Series I:Personal and Childhood Documents
1930-2000; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains passports, identification cards, a French driver's license, medical reports, childhood writings, notes,
travel documents, theater programs and brochures mostly collected during Hewitt's time abroad in the 1940s-1950s, as well
as some poems, clippings, and other material. Also included is one folder containing a La Colorado Tunisia Oil Corporation
contract and memorandum. Material in this series is in English, French, Swedish, and German.
box 1, folder 1, box 11, folder 2
Childhood writings
circa 1930s
Scope and Contents
Includes handwriting exercises; papers entitled "European History", "Radio Skit", "The Tombs of the Pharaohs"; diary pages
located in Box 11, Folder 2
box 1, folder 2
Passports, French driver's license
1950-1954
box 1, folder 3
Identification cards
1944, 1949, 1950, 1954
box 1, folder 4
Travel documents, medical reports
1949-1953
Language of Material: Swedish, English.
box 1, folder 5
real estate listings, geological land survey for Hewitt's home in Oregon
1995, 2000
box 1, folder 6
La Colorado Tunisia Oil Corporation- contract and memorandum
1964-1965
Language of Material: French.
box 1, folder 7
Invitations, placards, funeral program for Marguerite Hewitt
October 1947, 1950, June 1965, 1979, June 1987; undated
Language of Material: English, French, Swedish
box 4, folder 1
Theater-programs, clippings, publications
1940, 1944, 1949, 1951, 1961, 1966, 1967; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes "Theatre World" (November, December 1944); "The Playgoer"; "Ibsen's Peer Gynt"; "The Sadler's Wells Ballet"; "Theatre
du Grand Guignol", and others.
box 11, folder 4
Minnesota area newspaper front pages, and loose clippings
April, June 1944
Scope and Contents
Includes "Minneapolis Star Journal", "Minneapolis Sunday Tribune", "Minnesota Daily"
box 4, folder 2, box 11, folder 8
loose clippings, poems, and advertisements
1948-1951, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1976; undated
Language of Material: English, French, German, Portuguese, Swedish
box 11, folder 6
Casselton Reporter Vol. LXII, No. 52 (front page only)
May 1943
box 4, folder 3
Brochures
1952; undated
Language of Material: English, German, Danish
Scope and Contents
Mostly for Switzerland ski resorts; one sailing schedule, Oskar Davidsen order form
box 4, folder 7
"Bulletin of the American Historical Collection" Vol. XIX, No. 3
July-September 1991
box 4, folder 7
"Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies" Vol. 8
Fall 1995
Series II: Education and Teaching
1929-1981; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains material related to Hewitt's education, as well as his teaching positions. This includes primary and
secondary school material such as report cards, a school autograph book, diploma, commencement programs, and yearbooks; material
from Hewitt's college days including his time studying abroad in Paris and Stockholm, and PhD program at UCLA including a
copy of his dissertation "Man and Nature in the Prose Works of Emile Zola (1864-1893)". This series also contains memorandums
and other documents related to Hewitt's faculty appointments at Occidental College and CSU Dominguez Hills, and issues of
Occidental College literary magazines in which Hewitt contributed his artwork. Lastly, this series contains a copy of Hewitt's
book "Through Those Living Pillars, Man and Nature in the Works of Emile Zola".
box 1, folder 9
Report cards
1929, 1933, 1937-1938
box 1, folder 10
School autograph book
1934-1935
box 1, folder 11
Lincoln High School- diploma, commencement program, yearbooks
1937-1939
box 1, folder 12
North Dakota State College, University of Minnesota, University of Chicago- memorandums, exam card, registration forms, memorandums,
class listings
1939, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1952, 1953
Scope and Contents
Also includes "Interstate Business College" annual catalog (Fargo, North Dakota); "The Spectrum" Vol. LVI, LVII North Dakota
State College
box 1, folder 13
Study abroad documents- Paris, France; Sweden
1943, 1948, 1950, 1954; undated
box 1, folder 14
Education- general
1936; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes North Texas Band and Orchestra Contest rating sheet; shorthand writing "Class News" bulletin
box 1, folder 15
UCLA- memorandums, ID cards, documents related to teaching assistant appointments, fellowships, commencement programs
1955-1963
box 4, folder 6
"Man and Nature in the Prose Works of Emile Zola (1864-1893)" UCLA dissertation
1963
box 1, folder 16
Occidental College- memorandums regarding faculty position
1964-1966
box 4, folder 4
The Occidental Review Vol. 1, No. 1, 2
Fall 1962, Spring 1962
Scope and Contents
Features artwork by Hewitt
box 4, folder 5
Impromptu A Faculty Alumni Publication of Occidental College
1961, 1962, 1964
Scope and Contents
Features artwork by Hewitt
box 4, folder 6
"Through Those Living Pillars, Man and Nature in the Works of Emile Zola"
1974
box 1, folder 17
CSU Dominguez Hills- memorandums, ID card, documents related to appointment, report for sabbatical leave
1966-1981
Series III: World War Two and Military Materials
1940-1945; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains a diary; notebooks in shorthand; war rations; Army patches; copies of military and servicemen publications;
and other material related to Hewitt's military service during World War Two. Also included in this series are the front pages
of French newspapers that contain headlines from World War Two.
box 1, folder 18
"My Life in the Service" [diary]
1943
Scope and Contents
A portion of this diary is written in shorthand.
box 1, folder 19
Memorandums, war rations, and other material
June, December 1942; July, November 1943; 1944; 1945; undated
Scope and Contents
Also includes "Special Orders for American-German Relations" notecard; Camp Wolters, Texas memorandums and map; telegrams;
Student's Record- Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and others.
box 1, folder 20-21
notebooks in shorthand
May 1944; 1945; undated
Physical Description: 5 items
box 11, folder 5
"Camp Wolters Long Horn" Vol. 3, No 1, 2
July 1943
box 1, folder 22
Snipes and Gripes Vol. 1, No. 3-4
December 1945
box 1, folder 22
War Department Pamphlet No. 21.6 "Troopship!"
January 1944
box 1, folder 22
Rail Call Number 1
August 1944
box 1, folder 22
National Fire Service Benevolent Fund "Secrets of the Flying Bomb Revealed"
undated
box 11, folder 5
Stars and Stripes Vol. 1, No. 285
May 1945
box 11, folder 5
Yank, the Army Weekly
1945
box 11, folder 3
French newspaper front pages
July 1940, May, August 1945
Language of Material: French.
Scope and Contents
Includes "'Libe Soir", "Combat de La Resistance a La Revolution", "La Depeche de Paris", "France-Soir", "Le Figaro" and others
box 11, folder 6
American Red Cross Map of London
undated
box 11, folder 7
"OSS Launches Manhunt for News Leaks Out of Washington Office" [press release]
circa 1940s
box 1, folder 23
World War Two Army patches
circa 1940s
Series IV: Correspondence
1912-2004; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains family correspondence such as letters sent from Winston to his grandmother; and correspondence between
Winston, his parents, and brother, Jack. A majority of the correspondence was written while Winston was in the Army during
World War Two as well as his time studying abroad in Paris and Stockholm. Some letters are missing pages. This series also
includes letters from Wayne Buth, presumably Winston's childhood friend; correspondence between Winston and his ex-wife Mary
Jane; letters from presumably friends, colleagues, and former students; letters and accompanying documents from Mouton Publishers
regarding the publishing of Hewitt's book "Through Those Living Pillars, Man and Nature in the Works of Emile Zola"; and greeting
cards such as birthday and holiday cards.
box 1, folder 24
Family
1920, 1932-1934, 1936
box 2, folder 1-5
Family
1941-1958
Language of Material: English and Swedish
Scope and Contents
Some letters are written in shorthand.
box 2, folder 6
Lilian Hewitt
1960-1977; circa 1960s-1970s
box 2, folder 7-8
Mary Jane Hewitt
1952-1954, 1960
Scope and Contents
Folder 8 contains one letter sent to Mary and Winston Hewitt that was damaged by fire.
box 2, folder 9
Todd Hewitt
1959, 1998, 2003; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, photographs, documents related to John M. Hewitt estate.
box 2, folder 10-11
Phyllis Hewitt Johnson- correspondence and documents related to family genealogy
1989, 1992-1998
box 2, folder 12
Letters from Wayne Buth
1943-1945, 1975, 1978; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes one letter from Buth to Lilian (Hewitt); and notes in letters from Peg (Wayne's wife) to Winston
box 2, folder 13-18
Letters- General
1939; 1940s-1990s; undated
box 3, folder 1
Letters from Ted Franklin
2003-2004
box 3, folder 2
Mouton Publishers- memorandums; letters; agreements; royalty letters
1965-1975, 1986
Scope and Contents
Mostly in regards to publishing of "Through Those Living Pillars"
box 3, folder 3
Letters from Milton Meyer
1990-2000
box 3, folder 4
Letters from Henri Schulz
1991-2002
box 3, folder 5
Letters from Renata Shatz
1992-2000; undated
box 3, folder 6
Letters from Haaning
1988-1989; undated
box 3, folder 7
Correspondence in Swedish
1912, 1948-1959, 1975-1998; undated
Language of Material: Swedish.
box 3, folder 8
Correspondence in French
1940-1990
Language of Material: French.
box 3, folder 9
Letters and ephemera from C. Michael Mahon
1991-1999
Scope and Contents
C. Michael Mahon is a former assistant professor of English at CSUDH
box 3, folder 10
Greeting Cards
circa 1970s-1990s; undated
Series V: Photographs
1930s-2000s; undated
General
This series contains photographs, negatives, and 35mm slides featuring images from Hewitt's childhood; family; images taken
while Hewitt was in the military and studying abroad and include photographs taken in France, Italy, Spain, and Norway; and
images of nature, and landmarks around the United States. Also included are images of Hewitt and his artwork, and images taken
in and around Hewitt's home in Oregon.
box 4, folder 8-11
Childhood, Family, Military Photographs
circa 1930s-2000s
Scope and Contents
Photographs include images taken during Hewitt's childhood, as well as images of presumably Hewitt's family and friends; photographs
taken during Hewitt's time in the military including images with Hewitt in uniform; portraits of Hewitt; and photographs
of Hewitt's ex-wife Mary Jane.
box 11, folder 1
Photograph Album
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs taken of friends and family presumably in the Midwest featuring possibly the Hewitt home and surrounding areas.
box 5
Photographs and Negatives- family, military, study abroad, artwork, Oregon home
circa 1940s-1950s; 1990s
Scope and Contents
Photographs were taken while Hewitt was in the military and studying abroad including images taken in Norway, Italy, Spain,
France, Germany, and possibly other locations in Europe. This box also includes images taken presumably with family and friends
in the United States, photographs of Hewitt in his Army uniform, portraits of Hewitt, and images taken in Oregon of Hewitt's
home, artwork, and surrounding areas.
box 6, box 7, box 8, box 9
Photographs- 35mm slides
1950s-1990s
Scope and Contents
Images include: birds, rock formations, portraits, beaches, night skies, tide pools, Monument Valley, Zion National Park,
trees, buildings, Hewitt's paintings, presumably family vacation, Mexico, images taken during Easter, dinner parties, St.
Paul, Madrid, Christmas, Greece, Paris, Arizona, his wedding, Rome, Chicago, Death Valley, Stockholm, and other images that
possible provided inspiration for his art work.
Series VI: Artwork
1909, 1970-2003; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs, negatives, advertisements, catalogs, CD-R disks, and other material related to Hewitt's
artwork.
box 10, folder 1-2
"Some Works of Winston Hewitt" catalog of paintings
undated
box 10, folder 3
Photographs of Hewitt's paintings
1997-1998
Scope and Contents
Includes: "Intrigue I"; "Vortiginous Matters"; "That Winged Arrow..."; "Dawn on Ararat": "A Stone Mermaid"; "Still Another
Stone Mermaid"; "Skyward Query"; "Rockscapes with Guardian Spirit"; "Sunning Themselves"; "Prehistoric Beat"; "Dali Resuscitating
Self"; "Swan Leg"; "Andorran Dusk"; "Venusian Tabernacles"; "Twilight in Topanga"; "Namineko (Surfcat)"; "A Chromatic Etude";
"Shall We Populate That Blue Planet?"; "Passing the Clouds Repaint the Landscape"; "Arboreal Spirits" series; 'Well, Hello
Dali"; and others.
box 10, folder 4
Negatives of Hewitt's paintings
1970-1999
box 10, folder 5
Artist biography, advertisements, pamphlet, studio photographs, information about Aboreal Spirits series
2003; undated
box 11, folder 12
write up in
Southwest Art Magazine for Hewitt's art featuring "A Cappadocian Caper"
undated
box 11, folder 9, box 10, folder 7
box 10, folder 6
"Artists of the Northwest Vol. 1" catalogue featuring Hewitt
undated
box 10, folder 8-9
Images of Hewitt's paintings (CD-R)
2003; undated
Physical Description: 11 items
box 11, folder 10
Poster for an event
undated
box 11, folder 11
"Art in America" "Shouldn't I?" placard
undated
