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The George Mathis collection of photographs, artwork, and historical ephemera, was donated to WSU Libraries in October 1991 by Jean and Carol Mathis, the wife and daughter, respectively, of the late George Mathis. John Guido, former head of MASC, journeyed to Placerville, California, at that time to obtain the fairly large body of materials in person. In 2001, 11 hand titled and singed lithographs created by George Mathis were donated by Mike and Susan Herron. These lithographs were added to Series VI and may be found in the oversize map case. Harold Levy donated a lithograph of Jack London's Benicia in 2002, which was added to Series XV as item 290 located in the oversize map case. Arrangement of the collection was completed in June 1995 by Carol Lichtenberg. Trevor James Bond revised the guide in 2001
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
George Mathis (1909-1977) was born in Seattle, Washington. He spent much of his early life in Hoquiam, where his father managed a clothing store. He attended Washington State University, where he majored in art, and studied under William T. McDermott (1884-1961), who became a well-known western landscape painter. After graduation from WSU in June 1931, he moved to California and worked as a commercial artist and art teacher for a number of years. He married his wife Jean, also an artist, in 1936, in Oakland, California; they had one daughter, Carol.
After living for a few years in the Bay Area, the Mathis family relocated in 1948 to Nevada City, California, the Mother Lode country. The primary motivation for this change was George's growing urge to pictorially recreate western history. Here George and Jean began doing lithography, which eventually turned into a thriving business. Around 1960 they moved to Coloma, another Mother Lode town, where they completely remodeled a Victorian-style house dating to the Gold Rush era. Gold was in fact first discovered in Coloma in 1848 by James Marshall. The Mathis home was called "Friday House," after Jean's maiden name. Here they both lived and operated an art gallery and studio where they sold many products of lithography and George's numerous historical drawings and sketches. George became generally and affectionately known as the "pictorial historian of the Mother Lode."
Between 1960 and 1970 George Mathis' artistic vision took on a new dimension. During this time he worked in Sacramento for Aerojet Corporation, America's largest producer of rocket engines. Here his versatility, imagination, and eye for detail were once again challenged, and he became one of the better known space artists of the time.
His illustrations include Gemini and Apollo space missions. The Smithsonian Institution acquired some of his of oil paintings of space art. Spanning western frontiers and deep space, Mathis' artistic career was truly unique, successful, and rewarding.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
The George Mathis Collection consists of twenty boxes of diverse materials and close to three hundred original pencil drawings and litho prints, which are located in the oversize mapcases. The collection has been arranged into six series: Photographs, Commercial Art, Reference Material, Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Oversize Photos and Art, Oversize Prints and Drawings. Where titles on art work were missing, they have been provoked in parentheses.
DESCRIPTION
Series Description Container
I. Photographs
A. Personal/Family Portraits 1
B. Reference photos: Mother Lode, California
missions, Carmel, mining 2
C. Reference photos: Trains 3
D. Space art, black and white photos 4
E. Space art, color photos 5
F. Photo NEGATIVES 6
II. Commercial Art
A. Childhood art, samples, originals,
booklets, calendars, Carol Mathis' work 7-8
B. Space art 9
III. Reference Material
A. Mother Lode, California History 10
B. Trains; Mathis' miscellaneous notes 11
C. Newspaper depictions of Mathis' work;
Danger Trails comics 12
D. Newspaper articles on space flight with
Mathis illustrations; Aerojet material,
contracts, publications 13
IV. Correspondence and Miscellaneous
A. School and college momentos; corres-
pondence 14
B. Advertisements of work; signs and price
tags; house sketches (Friday House) 15
C. Sympathy cards and letters; Hugh and Helen
Mathis (George's parents) material 16
D. 1 reel film; 1 video film 17
E. Mathis scrapbook, overview of triumphs 18
F. Awards and plaques 19
V. A. Oversize photos, sketches, commercial art 20
VI. A. Oversize prints--original pencil
drawings, litho prints, nos. 1-289 Mapcase
Container List
Box Folder Description Items
Series I: Photographs
1 PERSONAL/FAMILY PORTRAITS
1 Grade school class 1
2 Childhood and family photos 20
3 Childhood and family photos 18
4 Hugh Mathis clothing store; Black Bear Brand sales. 2
5 George Mathis college years 11
6 George Mathis college years 15
7 College graduation 2
8 Marionette theater 3
9 Mathis home, Nevada City 1
10 Early California home, family 4
11 George Mathis portraits 6
12 George Mathis adding colorwash to drawing 6
13 George Mathis, artist 6
14 George Mathis, artist 7
15 George Mathis 1
16 George Mathis in studio, Friday House 2
17 Carol Mathis portraits 2
18 Art of Carol Mathis 5
19 Mathis family, friends (color) 12
20 Mathis family, friends (color) 12
21 Remodeling Friday House 9
22 Remodeling Friday House 9
23 Remodeling Friday House 26
24 Friday House, Coloma, Calif. 8
25 Mathis' work 4
26 Mathis' work 13
27 Mother Lode wallpaper 5
28 Frontier days, George Mathis 1
29 Miscellaneous photos (contact sheet, cats) 4
30 Exhibit Aerojet prints 1
31 Mathis at Aerojet (contact sheets) 2
32 Mathis at Aerojet and home 3
2 REFERENCE PHOTOS: MOTHER LODE, CALIFORNIA MISSIONS,
CARMEL, MINING
33 Auburn and Coloma, Calif. 14
34 Edwin Markham home/school 7
35 Folsom, Calif. and Colin House 3
36 Grass Valley, Calif. 8
37 Nevada City, Calif. 9
38 Sacramennto, Calif. 23
39 Sutter's Fort, Sacramento 2
40 Carmel-Monterey Lighthouse 2
Box Folder Description Items
2 41 Carmel-Monterey houses 18
42 Carmel-Monterey mission 16
43 Carmel-Monterey, historic adobe custom house 10
44 Carmel-Monterey, Point Lobos 27
45 Carmel-Monterey, cannery and docks 13
46 Fort Ross chapel 10
47 Canals and flumes, Mother Lode 6
48 Depictions of early mining (Chinese) 2
49 Malakoff Diggings 4
50 Arrastra at Fort Jones 5
51 Empire mine 1
52 Goldbug mining; Celio dairy 15
53 Placer and hydraulic mining 3
54 Pioneer paper mill/Sam Taylor St. Park 5
55 Mining areas, miscellaneous 11
56 Donner party monument 1
57 Yosemite Park, Muir Woods 4
58 Old Plank Road 1
59 Jedediah Smith 5
60 Lyman Gilmore certificate 2
61 Alhambra theater 12
62 Various views, California and Nevada 12
63 Miscellaneous photos 14
64 The Martin Johnsons hunting in Africa 1
65 Postcards, miscellaneous 7
66 Color photos, various; Donner Lake, Ringtail cat 9
Box Folder Description Items
3 REFERENCE PHOTOS: TRAINS
67 DeWitt Clinton 3
68 T.D. Judah 1
69 Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad 22
70 Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad 22
71 Feather River Railway 2
72 Various trains 6
73 Various trains and engines 4
74 Train engines 6
75 Small photos trains 16
76 Postcards of trains and engines 11
77 Slides and negatives of trains (Mathis drawing) 7
78 Large print of train 2
4 SPACE ART, BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS
79 Von Karman, portrait 1
80 Notice of Mathis exhibit 6
81 NASA news center, Gemini pictures 2
82 Rocket montage 4
Box Folder Description Items
4 83 Rocket montage 3
84 Al Camp montage 2
85 Rocket engine montage 6
86 Col. Vivian rocket montage 9
87 Airplane at take off 2
88 U.S. Army plane with rocket launch propulsion 2
89 Rocket assembly(?) 2
90 Rockets, various 10
91 Rocket sea launchings 23
92 Polaris missile (U.S. Navy) 4
93 Rocket and launch 8
94 Red Mueller 5
95 Titan rocket, Gemini assembly 2
96 Fitting Gemini capsule to Titan rocket 5
97 Launch pad, Gemini astronauts 1
98 Astronauts on the launch pad, Gemini 1
99 On the launch pad, CBS announcer 1
100 Gemini launch pad, Von Fremd TV announcer 3
101 Gemini launch 4
102 Gemini mission montage 4
103 Gemini launch, Titan rocket 2
104 Gemini 8, launchpad, 1966 3
105 Gemini/Titan launch 1
106 Gemini/Titan rocket stages 3
107 Gemini, showing 1st 2nd stage separation 7
108 Gemini, 2nd stage separation 2
109 Gemini capsule in orbit 1
110 Astronaut flying Gemini 7; look at 2nd stage 3
111 Gemini space walk 1
112 Cerman space walk (Gemini) 3
113 Gemini 5, White space walk 5
114 Gemini space walk 2
115 Gemini space walk 3
116 Titan III rocket, Dynasoar USAF 5
117 M-1 rocket montage 2
118 M-1 rocket for Apollo missions 7
119 Apollo stage, hoisting onto rocket 6
120 Apollo command and control capsule 5
121 Apollo rocket to the moon, stages 3
122 Apollo rockets, various stages 5
123 Ideal rocket of the future 1
124 Lunar module about to separate from Mother Ship 1
125 Apollo lunar module 6
126 Lunar module/space station 3
Box Folder Description Items
5 SPACE ART, COLOR PHOTOS
127 Amphibious landing vehicles 4
128 U.S. Army plane with rocket launch 1
129 Polaris missile 3
130 Delta rocket separation 2
131 Red Mueller, NBC announcer; Gemini 7
132 Gemini launch pad, announcer 2
132 Space flight montages 8
134 Fitting Gemini capsule to Titan II rocket 1
135 Gemini launch, Titan rocket 1
136 Launch of a Gemini mission 3
137 Gemini 8 launchpad, 1966 1
138 Gemini/Titan rocket stages 1
139 Gemini first-second stage separation 1
140 Gemini mission, 1st stage separation 1
141 Astronauts flying Gemini seven 5
142 Gemini capsule in orbit near first stage 1
143 Gemini space walk, first stage repair? 1
144 Cernan space walk, Gemini 2
145 Gemini V, White space walk 1
146 Gemini space walks 2
147 Titan III rocket launch 1
148 M-1 rocket montage 2
149 M-1 rocket 1
150 Apollo lunar orbiting capsule under construction-photo 1
151 Apollo command and control capsule 2
152 Apollo mission launch pad 3
153 Apollo first stage 2
154 M-1 to the moon (Apollo) 2
155 Apollo command and control capsule, lunar module 1
156 Lunar module descending to moon 1
157 Lunar module descending to moon 1
158 Apollo command and control capsule return to earth 1
159 Ideal rocket of future 2
160 Souvenir pictures, man on moon 10
161 Conception of Venus probe 1
Box Folder Description Items
6 PHOTO NEGATIVES
162 Mathis artwork 11
163 George Mathis adding a color wash 1
164 Friday House 35
165 House remodeling 5
166 George Mathis 6
167 Carmel-Monterey 30
168 Rocket engine montage 4
169 Rocket engine montage 1
Box Folder Description Items
170 Rocket montage 2
171 Rocket montage 1
172 Col. Vivian rocket montage 2
173 Al Camp montage 1
174 Airplane taking off 1
175 U.S. Army plane with rocket launch 3
176 Early rocket conceptions 1
177 Delta rocket separation 2
178 Rocket sea launchings, simulation 3
179 Polaris missile 3
180 Satellite in orbit 1
181 Von Karman portrait 1
182 Rocket scientists (Von Karman) 4
183 Red Mueller, TV announcer 3
184 Hoisting Gemini capsule unto Titan II rocket 3
185 Astronauts (Gemini) on launchpad 3
186 Titan rocket, Gemini astronauts montage 3
187 Gemini launch pad, TV announcer 1
188 Gemini launch pad, astronauts, TV announcer 3
189 Gemini launch, Titan rocket 1
190 Launch of a Gemini mission 1
191 Gemini capsule in orbit 1
192 Astronauts flying Gemini 7, with look at 2nd stage 1
193 Gemini space walk 1
194 Cernan space walk (Gemini) 4
195 White space walk, Gemini V 4
196 Gemini space walk 4
197 Gemini space walk, just outside the door 2
198 Titan III rocket, USAF Dynasoar 2
199 Titan III rocket launch 2
200 M-1 rocket montage 2
201 M-1 rocket 4
202 Apollo penultimate stage, hoisting unto rocket 3
203 Apollo command and control capsule 1
204 M-1, Apollo to the moon 3
205 Apollo moon rocket, various stages 1
206 Apollo rocket, various stages 1
207 Lunar module separating from Apollo, Mother ship 1
208 Rocket of the future 2
209 Apollo lunar module descending to moon (simulation) 1
210 Space stations (simulation) 4
Box Folder Description Items
Series II: Commercial Art
7 CHILDHOOD ART; COMMERCIAL ART ORIGINALS AND SAMPLES
211 Childhood art samples 9
212 Marionette theater 2
213 Small originals drawn at Friday House 2
214 Small originals 12
215 Small originals 9
216 Art samples, mock-ups, cards 22
217 Auburn, Calif., pamphlet 1
218 Grass Valley, Calif. 1
219 Use of Mathis illustrations 8
220 Mother Lode Almanac and Buyer's Guide, booklet 1
221 Mining pamphlet 1
222 Stationary samples 12
223 Commercial art samples 4
224 Commercial art samples 11
225 Commercial art samples 2
226 Samples of Elton Bennett's art, silkscreens 7
Box Folder Description Items
8 BOOKLETS, SAMPLES, CALENDARS, CAROL MATHIS SAMPLES
227 Art samples of Carol Mathis 40
228 Pencil Sketching by George Mathis 1
229 Landmark sketches by George Mathis, booklet 1
230 Six hand-colored prints, booklet 1
231 El Dorado sketches, booklet 1
232 Coloma California-Gold Discovery Town, booklet 1
233 Carmel and Monterey, booklet 1
234 San Francisco, booklet 2
235 Auburn Lake trails, sketch trip booklet 3
236 Extra sketch trip pages 21
237 Trip teaser booklets 7
238 Pacific Historian, cover art 2
239 Small prints of drawings 8
240 Solargraph(?) of drawing 1
241 Various uses of sketches 4
242 Commercial art samples 7
243 Wine bottle labels 12
244 Christmas tags 48
245 Notes for a sketchbook on Carson Pass 13
246 Notes on sketches 4
247 Notes for a print-up of sketches 15
248 Oil print on canvas 1
249 How to sketch with pencil, workbook (incomplete) 1
250 Sample illustration of mother lode wallpaper 1
Box Folder Description Items
251 Alpha calendars 9
252 Illustrations (2 originals) 4
9 SPACE ART
253 Original sketches, mounted 6
254 Missile rockets, watercolor sketch 1
255 Sketch, area assembly/recovery booster application 1
256 Small tempera sketches 5
257 Transtage Titan III, mixed media/photo, tempera 1
258 Gemini engines, 1 watercolor 2
259 Apollo lunar module, photo collage 1
260 Proposed Apollo lunar module 1
261 Apollo lunar orbiter 1
262 Gemini launch, mixed media 1
263 Aerojet calendar mock-up 1
264 Sketches, Aerojet stationery 9
265 Examples of published space art 17
266 Notes, ideas sketches 8
267 Aerojet fact sheets 11
268 Fact sheet mock-ups 4
269 Mercury Atlas-9, reprint 1
270 Orlando Sentinel, article on space art 1
Box Folder Description Items
Series III: Reference Material
10 MOTHER LODE, CALIFORNIA HISTORY
271 Sutter's Fort, James Marshall 7
272 Jack London 5
273 Various images, California, etc. 11
274 Relief of the Donner Party by Daniel Rhoads 7
275 Newspaper articles on gold country 15
276 Interview with oldtimers by Al Bequette 17
277 Mother Lode, towns and mines 15
278 Mother Lode, towns and mines 17
279 El Dorado Hills 4
280 Malakoff Diggins 3
281 Auburn, Calif. 14
282 Coloma, Calif. 8
283 Articles on Lyman Gilmore 6
284 Fort Ross 3
285 The Story of Fort Ross by Thomas Crandall (2 copies) 93
286 Diary of a 49-er by John Clifton 27
287 Pioneer Lore by Lillian Lafaille 28
Box Folder Description Items
288 Gold Rush Mining Camps 18
289 A portion of the diary of John A. Markle 4
290 James Marshall As I Knew Him by Thomas Bayley 9
291 First Ferry on the American River by T. Bayley 4
292 Bayley House, Columa, Calif. 11
293 California during the gold rush by T. Bayley 9
294 Sutter's Mill by Thomas Bayley 4
295 Sales and Transfers of Sutter's Fort...by T. Bayley 9
296 Reference material about trains 8
297 Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks (booklet) 1
298 Missions of California (booklet) 1
299 The Gold Spike Album (booklet) 2
300 Material relating to Gold Spike album 14
301 Nevada County material 5
302 Wagon trains (booklet) 1
303 Camino, California map 1
304 Directory to City of Nevada; Wells Fargo pamphl. 2
Box Folder Description Items
11 TRAINS; MATHIS' MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
305 Trains, stereo cards 2
306 Historic Southern Pacific Cars (booklet) 1
307 Trains, various pamphlets 8
308 Trains, newspaper clippings 35
309 Yard limits (magazine) 2
310 Pacific News (magazine) 1
311 DeWitt Clinton 1
312 Trains, various images 7
313-323 Notes by Mathis on various topics, including
gold rush, early California, pony express
324 Biographical notes on and by George Mathis 48
12 NEWSPAPER DEPICTIONS OF MATHIS' WORK; DANGER TRAILS COMICS
325 George Mathis life and work, 1951-1979 18
326 The Independent, newspaper article @ Mathis 1
327 George Mathis life and work, articles n.d. 4
328 George Mathis space artist 4
329 Historic issue newspaper, Mathis work 1
330 Newspaper depictions of Mathis' work 17
331 Depictions of work in color 2
332 Depictions of George and Carol Mathis' work 7
333 The Pacific Citizen (newspaper) 2
334 Danger Trails comics 16
Box Folder Description Items
13 NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON SPACE FLIGHT WITH MATHIS
ILLUSTRATIONS; AEROJET MATERIAL, CONTRACTS
335 Space flight, steam rocketry 2
336 Sea launching 1
337 Space flight, Gemini 3 2
338 Space flight, Gemini 4 4
339 Gemini 5 and 7 2
340 Miscellaneous 5
341 Titan III-C rocket 8
342 Apollo flight, M-1 engine 2
343 Mechanical drafts 9
344 Newsletter, Flight Deck 17
345 Consolidated Vultee, drawings 9
346 Aerojet, Mathis contracts 6
347 Aerojet, Booster (in house publication) 13
348 Aerojet, Gemini supplier conference (pamphlet) 3
349 Aerojet publications 2
350 Aerojet, annual reports 6
351 Aerojet, security manual 1
352 Aerojet notes 11
353 Space Flight Magazine, Astrophilatelist... 7
354 National Rocket Safety Registry Program, misc. 13
Series IV: College Momentos, Correspondence, Advertisements, etc.
Box Folder Description Items
14 SCHOOL AND COLLEGE MOMENTOS; CORRESPONDENCE
355 School, wedding certificates 3
356 High school diploma (Hoquiam) 1
357 High school annual, Hesperian 1
358 College momentos, newspaper clippings 23
359 National Guard service certificate 2
360 College momentos 3
361 College diploma, State College of Washington 1
362 Correspondence, J.H. Sadler, 1909 2
363 Correspondence, family and church, 1920, 1927 6
364 Correspondence, State College of Washington 4
365 Correspondence, parents, 1933-43 19
366 Correspondence, Jean Mathis 4
367 Correspondence, friends 3
368 Correspondence, Elton Bennett 3
369 Correspondence, letters of appreciation 35
370 Correspondence, Bonnie Flint, Edwin Markham School 1
371 Correspondence, re: reference pictures and materials 12
372 Correspondence, Aerojet 26
Box Folder Description Items
14
373 Correspondence, thank-yous, Aerojet 2
374 Correspondence, thank-yous, Gold Spike Album, 1967-70 7
375 Correspondence, thank-yous, Smithsonian acquisition 1968-71 11
376 Correspondence, thank-yous, art proposals 3
377 Correspondence, thank-yous, business dealings, gifts and loans 37
378 Correspondence, thank-yous, use of Mathis prints 10
379 Correspondence, thank-yous, re: newspaper release 4
380 Correspondence, thank-yous, letters of thanks from children 21
381 Correspondence, thank-yous, miscellaneous 4
382 Correspondence, thank-yous, copyright claims and certificates 30
15 ADVERTISEMENTS OF WORK; SKETCHES OF FRIDAY HOUSE
383 Advertisements for Mathis prints 9
384 Catalogues of work at Friday House 5
385 Advertisements and price lists 18
386 Mock-ups for advertisement signs 6
387 Advertisement, George Mathis 3
388 Newspaper advertisements of work 9
389 Advertisements of Mathis lithographs 4
390 Signs, price tags for Friday House 42
391 Signs, price tags for Friday House 23
392 Signs, price tags for Friday House 8
393-400 House plan sketches for Friday House
Box Folder Description Items
16 SYMPATHY CARDS AND LETTERS; HUGH AND HELEN MATHIS ITEMS
401 Sympathy cards and letters 20
402 Sympathy cards and letters 56
403 Sympathy guest list 1
404 Hugh and Helen Mathis wedding book 1
405 Hugh and Helen Mathis correspondence 8
406 Hugh and Helen Mathis estate matters, deeds, wills 24
17 FILM AND VIDEO MATERIALS
407 1 reel film, 16mm; 1 video--(The same content on 2
each film, namely, George Mathis sketching in the
California outdoors, and adding color to a couple
drawings; short portion with Carol Mathis. The films
are silent).
18 SCRAPBOOK
408 Scrapbook, overview of triumphs 1
(Includes letters from President Richard Nixon,
Senator Mike Mansfield, Governor Goodwin Knight,
Captain Bruce Jensen, Theodore von Karman and others)
Box Folder Description Items
19 AWARDS AND PLAQUES
409 Awards and plaques 5
Series V: Oversize photos, sketches, commercial art
20 OVERSIZE PHOTOS
410 Oversize photos (train, Malakoff Diggings) 6
411 Commercial art 11
412 Elton Bennett silkscreens 2
413 House plan 1
414 Rough sketches 2
415 Florida-Orlando Sentinel (space art article) 1
Series VI: Oversize prints--original pencil drawings, litho
prints, artist's proofs, offset reproductions
ALL LOCATED IN MAPCASE--Folders indicated by Roman numerals
ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS
Folder/Item number Description
I. Wharfside, Oakland, 1930's
1 Estuary, 1933
2 Wharfside, 1934
3 Oakland Estuary, 1935
4 Wharfside, Oakland, 1935
5 Church Near 20th and San Pablo, Oakland, 1935
6 Oakland, 1936
II. Bay area, Mother Lode...., 1940's
7 Half Moon Bay, 1940
8 Half Moon Bay, 1940
9 Santa Cruz, 1941
10 Half Moon Bay, 1943
11 Carmel Mission, 1944
12 La Port, 1945
13 St. Louis, 1945
14 Mill Street, Grass Valley, 1949
15 Masachusetts Hill, 1949
16 Cannon at Indian Valley, 1949
17 Rainbow Lodge, 1949
Folder/Item number Description
III. Fairyland, Oakland, Gold Country, 1950
18 Beckwourth's Cabin, Sierra Valley, 1950
19 Weather Station, Soda Springs, 1950
20 Indian Valley Outpost, 1950
21 Fiddle Creek, 1950
22 Trinity Episcopal Church, Nevada City, 1950
23 Blacksmith Shop, 1950
24 Hooker Oak, 1950
25 Chief Solano, 1950
26 Yosemite Valley, 1950
27 Reliance Hose Company #3, Grass Valley, 1950 (framed)
28 Rattlesnake Bar on the American River, 1950 (framed)
29 Fairyland, Oakland, 1950
30 Oakland Fairyland, 1950 (castle, geese)
31 Oakland Fairyland, 1950 (whale)
32 Fairyland, Oakland, 1950 (windmill)
33 Fairyland, Oakland, 1950 (old woman, shoe)
34 Oakland Fairyland, 1950 (boat and pond)
35 Oakland Fairyland, 1950 (house, pond, geese)
IV. Nevada City, Railroads, Mining, 1951-1959
36 Methodist Church, Nevada City, 1951
37 University Campus, Reno, Nevada, 1951
38 Cathedral, Reno, Nevada, 1951
39 Young America Mine, Sardine Lake, 1951
40 Sierra Buttes, Calif., 1951
41 Lone Grave, 1952
42 Bethlehem, (Israel), 1952
43 (Farm buildings), 1952
44 Bodie Wagons, 1952
45 Lola Montez House, Grass Valley, 1953
46 Ott's Assay Office, Nevada City, 1953
47 Home in Nevada City, Calif., 1953
48 Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, 1954
49 North San Juan, 1954
50 Central Pacific at Cisco, 1955
51 Town Talk, Nevada County Narrow Gauge R.R., (c.1955)
52 Bassetts Station, Yuba Pass, 1895, 1955
53 La Port, 1955
54 Bowman Ranch in 1863, 1957
55 Sierra Railroad, Chinese Hill, 1957
56 Alleghany sixteen-to-one-mine, 1958
57 Blacksmith Shop, rough and ready, 1959
58 Nevada City Traction Co. Glen Brook Barns, 1901-24, 1959
Folder/Item number Description
V. Sierra Nevadas, Cities, Mines, etc., 1960's
59. Glen Canyon Bridge near Santa Cruz, 1960
60. Sutter's Sawmill, 1960
61 Sentinal Dome, Yosemite, 1960
62 Gold Center Mine, Grass Valley, 1960
63 Holbrook Hotel, Grass Valley, 1960
64 Tremoureux House, Grass Valley, 1960
65 Cohn House, Folsom Calif., 1961
66 The Mighty Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield, 1961 (1969)
67 Bear Valley Overlook, 1963
68 Bear River Trestle, 1963
69 Rollins Reservoir, 1963
70 Solano County, 1966
71 Oriental Mine, 1968
72 Coloma, 1969
73 Folsom Depot and Shops, Sacramento Valley R.R. 1856 (1969)
74 (Stone wall ruin, aspens) 1969
75 Pippins Blacksmith Shop, Rough and Ready, 1969
76 Old Time Sprinkler Wagon, 1969
77 Red Castle, 1859 (1969)
78 Odd Fellows Hall, Coloma, Calif., 1969
79 Entrance to Fort Santiago, Walled City, Manila,
The Philippines, 1969
80 The Antelope, 1969 (river steamer)
81 The oldest existing R.R. Station in the West,
Folsom, Calif., 1969
82 Thomas Flyer, New York to Paris, 1909 (1969)
VI. Mother Lode, 1970's
83 Sutter Mill, 1970
84 Nevada City Overlook, 1970
85 St. John's, Coloma, 1970
86 Marshall's Cabin, 1970
87 Commander's Headquarters, Ft. Ross, 1970
88 Academy, Grass Valley, 1970
89 Le Compton Mine, 1971
90 Old Sacramento, 1971
91 Star of Texas, 1972
92 Paper Mill Creek, 1972
93 Lawyer's Office, Nevada City, 1972
94 Kidder Mansion, 1972
95 Donner Monument, 1972
96 Donation Day House, Grass Valley, 1883, 1973
Folder/Item number Description
VII. Early sketches, undated
97 (Rock formation)
98 (Boulders, canyon)
99 (Trees, fence)
100 (Mountain, trees)
101 (Tree trunk, trees, boulders)
VIII. Early sketches, dockside, Oakland, undated
102 (Delapitated building on rocky shore)
103 (Wharfside, fishing docks)
104 (Fishing boats, dock, man)
105 (Shipyard dock)
106 (Warehouses, wharfside)
107 (Boats, dock)
108 (Wharf scene)
109 Fisherman's wharf
110 (Fishing boat, dock scene)
111 (Building, fence, street)
112 (Small house, garden, fence)
113 (Old houses/shacks, old truck)
114 (Warehouses, shacks)
115 (Two sketches of detail)
116 (Houses among trees)
117 (House, cistern)
118 (Old house, tree)
119 Jack London wrote here
IX Trains, Bay Area, landscapes, undated
120 Sacramento Valley Railroad, 1856
121 Washoe City
122 Pino Grande, North Anchor
123 (Rusting engine and caboose)
124 Turning the Engine
125 (Steam locomotive, steam boat)
126 (Train, river trestle)
127 (Water wheel) (image taped together)
128 Rio Vista, 1940 (signed, "Old Riverboat Docks")
129 Golden Gate
130 Corregidor
131 A Part of Battery Way, Corregidor
132 Oregon Creek Covered Bridge
133 (Covered bridge with buckboard wagon)
Folder/Item number Description
134 Wood's Road
135 (Meadow, mountains)
136 (Large trees forground, lake with an island)
137 (Mountainous setting)
138 (Signed, "Lotus" on board--mountain valley, farm)
139 (Basalt mountain)
X. Mining, Cities in Mother Lode, undated
140 Pelton Wheel at Champion Mine
141 Sutter's Famous Saw Mill
142 (Sutter's sawmill, Coloma, Calif.)
143 (Oxen-pulled covered wagons)
144 Chinese at the Mines, 1852
145 The "Fort Sutter" at Three Mile Slough
146 Site of Yore Bros. Toll Bridge
147 Freeman's Crossing
148 (Kentucky Mine) -signed, Jean George Mathis
149 Brush Creek Tunnel #2, Goodyears Bar
150 Mine?
151 Sutter's Office at Sutter's Fort
152 Red Bank Winery Building, Folsom
153 Freeway view, Auburn, CA
154 (Old school or church in woods)
155 Nevada City, 1950
156 National Hotel
157 (Horse and buggy, abandoned bldgs.)
158 Christmas at Grass Valley Mines, 1860
159 " " " " --two-part panorama
160 (Nevada City)
161 Nevada City in the 80's
162 Auburn Old Town
163 (View of city bldgs. Auburn, CA)
164 Sierra City (Calif.)
165 Methodist Church, Downieville, 1855
166 Downieville (Calif.)
XI Houses, Buildings, undated
167 (Large house, stagecoach in front)
168 Bidwell Mansion
169 Sacramento Street, Coloma (Calif.)
170 (The Red Castle) (cut drawing, also written on)
171 M.L. Marsh house built in 1873
172 (Horse drawn street car)
173 Lola Montez Home, Grass Valley
174 Miner's Foundry
Folder/Item number Description
175 Home of Edward C. Coleman, Grass Valley, 1863
176 Maltman Homestead (two-piece, cut drawing)
177 North San Juan
178 Bldg. Rough and Ready
179 (Brick House)
180 (Back alley view of houses)
181 (Victorian style house)
182 (Cabin among trees)
183 (House/hillside/river/trees/horse carriage)
184 Clark, Booth and Yardley, 1885, 9th H St.
185 A.D. Foote--North Star House Built in 1906
186 (Church on hillside)
187 (Old shacks, tree)
LITHOS, OFFSET REPRODUCTIONS
XII San Francisco, Bay Area, Missions (lithos)
188 Golden Gate Bridge, A/P
189 Chinese Telephone Exchange, A/P
190 Powell and Market, A/P
191 (Downtown San Francisco, incomplete)
192 (Downtown San Francisco)
193 Coit Tower, A/P
194 Japanese Tea Gardens, Golden Gate,A/P
195 Opera House, San Francisco, A/P
196 (Condominiums?)
197 Seal Rocks, A/P
198 Pt. Pinos Lighthouse
199 Cannery Row, A/P
200 Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey, A/P
201 Carmel Beach, A/P
202 Juan Vardas' Home, Monterey, A/P
203 Monterey Cypress, A/P
204 Royal Presidio Chapel at Monterey, A/P
205 Carmel Mission
206 Carmel Mission, A/P
207 Mission Dolores, S.F., A/P
208 Mission Dolores
XIII Landscapes, Mining area (lithos)
209 Mt. Shasta, A/P
210 Yosemite, A/P
211 Yosemite Falls, A/P
212 El Capitan, Yosemite, A/P
213 Three Grizzly Bears, A/P
214 Bears, A/P
Folder/Item number Description
215 Sentinel Dome
216 Cliffs at Muford Lake, A/P (front)
305 Will Street, A/P (back)
217 Red Woods, A/P
218 Red Woods, A/P
219 Burning Falls, A/P
220 Muir Woods, A/P
221 Entrance to Muir Woods, A/P
222 Muir Woods, A/P
223 Unfinished (failed plate), redwood tree
224 Sanford Lake, A/P
225 Grey Eagle Creek
226 Grey Eagle Lake, A/P, 1950 (front)
Mary Had a Little Lamb, A/P (back)
227 North San Juan, A/P
228 National Hotel, Nevada City
229 Arrastra at Scott's Valley, A/P
230 Minden, Nevada, A/P (image on litho plate, fldr. XV)
231 Lola Montez Blar? House, A/P
232 Grande Ranch, R R, A/P
233 Auburn Old Town, 1949, A/P
234 The Covered Bridge at Bridgeport
235 Auburn
236 (Old church)
237 Empire's Blacksmith, A/P
238 Rough and Ready, 1949, A/P
239 Amador City, 1948, A/P
240 Sierra City, A/P
241 Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 1952, A/P
242 Romaggie House, Angel's Camp, 1948, A/P
243 Brush Creek Mine, 1949
244 Nevada City's Red Castle, A/P (hand-colored)
245 North San Juan, 1948 (hand-colored)
246 Columbia (hand-colored)
247 Nevada City Firehouse #2 (hand-colored)
248 Benfeldt Mine, Smith's Flat 10/200
OFFSET REPRODUCTIONS
XIV Mining, Trains, Cities
249 Placer Mining Methods
250 Sutter's Sawmill, Coloma
251 The Mighty Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield
252 Nevada Theater 1865
253 Bassett's Station
254 Michigan Log Buggy
Folder/Item number Description
255 Folsom
256 Empire Mine
257 Sacramento Embarcadero
258 Sacramento Valley R.R. 1856
259 Pino Grande, North Anchor
260 Feather River Railroad
261 Nevada County Narrow Gauge R.R. at Towntalk
262 Chinese Hill (Sierra Railroad)
263 Central Pacific R.R. at Cisco, 1865
264 Governor's Mansion, Sacramento, Built in 1877
265 Public Market (Sacramento, 1923)
266 3rd and J Street, Sacramento (Old Sacramento, 1950)
267 (China Union Lines; Port of Sacramento)
268 Meet Me At the Golden Bear (State Fair Bldg.)
269 Leland Stanford Home, Sacramento
270 "The Tin Lizzies rambled into growing Davis under the
Second Street Arch during World War One Years"
271 Gemini launchpad (2 copies)
XV Miscellaneous
272 (Mock up, rocket engines for Apollo)
273 (Von Karmen)
274 Aerojet poster, rocket engines
275 Knights Ferry, drawing by Jean Mathis
276 Litho plate for George Mathis drawing "Minden, Nevada"
277 Space rocketry collage (photo)
278 Gemini engines/astronauts (photo)
279 Example of "Danger Trails" comics, drawn by George Mathis
and his brother-in-law Bill Steward
280 "The Chuckwagon" watercolor mock-up by George Mathis
281-289 Two sketches and seven commercial art samples
290 Jack Lond's Benicia. Gift from Harold Levy.
XV Lithographs of the California Gold Rush County: George Mathis prepared
these 11 singed and hand titled lithographs for use on a 13 month calendar
(2 of the lithographs were sold prior to donation).
290 Silt Wheels at Jackson
291 Sierra City
292 Firehouse Number Two - Nevada City
293 North San Juan
294 Dutch Flat Hotel
295 Columbia St. Scene
296 Amador City
297 The Red Castle - Nevada City
298 North San Juan - Nevada County
299 Chinese Camp
300 The Blacksmith Shop at Rough & Ready