Professional and biographical files
1909-1999
Scope and Contents
This series contains files which summarize Metz's professional activities, high school
and college education, and family history. Materials include artist's statements and
résumés, inventories of artwork, a bibliography of published works, a list of UCSC
courses taught, notes and coursework from her college education at Bowling Green State
University, transcripts of academic coursework and degrees, and family photograph albums
dating from 1909 to 1996.
Box 1, Folder 1
Artist's statement, resume, bibliography
circa 1990s
Box 1, Folder 2
Scrapbook of professional accomplishments, compiled by Metz
circa 1990
Scope and Contents
Contains inventories of artwork, summary of courses taught, and fliers for gallery
shows.
Box 14
High school photographs and ephemera
circa 1950
Box 23, Folder 22-23
Bowling Green State University coursework and notes
1951-1952
Box 1, Folder 3
Bowling Green State University photographs and ephemera
mid 1950s
Box 1, Folder 4
College transcripts
1956-1963
Scope and Contents
Contains transcripts from Columbia University, Pratt Institute, New York University,
Bowling Green State University, UCLA, Phoenix College.
Box 1, Folder 5-6
College coursework
late 1950s-early 1960s
Box 1, Folder 7
Degrees and certificates
1955-1960
Scope and Contents
Contains degrees/certificates from Bowling Green State University, The British
Institute of Florence, UCLA.
Box 15
Photograph album, family
1909-1995
Box 14
Photograph album, "At Home and Abroad"
1955-1992
Box 25, Folder 1-2
Photograph album, untitled
circa 1980s-1990s
Box 25
Photograph album, "England, France, Belgium, Austria"
1992
Box 25
Photograph album, "Trip to Britain"
1996
Box 25
Photograph album, untitled
1996-1997
Box 25
Photograph album, untitled
1998-1999
Box 25, Folder 3-5
Landscape photographs, proofs, negatives
1962-1998
Box 14
Matted landscape photographs: Ohio, San Gregorio
1995-1999
Box 1, Folder 8
Photographs, proofs, negatives of Metz's studio
circa 1977
Box 1, Folder 9
Loose photographs, undated
circa 1960s-1990s
Art
1960s-2000s
Processing Information
Titles and descriptions of most files were derived from documentation accompanying
Metz's 2007 and 2009 donations to UC Santa Cruz.
Related Materials
See also series containing "Sketchbooks, travel journals, and notebooks" for additional
sketches; see series containing "Travel files" for corresponding travel documents.
Scope and Contents
This series contains artwork created by Metz, artwork created by other artists, and
artwork created by UCSC students under Metz's mentorship. This series contains over 300
individual pieces of art, spanning approximately 40 years from the early 1960s to the
early 2000s.
Works by Metz
1960s-2000s
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains artwork created by Metz. Styles and media range from early
abstract prints to later abstract and realist landscapes in ink, graphite, colored
pencil, and watercolor. Featured landscapes include Italy, England, the Scottish
Isles, and the California coastal wetlands. This subseries also includes reproductions
of Metz's works, including slide inventories, gallery photographs, and commercial
prints. Inventories for most works available in box 2, folder 1.
Photographs and inventories
1960s-2000s
Box 2, Folder 1
Slides and inventories for gifted works
2007-2009
Scope and Contents
Includes slides and printed inventories of corresponding artwork in "Early work,"
"Abstraction and improvisation," "Italian motifs," "British motifs," Wetlands
motifs," and "California motifs."
Box 2, Folder 2-4
Proofs, photographs, and print reproductions
circa 1960s-1980s, 2004
Box 2, Folder 5
Proofs, photographs, and slide inventories for light boxes
1970s-2000
Box 2, Folder 5
Digital photographs of light boxes ms0019_med_0001
2013
Physical Description: 0.88
GB 16 files
Physical Description: 1 DVD
Conditions Governing Access
Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading
room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical
limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital
files. Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must
request to view access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance
to request access to digital files.
Processing Information
This component of digital files was processed by Special Collections staff Alix
Norton in 2019. Digital files were transferred from carrier disks, files were not
reformatted, and file names are original to the creator. Original disk was
retained and is included in the collection.
Box 23, Folder 1
Notebook #1 - Oil paintings
1977-2006
Box 23, Folder 3
Drawings and pastels
1964-1998
Box 23, Folder 4
Notebook #2 "Early work" - Early oil paintings
1960-1966
Box 23, Folder 6
Notebook #3 - Watercolors and small oils
1995-2014
Box 23, Folder 7
Notebook #4 - Works on paper to UCSC Special Collections
1962-2016
Box 23, Folder 8
Notebook - "Miscellaneous paintings"
1989-2006
Box 23, Folder 9
Inventory of artwork, printing, teaching
1962-1975
Box 23, Folder 10
Black and white photographs of paintings, drawings, woodcuts
1964-1996
Box 23, Folder 11
Sales inventory
1965-2018
Box 23, Folder 12
Inventory and printing notes for paper screenprint and light
boxes
circa 1970s
Box 26
Slides: Prints & light boxes, watercolors & drawings, early work,
oils
circa 1967-2005
Box 23, Folder 13-14
Unsorted slides
1962-2002
Box 23, Folder 15
Unsorted inventories
circa 2005
Box 16
Early work
1962-1966
Physical Description: 20 works: watercolor, relief,
screenprint, lithograph, intaglio
Map-Case E-13
Abstraction and improvisation
1967-1977
Physical Description: 25 works: watercolor, relief,
screenprint, lithograph, intaglio
Map-Case E-13, Item 1, Item 2
Italian motifs
1977-1988
Physical Description: 32 works: ink, graphite,
intaglio, lithograph, woodcut, watercolor
Box 17-18
British motifs
1980s-1990s
Physical Description: 94 works; watercolor, graphite,
colored pencil.
Map-Case E-14
Wetlands motifs
1980s-1990s
Physical Description: 34 works: watercolor, print,
graphite, colored pencil
Box 16
California motifs
1980s-2000s
Physical Description: 40 works: watercolor, graphite,
colored pencil
Box 24
Three woodblocks, one etched copper plate with print
circa 1959-1960
Physical Description: 3 woodblock prints of Avebury
View I, II, III; 1 etched copper plate with print of Through the Glass
Darkly
Works by other artists
1960s-1990s
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains 37 designs by other artists. Featured artists include
Isabella Markell, Minna Citron, Doris Kreindler, Jan Gelb, Nell Blaine, Everett Ball,
Gordon Mortensen, Eduardo Paolozzi, Claire Falkenstein, Stanley William Hayter, and
George McNeil.
Map-Case E-15
Prints for other artists
1960s-1970s
Physical Description: 27 prints
Map-Case E-15
Prints by other artists
1980s-1990s
Physical Description: 10 prints
Student artwork
1970s-1980s
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains student print portfolios and print blocks created by UCSC
students enrolled in Metz's printmaking courses.
Map-Case E-15
Student prints
circa 1970-1990
Physical Description: 4 prints
Scope and Contents
Contains student prints by Yreina Cervantez, Emil Nolde, Carlos Siordia, and an
unknown artist.
Box 23, Folder 16
Photographs of student intaglio and relief prints, class
1976-1984
Box 19
Room 104 student portfolio
1978
Physical Description: 24 prints, 2 metal print
blocks
Scope and Contents
Contains a portfolio of student prints and corresponding metal print blocks.
Map-Case E-15
Group 199 student portfolio
1981
Physical Description: 13 prints
Scope and Contents
Contains a portfolio of student prints prefaced by a letter to the director of
Porter College from Metz.
Box 19
Pioneer student portfolio
1985
Box 19
Kyell Otterness student portfolio
1992 June
Box 19
Pastel landscapes
undated
Physical Description: 3 prints
Scope and Contents
Drawings by unknown artist, probably not by Metz.
Sketchbooks, travel journals, and notebooks
1958-2018
Related Materials
See also series containing "Art" for paintings, prints, and sketches of corresponding
landscapes; see series containing "Travel files" for corresponding travel documents.
Scope and Contents
This series contains 89 bound journals and unbound notes which document Metz's daily
life, travels, courses attended, and lectures taught. Materials span 50 years, ranging
from Metz's 1958 undergraduate class notebooks to an unfinished leather-bound scrapbook
she was compiling in 2018.
Box 3
1958-1979
Physical Description: 18 notebooks
Box 4
1980-2000
Physical Description: 23 notebooks
Box 5
1990-1999
Physical Description: 18 notebooks
Box 6
2000-2018
Physical Description: 16 notebooks
Box 20
Oversized notebooks and sketchbooks
1960s-2018
Physical Description: 3 notebooks
Scope and Contents
Includes a leather-bound scrapbook Metz was working on in 2018.
Box 7
Undated
Physical Description: 12 notebooks
Scope and Contents
Includes Metz's "Italy" sketches, except "Italy #4" notebook located within "Italian
Motifs" in map-case E-13.
Correspondence
circa 1950s-2018
Arrangement
Within each subseries, files are arranged chronologically by decade. The subseries
"Family correspondence" was grouped based on Metz's original arrangement; however,
additional family correspondence (not grouped by Metz) is also filed under "General
correspondence."
Related Materials
See series containing "Gallery and exhibition files" for correspondence specific to
artwork, sales, and gallery showings.
Scope and Contents
This series includes correspondence between Metz and family members, friends, other
artists, UCSC colleagues, and former students. Correspondence includes holiday greeting
cards designed and created by fellow artists such as Betty Bates, Marie Calloway, Holly
Downing, Alan Gussow, Jasper Rose, and Mary Warshaw. There are also letters between Metz
and Santa Cruz conservation organizations such as the Watsonville Wetlands Watch and the
Santa Cruz County Land Trust.
Family correspondence
circa 1950s-2018
Box 8, Folder 1
William Metz (father)
1953-1987
Box 8, Folder 2
Hulda Modler Dobberstein (grandmother)
circa 1950s-1977
General correspondence
circa 1950s-2018
Box 23, Folder 24
Dobberstein, R.W. and Gwen
1969-2014
Box 9, Folder 2-3
Greeting cards from artists
circa 1960s-1990s
Box 9
Address books
circa 1950s-2018
Physical Description: 10 address books
Gallery and exhibition files
1950s-2010s
Scope and Contents
This series contains records of exhibitions in which Metz's work was shown and
exhibitions that Metz organized for other artists at UCSC. Materials include gallery
contracts and correspondence, exhibit brochures and invitations, exhibition photos,
artwork inventories, bills of sale, and workshops attended or held.
Exhibits featuring Metz's work
1950s-2010s
Arrangement
In this subseries, materials that pertain to a specific organization are listed
first, in chronological order according to the documents contained within each file.
These are followed by general gallery files and gallery correspondence, arranged
chronologically.
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains materials for artist organizations, gallery exhibitions, or
sales pertaining to Metz's artwork. Galleries and organizations include the Canadian
Society of Graphic Art, the Printmaking Workshop, Orlando Gallery, Santa Cruz Art
League, the Oakland Museum of California Collectors Gallery, NIDO Home Furnishing and
Art Gallery, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, and the Parajo Valley Arts
Council.
Box 10, Folder 1
The Canadian Society of Graphic Art
1968-1973
Box 10, Folder 2
The Printmaking Workshop
1970-1974
Box 10, Folder 3
Orlando Gallery
1984-1999
Box 10, Folder 4
Santa Cruz Art League
1998-2008
Box 10, Folder 5
Oakland Museum of California Collectors Gallery
1998-2008
Box 10, Folder 6
NIDO Home Furnishing and Art Gallery
2002-2006
Box 10, Folder 7
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
2002-2007
Box 10, Folder 8
Pajaro Valley Arts Council
2003-2012
Box 10, Folder 9
Announcements and reviews of Metz's work
1956-1996
Box 10, Folder 11-24
General gallery files
1966-2015
Box 10, Folder 25-27
Gallery correspondence
1960-2014
Box 10, Folder 28
Lists of works and prices
1966-2004
Other artists' work, exhibited or organized by Metz
1974-2000s
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains materials for exhibitions organized by Metz for other
artists. Artists' exhibits include George McNeil, Toni Krajnc, Misch Kohn, and Stanley
William Hayter, as well as student art exhibits ranging from CSU Hayward to Ljubljana,
Yugoslavia.
Box 10, Folder 31
George McNeil, College VIII Gallery
1974-1979
Box 10, Folder 32
From Within, College VIII Gallery
1974-1975
Box 23, Folder 17
Toni Krajnc, College VIII Gallery
1974-1975
Box 23, Folder 18
Student prints from CSU Hayward, College VIII Gallery
1974-1975
Box 23, Folder 19
Triad Show, College VIII
1974-1976
Box 23, Folder 20
Carlos Siordia Memorial Show, Merrill College Library
1975
Box 23, Folder 21
Student prints from Ljubljana, College VIII Gallery
1976
Box 11, Folder 1
Four Artists, Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery
1978
Box 11, Folder 2
Misch Kohn Exhibit, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery
1981
Box 11, Folder 3
S.W. Hayter, Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery
circa 1986
Box 11, Folder 4
Miscellaneous UCSC gallery exhibit files
circa 1975-1980
Box 11, Folder 5
Flyers for other artists' exhibits
1970s-2000s
Box 11, Folder 6
Metz private collection (other artists' work)
2000s
Teaching files
1950s-2000s
Scope and Contents
This series contains lecture notes and outlines, syllabuses, reading materials and
workbooks, and other class materials for courses taught at UC Santa Cruz. Files include
Metz's seminal printmaking courses and ART 123, Seminar on Women Artists. Also included
are Metz's applications for fellowships and research grants, proposals for study abroad
programs, and teaching awards for work at UCSC.
Box 11, Folder 7
Notes on ancient art
circa 1950s-1960s
Box 11, Folder 8
Notes on art of the Middle Ages
circa 1950s-1960s
Box 11, Folder 9
Other professors' art history syllabuses and outlines
circa 1950s-1960s
Box 11, Folder 10
ART 117A/B: Beginning Printmaking
circa 1970s-1980s
Box 11, Folder 11
ART 106: Problems in Design
1973
Box 11, Folder 12
ART 124/125: Beginning/Intermediate Intaglio Printmaking
1976-1992
Box 11, Folder 13
ART 134: Screenprinting
1976-1979
Box 11, Folder 14
ART 199: Printmaking
1979
Box 11, Folder 16
ART 40: Visual Fundamentals 2-D
1981
Box 11, Folder 17
5th year reader
1984-1985
Box 11, Folder 18-25
ART 123: Seminar on Women Artists
1985-1989
Box 11, Folder 26-27
Research on women artists
circa 1970s-2000s
Scope and Contents
Materials in this file pertain to Metz's research for ART 123, Seminar on Women
Artists. Includes correspondence arranging travel for contemporary artists, newspaper
and magazine clippings of gallery reviews, and fliers advertising the seminar.
Box 11, Folder 28
Miscellaneous teaching files
circa 1970s-1990s
Box 11, Folder 29
Research grants and fellowships
1963-1996
Box 12, Folder 1-2
UCSC-Il Bisonte EAP study abroad program files
circa 1980s-1992
Box 12, Folder 3
UCDC program proposal
1993
Box 12, Folder 4
Awards and recognition
1983-1992
Box 21
Awards and recognition
1983-1992
Physical Description: 2 awards
Scope and Contents
Contains a certificate of recognition from L'Association Musée d'art Contemporain de
Chamalières for work with small prints (1988) and a portfolio of printed works to
celebrate Metz's contributions to the UCSC printmaking program (1992).
Travel files
1960s-1990s
Arrangement
Files are grouped by location, arranged in chronological order by documents contained
within each file.
Processing Information
Titles and descriptions were derived from information written on original folders.
Related Materials
See also series containing "Sketchbooks, travel journals, and notebooks" for
corresponding travel reflections; see series containing "Art" for paintings, prints, and
sketches of corresponding landscapes.
Scope and Contents
This series contains research collected by Metz in anticipation of and during her
travels throughout Europe and the Americas. Materials include receipts, city and railway
maps, hotel correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, art gallery and tour
brochures, and personal notes.
Box 12, Folder 14
Europe
1975-1979
Scope and Contents
Includes Metz's 5-year passport (1974-1979).
Box 12, Folder 15
New York City
early 1980s
Box 12, Folder 16
Washington, D.C.
early 1980s
Box 12, Folder 19-20
Scotland
late 1980s-1990s
Box 12, Folder 21
Hawaii and Mexico
late 1980s-1990s
Box 12, Folder 22
Belgium and Holland
circa 1992
Box 12, Folder 23
China, Citizens Ambassador Program
1993
Subject files
1950-2013
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials pertaining to Metz's personal and research interests.
Files include Metz's research on theater set design, printmaking techniques, and Ellen
and Rolinda Sharples. Also included are files documenting the careers of Metz's
colleagues and friends, and copies of some of their printed works.
Box 22
Flair magazine
1950 February-1950 June
Box 12, Folder 24
Spa Summer Theater
1956 May 1-1956 August 2
Scope and Contents
Documents Metz's employment as assistant designer for the Spa Summer Theater in
Saratoga Springs, N.Y., including photographs, film negatives, newspaper clippings,
playbills, contracts, and correspondence.
Box 22
Theater Graphics Workbook
1978 September
Box 13, Folder 1
Printmaking files
1958-2000
Scope and Contents
Contains advertisements, invoices, and typed instructions for printing presses and
printmaking workshops.
Box 13, Folder 2
Health hazards in printmaking
1968-1979
Box 13, Folder 3
Printing presses
circa 1970s
Box 13, Folder 4-18
Ellen and Rolinda Sharples research
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
Materials pertain to Metz's monographs of Ellen and Rolinda Sharples, published in
Woman's Art Journal (1995) and
Dictionary of Women
Artists
(1997). Includes research bibliographies, photocopies of texts and
paintings, publisher correspondence, publication drafts, and photocopies of published
articles.
Box 13, Folder 20
Robert Blackburn
1985-2005
Box 13, Folder 21
Vivian E. Browne
circa 1995
Box 13, Folder 23
Mary Lee Warshaw
circa 2011
Box 13, Folder 24-25
Colleagues' work
1960s-2010s
Scope and Contents
Contains various written works by colleagues and friends, as well as correspondence,
invitations and announcements, and ephemera. Includes poetry by Douglas McClellan.
Box 13, Folder 27
Cassette tapes
1978 September and undated
Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes
Conditions Governing Access
Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted. Contact Special Collections in
advance for information regarding access.
Scope and Contents
State of the Arts: Distinguished Artists, 10/21/98; KUSP interview
