Finding aid for the Edmund Teske papers, 1933-1996 2005.M.10
Emmabeth Nanol
Special Collections
2010
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Title: Edmund Teske papers
Creator:
Herms, George, 1935-
Creator:
Teske, Edmund, 1911-1996
Creator:
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Creator:
Tafel, Edgar
Creator:
Berman, Wallace, 1926-1976
Creator:
White, Minor
Creator:
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
Creator:
Alexander, Bob
Creator:
Strand, Paul, 1890-1976
Creator:
Barnsdall, Aline, 1882-1946
Identifier/Call Number: 2005.M.10
Physical Description:
21.6 Linear Feet
(36 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1933-1996
Abstract: The papers document Edmund Teske's life and work as a photographer, poet and teacher. Materials include correspondence informative
of Teske's relationships with his family, colleagues and critics; poetry and writings about photography and philosophy; exhibition
materials; newspaper clippings and journal articles; teaching files; interview recordings and transcripts; and photographic
materials.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
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Processing History
Sheila Prospero initially processed the archive in 2005. Emmabeth Nanol further processed and arranged the archive and wrote
the finding aid in 2009-2010 under the supervision of Andra Darlington.
Preferred Citation
Edmund Teske papers, 1933-1996, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2005.M.10
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2005m10
Acquisition
Acquired in 2005 from Lawrence Bump and Nils Vidstrand.
Separated Materials note
A complete edition of
Semina 5 has been transferred to the library's core collection and can be found in the
library catalog.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers provide both an overview of, and unique insight into Teske's creative processes, influences and relationships.
In Series I, correspondents include Frank Lloyd Wright, Paul Strand, Edgar Tafel, and Aline Barnsdall. Of particular note
are fourteen letters from Minor White, in which he provides an in-depth assessment of Teske's aesthetic development. Teske's
correspondence also chronicles his interactions with museums and galleries such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the
Art Institute of Chicago, the George Eastman House, and the Witkin Gallery. Series I also includes personal documents, sketches
and ephemera.
Professional files in Series II relate to Teske's exhibitions from 1960 to 1995, his photo-grabs in the 1970s, and his teaching
and speaking engagements from 1960 to 1991. Materials include exhibition ephemera, correspondence, loan agreements, newspaper
clippings, course catalogs, enrollment lists and workshop ephemera.
Series III contains writings by Teske, recordings and transcripts of interviews, and writings and artworks by others. Among
Teske's writings are poetry from 1940 to 1980, a six-volume draft of his autobiography, and essays on photography written
between 1939 and the 1970s. Interviews date primarily to the 1970s and 1980s. Among the published and unpublished writings
and artworks by other artists are materials by Edward Weston, Bob Alexander, mail art from Wallace Berman, and invitations
to George Herms's Tap City Circus events.
Arrangement
Organized in three series: Series I. Correspondence and personal files, 1933-1996, undated; Series II. Professional files,
1958-1996, undated; Series III. Writings, interviews and artworks, 1933-1993, undated.
Biographical/ Historical Note
Edmund Teske was an American photographer, poet and teacher who gained prominence through his work photographing the Taliesin
Fellowship of Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Chicago in 1911, Teske studied art, acting and set design.
A primarily self-taught photographer, he had his first formal photography exhibition at the Blackstone Theatre, Chicago, in
1933. While employed at a commercial photography studio in Chicago, he was exposed to the work of a number of prominent contemporary
photographers and artists, including Edward Weston, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Anton Bruehl, Man Ray, and Georgia
O'Keeffe.
In 1936 Teske visited Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin workshop in Spring Green, Wisconsin, and was invited to become a member
of the Fellowship. While there, he set up his first photographic studio and was instrumental in chronicling some of Wright's
early buildings. Teske taught briefly at the New Bauhaus School of Design in Chicago, and also worked for a time with Paul
Strand and Leo Hurwitz's anti-fascist company, Frontier Films. During World War II, Teske performed aerial mapping for the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1943 he traveled to Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West Studio in Scottsdale, Arizona, once
more photographing the Fellowship.
Teske moved to Los Angeles in 1943, where he initially worked as a still photographer for Paramount Pictures. He became a
close friend and assistant to Aline Barnsdall, for whom Frank Lloyd Wright had completed three structures including Olive
Hill Studio Residence B where Teske lived. In 1949, after Residence B was slated for demolition, Teske moved to Topanga Canyon.
Among his friends and associates were Minor White, Aaron Siskind, George Herms, sculptor Tony Smith and his actress wife Jane
Lawrence, and Richard DeMille, son of movie director Cecil B. DeMille.
In 1958 Teske developed the technique of duotone solarization, a method that reversed highlight and shadow, which became characteristic
of much of his work. Teske's work has been exhibited widely at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art in New York,
the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pasadena Art Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Ceeje Gallery in Los
Angeles. He taught at the Chouinard Art Institute of Los Angeles (now the California Institute for the Arts) and other institutions.
In the 1970s and 1980s Teske also became known for his "photo-grabs," which were informal auctions of his work in his studio
to friends, associates and former students. Teske died in 1996.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photography, Artistic
Videotapes
Audiocassettes
Sound recordings
Videocassettes
Audiotapes
Motion pictures (visual works)
Teske, Edmund, 1911-1996
Correspondence and personal files, Series I.
1933-1996, undated
Physical Description:
7.4 Linear Feet
(16 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Demonstrating Teske's interests in the theatre, politics and religion and his relationship with his family, colleagues and
critics, materials include business and personal letters, financial documents, health and employment records, sketches and
ephemera. Individual correspondents include Frank Lloyd Wright, Paul Strand, Edgar Tafel, Minor White and Aline Barnsdall,
among others.
Arrangement
Arranged in two subseries: Series I.A. Personal files; Series I.B. Correspondence.
Personal files, Series I.A.
1933-1995
Physical Description:
2.7 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged in rough chronological order.
box 1, folder 1
Legal documents,
1933-1970
Scope and Contents
Includes a handwritten list of Teske's residences, business cards and a photograph of Edmund Teske.
box 1, folder 2
War documents and employment chronology,
1934-1944
box 1, folder 3
Theater and acting,
1936-1956
Calendars and address books,
1939-1983, undated
box 2, folder 1-5
1964-1983
Scope and Contents
Includes a completed pre-registration form for the 1978 Society for Photographic Education National Conference.
box 2, folder 6
Handwritten miscellaneous addresses
box 2, folder 8
Blackroom notes and booklets,
1948
box 3, folder 1-2
Vedanta Society,
1950-1975
Scope and Contents
Includes Teske's Certificate of Ordination as a Minister of The Temple of Man.
box 3, folder 3
Landlord communications,
1953-1995
box 3, folder 4
Film (underground) / tv,
1970-1983
Scope and Contents
Includes some handwritten poems; KOCE film incorporating 41 photographs: "The Photographic Vision;" and Lighthouse Communications
"Photoprofiles," Parts I and II.
Miscellaneous,
1938, 1983-1984, undated
box 35*, folder 1
"Italian-Americans,"
1938 Mar 17
Correspondence, Series I.B.
1933-1996, undated
Physical Description:
4.7 Linear Feet
(13 boxes)
Arrangement
Folders labeled with individual names or subjects are arranged alphabetically, followed by assorted letters arranged chronologically
with undated letters at the end.
box 5, folder 1
Barnsdall, Aline,
1944-1948
box 5, folder 2
De Mille, Richard,
1954-1996
box 5, folder 4
Friends of Photography,
1981-1983
box 5, folder 5
Frontier Films,
1939-1958
box 5, folder 7
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation,
1941-1962
box 5, folder 8
Lawrence, Jane,
1943-1992
Meyer, Harvey, Gertrude and Judy,
1939-1996
box 6, folder 1
Moholy-Nagy, László,
1941
box 6, folder 2-3
Museum of Modern Art,
1959-1988
box 6, folder 4
Naef, Weston,
1974, undated
box 6, folder 5
National Endowment for the Arts,
1974-1976
Taliesin,
1936-1987, undated
box 6, folder 9
Masselink, Eugene,
1936-1942
box 6, folder 10
Wright, Frank Lloyd,
1937-1946
box 7, folder 1
Mailer design and letter,
1954, undated
box 7, folder 2-5
Miscellaneous correspondence and notes,
1979-1989
Scope and Contents
Includes generic letter of solicitation by Teske.
box 7, folder 6-10
Newsletter, bulletins and brochures,
1939-1994
box 7, folder 6
Hollyhock House,
1983-1986, undated
box 7, folder 9-10
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation,
1939-1994
box 7, folder 11
Newspaper clippings sent by Stel,
1985-1991
Teske, Lou, Stel and Loretta,
1939-1952
box 36
Color photographic material
box 12, folder 1
Wagstaff, John,
1976-1979
box 12, folder 5
Whitney, Jim,
1951-1963
Scope and Contents
Includes two mail artworks and an essay titled, "Towards Being Choicelessly Aware: The Immanent World of James Whitney."
box 12, folder 6
WPA- Federal Projects,
1939
box 35*, folder 2
Letter from George Herms,
1985 Oct. 4
Undated
Scope and Contents
Contains Christmas cards and Teske's draft letters.
box 36
Color photographic material
Professional files, Series II.
1958-1996
Physical Description:
2.8 Linear Feet
(7 boxes)
Arrangement
Organized in two subseries: II.A. Exhibitions; II.B. Teaching and speaking engagements.
Scope and Contents
Comprised of invitations, loan agreements, newspaper clippings, letters and notes relating to Teske's exhibitions; correspondence
and newspaper articles relating to photo-grabs; and teaching materials including course catalogs, class lists and workshop
invitations.
Exhibitions and photo-grabs, Series II.A.
1960-1996
Physical Description:
2.4 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
box 15, folder 1
The Sense of Abstraction in Contemporary Photograph (Feb. 16 - Apr. 10, 1960),
1960
Scope and Contents
At Museum of Modern Art, New York. Includes installation shots.
box 15, folder 2
Photography as a Fine Art (June 1961),
1961
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at the Carl Siembab Gallery.
box 15, folder 3
Photography by Edmond (sic) Teske (Aug. - Sept. 1961),
1961-1970
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at Pasadena Museum of Art. Includes reviews and installation shots.
box 15, folder 4
Photographs by Edmund Teske (Oct. 31 - Nov. 26, 1961),
1961
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
box 15, folder 5
Photography USA: National Invitational Photography, (Jan. 28 - Mar. 18, 1962),
1962
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at De Cordova and Dana Museum and Park.
box 15, folder 6
Six Photographers (1961-1963),
1961-1963
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at the Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana. Includes festival guides and receipts of purchase.
box 15, folder 7
Edmund Teske- His Work in Photography (Jan. 8 - Jan. 27, 1963),
1963
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at the Ceeje Gallery.
box 15, folder 8
Photographs by Edmund Teske (Mar. 20 - Apr. 21, 1963),
1962-1968
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at San Francisco Museum of Art. Includes a photograph of Teske.
box 15, folder 9
The Selective Vision (Jan. 1965),
1965
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at Palos Verdes Community Arts Association.
box 15, folder 10
Three Photographers (Oct. 3 - Oct. 30, 1967),
1967
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at Fine Arts Gallery, San Fernando State College, California. Includes exhibition booklets.
box 15, folder 11
Arts on Paper (1966),
1966
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at Long Beach Museum of Art. Contains one letter notifying Teske of a stolen print.
box 15, folder 12
Edmund Teske (Jun. 15 - Jul. 13, 1968),
1968
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at the Camera Work Gallery.
box 15, folder 13
The Film and Modern Art (Oct. 7 - Oct. 26, 1969),
1969
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at the Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles. Contains loan agreements from the City of Los Angeles.
box 15, folder 14
U.S.A. in Your Heart (1969),
1969
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at San Francisco Art Institute.
box 15, folder 15
Continuum (Apr. 22 - May 17, 1970),
1970
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at Downey Museum of Art, California.
box 15, folder 16
Edmund Teske Photographs (Mar. 14 - Apr. 2, 1970),
1960-1970
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago.
box 15, folder 17
Wizard of Moods: Photographs of Edmund Teske (Nov. 26 - Dec. 18, 1971)
1971
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at The Mammoth Gallery, Mammoth Lakes, California.
box 15, folder 18
Twenty-four from L.A. (Sept. 21 - Nov. 11, 1973),
1962-1983
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at San Francisco Museum of Art.
box 15, folder 19
Through One's Eyes (Sept. 30 - Nov. 4, 1973),
1973
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California.
box 15, folder 20
Light and Substance (1974),
1974
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at the University of New Mexico.
box 16, folder 1
The Shado Gallery (1974),
1974
Scope and Contents
Untitled solo exhibition.
[Barnsdall Park Show] (Sept. 18 - Oct. 20, 1974),
1974
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at the Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles. Contains a mock-up catalog and an invitation to
Teske's installation of photographs given by David and Michael Devine in memory of Aline Barnsdall dated May 6, 1978.
box 36
Color photographic material
box 16, folder 3
Photographic Imagery of Edmund Teske (Apr. 9 - May 4, 1974),
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at the Focus Gallery.
box 16, folder 4
Art on an Intimate Scale: Selections from the Work of Edmund Teske (Jun. 11 - Jul. 12, 1975),
1975
Abstract: Solo exhibition at the Re: Vision Gallery.
box 16, folder 5
Exposing: Photographic Definitions (Oct. 26 - Dec. 3, 1976),
1976-1977
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at The Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art.
box 16, folder 6
Edmund Teske (Dec. 9, 1976 - Jan. 9, 1977),
1976-1978
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at the Susan Spiritus Gallery. Includes correspondence.
box 16, folder 7
Art Through the Lens (Mar. 22 - Apr. 15, 1980),
1980
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at Pierce College Art Gallery.
box 16, folder 8
Photographs by Edmund Teske (Mar. 13 - Apr. 12, 1980),
1980-1981
Scope and Contents
At J. Hunt Galleries.
box 16, folder 9
Mono Lake Exhibition (Jun. 9 - Jul 27, 1980),
1980-1988
Scope and Contents
Travelling exhibition: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Oakland Museum, San Diego Museum of Natural History,
California Academy of Sciences Golden Gate Park and Western Association of Art Museums.
box 16, folder 10
Photographs of Edmund Teske (Sept. 19 - Oct. 10, 1980),
1980
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at The Friends of Photography.
box 16, folder 11
Edmund Teske: Photographs for Frank Lloyd Wright (Sept. 4 - Nov. 2, 1980),
1980-1984
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at The New Milwaukee Art Center.
box 16, folder 12
Cameravision Gallery,
1981
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition. Contains Teske's handwritten notes.
box 16, folder 13
The Nude: Paintings, Sculpture, Graphics (Feb. 12 - Mar. 14, 1983),
1983
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at Cambria Coast Gallery.
box 16, folder 14
Photography in California: 1945-1980 (Jan. 12 - Mar. 11, 1984),
1982-1984
Scope and Contents
Travelling group exhibition at San Francisco Museum of Art.
box 16, folder 15
The Nude in Modern Photography (Sept. 8, 1983 - Jan. 1984),
1983-1984
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition with one photograph by Teske at San Francisco Museum of Art. One loan agreement.
box 16, folder 16
Edmund Teske and Ben Posin: A Selection of Photographic Images (Apr. 10- May 19, 1985),
1985
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at the University of Southern California Atelier.
Edmund Teske: West Coast Masters Part II (Oct. 3 - Nov. 2, 1985),
1985
Scope and Contents
At the Silver Image Gallery.
box 16, folder 18
A Fifty Year Restropective (Nov. 29, 1985 - Jan. 15, 1986),
1985-1986
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at the Vision Gallery. Includes correspondence and price lists of Teske's works.
box 16, folder 19
Edmund Teske Retrospect (Sept. 12 - Oct. 25, 1986),
1986
Scope and Contents
Solo exhibition at Images.
box 16, folder 20
Picturing California: A Century of Photographic Genius (Aug. 26 - Nov. 6, 1989),
1981-1989
Scope and Contents
Traveling group exhibition at The Oakland Museum.
The Nude: Classic and Erotic (Jul. 19 - Sept. 1, 1990)
1980-1991
Scope and Contents
At The Silver Image Gallery. Includes a list of exhibitions from 1980.
box 16, folder 22
Symbol and Surrogate: The Picture Within (Oct. 1, 1989 - Apr. 30, 1990),
1989-1990
Scope and Contents
At the University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery.
box 16, folder 23
Photographing L.A Architecture (Jun. 8 - Jul. 6, 1991),
1991
Scope and Contents
Group exhibition at the Turner/Krull Gallery.
box 16, folder 24
Edmund Teske: Photographs - A Selection of Dayak Ancestral Figures (Dec. 4 - Jan. 8, 1994),
1994
Scope and Contents
At the Turner/Krull Gallery.
box 16, folder 25
Contemporary Photography: The California Focus (Mar. - Apr. 10, 1995),
1995
Scope and Contents
at UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center. Also contains correspondence from Gerald Nordland, Marian
Eber and Robert Heinecken unrelated to the exhibition.
box 35*, folder 4
"Edmund Teske's Photo-Grab" (Los Angeles Herald Examiner),
1979 Dec 2
box 35*, folder 3
[Adjacencies] (Feb. 28 - Mar. 6),
undated
Scope and Contents
Poster for the exhibition with Vahe Guzelimian at the Sol Mednick Gallery (Philadelphia College of Art).
box 17, folder 1
G. Ray Hawkins,
1979-1995
The Witkin Gallery,
1969-1982
Scope and Contents
Includes materials relating to exhibitions: A Survey of the Nude in Photography (Dec. 12, 1979 - Jan. 19, 1980), Edmund Teske
(May 17 - June 24, 1978), Edmund Teske (March 10 - April 4) and installation shots.
box 36
Color photographic materials
box 17, folder 4-5
George Eastman House,
1968-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes materials relating to exhibition: Edmund Teske (Jul. 5 - Aug. 22).
box 17, folder 8
Essays about Edmund Teske,
1974-1977
Scope and Contents
Writers include Don Brewer, Rosalind Wholden, Lois R. Fishman, Diane Wiseman, Jaki Beshears, Gerald Nordland and Anita Alexander.
box 18, folder 1
Correspondence,
1980-1996
box 18, folder 2
Invitations to exhibit,
1963-1994
box 18, folder 4-5
Print sales,
1973-1987
Scope and Contents
Includes materials relating to acquisitions of the Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, University of Colorado,
University of California, Los Angeles, University of Nebraska and David Devine.
box 18, folder 6-7
Reproduction requests,
1961-1993
Teaching and speaking engagements, Series II.B.
1958-1991
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
box 19, folder 1-3
UCLA extension,
1965-1979
Processing Information
Folder 3 is SEALED until 2030 because class lists include students' social security numbers. The following students were enrolled
in Teske's Photo workshops.
Photo. Workshop w/ E. Teske:
Abbott, James Beckwith;
Abrahams, David;
Anton, Don G.;
Appel, Earl Ameil;
Appleton, Donald Leon;
Aron, William S.;
Belson, Janice;
Benson, Claudia Jeanne;
Benson, Janice;
Blackham, Henry Rysdyk;
Boka, Victor Paul Jr.;
Briggs, Alfred W.;
Brown, Mark;
Buckley, Laurie;
Burgess, Edward Francis;
Butz, Bill;
Calderon, Charles Richard;
Campbell, Gary Steven;
Caruso, Douglas;
Chess, Toby Martin;
Cohen, Debra Marion;
Cohen, Steven Edward;
Colden, David Lewellen;
Colden, Gregory Marshall;
Collins, Mary K.;
Cress, James Fletcher;
Cucinotta, Joanna;
Curtis, Clyde H.;
Diamond, Sidney;
Doll, Ronald L.;
Drosin, Keith A.;
Ebbe, Catherine;
Falkenstien, Cheri Noel;
Feinstein, Donald;
Fidler, Eric Stephan;
Flaeck, Michael S.;
Fliegelman, Trudy;
Flint, Kenneth D.;
Fong-Powsner, Pamela;
Frauenholz, Ray B.;
Gablinger, Sylvie;
Gallas, Jane K.;
Gardner, Dina Barbara;
Gertler, Leonard Fred;
Gonthier, Roy Dean;
Gould, Arlene;
Green, Jan;
Greenky, Allen G.;
Grieb, Daniel Warren;
Grosz, Gregory Michael;
Harding, George Thomas;
Harris, Jeffrey Rudolf;
Hartwell, Vincent Shawn;
Hathaway, Lawrence E.;
Henderson, [Citas]N.;
Hertz, Jo Anne;
Houchins, Frankie V.;
Howard, Lauren Ilene;
Hwang, Kutyae;
Juracka, Francis S.;
Kendall, William;
Kendrick, Lyn E.;
Kistler, Fred;
Kober, Charles Merrill (Booey Kober);
Koniecy, Suzanne S.;
Krawczyk, John J.;
Krems, Susan Alexander;
Kuo, Chung-Ching;
Levine, Edward Martin;
Levinson, David B.;
Lohmann, Phillip Daniel;
Lott, Laurie Ann;
MacDonald, William C.;
Makuta, Benjamin Tsutomu;
Mann, Sam;
Manning, Charles R.;
Masten, William N.;
Mealey, Mark Patrick;
Merrill, Emerald H.;
Mitchell, Charles King;
Morrissette, Melynnda J.;
Murdock, Maureen;
Novak, Lorie A.;
Paulsen, Lloyd Dee;
Pellissier, James Robert;
Quittner, Marjorie L.;
Reynolds, Patricia J.;
Ritter, Jay F.;
Ross, Richard Michael;
Ross, Richard S.;
Tejada-Flores, Miguel A.;
Theurkauf, Joyce Ann;
Thomas, Morgan;
Tushinsky, Karalee A.;
Photo. Workshop (Adv. Black-White):
Alvarez, Joseph Salvador;
Beshears, Jacqueline E.;
Calmette, Mary Jeanette;
Domnitz, Richard Joel;
Fidler, Eric S.;
Grady, Peter;
Hanson, Wil;
Lapin, Robert B.;
Mandell, Michael L.;
Montgomery, Thomas Truman;
Powers, Randall;
Tetro, James Franklin;
Enchanted Isles-Galapagosn: Willie M. Funakoshi
box 19, folder 4
Other teaching engagements,
1967-1980
Scope and Contents
Schools and institutions where Teske taught include California State University, Los Angeles, Palos Verdes Community Arts,
Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Immaculate Heart College, Harvey Mudd College and Jewish People's Institute
of Chicago.
box 19, folder 5
Symposiums and lectures,
1960-1991
Scope and Contents
Symposium and lecture venues include Photographic Society of America, Symposium at Barnsdall Park / Gallery Theater, J. Paul
Getty Museum, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Knob Hill House, Palos Verdes Community Arts Association, Museum
of Modern Art, New York, Victor School, Topanga Historical Society and University of California, Los Angeles.
box 19, folder 6
Poetry reading at Barnsdall Park,
1958
Writings, interviews and artworks, Series III.
1933-1993, undated
Physical Description:
11.4 Linear Feet
(17 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Contains Teske's writings including his autobiography and poems; transcripts and audiovisual materials of Teske's interviews;
other artist's works including Ansel Adam's
Making A Photograph, several other publications, essays, mail artworks and exhibition files.
Arrangement
Arranged into three subseries: III.A. Writings; III.B. Interviews; III.C. Writings and artworks by others.
Writings, Series III.A.
1933-1984, undated
Physical Description:
6.5 Linear Feet
(9 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Poems,
1942-1975, undated
box 20
Published and unpublished poems,
1942-1957, undated
box 21, folder 1-5
Miscellaneous poems,
1950-1951, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes typewritten poems: "Shiva Shakti," "Song of the Boulevard" and "Divine Mother."
box 21, folder 6
Prose and poetry,
1951-1975, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from Evelyn [Thony] rejecting Teske's entries.
box 22
Poems on various media,
undated
box 23, folder 1-3
On photography,
1939-1976, undated
box 23, folder 4-5
Early musings and philosophy,
1933-1934, undated
box 23, folder 6
On Nathan Lerner,
1934-1984, undated
box 23, folder 7
Chicago writings,
1937, undated
Scope and Contents
See also box 33, folder 4 for original binder/case.
box 23, folder 8-10
Biography,
1980-1984, undated
box 24
Handwritten curriculum vitae,
circa 1977
"Emanations,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Six-volume draft of Teske's autobiography.
Interviews, Series III.B.
1973-1993, undated
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
box 28, folder 4
Hollyhock House,
1975
Scope and Contents
See also box 29 for two sound cassettes.
box 28, folder 5
Diane Weisman interview,
1976
box 28, folder 6
Michael Darzwin interview,
1977
Scope and Contents
See also box 29 for one sound cassette.
box 28, folder 7
Susan Larsen interview,
1980
Scope and Contents
Interviews conducted at Teske's home in Los Angeles; dates: May 27, 1980 and May 30, 1980.
box 28, folder 8
Larry Bump interview,
[1985]
box 28, folder 9
Darwin Marable interview,
1985-1986
box 28, folder 10
[Tape Transcript],
undated
Audiovisual materials,
1975-1993, undated
box 29, item C1
Dub. Ed Teske,
1975 Mar 11
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 ½ in., 1/8 in. tape.
See also box 28, folder 4 for transcript.
box 29, item C2
Teske/[Fellerton],
1975
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 ½ in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 29, item C3
Teske,
1976 Nov. 18
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 ½ in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 29, item C4
Edmund Teske/Michael Darzwin interview,
1977 Apr 4
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 ½ in., 1/8 in. tape.
See also box 28, folder 6 for transcript.
box 29, item C5
Interview with Larkin M. Higgins,
1982 Dec. 1
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 ½ in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 29, item C6
Interview with Edmund Teske by Jay Kugelman and Weston Naef,
1993
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo ; 3 7/8 x 2 ½ in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 30, item V1
Edmund Teske interviews,
1977
Scope and Contents
3 videocassettes(U-matic) : 3/4 in.
box 30, item V2
Talk about pictures,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (VHS) : 1/2 in.
box 30, item V3
Edmund Teske,
undated
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes(VHS) : 1/2 in.
box 30, item F1
Mono Lake,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 film reel : sd., mono., col. [?] : 16 mm. original.
box 30, item R1
[Edmund Teske],
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
Writings and artworks by others, Series III.C.
1935-1990, undated
Physical Description:
3.4 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name.
box 31, folder 1-9
Unpublished,
1973-1975, undated
box 31, folder 1
Judith Bernstein, "Photography Through Fourteen Eyes,"
1973
box 31, folder 2
Gerald Nordland on Edmund Teske,
1974-1975
box 31, folder 3
Aron Goldberg on Edmund Teske,
1975
box 31, folder 4
Gerard Manly Hopkins, Two poems,
undated
box 31, folder 6
"What's This?,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of excerpts from various publications.
box 31, folder 7
Henry Palmer, "How to look at the exhibition,"
undated
Published,
1935-1990, undated
box 31, folder 9-10
Miscellaneous reviews and articles,
1938-1987
box 31, folder 12
Trace,
1962-1963
Scope and Contents
Photographs include: "Los Angeles, 1959"
box 31, folder 13
U.S. World Camera Annual,
1966
Scope and Contents
Featured one photograph and a brief description of Teske.
box 31, folder 14
Journal From The Center
1974
box 31, folder 15
Poems by William Moritz,
1982
box 31, folder 16
Canadian International Animation Festival,
1984
box 31, folder 17
Lear's,
1990
Scope and Contents
Greta Garbo article.
box 31, folder 18
Illustration from Milton's
Paradise Lost,
undated
box 33
Ansel Adams,
Making A Photograph,
1935
Artworks,
1944-1993, undated
Wallace Berman,
1955, undated
box 34, folder 3
Papers relating to the Semina art gallery,
1959-1992, undated
box 35*, folder 9
Poster for the Third Los Angeles Film-Makers Festival
box 34, folder 6
Robert Heinecken,
1972-1973, undated
box 34, folder 7-8
Papers and artworks,
1962-1985
box 35*, folder 10
Poster for exhibition at Nicholas Wilder Gallery,
1973
box 34, folder 9
Flaven Hyland,
1993, undated
box 36
Color photograph of Jean Cocteau
box 34, folder 13
Papers,
1950-1953
Scope and Contents
Includes one essay, "Credo 1950."
box 35*, folder 11
Poster for exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago,
1964
box 34, folder 15
Unidentified mail artwork,
undated
Exhibitions by other artists,
1980-1984, undated
box 34, folder 17-18
Papers and ephemera,
1980-1984, undated
box 35*, folder 12
Poster for Frances and Robert Flaherty exhibition,
undated