ELIZABETH SCHLOSSER PAPERS
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The bulk of the collection consists of biographical materials about Colorado artists and their artwork. Also included are flyers for art exhibitions at Colorado institutions.
Materials related to Schlosser's art gallery business comprise this series. These materials include newsletters (Visions and Arch) that Schlosser created with articles about Western artists and art in general as well as exhibition flyers for the gallery with inventories listing the artwork available for sale in her gallery.
This series contains folders of primarily Colorado artists arranged alphabetically by last name. The folders include birth and death dates of the artist when available, biographical sketches written by Schlosser or her colleague Stephen Savageau of Stephen Savageau Gallery, newspaper clippings and articles. Painters, sculptors and potters constitute the artists.
Flyers, postcards and lists comprise this series of papers from Western art institutions. Most represent exhibitions of Western art, some of which Schlosser helped manage or to which Schlosser donated artwork for display.
Research notes, articles and newspaper clippings containing information relevant to Schlosser in the writing of her books constitute this series.
The scrapbooks that compose most of this series contain copies of Schlosser's newsletter Vision, postcards and flyers for Schlosser's exhibitions and articles related to her art business. Many of the materials are not glued to the pages, but loose and arranged in chronological order. This series also contains a promotional poster.
The bulk of the series consists of color photographs of artwork by Colorado artists sold by Schlosser in the course of her business. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by the name of the artist with birth and death dates if available. Color photographs of exhibitions comprise a portion of the series. A photograph album contains images of Denver, Colorado sculptures.
Photographs of paintings in this collection will not be reproduced as copyright of the paintings may reside with the artists or heirs.
Dates
- 1923-2005
Language of Materials
Material is in English.
ACCESS:
The collection is open for research.
OWNERSHIP:
Literary and copyrights - as appropriate - have been assigned to the Denver Public Library.
PUBLICATION RIGHTS:
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Elizabeth Schlosser was born in 1949 to Nancy and Bill Schlosser. She grew up in Defiance, Ohio. Her family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado when she was sixteen. She attended a private girls' boarding school, The Ethel Walker School in Connecticut, graduating in 1967. Schlosser graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a Bachelor's degree in English and received a Master's degree in Urban Planning from the University of Colorado.
After working for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Schlosser became Executive Director of Historic Denver, Inc., from 1979-1984. In 1987, she was Executive Director for the Paramount Theatre Foundation until 1990 when she opened her own art gallery in her home, specializing in Colorado and Rocky Mountain regional and contemporary art. From 1994 to 2001, the Elizabeth Schlosser Fine Art Gallery was located at 311 Detroit Street in Denver, Colorado. From 2001 to 2003, Schlosser again operated her art gallery from her home. In 2003, she closed her art business to run for Denver mayor. Though she was defeated by John Hickenlooper, she continued to be a presence in the art world as a longtime collector, patron and dealer of Colorado and western regional art.
Schlosser curated and juried major art exhibitions, had many speaking engagements, helped secure funding for the Dr. Justina Ford House in 1997 and was series editor for Gallup House Fine Art and Publishing's Documents of Colorado Art in 2005.
Schlosser's husband is Charles Jordan, who was a manager with the Denver Water Department. They have two daughters.
Extent
1 box
3 PhotoBoxes
1 OVBox
1 OVFF
Other Finding Aids
PROVENANCE:
Elizabeth Schlosser donated materials December 2003.
Physical Description
1
Physical Description
1
SIZE:
Number of Boxes: 1 (1 linear foot)
Oversize Boxes: 1
Oversize Folders: 1
Photographs: 3 PhotoBoxes
LOCATION:
WH1807
PROCESSED BY:
Ann Brown
December 2011
PROJECT MANAGER:
Abby Hoverstock
- Art galleries (institutions). Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Art galleries, Commercial -- Colorado -- Denver. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Art museums -- Colorado -- Denver. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Artists -- West (U.S.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Artists files. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Office files. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Schlosser, Elizabeth, -- 1949- -- Archives.
- Scrapbooks. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- ELIZABETH SCHLOSSER PAPERS
- Date
- DECEMBER 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
