson, Donald
- Wilson, Gina
- Wolf, Sherrie
- Wolf, Warren
- Wood, Thomas
- Wright, Pearl
- Wyckoff, Christy
- Yezerski, Dorothy
- artists' materials
- fine arts
Creator
- Rhoades, Bill (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Bill Rhoades Northwest Art Archive, 1940-2014
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid processed by Ashley Toutain.
- Date
- © 2014
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Willamette University Archives and Special Collections Collection Descriptions
Mark O. Hatfield Library
900 State Street
Salem Oregon 97301 United States
archives@willamette.edu