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The following is a list of art materials housed in Special Collections & Archives. The list is not exhaustive, but provides a good sampling.
Art books are typically classified by call numbers starting with N.
Art by Native Americans may be classified by call numbers starting with E.
Art about nature/scientific topics by be classified with those subjects (Qs).
Photography is often classified as Technology (T).
Art in Special Collections & Archives
Utrecht Psalter by Call Number: BX 2033 .A35 U86 1982ISBN: 3201012076Publication Date: 1982-01-01The Carolingian psalter ms., with text and illustrations on both sides of the leaves, contains the "Gallican" Latin version of the Psalms, 15 liturgically motivated additions (biblical canticles, Gloria, Te Deum, Lord's prayer, the Apostles' and the Athanasian creeds)--and the apocryphal Psalm CLI.
Illumination; Psalms.- The Book of Kells : [12 original facsimile leaves of the Book of Kells] FacsimileCall Number: ND 3359 .K4 B665 1999Publication Date: [1999]Includes commentaries on back of illustrations in German and English.
Illumination. - Libro de la utilidad de los animales by Call Number: ND 3399 .I13 1990ISBN: 8486879272Publication Date: [1990]Facsimile reproduction of the manuscript El Escorial, Real Monasterio, Ms. Árabe 898, with accompanying volume of commentary.
Arabic manuscript; Bestiary.
Archival Photographs
Murdock Aerial Photography collection by Joan and Clinton Murdock
Collection Number: WASH-011
Dates: 1970-2011
The Murdock Aerial Photography collection contains photographic proof prints, negatives, slides, and CDs of Southern Utah and surrounding areas created by Clinton and Joan Murdock from 1982-2005, primarily for use by local planning commissions and companies developing in the region.
Bart Anderson Slide collection by Bart Cleo Anderson
Collection Number: WASH-032
Dates: 1870-2000, undated
This collection consists of slides by Bart Anderson ranging from Saint George to national parks, and Europe, including a few lecture notes, rock samples, and audio recordings of his lectures. Note: Anderson was not the photographer for much of this collection, but used the photos as presentation material.
Peter Van Valkenburg collection by Peter Van Valkenburg
Collection Number: WASH-033
Dates: bulk 1966-1990
This collection consists of color photographs, negatives, and slides from Peter Van Valkenburg. There are historic images of Utah Tech University campus buildings, and towns and geological sites in Southern Utah.
Mary Phoenix collection by Mary Morris Phoenix
Collection Number: WASH-034
Dates: 1860-2014
This collection consists Mary Phoenix’s personal papers, correspondence, awards, personal interests, teaching materials, family papers, family history, genealogy, photographs, community interests, book review clubs, and the Dixie Diary newspaper column that she contributed to in St. George, Utah. The collection is from the years 1860-2014.
Of Note: Tintype, carte de visite, cabinet cards, photographs, negatives
Metta E. Nelson papers by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Randall
Collection Number: WASH-044
Dates: July-August 1915
Metta E. Nelson's papers contain the photocopied transcript of a fifty page journal kept by Mrs. Jack Randall and an accompanying album of photographs by her husband documenting a trip from Price to Cedar City, Utah from July 2 to August 9, 1915. As a member of the vacation party, Metta Nelson received a copy of the journal transcript and an album of the photographs.
Kardas collection primarily by Raymond "Ray" and Virginia "Jinny" Kardas
Collection Number: WASH-045
Dates: 1930-2016
The Kardas collection consists of photo diaries, albums, loose photos, negatives of varying types, and some personal papers of the Kardas family. It documents their lives and the world they lived in from the 1930s to 2016 while they lived in Connecticut, New Jersey, Florida, California, and Utah; and traveled and worked even farther afield.
C. R. Savage photographs by C. R. (Charles Roscoe) Savage
Collection Number: WASH-080
Dates: 1875
This collection contains a single stereograph card depicting an David H. Cannon baptising a "Shebit" [Shivwit] Indian man, possibly See-Poor-a-Tum, in St. George, Utah. The photo was taken by C. R. Savage in March 1875.
Dixie Academy scrapbook
Collection Number: UA-012
Dates: 1914-1921
This collection consists of eight photographs originally part of a scrapbook documenting various aspects of student life at Dixie Academy and Dixie Normal College in Saint George, Utah, when the school was growing and developing rapidly.
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Dixie College slides
Collection Number: UA-030
Dates: bulk 1959-1999
This collection consists of slides, negatives, and movie reels that are related to Dixie College in St. George, Utah. They cover the years 1959-1999.
Special Collections (Books)
The House of the Lord by Call Number: BX 8643 .T4 T3 1998ISBN: 1560851147Publication Date: 1998-10-15A special reprint of the 1912 first edition with a new foreword by Harvard S. Heath and an appendix on "Temple worship" by Elder John A. Widtsoe."--t.p.- American album by Call Number: E 178.5 .J467 1968Publication Date: [c1968]"Rare photographs collected by the editors of American heritage."---cover
Colorado, 1870-2000 by Call Number: F 777 .J33 1999ISBN: 1565793471Publication Date: 1999-08-01The images of early west photographer William Henry Jackson capture a Colorado landscape both pristine and already dramatically affected by the onslaught on western civilization. Standing exactly where Jackson stood, and pointing his own camera in precisely the same direction, John Fielder has rephotographed Jackson's Colorado images to capture the often startling change that has occurred over the last century. The result is both breathtaking and stark, hopeful and disquieting. Jackson's and Fielder's photography is accompanied by thoughtful and provocative essays by respected experts in the environmental field: Roderick Nash, America's foremost wilderness historian and author of Wilderness and the American Mind; Ed Marston, journalist and publisher of High Country News; and Eric Paddock, Curator of Photography at the Colorado Historical Society. John Fielder describes the profound experience of traveling the state and seeing the landscape from Jackson's perspective, and reflects upon changes of the last 130 years. The contrast between Jackson's and Fielder's photographs not only illuminates Colorado's past but will help us determine the course of land management as we move into the next century. Accompanied by an educational program that includes lectures, a traveling exhibit, newspaper serialization, and television series, this book is aimed at encouraging people to appreciate and reflect on nature, history, and photography as we move into the next century. Colorado: 1870-2000 stands not only as an important document of westward exploration, expansion, and urbanization, but helps define our past and future environmental values.- Historical photographs of Utah by Call Number: F 827 .H58 1947Publication Date: 1947
- Master photographer : AIPP Worldwide edition. by Call Number: N 4000 .L55 2009Publication Date: [2009]"The quintessential Peter Lik publication to date, the Big Book is very appropriately names: 580 pages, 19.5" x 13.5" and 40lbs. More impressive still is the work between the covers: a compilation of collections from Peter's first 25 years as a landscape photographer, as well as images of Peter on location and extensive biographical material. Said the photographer of the Big Book: "This anniversary book is my proudest accomplishment and serves as a tribute to the world's natural beauty." Each book is autographed by Peter."--Publisher's webpage.
Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air by Call Number: QC 975 .M552 1954 MGCISBN: 0486201961Publication Date: 1954-06-01Sunlight and shadows -- Reflections of light -- Refraction of light -- The curvature of light rays in the atmosphere -- Intensity and brightness of light -- The eye -- Colours -- After-images and contrast phenomena -- Judging shape and motion -- Rainbows, haloes and coronae -- Light and colour of the sky -- Light and colour in the landscape -- Luminous plants, animals and stones.- Western views and Eastern visions by Call Number: TR 23.6 .O87 1981ISBN: 0865280053Publication Date: 1981
- As I remember by Call Number: TR 140 .G4 A3 1936Publication Date: 1936
In a Rugged Land by Call Number: TR 140 .L3 S94 2018ISBN: 9781607816287Publication Date: 2018-12-05"Though photographers Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams were contemporaries and longtime friends, most of their work portrays contrasting subject matter. Lange's artistic photodocumentation set a new aesthetic standard for social commentary; Adams lit up nature's wonders with an unfailing eye and preeminent technical skill. That they joined together to photograph Mormons in Utah in the early 1950s for Life magazine may come as a surprise. In a Rugged Land examines the history and content of the two photographers' forgotten collaboration, Three Mormon Towns. Looking at Adams' and Lange's photographs, extant letters, and personal memories, the book provides a window into an important moment in their careers and seeks to understand why a project that once held such promise ended in disillusionment and is now little more than a footnote in their illustrative biographies. Swensen's in-depth research and interpretation helps make sense of what they did and places their efforts alongside others who were also exploring the particular qualities of the Mormon village at that time"--Provided by publisher.
The Savage View by Call Number: TR 140 .S38 R53 1995ISBN: 0962194050Publication Date: 1995-11-01A Saint from Southampton -- The call of Zion -- Across the plains -- A photographic tour -- Photographer at Promontory -- Frontier photographer -- Family life -- Hoary-headed Saints -- Appendix A. Savage genealogy -- Appendix B. C. R. Savage photographic trips -- Appendix C. Savage items in institutional collections.
The Utah Photographs of George Edward Anderson by Call Number: TR 646 .U6 F672 1979ISBN: 0803219520Publication Date: 1979-10-01Within thirty years of the time the first Mormons settled in the valley of the Great Salt Lake, George Ed Anderson set out to photograph all he could see of his land and of his church. In his portable tent gallery, in front yards, on the steps of boxcar homes, and in his studio in Springville, Utah, he made thousands of portraits. He documented the building of Mormon temples, the civic celebrations of growing towns, the advances of the railroads and of industry. Anderson photographed railroaders, miners, tradesmen, and farmers at work, and pioneers at rest. Whether his subject was an old Indian fighter or a gandy dancer, Anderson captured the dignity of men and women who had made a home in the West. Always his images are sharp, and the most circumstantial details--buggy whips, washing machines, flowered hats and long skirts, watch-chains and tin cups, the bric-a-brac on a fine stone house, three boys' pet snakes--evoke a world that is gone. A generation after Anderson, Rell G. Francis traveled the same roads and entered the same houses with prints of Anderson's photographs in hand. From his interviews with old-timers, his research in historical documents, and Anderson's own diaries, Francis has written an introductory essay and captions that complement the richness of Anderson's photographs. Recent searchers for historical photographs have made few finds as astonishing as the hoard of Anderson's glass plates that Rell. G. Francis has recovered in Utah. Francis, an artist and himself winner of many photographic awards, prepared the unique collection upon which this book is based for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art.--from publisher description- Ansel Adams & Dorothea Lange's Three Mormon towns First edition. by Call Number: TR 647 .A236 2012ISBN: 9780984346066Publication Date: 2012oreword / Mary Ellen Mark -- Essay / Senator Harry Reid -- Three Mormon towns / photographs by Dorothea Lange & Ansel Adams -- Three Mormon towns revisited / photographs by Mark Hedengren -- Editor's note / Mark Hedengren -- History of Three Mormon towns / David Jacobs.
- A Glen Canyon portfolio by Call Number: TR 654 .H92 1979ISBN: 0873581873Publication Date: 1979
- Photographing Southern Utah by Call Number: TR 660 .B47 2014ISBN: 9781494860325Publication Date: 2014-01-22
- Camera close up : same-size and larger than life photography by Call Number: TR 683 .C713 1961 MGCPublication Date: [1961]
Life and Land by Call Number: TR 820.5 .L538 1988ISBN: 0874211328Publication Date: 1988-01-01
- Taccuino di disegni di Giovannino de' Grassi : Biblioteca civica "Angelo Mai" di Bergamo, Cassaf.1.21 : commentario al codice by Call Number: NC 1055 .G68 A57 1998ISBN: 8886251300Publication Date: 1998Italian edition limited to 333 copies. Another 253 copies, numbered from 334 to 586, belong to the international edition with full commentary in Italian and abstract in English or Spanish. However, the Utah Tech University commentary copy is only in Italian. UTU copy is number 540.
Legacy on Stone by Call Number: E 78 .C6 C6 1990ISBN: 1555660746Publication Date: 1990-09-01Also available as an e-book.
The first integrated analysis of rock art styles throughout the western Colorado region, dating from pre-A.D. 1 to the middle of the twentieth century.
Canyon Country Prehistoric Rock Art by Call Number: E 78 .S7 B333 2000ISBN: 1891858246Publication Date: 2000-07-01Also available in Library stacks.
A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Southwest by Call Number: E 78 .S7 F54 1992ISBN: 1555660916Publication Date: 1992-05-01Also available in Library stacks and as an e-book.- Petroglyphs and pictographs of Utah by Call Number: E 78 .U55 C37 1978Publication Date: 1978-1979Also available in Library stacks.
v. 1. The east and northwest.--v. 2. The south, central, west, and northwest. - Spirit windows : Native American rock art of Southeastern Utah Rev. ed. by Call Number: E 78 .U55 E34 1992Publication Date: c1992Also available in Oversize stacks.
A permanent exhibition of Native American rock art images reproduced on the stucco walls of Edge of the Cedars Museum, Blanding, Utah. 
Sacred Images by Call Number: E 78 .U55 K38 1996ISBN: 0879057343Publication Date: 1996-05-07Also available in Oversize stacks.
Foreword / N. Scott Momaday -- Preface / Leslie Kelen -- A configuration of forces / David Sucec -- Barrier Canyon style -- Hisatsenom (Anasazi) style -- Fremont style (Uinta, San Rafael, Sevier) -- Ute style.- Prehistoric petroglyphs and pictographs in Utah by Call Number: E 78 .U55 P7 1972Publication Date: [1972]Also available in Library stacks.
The rock art of Utah : a study from the Donald Scott Collection, Peabody Museum, Harvard University by Call Number: E 78 .U55 S34 1971Publication Date: 1971A newer edition is available in Library stacks.- The rocks begin to speak [1st ed.] by Call Number: E 98 .P6 M37 1973Publication Date: [1973]Also available in Library stacks.
Art and the mysterious sheep -- The rocks break their silence -- Through the eyes of the Indian -- On behalf of the versatile goat -- America's Rosetta stones -- Indian versions of American history -- Pages out of the past -- Many tongues; one ear -- World comparisons -- Conclusions -- The Red man's trampled pencil -- Cryptanalysis; the forgotten tool -- Recording technicalities. 
Painters of Utah's Canyons and Deserts by Call Number: ND 1460 .U83 P68 2009ISBN: 9781423601845Publication Date: 2009-05-02Also available in Oversize stacks.
Vividly illustrated and exhaustively researched, this is the first comprehensive history of the artists who painted Utah's Red Rock. Poulton and Swanson guide us through this history, with more than 300 paintings spanning 155 years of art. They explore the contrasts between painters who called Utah home and those who explored and visited. Starting with the rich visual images of Native American petroglyphs, they then look at the lively anecdotes of the "artists as explorers," including John Wesley Powell's harrowing trip down the Colorado River, artist Solomon Nunes Carvalho's recovery from the brink of starvation, and artist Richard Kern's death at the hands of the Paiutes. Thomas Moran is prominent in this history with dramatic lithographs and his own exploration of the Zion region. To appreciate the desert terrain, one has to be comfortable with an inscrutable universe. Whether existential or spiritual, these themes are evoked in the modern paintings of Maynard Dixon, Conrad Buff, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Max Ernst, who are among many visiting artists successfully challenged by this landscape. Utah artist Alfred Lambourne was the first artist to paint in Zion, and Henry L. A. Culmer was the first to paint the natural bridges. Utah artists recorded the natural beauty of the parks in the 1920s and the stark influence of the Great Depression in the 1930s. Today's modern and traditional artists mix it up, employing classical methods and conventions, often with flagrant juxtapositions, to convey political, existential, or psychological themes. V. Douglas Snow, Gary E. Smith, and Ed Mell are among a growing group of nationally known artists whose work is inspired by the Utah Red Rock.--from jacket
- Devotees and their shrines : a handbook of Utah art by Call Number: N 6530 .U8 H6 1914Publication Date: [c1914]Also available in Library stacks.
- Utah Art by Call Number: N 6530 .U8 S94 1991ISBN: 0879053852Publication Date: 1991-11-01Also available in Oversize stacks.
Introduction / William H. Gerdts -- Chronology -- Color plates 1-16 -- Pioneer painters to Impressionism: 1847-1900 / William C. Seifrit -- Color plates 17-63 -- Tradition and the lure of the modern: 1900-1950 / Robert S. Olpin -- Color plates 64-112 -- The contemporary scene: 1950-1991 / Vern G. Swanson -- A list of native, emigrant, and itinerant artists of Utah -- History of the art movement in Springville, Utah -- Bibliography -- Catalogue of the permanent Utah Art Collection, Springville Museum of Art. - Utah painting and sculpture Rev. ed. by Call Number: N 6530 .U8 S94 1997Publication Date: 1997Also available in Oversize stacks.
Introduction / William H. Gerdts -- Chronology -- Color plates 1-18 -- Pioneer painters to Impressionism: 1847-1900 / William C. Seifrit -- Color plates 19-73 -- Tradition and the lure of the modern: 1900-1950 / Robert S. Olpin -- Color plates 74-126 -- The contemporary scene: 1950-1991 / Vern G. Swanson -- Color plates 127-167 -- Since then: 1991-1997 / Vern G. Swanson, Robert S. Olpin -- History of the art movement in Springville, Utah -- Listing of artists -- Catalogue of the permanent Utah Art Collection, Springville Museum of Art -- Selected bibliography -- Index to the Essays. 
The Art of Gaell Lindstrom by Call Number: N 6537 .M6443 A78 2019ISBN: 9781633980815Publication Date: 2019-09-15Chatwin is proud to release the first major survey of the life and work of Utah artist Gaell Lindstrom (1919-2009). Lindstrom was an artist whose search for inspiration took him from portraying the people and places of his native Utah and the American West to Mexico, Guatemala, Italy, Morocco, and China. Deeply grounded in region and faith, Lindstrom?s work testifies to his dedication to craft, which was the foundation for his long and influential career as an art professor. The 130 illustrations, including 100 color plates, showcase Lindstrom?s mastery of form and texture, and his ability to capture the stillness of the moment in landscapes and urbanscapes. The texts are by Dr. James Swensen of Brigham Young University, and the artist's son, Dr. Braden Lindstrom of Dixie State University. They examine the arc of Lindstrom?s work as a painter and photographer, his relationships with other Utah artists, his artistic influences, teaching philosophy, travels and study abroad (particularly in China and with Chinese artists), and family life and background.- Thomas Moran in Zion : the temples and towers of the Virgin by Call Number: N 6537 .M6445 T467 1881Publication Date: ca1881?A folio of engraving reproductions by artist Moran. Suitable for framing."--front cover of manila envelope
- Thomas Moran at Grand Canyon : a folio of engraving reproductions by Artist Moran by Call Number: N 6537 .M6445 T566 2004Publication Date: [2004?]Contains illustrations of the Grand Canyon area by Thomas Moran, with accompanying written descriptions by Clarence Dutton for each illustration written in 1882.
Topaz Moon by Call Number: N 6537 .O22 A2 2000ISBN: 1890771260Publication Date: 2000-03-01Also available in Library stacks.- 100 years of Utah painting : selected works from the 1840s to the 1940s by Call Number: ND 230 .U7 S3 1965 CGCPublication Date: [c1965]Also available in Oversize stacks.
- Painters of Utah's Canyons and Deserts by Call Number: ND 1460 .U83 P68 2009ISBN: 9781423601845Publication Date: 2009-05-02Also available in Oversize stacks.
Vividly illustrated and exhaustively researched, this is the first comprehensive history of the artists who painted Utah's Red Rock. Poulton and Swanson guide us through this history, with more than 300 paintings spanning 155 years of art. They explore the contrasts between painters who called Utah home and those who explored and visited. Starting with the rich visual images of Native American petroglyphs, they then look at the lively anecdotes of the "artists as explorers," including John Wesley Powell's harrowing trip down the Colorado River, artist Solomon Nunes Carvalho's recovery from the brink of starvation, and artist Richard Kern's death at the hands of the Paiutes. Thomas Moran is prominent in this history with dramatic lithographs and his own exploration of the Zion region. To appreciate the desert terrain, one has to be comfortable with an inscrutable universe. Whether existential or spiritual, these themes are evoked in the modern paintings of Maynard Dixon, Conrad Buff, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Max Ernst, who are among many visiting artists successfully challenged by this landscape. Utah artist Alfred Lambourne was the first artist to paint in Zion, and Henry L. A. Culmer was the first to paint the natural bridges. Utah artists recorded the natural beauty of the parks in the 1920s and the stark influence of the Great Depression in the 1930s. Today's modern and traditional artists mix it up, employing classical methods and conventions, often with flagrant juxtapositions, to convey political, existential, or psychological themes. V. Douglas Snow, Gary E. Smith, and Ed Mell are among a growing group of nationally known artists whose work is inspired by the Utah Red Rock.--from jacket - Mormon Arts by Call Number: NX 427 .P76 M67 1971ISBN: 0842500944Publication Date: 1972-01-01Aesthetics of Mormon art -- Mormon panorama ; C. C. A. Christensen paintings -- Mormon poetry on the threshold -- Mormon drama -- Mormon music -- Mormon ballet -- Mormon photography -- Balanced environment -- Mormon Festival of Arts -- A prayer.
- Introduction to American Indian Art by Call Number: E 98 .A7 E95 1970ISBN: 0873800478Publication Date: 1970-01-01Introduction to American Indian Art: basketry, weaving, beadwork, pottery, jewelry, sculpture, conclusions, information--the principal tribes / John Sloan, Oliver LaFarge -- Fine art and the first Americans / Herbert J. Spinden -- Indian symbolism / Herbert J. Spinden -- Indian poetry / Mary Austin -- Modern Indian painting / Alice Corbin Henderson -- Sand painting of the Navaho Indians / Laura Adams Armer -- Indian pottery / Kennety M. Chapman -- Indian sculpture and carving / Neil M. Judd -- Indian masks / Charles C. Willoughby -- Indian basketry / E. W. Gifford -- Indian weaving / Mary Lois Kissell -- Indian porcupine-quill and beadwork / Wiliam C. Orchard -- Books on Indian arts north of Mexico / Ruth Gaines.
- Trees at night by Call Number: NC 1075 .Y6 1927Publication Date: 1927
- The Utah Centennial Commission presents one hundred years of American painting by Call Number: ND 210 .U830 1947Publication Date: 1947
- Guide to the art of illuminating on vellum & paper 5th ed. by Call Number: ND 3310 .A87 1911Publication Date: 1911Illumination of books and manuscripts.
- The original water-color paintings by John James Audubon for The birds of America : reproduced in color for the first time from the collection at the New-York Historical Society [Original ed.] by Call Number: QL 674 .A9 1966 V. 1 & V. 2Publication Date: 1966With this publication virtually the entire series of paintings created by John James Audubon for The Birds of America is reproduced for the first time in full color and with the accuracy made possible by modern photographic techniques. There is nothing in American art to which this large collection of Audubon's original work can be compared. No other artist of his time was so sensitively and intimately concerned with the natural wonders of the American scene. No single person before or since has contributed so much to the art of painting birds.--Introduction.