Inventory of the Ellen I. Schutt Pomological Watercolors,
Sara Gunasekara
Department of Special Collections
General Library
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-5292
Phone: (530) 752-1621
Fax: (530) 754-5758
Email: speccoll@ucdavis.edu
© 2014
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Creator:
Schutt, E. I. (Ellen Isham)
Title: Ellen I. Schutt Pomological Watercolors,
Date (inclusive): 1911-1915
Extent:
0.8 linear feet
Abstract: Ellen Isham Schutt (1873-1955) was an illustrator with the United States Department
of Agriculture who was active from 1904-1914. This collection contains 286 original watercolors of fruits,
mostly apples, rendered by Schutt for the University of California.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as
many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special
Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-453
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Biography
Ellen Isham Schutt was born April 15, 1873 in Arlington, Virginia. Schutt was active from 1904-1914 as an
illustrator with the United States Department of Agriculture.
According to Dillon Brown's
The Department of Pomology, University of California, Davis, Miss
E.I. Schutt-Blackburn was a pomological artist with the Department of Agriculture at the Berkeley campus
from 1914-1915.
She passed away December 5, 1955 in Falls Church, Virginia.
Scope and Content
The collection contains 286 original watercolors of fruits, mostly apples, rendered by Schutt for the
University of California. The watercolors illustrate examples of a variety of conditions including cold
storage, core rot, injury damage, and moth damage, among others. The apples are usually shown in two views:
a full view and a half section.
The watercolors are arranged in specimen number order.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online
public access catalog.
Schutt, E. I. (Ellen Isham)
University of California, Davis. Dept. of
Pomology
Fruit-culture--Pictorial works
Watercolor painting
Botanical illustration
Apples--Pictorial works
Women illustrators--United States
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Sara Gunasekara was assisted by student employee Jane Oh in the processing of this collection in 2008. In 2015, the online
images were added with assistance from student employees Carena Leung and My-Hanh Nguyen and Metadata Librarian Jared Campbell.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ellen I. Schutt Pomological Watercolors, D-453, Department of Special Collections,
General Library, University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library,
University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Box 1:1
List of paintings for the University of California by E.I. Schutt
1913
Box 1:2
Paintings for University of California
1914 December 7
Box 1:3
No. 132 Yellow Newtown, Mr. Norhdew, Pajaro Valley, California
1914 December
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:4
No. 133 King, G.M. Robertson, Sebastopol, California
1914 December
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:5
No. 135 Grimes, W.L. Howard, Columbia, Missouri
1914 December
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:6
No. 136 Seedling, Paradise, California
1914 December
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 1:7
No. 137 Alexander, Humboldt Co., California
1914 December
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:8
No. 138 Duchess, Humboldt Co., California
1914 December
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:9
No. 139 Bismarck, Watsonville, California
1914 December
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:10
No. 140 Esopus, F.C. Reimer, Rogue River Valley, Oregon
1914 December
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:11
No. 141 Esopus, F.C. Reimer, Rogue River Valley, Oregon
1914 December
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:12
No. 142 Grimes, H.S. Bird, North Yakima, Washington
1915 January
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:13
No. 143 N.A. Greening, William Harrison, Grand Junction, Colorado
1915 January
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:14
No. 144 McIntosh, Michigan
1915 January
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:15
No. 145 Wagener, I. Ford, Oak Glen, California
1915 January
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:16
No. 146 Wagener, Prof. Eustace, Michigan
1915 January
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 1:17
No. 147 Ben Davis, Paradise Valley, California
1915 January
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:18
No. 148 Yellow Bellflower, Watsonville, California
1915 January
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:19
No. 149 Yellow Bellflower, Paradise Valley, California
1915 January
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:20
No. 151 Jonathan, William Harrison, Grand Junction, Colorado
1915 January
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:21
No. 152 Jonathan, H.S. Bird, North Yakima, Washington
1915 January
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:22
No. 153 Jonathan, Mendocino, California
1915 January
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:23
No. 154 Jonathan, Prof. Eustace, Lansing, Michigan
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:24
No. 155 Sierra Beauty, Paradise Valley, California
1915 January
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:25
No. 158 Jonathan, Walla Walla, Washington
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:26
No. 159 Fameuse, Corvallis, Oregon
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:27
No. 160 Striped Fameuse, Corvallis, Oregon
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:28
No. 161 Ortley, Hood River, Oregon
1915 February
Physical Description:
4 watercolors
Box 1:29
No. 162 Twenty Ounce, Mendocino, California
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:30
No. 163 Twenty Ounce, Corvallis, Oregon
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:31
No. 164 Canada Baldwin, H.J. Eustace, Michigan
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:32
No. 165 Shiawassee, H.J. Eustace, Michigan
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:33
No. 169 Grimes, Grand Junction, Colorado
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:34
No. 171 Cook's Seedling, Sonoma, Dr. Huffman, Petaluma, California
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:35
No. 172 Rainier, H.S. Bird, Portland, Oregon
1915 February
Physical Description:
3 watercolors
Box 1:36
No. 173 Winter Banana, Wenatchee, Washington
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:37
No. 174 Winter Banana, Wenatchee, Washington
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:38
No. 175 Winter Banana, Colorado
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:39
No. 176 Winter Banana, Watsonville, California
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:40
No. 177 Gloria Mundi, Humboldt Co., California
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:41
No. 178 Fallawater, Mendocino Co., California
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:42
No. 179 Lady Washington, Humboldt Co., California
1915 February
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:43
No. 180 Collins, Oak Glen, California
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:44
No. 181 Yellow Newtown, Watsonville Cold Storage, California
1915 March
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 1:45
No. 182 Yellow Newtown, Watsonville Cold Storage, California
1915 March
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 1:46
No. 183 Missouri Pippin, Colorado
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:47
No. 184 Missouri Pippin, Logan, Utah
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:48
No. 185 Esopus, Hood River, Oregon
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:49
No. 186 Fallawater, Mendocino Co., California
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:50
No. 187 Oliver, Logan, Utah
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:51
No. 188 Smith's Cider, Colorado
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:52
No. 189 Smith's Cider, Paradise Valley, California
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:53
No. 190 Smith's Cider, Inyo, California
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:54
No. 191 Winter Banana, Michigan
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:55
No. 192 Northern Spy, Michigan
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:56
No. 193 Northern Spy, Hood River, Oregon
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:57
No. 194 Northern Spy, Humboldt Co., California
1915 March
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 1:58
No. 195 Northern Spy, Walla Walla, Washington
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:59
No. 196 Vandetere, Humboldt Co., California
1915 March
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 1:60
No. 197 Opalescent, Santa Clara, California
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:61
No. 198 Smith's Cider, Oak Glen, California
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:62
No. 199 Sutton Beauty, Michigan
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:63
No. 200 Wagner, Logan, Utah
1915 March
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:64
No. 201 Stark, Michigan
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:65
No. 202 R.I. Greening, Oak Glen, California
1915 April
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 1:66
No. 203 Stayman Winesap, Wenatchee, Washington
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:67
No. 204 Stayman Winesap, Oak Glen, California
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:68
No. 205 Stayman Winesap, North Yakima, Washington
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:69
No. 206 Delicious, Oak Glen, California
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:70
No. 207 Delicious, North Yakima, Washington
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:71
No. 209 Rome Beauty, Idaho Exhibit, Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco,
California
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:72
No. 210 Gano, Idaho Exhibit, Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, California
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:73
No. 211 Ben Davis, Idaho Exhibit, Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco,
California
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:74
No. 212 Winter Banana, Idaho Exhibit, Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco,
California
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:75
No. 213 Huntsman, Missouri
1915 May
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:76
No. 214 Delicious, Colorado
1915 May
Physical Description:
4 watercolors
Box 1:77
No. 215 Delicious, Wenatchee, Washington
1915 May
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:78
No. 216 Delicious, Watsonville, California
1915 May
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:79
No. 217 Red Cheek (Monmouth), North Yakima, Washington
1915 May
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:80
No. 218 King, Corvallis, Oregon
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:81
No. 219 Melon, Corvallis, Oregon
1915 April
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 1:82
No. 220 Pewaukee, Michigan
1915 May
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:1
No. 221 Minkler, Humboldt Co., California
1915 May
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:2
No. 222 Stark, Humboldt Co., California
1915 May
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:3
No. 223 Pappleton, Michigan
1915 May
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:4
No. 224 Baldwin, Hood River, Oregon
1915 May
Physical Description:
4 watercolors
Box 2:5
No. 225 Baldwin, Humboldt Co., California
1915 May
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:6
No. 226 Stayman Winesap, Walla Walla, Washington
1915 May
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:7
No. 227 Stayman Winesap, Santa Clara Co., California
1915 May
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:8
No. 228 Rome Beauty, Oak Glen, California
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:9
No. 229 Rome Beauty, North Yakima, Washington
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:10
No. 230 Hoover, Paradise Ridge, California
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:11
No. 231 Gano, North Yakima, Washington
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:12
No. 232 Yellow Newtown, Wenatchee, Washington
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:13
No. 233 Greening, Michigan
1915 May
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:14
No. 234 Rank, Michigan
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:15
No. 235 Roxbury Russet, Michigan
1915 May
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:16
No. 236 Golden Russet, Michigan
1915 May
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:17
No. 237 Winesap (light), Paradise Ridge, California
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:18
No. 238 Winesap (dark), Paradise Ridge, California
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:19
No. 239 Winesap, Colorado
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:20
No. 240 Winesap, North Yakima, Washington
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:21
No. 241 Winesap, Wenatchee, Washington
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:22
No. 242 Winesap, Walla Walla, Washington
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:23
No. 243 Winesap, Oak Glen, California
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:24
No. 244 Winesap, Missouri
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:25
No. 245 Arkansas Black, Wenatchee, Washington
1915 July
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:26
No. 246 Arkansas Black, North Yakima, Washington
1915 July
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:27
No. 247 Arkansas Black, Paradise Ridge, California
1915 July
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:28
No. 248 Arkansas Black, Oak Glen, California
1915 July
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:29
No. 249 Arkansas Black, Walla Walla, Washington
1915 July
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:30
No. 250 Arkansas Black, Hood River, Oregon
1915 July
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:31
No. 252 Ben Davis, Wenatchee, Washington
1915 July
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:32
No. 253 Ben Davis, Logan, Utah
1915 July
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:33
No. 254 Ben Davis, North Yakima, Washington
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:34
No. 255 Ben Davis, Walla Walla, Washington
1915 July
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:35
No. 256 Ben Davis, Mendocino Co., California
1915 July
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:36
No. 257 Black Ben Davis, Paradise Ridge, California
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:37
No. 258 Black Ben Davis, Oak Glen, California
1915 July
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:38
No. 259 Gano, Logan, Utah
1915 July
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:39
No. 260 Gano, Wenatchee, Washington
1915 July
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:40
No. 261 Rome Beauty, Hood River, Oregon
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:41
No. 262 Rome Beauty, Walla Walla, Washington
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:42
No. 264 Salome, North Yakima, Washington (H.S. Bird)
1915 June
Physical Description:
2 watercolors
Box 2:43
No. 31005 and 31006 York Imperial
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:44
No. 31546 and 31549 Washington Navel
undated
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:45
No. 33302 and 33361 R.I. Greening
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:46
No. 33398 and 33399 Baldwin
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:47
No. 33697 and 35827 R.I. Greening
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:48
No. 33882 and 33883 Baldwin
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:49
No. 34048 and 34049 Northern Spy
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:50
No. 35695 and 35696 Yellow Bellflower
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:51
No. 40094 and 40095 Grimes
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:52
No. 43248 and 43249 Baldwin
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:53
No. 49937 Missouri Pippin
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:54
No. 49938 Newtown Pippin
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:55
No. 49939 Newtown Pippin
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:56
No. 50379 Missouri Pippin
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:57
No. 50380 Missouri Pippin
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:58
No. 50620 Yellow Newtown
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:59
No. 50624 Yellow Newtown
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:60
No. 50625 Yellow Newtown
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:61
No. 50631 Wither Tip
1911 May
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:62
No. 50805 Colletotrichum and Melanose
1914 June
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:63
No. 55190 Jonathan
1914
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:64
No. 55279 Jonathan
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:65
No. 55397 Ben Davis
1914
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:66
No. 55810 Esopus
1914
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:67
No. 55810 Spitzenberg
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:68
No. 56162 Jonathan
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:69
No. 56540 Rome
1914
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:70
No. 58729 Rome Beauty
1914 July
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:71
No. 59157 Rome
1914 July
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:72
No. 59949 Rome Beauty
1914 July
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:73
No. 62124 Arkansas
1914 July
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:74
No. 62622 Rome
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:75
No. 62623 Rome
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:76
No. 62624 Rome
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:77
No. 62624 Rome
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:78
No. 62954 Esopus
1914
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:79
No. 62954 Esopus
1914
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:80
No. 62954 McIntosh
1913
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:81
No. 68628 Tompkin's King
1914
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:82
No. 68629 Tompkin's King
1914
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:83
No. 69023 Yellow Newtown
1914 July
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:84
No. 70121 N.W. Greening
1914
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:85
No. 71350 Yellow Newtown
1914 July
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:86
No. 71351 Yellow Newtown
1914 July
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
Box 2:87
No. 71437 Winesap
1914
Physical Description:
1 watercolor
