Scope and Contents The personal papers of David Guy Asherman came to the University of Hawaii library together with the personal papers of Juliette May Fraser from their primary former residences. The collection contains biographical material and original outgoing and incoming personal correspondence. The bulk of the correspondence dates primarily from the 1960s. The collection also houses an extensive photo collection, most dealing with Fraser and Asherman in Greece during the 1962-63 time period. Asherman's...

Scope and Contents The collection includes 106 prints consisting of 92 different images (12 have two copies; one has three copies) as well as related correspondence between Varez and John P. Charlot. The majority of the prints depict Hawaiian mythology and traditions in a distinctive style that is widely recognized. Most of the prints in this collection have Hawaiian titles and are monochrome reddish-brown on beige paper; a few are in other earth tones. The correspondence consists of 18 letters, 16...

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The collection includes business and committee records, community activities, exhibitions, membership, meeting minutes, newsletter, publicity, Tech Talk, Treasurer reports and general information about digital art.

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The Dodie Warren Collection contains over 80 original fine art prints which demonstrate the artist's mastery of mezzotint and photogravure processes. There are also collaborative artist print portfolios, copper printing plates, and sketchbooks.

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Primarily a collection of personal letters from Isami Doi to his friend and mentor Alexander (“Sandy”) Blake concerning his life as an artist on Kauai and in New York and Paris. Supplemented by news clippings, articles, and exhibition catalogs concerning Doi and his art.

Overview Francis Haar was a prolific, highly regarded photographer, even before he left his home in Hungary to settle in Japan (1940-60) and then Hawai'i (1960-97), with transitions through Paris (1937-39) and Chicago (1956-59). The beauty and variety of his work is shown in Francis Haar: A Lifetime of Images (UH Press, 2001), an essential autobiographical source, edited by his son.Haar's photographs reveal both his own humanity, and also his abiding interest in the humanities -...

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Project drawings consist of three distinct project types: Churches, Commercial, and Residential. There are a total of 4 Churches, 8 Commercial and 10 Residential projects.

Scope and Contents The Image Foundation documents are arranged into six main series. They are: business, events, exhibitions, grants, newsletters, and tax documents.Business series: Subseries are administration, annual reports, dissolution of the Foundation, and financial.Events series: Subseries are announcements, heiau project, lectures/presentations, portfolio, retreats, and workshops. There are some photographs and slides in this series.Exhibitions series: This series is...

Scope and Contents The Jean Charlot Collection is a major archive of documents and art works relating to the artist and writer Jean Charlot (1898 Paris-1979 Honolulu) and to those whom he came in contact over his long career in France, Mexico, the United States and the Pacific. Since the founding donation in 1981, the Collection has been considerably expanded by further gifts from his wife Zohmah Charlot, other family members, and from Charlot's collaborators, such as the important fine art printer Lynton...

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The John Dapper Collection is composed of his plans, drawings and designs for film and stage sets. There is also a series of framed watercolors depicting landscapes and buildings the artist created in Hawaii.

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John Wisnosky (1940-2006) was chair of the Art Department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He was also a well known local artist working primarily in acrylic on canvas, printmaking and mixed media transfer images. The collection covers his career as an art professor and artist with a sampling of his artwork, correspondence, lecture notes and photographs.

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Collection of artist papers relating to personal and gallery sales of artwork. Includes sales journals, correspondence, sketches, clippings, photographs of Chinese collections, magnetic tape, photographs and negatives.

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The contents of the collection are a small selection of the artist's prints and photographs.