This collection includes over 750 of Holme's original drawings
and etchings, 142 reproductions, 134 original drawings by students and associates, and
all nine Bandar Log Press books; as well as correspondence, photographs, news clippings,
and articles relating to the School of Illustration and the Bandar Log Press. In
addition to Holme, authors of the Bandar Log Press books are Charles Dryden, William
Robinson, Kirke La Shelle, and George Ade. Holme's drawings are illustrations for news
stories, including coverage of the 1897 Luetgert trial and the 1893 World Columbian
Exposition; drawings of people, theatrical performances, "life and times" scenes of the
1890s; political events and politicians, including coverage of the 1896 Democratic
presidential convention, and political cartoons.
Collection Number:
MS 001
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Biographical Note
John Francis (Frank) Holme was a newspaper artist, chiefly in Chicago; he was the
founder of the School of Illustration, Chicago and also founded the Bandar Log Press,
1895-1904, located successively in Chicago, Asheville, N.C., and Phoenix, Ariz.
Scope and Content Note
This collection includes over 750 of Holme's original drawings and etchings, 142
reproductions, 134 original drawings by students and associates, and all nine Bandar Log
Press books; as well as correspondence, photographs, news clippings, and articles
relating to the School of Illustration and the Bandar Log Press. In addition to Holme,
authors of the Bandar Log Press books are Charles Dryden, William Robinson, Kirke La
Shelle, and George Ade. Holme's drawings are illustrations for news stories, including
coverage of the 1897 Luetgert trial and the 1893 World Columbian Exposition; drawings of
people, theatrical performances, "life and times" scenes of the 1890s; political events
and politicians, including coverage of the 1896 Democratic presidential convention, and
political cartoons. Student and staff work from the School of Illustration includes one
or two drawings each from various artists such as W.W. Denslow, John T. McCutcheon,
Cyrus Leroy Baldridge, Wilfred B. Shaw, and Joseph C. Leydendecker. Photographs are of
Holme, his family, and friends. News clippings and articles are either examples of
Holme's work or about him. Also included are two signed Maxfield Parrish illustrations,
one signed Bertha Jacques etching, and one W. Nicholson print of Queen Victoria.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers,
employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he
or she is an owner of copyright.
Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Baldridge, Cyrus Leroy, 1889-1977
Bradley, Will, 1868-1962
CheĢret, Jules, 1836-1932
Denslow, W.W. (William Wallace), 1856-1915
Detaille, Edouard, 1848-1912
Gibson, Charles Dana,
1867-1944
Guillaume, Albert,
1873-1942
Holme, John Francis, 1868-1904 --
Archives
Leyendecker, Joseph C.
Luetgert, Adolph Louis,
1845-1899
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949
Mucha, Alphonse, 1860-1939
Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966
Penfield, Edward, 1866-1925
Shaw, Wilfred B.
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1864-1901
Corporate Name(s)
Bandar Log Press
School of Illustration (Chicago, Ill.)
Geographic Name(s)
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial
works
United States -- History -- 1865-1921 -- Caricatures and
cartoons
Subject(s)
Drawing -- Study and teaching -- United States
Drawing, American -- Specimens
Editorial cartoons -- United States -- Specimens
Etching, American -- Specimens
Illustrators -- United States -- History
Newspaper court reporting -- United States -- History -- 19th
Century
Frank Holme: letters to LeRoy Baldridge, 1901-1903
1
3
Frank Holme: photographs and sketches of,
1
4
Frank Holme: photographs of friends and family,
1
5
Frank Holme: photographs and sketches of friends and
associates,
1
6
School of Illustration, Chicago: miscellaneous material,
Scope and Contents
Includes advertisements, articles and photographs of staff.
1
7
Bandar Log Press: miscellaneous material,
Scope and Contents
Includes list of stockholders, a prospectus, check-list and drawings by E.
Powers, etc.
1
8
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1891-1931
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Ray Brown to Frank Holme, (one letter, no date).
Frank Holme to his niece, Agnes Taylor, (nine letters,
1897-1902).
Kirke LaShelle to Ray Brown and W. W. Denslow, ( two letters, December
21, 1891 and May 11, 1903).
Mrs. Frank Holme to Wilfred Shaw, (three letters, 1906, 1931).
1
9
Holme items at the Huntington Library,
Scope and Contents
List, photocopies of five letters from Kirke LaShelle (1902-1903) and
Patricia Paylore's notes on Holme material (January 1961).
1
10-11
Holme items at West Virginia University,
Scope and Contents
List, photocopies of drawings, clippings, and correspondence of Vause
Marshall with Mrs. Frank Holme (1905, 1938-1940) and various others
(1938-1941). Also an article about Frank Holme by Marshall.
1
12
Holme items at Southern Methodist University (DeGolyer
Collection),
Scope and Contents
List, with photocopies of four letters from Frank Holme to C. F. Witmarsh
(1903) and one letter from Charles Sloan to Miss McMurrary (no date).
Correspondence: Charles Sloan and University of Arizona
Library, 1933-1939
2
2
Correspondence: Edwin B. Hill and University of Arizona
Library, 1935-1947
2
3
Correspondence: Edwin B. Hill and various, (also some notes on
Holme), 1929-1947
2
4
Correspondence: University of Arizona Library and
various, 1934-1986
Scope and Contents
Includes LeRoy Baldridge, Kirke LaShelle, Wilfred Shaw and Holme
relatives.
2
5
Articles from The Inland Printer
, circa 1904
Scope and Contents
"All About the Bandar Log Press." (original and photocopy).
"Frank Holme, Artist."
"The Man at the Window," by Thomas Wood Stevens (review of The Poker Rubaiyat).
"The Bandar Log Press."
"The Palette and Chisel Club."
2
6
Rudolph H. Gjelsness: drafts of articles and talks, notes,
correspondence, etc,
2
7
"Radio Talk," by Fredrick Cromwell. Arizona
Network , November 13, 1941
2
8
Articles published in Arizona
Highways , 1943 & 1968
Scope and Contents
"The Bandar Log Press," by Frederick Cromwell, March 1943.
"All About the Bandar Log Press," by Tim Kelly, January 1968,
accompanied by color reproductions of The Poker
Rubaiyat used in the article.
box
3
Sketch book,
Scope and Contents
Drawings and sketches, chiefly pencil. Most are probably by Holme, but some
are signed by W. W. Denslow and others. A number are sketches of Holme.
Includes holograph notes.
A great many of the artists represented could not be fully identified, either from
the signatures on their drawings or in bibliographical sources. It is probably
that many of the students did not achieve public recognition, but users of the
collection who can further identify them are urged to consult with the
Department's Manuscript Librarian.
box
16
School of Illustration, Chicago: student and staff work, (40
items),
box
17
School of Illustration, Chicago: student and staff work, (48
items),
box
18
School of Illustration, Chicago: student and staff work, (53
items),
box
19
Oil paintings by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge (2 items), Post-Holme
era,
Dean Eva. F. H. Ysleta, Texas: Edwin B.
Hill, 1935
Frank Holme Memorial Group. Bulletin. no.
1-21, 1938-1945?
Gjelsness, Rudolph H. Frank Holme: Newspaper
Artist and Designer of Books. New York, 1935. Extract from The Colophone, n.s., no. 2
Goudy, Frederic W. Frank Holme. Ysleta,
Texas, 1942. "these notes... are transcripts from conversations with Fred W.
Goudy by one of the students in the School of Illustrations."
Hammond, John C. Founder of the Bandar Log Club
and his Meteoric Career. Ysleta, Texas: Edwin B. Hill,
1936
Hill, Edwin B. Frank Holme: A Friend.
Ysleta, Texas: Edwin B. Hill, 1904
Hill, Edwin B. More Than a Memory. Ysleta,
Texas: Edwin B. Hill, 1936 (2 copies)
McDougall, Isabel. "Frank Holme, Newspaper Artist." Chicago, 1898.
Extracted from Brush and Pencil, v. 2, 1898
(photocopy)
96 posters by Edward Penfield, Maxfield Parrish, Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules
Cheret, Guillaume, Alphonse Mucha, Edouard Detaille, William H. Bradley,
Charles Dana Gibson, the Leyendecker brothers and other American, French amd
German artisits collected by Frank Holme for the School of Illustration in
Chicago. Also includes some magazine covers by the poster artisits
represented.
