Guide to the Phil Dike Collection
Finding aid created by Russell Michalak
Ella Strong Denison Library
Scripps College
1090 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, California 91711
Phone: (909) 607-3941
Fax: (909) 607-1548
Email: denison@libraries.claremont.edu
July 11, 2008
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.)
Series 1
Correspondence,
1933-1994 and Undated
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Subseries 1.1
Correspondence,
1933-1994
Box 3, Folder 6
Christmas Cards
1980s and Undated
Series 2
Art Gallery Publications,
1928-1990 and Undated
Scope and Content Note
The art galleries' catalogs promote Phil Dike's artwork.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Subseries 2.1
Art Gallery exhibition catalogs -- Phil Dike,
1930-1994
box 4, folder 1
Art exhibition catalogs,
1963
box 4, folder 2
Barbara Beretich Gallery,
1988
box 4, folder 3
Biltmore Art Galleries,
1944-1946
box 4, folder 4
Challis Galleries,
1970-1979
box 4, folder 5
Contemporary Club, Redlands,
1928-1929
box 4, folder 6
Chouinard Art Galleries and School,
1926-1933,
2000 and Undated
box 4, folder 7
Cowie Wilshire Galleries,
1946-1966
box 4, folder 8
Dalzell Hatfield Galleries,
1974
box 4, folder 9
Encyclopedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary American Paintings,
1947-1948
box 4, folder 12
Greystone Galleries,
1966 and Undated
box 4, folder 13
Holloway Howard Gallery,
1992
box 5, folder 14
Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
1943-1954
box 5, folder 15
National Academy of Design,
Undated
box 5, folder 16
Newport Art Exhibit,
1954
box 5, folder 17
Pasadena Art Institute,
1930 and 1954
box 5, folder 18
Pomona Public Library,
Undated
box 5, folder 20
Stendhal Ambassador Galleries,
1932
box 5, folder 21
University Art Gallery at Cal Poly San Louis Obispo,
1992
box 5, folder 22
Wooden Horse Galleries,
1963
Subseries 2.2
Art exhibition pamphlets,
1930-1994
box 6, folder 1
Mary Alicante -- Immaculate Heart College,
1955
box 6, folder 2
Rex Brandt -- Art Gallery Riverside City College,
1971
box 6, folder 3
Paul Darrow -- Comara Gallery,
1961
Biography/Organization History
Paul Darrow graduated from Claremont Graduate University.
box 6, folder 5
Hardie Gramatky -- "A Retrospective View",
1979
box 6, folder 7
Clarence Hinkle -- Scripps College,
1955
Note
Forward by Phil Dike.
box 6, folder 9
Dan Lutz -- Dalzell Hatfield Galleries,
1960s
box 6, folder 15
Millard Sheets,
Undated
Biography/Organization History
Sheets was the head of the art departments at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate School in Pomona, California, from 1930-1955.
box 6, folder 16
Don LaVierre Turner -- Orr's Gallery,
1971
box 6, folder 18
Jack Zajac -- Felix Landau Gallery,
circa 1960s
Series 3
Disney Studios,
1930-1955
Box 7, folder 2
Correspondence,
1935-1949
Box 7, folder 3
Ebell Club of Los Angeles talk -- manuscript,
Undated
Box 7, folder 4
Inter-office communication,
1935-1949
Box 7, folder 5
Lectures on Disney Studios,
1935-1949
Box 7, folder 6
Newspaper and magazine articles,
1935-1949
Box 7, folder 7
Oral history interview by Teare,
Undated
Series 4
Newspaper and Magazine articles,
1930-1987 and Undated
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box 8, Folder 1
Magazine articles,
Undated
Box 8, Folder 2
Newspaper clippings,
1930-1987 and Undated
Scope and Content Note
These articles describe how Phil Dike influenced art and artist in Southern California during the 20th century by his teaching
and his painting. In addition some newspaper articles announce Phil Dike exhibitions and artwork.
Box 8, Folder 3
Newspaper clippings,
Scope and Content Note
There are articles about Dike's awards for his artwork and new gallery openings.
Box 8, Folder 4
Newspaper articles,
Scope and Content Note
There are articles about Dike's awards for his artwork and new gallery openings.
Box 8, Folder 5
Newspapers documenting historical events,
Scope and Content Note
This folder contains newspapers' articles from special editions of the Los Angeles Times and the Upland Courier. The L.A.
Times documents the First Man on the Moon, Kennedy's assassination, and a pictorial view of Los Angeles. The Upland Courier
dedicated a section on the history of transportation in Upland, California.
Series 5
Art instruction,
1936-1986
Subseries 5.1
Scripps College,
1936-1986
box 9, folder 1
Scripps College Art Gallery Exhibition catalogs,
1936-1986
box 9, folder 6
"Phil Dike, Scenes of the California Coastline"
5.2
Summer School,
1950-1987
box 9, folder 7
Brandt-Dike Summer School of Painting,
1950-1987
box 9, folder 8
Lessons in Painting,
1950-1959
Series 6
Personal documents,
1923-1990 and Undated
box 10, folder 1
Biography -- manuscript,
1933-1990 and Undated
box 10, folder 2
Diary -- composition notes,
Undated
box 10, folder 4
Legal documents,
1950-1958
box 10, folder 5
Who's Who in America,
1979-1991
Series 7
Artwork,
1933-1990 and Undated
box 12, folder 1
Notes on artwork,
Undated
box 12, folder 2
Artwork -- outline for book,
Undated
box 12, folder 3
Artwork and postcards,
Undated
box 12, folder 4
Mount San Antonio College mural,
Undated
box 12, folder 5
Scripps college mural,
Undated
Scope and Content Note
Claremont Colleges library's Head of Special Collections, Judy Harvey Sahak, wrote a report about the mural designed by Phil
Dike.
Note
The mural is located at the pool on Scripps College campus.
7.2
Photographs,
1928-1991
box 12, folder 6
Photographs of artwork,
Undated
box 12, folder 7
Photographs of Phil Dike's Class at Scripps College,
Undated
box 12, folder 8
Photographs of Gene Crain's party,
Undated
box 12, folder 9
Photographs of 80th birthday party,
Undated
7.3
Unknown artists,
Undated
Series 8
Cover art by Phil Dike,
1941-1979 and Undated
box 13, folder 1
Los Angeles Times Home Edition,
Undated
Scope and Content Note
This folder contains cover art by Phil Dike.
box 14, folder 1
Friends, Westways,
Undated
Series 9
Ephemera,
1941-1979 and Undated
box 16
, folder 2
Gene Crain Collection,
Undated
