Personal and family papers
1930s-2010
Scope and Contents
This series contains Rice family photographs, certificates and written materials from
Miriam and Ray's education, documents from Ray's military service during World War II,
articles about Miriam and Ray's life and work, some correspondence with family members
and friends, and drawings and writings by Miriam and Ray's children.
Box 1, Folder 1-4, Box 18, Folder 1
Miriam's education and early life
1930s-1940s
Box 1, Folder 6
Ray's Curriculum Vitae
1940-1985
Box 1, Folder 7
Elkhart High/Ray Reflection on Father/Self-Reflection
1988-1989
Box 1, Folder 8-9
Ray's military service
1941-1946
Box 1, Folder 10
Ray and Miriam's work ledger
1955-1998
Box 1, Folder 12-13, Box 20
Photographs of Miriam
circa 1930s-2000s
Box 1, Folder 14
Childhood photographs of Ray
1916-1947
Box 1, Folder 15
Photographs of Ray
1950-2001
Box 1, Folder 16
Ray and Miriam's 50th wedding anniversary album
1991
Box 1, Folder 17
Writings about Miriam & Ray
1995
Scope and Contents
Includes writings about Miriam and Ray's history together and as artists. Other
articles on them can be found in their individual series.
Box 27
Video: Ray Rice
1996
Physical Description: 1 Hi8 videocassette
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Box 27
Video: A conversation with Ray Rice (unedited)
1996 August
Physical Description: 1 VHS
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Scope and Contents
Camera: Andrea Marks
Box 1, Folder 18-19
Retrospectives and funeral
1950s-2001
Box 22
Eulogies for Ray
2001-2003
Box 1, Folder 20
Miriam Scrapbook
circa 1970s-2000s
Box 18, Folder 2
Family art and mementos
circa 1970s-1980s
Box 1, Folder 21
Sweden Photographs, correspondence, notes
1980-1995
Box 1, Folder 22
"Miriam Rice: Curious for the color of Mushrooms" Newspaper
article
2007
Box 2, Folder 1
Miriam's 90th birthday cards (International Fungi and Fibre
Symposium)
2008
Box 2, Folder 2
Instructions for Miriam on using computer
circa 2000s
Box 2, Folder 3
Ray and Felicia's project
1992
Box 2, Folder 5
Photographs (slides)
1967-1970, undated
Box 2, Folder 6-11
Photographs and correspondence
circa 1920s-2000s
Box 2, Folder 12
Friends and family articles, writings, and correspondence
circa 1990s
Box 2, Folder 13-16
Felicia Rice
circa 1980s
Scope and Contents
Includes articles about Felicia, Moving Parts Press papers, correspondence, and other
collected ephemera.
Box 2, Folder 17, Box 18, Folder 3
Rachel Rice
circa 1970s-1980s
Scope and Contents
Includes Rachel's poetic work for William Ames music, photographs, correspondence,
and personal papers.
Box 2, Folder 18, Box 18, Folder 4
Mira Porter
1980s-2000s
Scope and Contents
Includes Mira's correspondence and writings, Mira's professional work, and Mira's
obituary.
Box 2, Folder 20-21
Jasen family
circa 1970s-1980s
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, writings, and artwork from Gertrude (Cohen) Jasen's
family
Box 3, Folder 1
Tanya Bee
circa 1980s-2000s
Box 3, Folder 2
Unsorted music
circa 1930s
Box 3, Folder 3, Box 20
Unsorted personal and family files
undated
Miriam C. Rice papers
1930s-2010
Scope and Contents
This series contains samples and photographs of Miriam's artwork, articles about
Miriam, Miriam's writings, her teaching materials and research files, and documents from
her professional activities and community involvement. Included are a variety of
examples of her exploration with mushrooms such as paper samples, dyed yarn, and dye
light fastness tests, as well as her work with batik, printmaking, and sculpture. Miriam
kept research files on a variety of topics including mushrooms, papermaking, dyeing, and
textiles, which are included in this series. The writings in this series span her
experimentation with mushrooms and exemplify her meticulous note taking processes, and
include early planning notes, manuscripts, and correspondence surrounding her three
published books on mushrooms:
Let's Try Mushrooms for Color (1974),
Mushrooms for Color (1980), and
Mushrooms for Dyes, Paper,
Pigments & Myco-Stix
(2007). Miriam's teaching and professional activities
are represented in materials from exhibitions and fairs in which she was involved; the
International Mushroom Dye Institute (IMDI) meeting minutes, board information, and
promotional materials; and photographs and notes from her workshops on various
topics.
Box 3, Folder 4
Sculpture portfolio
circa 1930s-1980s
Box 3, Folder 5
Sculptures and prints: Photographs
circa 1930s-1980s
Scope and Contents
Includes photo of Mater Dolorosa sculpture.
Box 3, Folder 6
Sculptures: Photographs, drawings
circa 1930s-1950s
Box 3, Folder 7
Sculptures: Photographs (slides)
circa 1930s-1970s
Sculptures: Photographs (digitized) ms0277_med_0003, ms0277_med_0004, ms0277_med_0005, ms0277_med_0006
circa 1930s-1970s
Physical Description: 240 digital
files
Conditions Governing Access
Digital files may be made 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.
Scope and Contents
Contains digitized copies of slides and photographic prints of Miriam's works in
sculpture.
Box 3, Folder 8
Sculptures: News articles
circa 1930s-1950s
Box 3, Folder 9
Woodblock prints
circa 1970s
Box 3, Folder 10
Prints: Photographs
circa 1950s
Box 3, Folder 11
Batik: Photographs (slides)
circa 1970s
Box 18, Folder 5
Batik: Research, exhibit publicity, and correspondence
circa 1960s
Box 3, Folder 14
Dried mushroom samples
undated
Box 3, Folder 15
Mushrooms: Photographs (slides)
circa 1970s-1980s
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Miriam gathering mushrooms.
Box 3, Folder 16
Mushroom dyeing: photographs
circa 1970s-1990s
Box 3, Folder 17-19
Dyeing and yarn: Photographs (slides)
1970s-1980s
Box 3, Folder 20
Mycostix: Samples, photographs, instructions
circa 2001
Box 3, Folder 21
Paper: Fibre Papers handmade book
undated
Box 3, Folder 22
Watercolor samples, pigment experiments
circa 1970s-1980s
Box 3, Folder 23
Yarn samples
circa 1980s
Scope and Contents
Includes samples of yarn dyed by others.
Box 3, Folder 24
Paper photographs (prints and slides)
circa 1990s
Box 3, Folder 25-27, Box 4, Folder 1-2
Mushroom and vegetable paper samples
undated
Box 4, Folder 3-7
Vegetable paper samples
undated
Box 4, Folder 8-9
Unsorted organic papers and paper items
undated
Box 4, Folder 10
Miriam Rice Retrospective
1998
Box 4, Folder 11
Retrospective exhibit labels
1998
Box 4, Folder 12
Unsorted mushroom paper notes and documents
circa 1990s
Box 4, Folder 14
Artwork collected from others: Mushroom dye yarn samples
circa 1980s
Box 18, Folder 6
Artwork collected from others: Paper
circa 1980s-1990s
Box 4, Folder 15, Box 18, Folder 7
Artwork collected from others
undated
Box 4, Folder 16
Mushrooms: Dorothy Beebee's Fungi Drawings
circa 1980
Box 4, Folder 17
Mushrooms: Cortinarius
circa 1970
Box 4, Folder 18
Mushrooms: Cultivation/growing
circa 1980s
Box 4, Folder 19
Mushrooms: Lore, historical background, mushroom crafts
1970s-1980s
Box 4, Folder 20
Mushrooms: Microscopics
circa 1980
Box 4, Folder 21
Mushrooms: Mycological books
1970s-1984
Box 4, Folder 22
Mushrooms: Paper from Polypores book, Liza Johansson
2008
Box 4, Folder 23, Box 5, Folder 1
Box 5, Folder 2-5, Box 18, Folder 8
Mushrooms: Unsorted research
1980s-1990s
Box 5, Folder 6
Batik, dyeing, weaving
circa 1980
Box 5, Folder 8
Dyeing: Chemical dyes
circa 1980
Box 5, Folder 9
Dyeing: Dryers, general plant dyeing instructions
1970s-1980s
Box 5, Folder 10
Dyeing: ISCC Centroid color charts
circa 1980
Box 5, Folder 11
Dyeing: Indigo
circa 1980
Box 18, Folder 9-10
Dyeing: Light fastness tests (John Ash)
circa 1980
Box 5, Folder 12
Dyeing: Mordants and mordant printing
1979
Box 5, Folder 14
Paper making articles
circa 1990s
Box 5, Folder 15
Paper making receipts, income
1985
Box 18, Folder 11
Japanese paper samples
undated
Box 5, Folder 17
Andreya Marks
circa 1997-2002
General note
Spelling of name is sometimes seen as "Andrea Marks".
Box 5, Folder 18
Mistletoe, tannin
circa 2001
Box 5, Folder 21
Articles on Ray
1980s, 2005
Box 18, Folder 12
Silk: A Silkworker's Notebook
1979
Box 5, Folder 24
Arts and literary journals
1982-2009
Box 5, Folder 25-28, Box 6, Folder 1-10, Box 18, Folder 13
Unsorted research
undated
Books on mushroom dyes and papermaking
1970s-2000s
Box 6, Folder 13-14
Let's Try Mushrooms for Color
1970s
Box 26
Let's Try Mushrooms for Color: Oversized
layouts
1970s
Box 6, Folder 16
Color index, dye samples
circa 1970s
Box 6, Folder 17
Mushrooms for Color
1980s
Box 6, Folder 18
Mushrooms for Color: Mailing lists
circa 1980
Box 6, Folder 19
Mushrooms for Color: Mad River Press contract,
correspondence
1976-1985
Box 6, Folder 20
Mushrooms for Paper
circa 1980s-2000s
Box 6, Folder 21
"An Incredible Wealth of Colors: Mushroom Dyed fibers"
1986
Box 6, Folder 22
New Mushrooms for Color: University of Washington Press
Correspondence
1989-1990
Box 7, Folder 1-2
Mushrooms for Paper; The New Mushrooms for
Color
1990s
Box 7, Folder 3
Mushrooms for Color: Master cards
circa 1990s
Box 7, Folder 4-5
Mushrooms for Dyes, Papers, and Pigments
circa 1980-2000s
Box 7, Folder 6
Mushrooms for Dyes, Paper, Pigments and Myco-stix: Preface
draft
2000s
Box 7, Folder 7-8
Mushrooms for Dyes, Paper, Pigments and Myco-stix:
Original Manuscript
undated
Box 7, Folder 9
Invoice forms, IMDI forms
circa 2001
Box 7, Folder 10-14
Books on mushroom dyes and papermaking
circa 1980s, 1990s
Scope and Contents
Includes illustrations, layouts, text samples, cutouts, drafts, and notes for
Miriam's books on mushroom dyes and papermaking.
Skapa av svampfärgat garn
1980s
Scope and Contents
Skapa av svampfärgat garn, by Carla Sundström, Erik Sundström, and
Miriam Rice, was published in Sweden in 1985. Dorothy Beebee created the
illustrations for the book. This component includes correspondence, contracts, press
inquiries, and information on the book's translation from Swedish to English.
Box 7, Folder 18
Correspondence, contract
1980s
Box 7, Folder 19
Swedish correspondence
1981-1986
Box 7, Folder 20
Complete English with yellow underscoring
undated
Box 7, Folder 23
Photocopies of English translation
circa 1992
Box 7, Folder 24
Unsorted book drafts, notes, and research
circa 1980s
Box 7, Folder 25
Other published writings
1980s-2000s
Box 7, Folder 26
"Mushrooms for Color" article, University of Washington Arboretum
Bulletin
1981
Box 7, Folder 27
Article for Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot (Handweavers Guild of
America)
1985
Box 7, Folder 28
Translations of articles
circa 1985
Box 7, Folder 29
"Miriam Rice and Mushrooms for Color" article, Arts and
Entertainment
1988
Box 7, Folder 30
"Mushroom-Dyed Fibers" article, Senshoku Alpha
1988
Box 7, Folder 31
Color from Mushrooms column, Mushroom (The Journal)
1980s
Box 7, Folder 32
"Mushrooms for Color" article, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record
1990
Box 8, Folder 1
"Mushrooms for Paper" article, Color Trends
1992
Box 8, Folder 2
"Mushrooms for Color" article, Threads magazine
circa 1990s
Box 8, Folder 3
Mushrooms for Paper/Color videos
1990s
Teaching and Professional Activities
Biographical / Historical
Miriam was particularly involved in two initiatives during her professional career:
the International Mushroom Dye Institute (IMDI) and the International Fungi and Fibre
Federation (IFFF). The IMDI was founded in 1985, directly after the publication of the
book
Skapa av svampfärgat garn. The authors, Carla Sundström, Erik
Sundström, and Miriam Rice, chose to invest a percentage of the book royalties in the
creation of a non-profit organization, primarily for educational purposes. The mission
of the IMDI is “to encourage the use of Fungal Pigments; to further research on their
extraction and employment; to encourage research and cultivation of dye fungi; [and]
to financially assist artists and researchers to participate in international symposia
and exhibitions.” The IFFF was established in 1999 at the International Fungi &
Fibre Symposium in Hønefoss, Norway. This group was formed to help guide the planning
of future International Fungus & Fibre Symposia (IFFS) every 2 or 3 years.
Scope and Contents
This component includes materials on Miriam's professional involvement in exhibits,
readings, conferences and expositions, and workshops and other teaching events, mostly
relating to mushrooms, dyeing, and textiles. Miriam's work in the International
Mushroom Dye Institute and the International Fungi and Fibre Symposium are documented,
as well as her exhibitions and teaching in Mendocino, California and beyond.
Box 8, Folder 4
Art Workshops: Photographs and ephemera
1930s-1990s
Box 8, Folder 5
Traveling Mushroom Dye Exhibit, Mendocino County Museum
1975-1980
Box 8, Folder 6-8
Women in art and feminist studies
circa 1970s-1990s
Box 8, Folder 9
Art in schools
circa 1970s
Box 8, Folder 10-11
Weaving, weavers, textiles
circa 1970s
Box 8, Folder 12
Humboldt Mycological Society
1980-1981
Box 8, Folder 13
Mendocino Arts Center contracts
1980-1988
Box 8, Folder 14
California Academy of Sciences
1984-1992
Box 8, Folder 15
Coyote Point Museum
1986-1994
Box 8, Folder 16
Andreya Marks Designs
1988-2004
Box 8, Folder 17
Breitenbush Mycological Conference
1989-1999
Box 8, Folder 19-20, Box 20
Fungi and fiber exhibitions, mushroom fairs
1980s
Box 8, Folder 22
Photographs: Teaching
1980s-1990s
Box 8, Folder 23
Press on teaching and exhibitions
1980s-1990s
Box 8, Folder 24-25, Box 20
Box 8, Folder 26
IMDI Board, newsletter
circa 1985-2000
Box 8, Folder 27
Mendocino Arts Center
circa 1980s-2000s
Box 8, Folder 28
North American Mycological Association (NAMA)
1990-2007
Box 8, Folder 29
Mushroom dyeing workshops
1992-1993
Box 8, Folder 30
Mushrooms for Paper at Mendocino Arts Center
1994
Box 18, Folder 15
Härnösand, Sweden: International Fungi and Fibre Symposium
1993-1995
Box 8, Folder 31
Härnösand, Sweden: Workshops
1995
Box 8, Folder 33
Turkey Red Journal
1995-2006
Box 8, Folder 34
Photographs: Papermaking workshop, Santa Cruz
1996 April
Box 8, Folder 35
Pacific Textile Arts workshop
1996-2006
Box 8, Folder 36
Pigment Symposium in Norway
circa 1999
Box 9, Folder 1
Grants: Mendocino Multicultural Development fund (MMDF)
1990s
Box 9, Folder 2
Symposia and conferences
circa 1990s
Box 9, Folder 3
Photographs: Professional activities
1990s-2000s
Box 9, Folder 4
Mendocino Coast Handweavers Guild Newsletter
2000-2007
International Fungi and Fibre Symposium: Australia and Denmark ms0277_med_0008, ms0277_med_0009, ms0277_med_0010, ms0277_med_0011, ms0277_med_0013, ms0277_med_0015
2003, 2005
Physical Description: 212 digital files
Conditions Governing Access
Digital files may be made 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.
Scope and Contents
Includes digital photographs of International Fungi and Fibre Symposium (IFFS)
events in Denmark, Australia in 2003, and in Haslev/Copenhagen, Denmark in 2005.
Box 9, Folder 5
International Fungi and Fibre Symposium: "Miriam Rice: Curious for the
Color from Mushrooms"
2007
Box 9, Folder 6-7
International Fungi and Fibre Symposium
2008
Box 9, Folder 8
Unsorted fungi and fiber resources
1980s-2000s
Box 9, Folder 9
Unsorted teaching files
undated
Videos
Conditions Governing Access
Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted. Contact Special Collections and
Archives in advance to request access to audiovisual media.
Scope and Contents
Include videos both produced and collected by Miriam Rice on mushrooms, dyeing, and
textiles.
Box 27
Voss International Fungi Fiber Symposium - Finnish footage
1990
Physical Description: 2 VHS
Box 27
Mushrooms for Color
1990
Physical Description: 1 VHS
Box 27
Mushrooms for Paper
1993
Physical Description: 1
VHS
Box 27
Mushroom
1996
Physical Description: 1 VHS
Scope and Contents
A 26 minute journey into an American passion for an extraordinary product of the
earth. By Tied to the Track Films, Inc.
Box 27
Sfarger med Svamper - Dyeing/Color with Mushrooms (Sweden)
undated
Physical Description: 1 VHS
Raymond Rice papers
1934-2001
Scope and Contents
This series contains Ray's artwork in various media across his career, including his
film work from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s. A color and black and white manual
on the art of luminography highlights his practice and developments with his film
technique. Sketches and materials from his films
Woman and
Goodbye show two examples of how Ray was experimenting in the 1970s.
There are some hand-painted film acetates that he used for the background of his
stop-motion animation films. Also included in this series are photographs of Ray's
commissioned mural work he completed in the 1950s-1970s for several schools. These are
space-oriented works titled "dwarfs" and "supernovas." Other works include his mosaics
commissioned from The Ford Motor Company and The Fresno Airport, which he completed
around the same period and are documented in photographic slides. Ray's written work
includes contributions to various newspapers and journals, poetry (often under
pseudonyms), personal journal entries, and artists' books, including
The Wages of
Age
(1996) which combined his work in sketch art and poetry. This series also
includes Ray's sketches, both on loose paper and in sketchbooks, mainly from the
1980s-1990s.
Film
Scope and Contents
This component mainly includes materials that Ray used in the process of creating his
films, such as sketches, photographs, and animation cels, as well as some original
film reels More of Ray's film work can be seen in MS180 Ray Rice Films, which contains
digitized versions of the films.
Related Materials
MS180 Ray Rice films. Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Digitized versions of Ray Rice's films may be found in the UCSC Library by searching
"Rice, Ray" in the Author/creator field in UCSC Library Search.
Films
Conditions Governing Access
Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted. Contact Special Collections and
Archives in advance to request access to audiovisual media.
Box 28
Hopeless Loves
1969 September
Physical Description: 16mm film reel, 11 min.,
color.
Box 28
Schizophrenic Speech
1971
Physical Description: 16mm film reel
Box 28
Comment I
1975
Physical Description: 16mm film reel
Box 28
Goodbye
1979 November
Physical Description: 16mm film reel
Box 28
Clothes
1981 May
Physical Description: 16mm film reel
Box 28
Left & Right
1981 May
Physical Description: 16mm film reel
Box 28
The Shed
1984 November
Physical Description: 16mm film reel
Box 28
Love-In leader
circa 1988
Physical Description: Super 16mm film
reel
Box 28
Tweet Tweet
undated
Physical Description: 16mm film reel
Box 27
Here
undated
Physical Description: 1 VHS, 15 min. Video transfer
from 16mm film reel.
Box 28
Audio: Wind chimes, voice, harmonica
undated
Physical Description: 1/4 reel to reel audio
tape
Box 18, Folder 16
Faces from a Journey South
1974
Box 9, Folder 12
Unidentified film materials
circa 1975
Box 9, Folder 13
Sketches and transparencies
circa 1975
Box 9, Folder 15
16mm movie frame enlargements
circa 1980
Box 9, Folder 19
Film show program
circa 1996-1997
Box 9, Folder 21-22, Box 22
Animation cels
undated
Physical Description: The term animation cel refers
to drawings on clear acetate or nitrate sheets, where the figure outlines are
applied to the front of the cel, and the color is applied to the back. The sheet is
typically placed over a background image and photographed, along with a series of
other animation cels that together depict movement of the figures. (Source: Getty
Research Institute Art & Architecture Thesaurus.) These are also referred to as
acetates or transparencies in the collection.
Box 18, Folder 17
Photocopies and sketches
undated
Box 25
Painted acetate transparency roll
undated
Box 9, Folder 24
Photographs of murals (negatives)
circa 1950s
Photograph of mural (digitized) ms0277_med_0007
1956 October
Physical Description: 1 digital
file
Conditions Governing Access
Digital files may be made 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.
Box 9, Folder 26
San Miguel School Space Murals
1953
Box 9, Folder 27
Outdoor Garden Parking Area Painting, Sausalito
1956
Box 9, Folder 28
Photographs of paintings
circa 1980s
Box 9, Folder 29
Teaching material list
1982
Box 9, Folder 30, Box 22
Self-portraits, photographs of Ray painting
1983
Box 9, Folder 31
Photographs of wood paintings
1991, 1993
Box 9, Folder 32
Photographs of paintings
1996-1997
Box 9, Folder 33
Unidentified paintings
undated
Box 9, Folder 34
Wood strip painting samples
undated
Box 9, Folder 35
Photographs of paintings (slides)
undated
Box 23
Painted glass plates
undated
Box 9, Folder 36
Drawings for newspapers
1963-1985
Box 24
Woodblock for Stone Face Falls drawing
circa 1984
Related Materials
Stone Face Falls broadside includes text by William Everson,
illustration by Ray Rice, and was printed by Felicia Rice at Moving Parts Press in
1984. (Call number PS3501.N77 S87 1984)
Box 10, Folder 2
Sculpture sketches
1988-1994
Box 10, Folder 3-4
Mirror Images: Photographs (prints and slides)
circa 1990
Box 10, Folder 6
Lesson plans: College of Marin
undated
Box 10, Folder 7
Sculpture project, NYC etchings
undated
Box 10, Folder 8, Box 18, Folder 18-20, Box 22
Sketches
1997 and undated
Box 10, Folder 9-22, Box 11, Folder 1, Box 22
Sketchbooks
1984-2000, undated
Box 11, Folder 2
Oil and mosaic negatives
1934-1993
Box 11, Folder 5
Ford and Holiday Lodge commissions
1955-1957
Box 11, Folder 7
Photographs (slides)
1969-1996
Box 11, Folder 8
Tower Pool photographs - Custom tiles
1985
Box 22
Project in mosaic
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes drawings of Ray's mosaic projects and photograph of Ray working on mosaics
with others.
Box 11, Folder 11
Concrete sculptures
1940-1961
Box 11, Folder 12
Photographs (slides)
1947-1950
Box 11, Folder 13
Unknown building model
circa 1950-1960
Box 11, Folder 15
New Joe's, San Francisco
1958
Box 18, Folder 21
Pole and pillar designs
1960, 1991-1994
Box 11, Folder 17
Drummers IAIA reinforced concrete sculptures
1964
Box 11, Folder 19
Iron Pipe Bret House
undated
Box 11, Folder 20-21
Mosaic sculptures
undated
Box 11, Folder 22
Poetry ledger
1980s
Scope and Contents
This ledger records the poems that Ray Rice wrote (often under a pseudonym) and
sent out to publishers and friends. Pen names that Ray used in his poetry include
Link Showalter, Tilman Rhys, Linda Ponder, Irene Chorus, and Levi Rice.
Box 11, Folder 23
Poetry: Linda Ponder
undated
Box 11, Folder 29-34, Box 18, Folder 22
Notes and writings
1988-1996
Box 12, Folder 2-3
Writings by others: William Pitt Root
1994
Box 12, Folder 4
Wages of Age: Printed drafts
1985-1986
Box 12, Folder 5
Wages of Age: Orders
1985-1986
Box 12, Folder 6-7
Wages of Age: Unsorted notes
1985-1986
Box 12, Folder 8
Wages of Age: Illustrations
1985-1986
Box 12, Folder 9
Wages of Age: Sketches
1985-1986
Box 12, Folder 10
De Amor Oscuro/Of Dark Love: Sketches
1991-1992
Box 12, Folder 11
Architecture reviews
1954-1960
Box 12, Folder 12
Reviews of film works
circa 1967
Box 12, Folder 13
The Mendocino Beacon
1979-1996
Box 12, Folder 14-15
Arts & Entertainment, Mendocino Art Center
1983-1996
Box 12, Folder 16
The New Settler Interview
1986-1989
Box 12, Folder 17-20, Box 13, Folder 1-3
Unsorted reviews, notes, and correspondence
undated
Correspondence
1940s-2000s
Scope and Contents
This series contains both Ray's and Miriam's individual correspondence as well as their
shared letters. Miriam's correspondence forms the largest component of the three in this
series. Her letters include collaborations, fan mail, and especially materials from her
published books, including
Mushrooms for Dyes and Paper, Pigments &
Myco-Stix
. There are also many materials from her work with the International
Mushroom Dye Institute, International Fungi and Fibre Symposium, and Mendocino Arts
Center. Ray's correspondence is the smallest portion of the series, and includes letters
dating from the 1940s through the late 1990s. There are documents detailing his work
with the American poet William Pitt Root, among others which show Ray's interest in this
medium. Further, some of Ray's letters include communications with his patrons regarding
commissioned works. Ray's and Miriam's combined correspondence provides a glimpse into
their relationships with friends and family, and includes holiday cards and personal
letters to Ray and Miriam from their children.
Arrangement
Correspondence in each component of this series is arranged first by named
correspondents and topics, then in dated folders of unsorted correspondence.
Box 13, Folder 5
Correspondence with mycologists
1975-1991
Box 13, Folder 6
Fadometer and Dr. John Ash
1976
Box 13, Folder 7
Handweavers Guild of America
1981
Box 13, Folder 11
Japan and Korea mushroom dyeing
1980s-1990s
Box 13, Folder 12
Papermaking
circa 1980s-1990s
Box 13, Folder 17-21, Box 14, Folder 1-8
Box 14, Folder 9-15, Box 15, Folder 1-4
Box 15, Folder 15-16, Box 16, Folder 1-2
Box 16, Folder 4
Emily Rogers crystal pool
1985
Box 19, Folder 2
William Pitt Root and Peter Glusker
1980s
Ray and Miriam
1940s-2000s
Box 16, Folder 16-20, Box 17, Folder 1
