Ox-Bow catalogs, brochures and posters
Archive
Printed booklets, posters and cards created to promote Ox-Bow:
Card with b/w drawing of Inn for even honoring Helen Keeler (Dilly) Burke and sculptor Stephen Hansen, undated
Postcard for winter 2003 benefit honoring Elsa Ulbricht
Invitations for benefits 2002, 2011
Ox-Bow newsletter No. 3, Fall 2000 - welcoming new ceramics studio
Ox-Bow newsletter No. 5, Fall 2001 - welcoming June Bowman, honoring Belva and Clyde Ball
Ox-Bow newsletter No. 7, Spring 2002 - with Dilly Burke glass studio gift, Dale Metternich
Ox-Bow newsletter No. 8, Spring 2003 - with Denison property update
undated newsletter page mentioning Judy Anthrop, Karen Tews, James Brandess, John Rossi,
Self-mailers promoting 1967, 1975 programs
Self-mailer promoting 1977 one week extended programs
Self-mailer for Art on the Meadow 2000, 2003
Brochure for Workshop 1977
Brochure for 1984 season
Brochure for early autumn workshops 2002
Art on the Meadow catalogs 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Course catalogs for 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2009
Undated brown-ink brochure for school, same brochure in blue ink
Posters for 1969, 1974, 1975 classes
Photocopy of 1944 brochure
Other items:
Heritage festival 2010 field guild produced by SDHC
B/W photo of an artist at work by the Ox-Bow Lagoon, 3.5x4.25", photographer unknown
Ballpoint pen drawing "The Burial 1980" signed Mahan on watercolor paper
Photocopy of 6-page history to the school
3-page letter to prospective students, 1984
Two photocopied campus maps
Invitation postcard to an Elsa Ulbricht exhibit at Milwaukee's Charles Allis Art Library
Photocopy of "Summers at Ox-Bow: The Early Days of a Michigan Art Colony" by Peter C. Merrill from the 1996 Michigan Historical Review 22 ©Central Michigan University
Unaccredited typewritten history of art in Saugatuck
Newspaper clippings:
"Ox-bow helps make Saugatuck Special" Joe Armstrong, Commercial Record, 2 Mar 1989
"Summer is a time, Ox-Bow is a place for art" Marsha Miro, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug 197, photo of Bob Hanamura
"New Ox-Bow studio open for students" Holland Michigan Evening Sentinel 15 Aug 1975, photo of Margaret Cintrin, student of Michael Zilka
"Ox-Bow -- part of Saugatuck's artist tradition" and "Artists find scenic home in Saugatuck" Commercial Record, 15 Aug 1968

2021.18.28
These documents were collected by Kit Lane, a journalist, historian and art lover.
1910 Ox-Bow
Winthers, Sally
026 Ox-Bow School of Art
207 Ox-Bow Catalogs
Ox-Bow/Summer School of ArtBowman, JuneBurke, Helen Keeler "Dilly"Metternich, Dale E.Ulbricht, Elsa 1885-1980Anthrop, Judy (Bowman)Tews, KarenRossi, JohnBrandess, James
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03/31/2025