Descriptive Summary
Information for Researchers
Biography of Phil Dike
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Series Arrangement
Subject Headings
Descriptive Summary
Title: Phil Dike Collection
Creator:
Dike, Phil
Dates: 1932-2000
Extent: 4.5 feet
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library.
1090 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, California 91711
Abstract: The collection contains correspondence with colleagues, exhibitors, correspondence with Disney studios, art work, publications,
exhibition pamphlets, and personal documents, lecture notes, and ephemera.
Collection Number: D2007.2
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical Location: Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College, Claremont University Consortium.
Information for Researchers
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research with permission from Ella Strong Denison Library staff.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with Scripps College. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Ella Strong Denison
Library staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Phil Dike Collection. Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College, Claremont, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift received in 2007 from Dike family
Processing Information
Arranged and Processed by Russell Michalak
Accruals
No addition to the collection is anticipated.
Biography of Phil Dike
Phil Dike is a native to Southern California; he was born in Redlands, California. He taught art to artists at Disney studios
and students from the Brandt-Dike School of Art and Scripps College. He was a professional watercolor painter, muralist and
an animator for Disney Studios. He coordinated such Disney animated films as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 and Fantasia
in 1940. His art work is displayed in many museums, art galleries, private collections and at Scripps College. He was a
founding member of the California National Water Color Society, which became later the National Watercolor Society (U.S.).
He corresponded with Disney studios, gallery from around the United States, Lamar Dodd from the University of Georgia, California
watercolorists Rex Brandt, Millard Sheets (who was affiliated with the Claremont Colleges), and Clarence Hinkle, as well as
personal letters to his family from Europe.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection contains correspondence with colleagues, exhibitors, correspondence with Disney studios, art work, publications,
exhibition pamphlets, and personal documents, lecture notes, and ephemera.
Series Arrangement
Series 1, Correspondence
Subseries 1.1, Correspondence
Series 2, Art Gallery Publications
Series 2.1, Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogs
Subseries 2.2, Art Gallery Exhibition Pamphlets
Series 3, Disney Studios
Series 4, Personal documents, 1865-1925
Series 5, Art Instruction
Subseries 5.1, Scripps College
Subseries 5.2, Summer School
Series 6, Personal Documents
Series 7, Artwork
SubSeries 7.1, Phil Dike
SubSeries 7.2, Photographs
SubSeries 7.3, Unknown Artists
Series 8, Cover Art by Phil Dike
Series 9, Ephemera
Subject Headings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection
Brandt, Rex (American painter, 1914-2000)
Dike, Phil, 1906-1990
Disney, Roy O. (Roy Oliver), 1893-1971
Dodd, Lamar
Sheets, Millard (American muralist and teacher, 1907-1989)
California National Water Color Society
Scripps College
art catalogs
mural paintings (visual works)
Walt Disney Training and Development Programs (Firm)
watercolors (paintings)
Western Americana,1900-1999
Balboa Island (Newport Beach, Calif.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
Cambria (Calif.)