David Frasier Driesbach Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials related to the artist David Frasier Driesbach Papers. It was donated in three parts:
GTM-150108: Manuscript notes and letters, printed ephemera, photographs, artist's catalog and title lists; 1 half-size document case.
GTM-150416: Single box containing Driesbach's CV/catalog, notes and notebooks, letters, miscellaneous printed material and newspaper clippings.
GTM-160627: Alphabetical files (Box 1); News articles regarding Driesbach; exhibition programs and notices; photographs. Includes artwork -- 2 color abstracts, 1 pencil sketch (Box 2).
Dates
- Creation: 1950 - 1990
Creator
- Driesbach, David, 1922- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
Biographical Note
David Fraiser Driesbach (1922-2019) was an American artist, printmaker, and college professor. Born, in Wausau, Wisconsin on October 7, 1922, he learned early from his mother, Lucy Adelaide Kilbourn, who was an artist. Driesbach enrolled in the University of Illinois in 1940. After World War II broke out, he jouined the U.S. Marines. He served in the South Pacific from 1942 to 1945.
From 1948 to 1951, Driesbach attended the University of Iowa, where he received both a BFA and an MFA. He taught at a number of colleges, incuding Northern Illinois University. He retired from teaching in 1992. Many of his works are exhibited at museums across the nation. He experimented with new print making techniques.
David Frasier Driesbach died on November 17, 2019 in Wheaton, Illinois.
The Georegtown University Art Collection, housed in the Booth Family Center for Special Collections, contains a number of art works by Driesbach.
[Source: "The Annex Galleries" Online].
Extent
3 Cubic Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of David F. Driesbach, 2014-2015. The collection consists of three accessions: GTM-150108, GTM-150416, and GTM-160627.
- Title
- David F. Driesbach Papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 2023: Edited for DACS compliance by John Zarrillo
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu