Colby was Professor Emeritus of Art.

Topics include development of art program from 1950s, previous situation of art program in 1920s-1930s (especially studio and kiln), move to Kitteridge, printmaking presses, art league, exhibits, community involvement, Kitteridge gallery (exhibit space and teaching tool), art department collection (especially Chinese prints), personnel on the art faculty, Frances Chubb, ceramics with Carlton Ball and Ken Stevens, training in Midwest, work as artist and teacher (woodcuts, etchings, lithographs, silkscreen, watercolors), Northwest rain and mountain patterns, Oriental aesthetics of China, India, Japan, Sumi, Zen, semesters abroad in 1960s, sabbaticals (especially China), retirement.