Ox-Bow's founding texts by Peter C. Merrill

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Ox-Bow's founding texts by Peter C. Merrill

Entry/Object ID

2021.41.27

Scope and Content

Two photocopied texts written by Dr. Peter C. Merrill: "Early Days and Early Artists at the Ox-Bow" 15 typewritten pages, circa 1993. "Summers at Ox-Bow, The Early Days of a Michigan Art Colony" from the Michigan Historical Review, Spring 1996. © Central Michigan University

Context

The "Early Days" essay is substantial the same as the published "Summers at Ox-Bow" article. Both texts include detailed descriptions of the Summer School of Art/Ox-Bow's early period, people and traditions. In addition to the most-commonly-cited Ox-Bow founders, the text mentions Jane M. McLane, Beulah Clute, George W. Senseney, Elizabeth Hammond, Dulah Krehbiel, Alphonso Ianelli, Edgar Miller, Alexander Tillotson, Arthur Charles Frick, Charlotte Major, Gerald Landt, Charles Culver, Carlos Lopez, Nicola Ziroli, George Biddle, Vera Berdich, William S. Schwarz, Claes Oldenburg, Emile Robert Zettler, Tom Lea, Tallmadge Woods, the Temple, Cliff Dwellers Club, concours, pantomimes, annual burials, Lowell Darling, Airs Koutroulis, Stanley Rosenthal, Philip Fike, Richard Spiller and Franklin Watkins.

Collection

1910 Ox-Bow

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2021.41

Source or Donor

Schmiechen, James A.

Acquisition Method

Donation

Archive Details

Creator

Merrill, Peter C. 1930-2008

Dimensions

Height

11 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Location

Box

026 Ox-Bow School of Art

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ox-Bow Inn/Riverside Hotel/Shriver family home, Clute, Walter Marshall 1870-1915, Ox-Bow/Summer School of Art, Norton, John Warner 1876-1934, Fursman, Frederick Frary 1874-1943, Mauch, Carl 1854-1913, Johansen, John Christen 1876-1964, Bandle, Elizabeth "Bessie", 116 Riverside/Riverside Rest/Bandle Farm/Bandle's Addition 1890-2024, 888 Holland/Park House/Clover's Waffle House/H.D. Moore residence, Shriver, Charles Sr. (d.1905), Lynds, Clarence 1875-1967, Lynds, May (Shriver) 1876-1949, Rupprecht, Edgar A. 1889-1954, Tallmadge, Thomas Eddy 1876-1940, Deam, Arthur "Art" Francis 1895-1974, Mason, Michael L. Dr.1895-1977, Mason, Alice (Colb) 1895-1977, Krehbiel, Albert Henry 1873-1945, Taylor, Cora Bliss 1889-1986, Hoerman, Carl 1885-1955, Hoerman, Christiana A., Seymour, Ralph Fletcher 1876-1966, Chapin, Francis 1899-1965, Chapin, Vivian, Ryerson, Joseph T., West, Charles Cameron 1877-1957, Von Neumann, Robert 1888-1976, Meredith, Dorothy Laverne 1906-1986, Sinclair, Gerrit Van 1890-1955, Lutz, Dan 1906-1978, Berdich, Vera 1915-2003, Penn, Rudolph "Rudy" 1918-1990, Rupprecht, Elizabeth "Betsy" c1932-2018, Waldorf/Castoria/Drake studios, Shriver Ice houses/shanties, Rupprecht, Isobel Steele (MacKinnon), Kachadoorian, Zubel, Kirkland, Wallace 1891-1979, Lanyon, Ellen 1926-2013, Tillstrom, Burr 1917-1985, Senseney, George 1874-1943, Saugatuck Art Association 1931-, Major, Charlotte Ruth 1893-?, Landt, Gerald, Frick, Arthur Charles, Lopez, Carlos 1910-1953, Koutroulis, Aris 1938-2013, Rosenthal, Stanley, Fike, Phillip, Watkins, Franklin C. 1894-1972, Biddle, George 1885-1973, Ziroli, Nicola 1908-1970, Oldenburg, Claes Thure 1929-2022, Henson, Jim 1936-1990

Web Links and URLs

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20173556

Create Date

July 23, 2025

Update Date

July 24, 2025