Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath Papers, 1918-2009

Container Title
Series: 2. Artwork, 1927-2009
Scope and Content Note: This series consists of artwork-related materials. Included are sketches and drawings, and published materials, such as books and booklets, calendars, greeting cards, exhibit catalogs, and publications within which the artists' work appeared. This series also contains extensive photographs (or copies thereof) of the artists' output, including images of paintings, murals, sculptures, and retrospective exhibitions and celebrations of their work. The artists appear in some of the photographs with their artwork. Some files in this series also contain work-for-hire artwork.
Box   11
Folder   1
Alphabet Drawings, Schomer Lichtner, 1973
Box   28
Folder   8
Art on Metal Sheets, undated
Box   11
Folder   2
Artwork Notebook, 1932-1946
Box   11
Folder   3
Beans and Barley Project, 1995
Books/Booklets
Box   11
Folder   4
Ruth Grotenrath, 1980-1991
Box   11
Folder   5-9
Schomer Lichtner, 1978-2004, undated
Box   11
Folder   10
Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath, 1999-2000
Box   12
Folder   1
Business Stationary and Advertising, 1947-1993, undated
Box   28
Folder   9
Business Stationary and Advertising, undated
Box   12
Folder   2
Calendar, 1963
Box   12
Folder   3
Calendars, 2003-2009
Box   12
Folder   4
Christmas Cards, Notebook, undated
Box   12
Folder   5
Cow Cutouts and Foldouts, Schomer Lichtner, 1986, undated
Box   12
Folder   6
Documents Written by Ruth Grotenrath for Others, undated
Box   12
Folder   7
Drawings, Schomer Lichtner, 1964
Box   12
Folder   8
Drawings from the Nude, Schomer Lichtner, 1974
Exhibit Catalogs
Box   17
Folder   1
Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath, 1962-1988
Box   17
Folder   2-8
Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath with Other Artists, 1930-1974
Box   28
Folder   10
Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath with Other Artists, 1964
Box   18
Folder   1-4
Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath with Other Artists, 1980-2004, undated
Box   18
Folder   5-7
Exhibit Fliers, Mailers, and Invitations, 1925-2005, undated
Box   19
Folder   1-2
Exhibits, Books, Catalogs, Notes and Drafts, Schomer Lichtner, 1940-2004, undated
Box   12
Folder   9
Fan Art, Schomer Lichtner, 1982-1984, undated
Box   13
Folder   1-2
Flexagons, Schomer Lichtner, 1970-1976, undated
Greeting Cards
Box   13
Folder   3-5
1958, 1975-1996, undated
Box   28
Folder   11
undated
Box   13
Folder   6
Ballet, 1978-1997, undated
Box   13
Folder   7
Birds, undated
Box   14
Folder   1
Cows, 1969-1989, undated
Box   14
Folder   2
Holiday, 1975, undated
Box   14
Folder   3
Holy Hill, undated
Box   14
Folder   4
Landscapes and Flowers, 1969, 1988-1993, undated
Box   14
Folder   5
Taliesen, 1987-2000
Box   29
Handkerchiefs, Schomer Lichtner, undated
Box   29
Folder   1
Inventory, Schomer Lichtner Retrospective, undated
Box   14
Folder   6
Milwaukee Ballet, 1983-2000, undated
Box   14
Folder   7
Milwaukee Dance Theater, 1992-2004
Box   14
Folder   8
Miscellaneous, 1940-2000, undated
Murals
5 x 7 Nitrate Box   2
1950s
Physical Description: 5 3.5" x 5.5" nitrate negatives 
8 x 10 Safety Film Box   1
Schomer Lichtner, Negatives, 1934
Physical Description: 3 5" x 8" safety film negatives 
5 x 7 Nitrate Box   2
Schomer Lichtner, Negatives, 1952
Physical Description: 2 3.5" x 5.5" nitrate negatives 
Box   29
Placemats and Napkins, undated
Photo Album, Schomer Lichtner
Box   20
Folder   1
Art Exhibit, 2004
Box   20
Folder   2
Sculpture, Downtown Milwaukee, undated
Box   20
Folder   3
WPA Art and 100th Birthday, 2005
Photographs, Ruth Grotenrath
Box   21
Folder   1-6
Artwork, 1936-1983, undated
Box   23
Folder   1
Artwork, 1983-1985, undated
Box   27
Artwork, undated
Box   23
Folder   2
Artwork and Artist, undated
Box   23
Folder   3
Retrospective, 1988, undated
Photographs, Schomer Lichtner
Box   22
Folder   1-5
Artwork, 1927-1999, undated
Box   25-26
Artwork, undated
Note: Some images of Ruth Grotenrath's artwork may be mixed in.
Box   28
Folder   12
Artwork, undated
Box   22
Folder   6
Artwork and Artist, 1986-2005, undated
Box   22
Folder   7
Artwork and Artist, Images from Lillian Schultz, 1999
Box   22
Folder   8
Artwork and Artist, 100th Birthday, 1997, undated
Box   23
Folder   4
Cow-themed Gala, undated
Box   23
Folder   5
Sculpture, 1990, undated
Box   22
Folder   9
Sculpture, 1997, undated
35 mm Safety Film Box   4
Sculpture, Schomer Lichtner, Negatives, undated
Physical Description: 1 35mm safety film negative 
Box   23
Folder   6
Wisconsin Lutheran College, 2000
35 mm Safety Film Box   4
Wisconsin Lutheran College, 2000
Physical Description: 6 35 mm safety film negatives 
Photographs, Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath
Box   22
Folder   10
Artwork, undated
Box   28
Folder   13
Murals, 1935-1938, 1999, undated
Box   23
Folder   7
Murals, 1986-2000
Box   29
Folder   2
Posters and Oversize Advertising, 1951-1996, undated
Box   14
Folder   9
Publication Containing Art of Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath, 1962
Box   14
Folder   10-11
Publications Containing Art of Ruth Grotenrath, 1936-2001
Box   15
Folder   1
Publications Containing Art of Schomer Lichtner, 1927-2000
Box   15
Folder   2
Sales Pad, 1991-1994
Box   15
Folder   3-4
Sketches and Drawings, Schomer Lichtner, 1980-1993
Box   16
Folder   1-11
Sketches and Drawings, Schomer Lichtner, undated
Box   29
Folder   3
Sketches, Drawings, Painting, and Miscellaneous Oversize, Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath, 1958, undated
Box   22
Folder   11
Slides, Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath, Artwork, 1967-2000, undated
Box   15
Folder   5
Spotted Cow Drawings, Schomer Lichtner, 1969
Box   15
Folder   6
Travel Sketches, Ruth Grotenrath, undated
Work for Hire
Box   29
Folder   4
Heinemann, 1941
Box   15
Folder   7
Various, 1954-2003, undated