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Frank Holme, (1868-1904), Artist, Papers, ca. 1894-1941 A&M 1178

Frank Holme, (1868-1904), Artist, Papers, ca. 1894-1941 A&M 1178


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1178
Title
Frank Holme (1868-1904), Artist, Papers ca. 1894-1941
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198032
Quantity
0.6 Linear Feet, 6 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)
Creator
Holme, Frank, 1868-1904
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Frank Holme (1868-1904), Artist, Papers, A&M 1178, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Papers created and collected by Vause Marshall, relating to the career of Frank Holme. Holme (1868-1904) was born in Preston County, West Virginia, and became an illustrator for the Wheeling REGISTER, Pittsburgh PRESS, Chicago TIMES, and San Francisco CHRONICLE during the 1880s and 1890s; founder of the Palette and Chisel Club, the School of Illustration in Chicago, and the Bandar Log Press. Collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, original etchings, a wash painting, photographs, and printed materials. Subjects include the Frank Holme Memorial Group; the life of Holme and his wife, Ida Van Dyke; and an exhibition of drawings at the Chicago Art Institute in 1897. Correspondents include Vause Marshall and George Ade, among others.

Related Material

1167, 1178

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Ade, George.
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Art and artists
  • Bandar Log Press
  • Chicago Times
  • Frank Holme Memorial Group.
  • Marshall, Vause Webb, 1880-1954
  • Palette & Chisel Club (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Pittsburgh Press.
  • Preston County (W. Va.)
  • San Francisco Chronicle.
  • School of Illustration (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Wheeling Register (Wheeling, W. Va.)
  • Women's history -- 1850-1899
  • Women's history -- 1900-1929
  • Women's history -- 1929-1950

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Ade, George.
  • Holme, Frank, 1868-1904
  • Marshall, Vause Webb, 1880-1954
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Preston County (W. Va.)
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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Letters, Frank Holme to Vause Marshall
1894–1898
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Correspondence, Ida Van Dyke Holme and Vause Marshall
1938–1940
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Correspondence of Vause Marshall (correspondents include Edwin B. Hill and Will H. Robinson of the Frank Holme Memorial Group, George Ade and a book dealer, Chas. [Charles] Sloan, among others)
1905, 1938-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
"Frank Holme -- Artist," by Vause Marshall and John Barger [typescript]
ca. 1894-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Original sketches by F. Holme
ca. 1894-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Magazine sketches of, and article about, F. Holme
ca. 1894-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Newspaper Illustrations of F. Holme (folder 7a contains original copies of the illustrations; the contents of folder 7a were moved to an oversize folder in box 2; folders 7b and 7c in box 1 contain photocopies of the entire contents of folder 7a; digital copies of the entire contents of folder 7a are available)
ca. 1894-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
"The Old Swimmin' Hole," wash painting and poem by F. Holme
ca. 1894-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Photographs and pictures of F. Holme and the familiy burial plot
ca. 1894-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Newspaper clippings regarding Frank and Ida Holme
ca. 1894-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Pamphlets (includes pedagogical material by Holme, and reminiscences and biographical information regarding Holme)
1897-1904, 1934-1935, undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    "Bulletin of the Frank Holme Memorial Group," nos. 1-2, 9-10
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    "Frank Holme: A Friend"
    1904
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    "F.H." by Eva Dean. Ysleta, Edwin B. Hill
    1935
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    "Founder of the Bandar Log Club and His Meteoric Career"
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    "More than a Memory" by Edwin B. Hill. Ysleta, Edwin B Hill
    1936
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    "Illustration: A Correspondence Course; Pictures" by F. Holme, Chicago
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    "The School of Illustration" by F. Holme, Director
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    "Practical Lessons in Newspaper Illustration" by Frank Holme, Chicago
    1899
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    "Newspaper Pictures" (F. Holme)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    "The Training of an Illustrator" by F. Holme, Chicago
    1899
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    "An Exhibition of Drawing by John T. McCutcheon, Frank Holme, and William Schmedtgen" by the Chicago Art Institute
    1897
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    "Swanson, Able Seaman" by Charles Dryden, pictures by F. Holme. Bandar Log Press (includes some proof and draft etchings.)
    1901
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12a
Miscellaneous (contains 13 items; the contents of folder 12a were moved to an oversize folder in box 2; folder 12b in box 1 contains photocopies of the entire contents of folder 12a)
ca. 1894-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12b
Miscellaneous (contains 13 items)
ca. 1894-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Miscellaneous (contains 6 items)
ca. 1894-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Oversize Folder, Newspaper Illustrations (contains original copies of newspaper illustrations by Frank Holme; originals were moved from box 1, folder 7a to this oversize folder; photocopies of all originals in folder 7a can be found in box1, folders 7b and 7c; digital copies of all originals are available)
1894-1941
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Oversize Folder, Miscellaneous (contains 13 items; originals were moved from box 1, folder 12a to this oversize folder; photocopies of all originals in folder 12a can be found in box1, folder 12b)
ca. 1894-1941