Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath Papers, 1918-2009

Container Title
Series: 1. General Files, 1918-2007
Scope and Content Note: This series consists of correspondence, notes and musings, biographical materials, press clippings, and other materials largely related to the artists' work, though the bulk of the materials in this series were produced by Schomer Lichtner. Also included are photographs of the artists, their homes, their family, and Lichtner's 90th and 100th birthday celebrations. Some of the earliest materials in this series are family photos which are largely unidentified. More recent materials pertain to Schomer Lichtner's death and/or life and estate, and unveiling of Lichtner murals at the Oconomowoc Historical Museum in 2007.
Box   1
Folder   1
Art Classes and Demonstrations, Catalogs and Fliers, 1948-1970
Box   1
Folder   2
Art Classes, Notes and Other Documents, 1948-1968
Box   1
Folder   3-4
Art Musings, 1979-2004, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Artspace Exhibition, 1987-1991
Box   1
Folder   6
Awards and Accolades, 1939-2007
Box   1
Folder   7
Biographical Information, undated
Biographical Notes and Documents
Box   1
Folder   8
Ruth Grotenrath, undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Schomer Lichtner, 1918-2007, undated
Box   2
Folder   1
Book Correspondence, 1963-1964
Box   2
Folder   2-4
Business Correspondence and Paperwork, 1940-2003
Box   2
Folder   5
Business-Related Drafts, 1981-1990
Box   2
Folder   6
Center for Research into the Art and Artists of Wisconsin, 1993-1998
Box   28
Folder   1
Composition and Exhibition Plans, Schomer Lichtner, 1966-1988, undated
Correspondence
Box   2
Folder   7
Ruth Grotenrath Drafts, 1950-1987
Box   2
Folder   8-9
Schomer Lichtner Drafts, 1946-2003, undated
Box   3
Folder   1-2
Schomer Lichtner Drafts, 1952-2004, undated
Box   28
Folder   2
Schomer Lichtner Drafts, undated
Box   3
Folder   3
Schomer Lichtner with Peter and Wife, 1975-1994, undated
Box   3
Folder   4-8
Correspondence from Josephine Ainsworth, 1937-1942, undated
Box   3
Folder   9
Correspondence Related to Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath, 1940-2007
Box   3
Folder   10
Correspondence Related to Various Exhibitions, 1960-1996
Box   3
Folder   11-14
Correspondence to Ruth Grotenrath, 1937-1989
Box   4
Folder   1-8
Correspondence to Schomer Lichtner, 1935-2006
Box   28
Folder   3
Correspondence to Schomer Lichtner, 1988
Box   5
Folder   1-5
Correspondence to Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath Family, 1937-1997, undated
Box   5
Folder   6
Correspondence with Unnamed Recipients, 1938-1998, undated
Box   5
Folder   7
Credited Programs and Listings, 1948-2003
Box   28
Folder   4-6
Documents Relating to WPA, Heinemann's, and Other Murals, 1935-2007, undated
Box   6
Folder   1-3
Estate, 1990-2006, undated
Box   6
Folder   4
Farm Correspondence, 1941-1995
Box   6
Folder   5
Gallery Contract, Draft Notes, 1981-2002
Box   6
Folder   6-7
Greeting Card Correspondence, 1947-1951, undated
Box   6
Folder   8
Interviews, Press, Promotions, and Mission Statement, 1939-2005, undated
Box   7
Folder   1
Japan Musings and Correspondence, 1965-1966
Box   7
Folder   2
Japan Trip Diary, Ruth Grotenrath, 1965
Box   7
Folder   3
Ledger, 1971-1984
Box   7
Folder   4
Linda King Video Tribute to Schomer Lichtner, 2003
Box   7
Folder   5
Memorial Exhibitions, 1989-2003, undated
Box   7
Folder   6
Milwaukee Ballet, 1978-1998, undated
Box   7
Folder   7
Miscellaneous Drafts, 1981-2003, undated
Box   7
Folder   8
Mitchell Field/Gimbels Mural Proposals, 1953-1954
Musings
Box   7
Folder   9
Ruth Grotenrath, undated
Box   7
Folder   10
Schomer Lichtner, 1966-2003, undated
Box   28
Folder   7
News Release, 1964
Box   7
Folder   11
Newsletter Notes, 1982-1999, undated
Box   8
Folder   1-2
Notebooks/Journals, Schomer Lichtner, 1989-2004
Box   8
Folder   3
100th Birthday Correspondence, Schomer Lichtner, 2005
Photographs
Box   10
Folder   1-3
Family, 1919-2005, undated
Box   27
Family, undated
Box   10
Folder   4
Family Collage (Photocopied), undated
Box   27
Farm, undated
Box   10
Folder   5
Home, Maryland Avenue, undated
Box   27
Peter Lichtner and Wife, undated
Box   27
Ruth Grotenrath, undated
Box   10
Folder   6
Schomer Lichtner, 1981
Box   27
Schomer Lichtner, undated
35 mm Safety Film Box   4
Schomer Lichtner, Negatives, 1981
Physical Description: 4 35 mm safety film negatives 
Box   10
Folder   7
Schomer Lichtner, 90th Birthday Party, 1996
Press Clippings
Box   8
Folder   4-10
1926-1988
Box   9
Folder   1-3
1990-2007, undated
Box   9
Folder   4
Press Clippings Related to Ruth Grotenrath and Schomer Lichtner Family, 1922, 1967, undated
Box   9
Folder   5
Printmaking Grant Application, 1967
Box   9
Folder   6
Projects, 1955
Box   9
Folder   7
Retrospective Exhibit, 1984
Box   9
Folder   8
Self-Acceptance Interview and Notes, 1994?
Box   10
Folder   8
Slides, Ruth Grotenrath, undated
Box   9
Folder   9
Urban Art Study Proposal, undated
Box   9
Folder   10
Wright and Taliesin, Drafts and Musings, 1987-2004, undated