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Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains materials related to Folk Art in America: A Personal View (Schiffer Publishing, 1984). This includes several typewritten and handwritten drafts of the text and photo captions. There is a large mounted photograph of the artist William Edmondson and correspondence related to research and publishing of the book.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains essays and the correspondence related to their creation. This includes two essays written by Earnest that were to be the foreword to books about decoys, as well as several articles about American folk artists and collecting, which were published in newspapers and magazines. The series also includes an unpublished essay of Earnest’s childhood memories of a man who lived by the High Tor Mountain titled, “The Legend of Elmer Van Olden.” In addition to materials written by...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains essays and the correspondence related to their creation. This includes two essays written by Earnest that were to be the foreword to books about decoys, as well as several articles about American folk artists and collecting, which were published in newspapers and magazines. The series also includes an unpublished essay of Earnest’s childhood memories of a man who lived by the High Tor Mountain titled, “The Legend of Elmer Van Olden.” In addition to materials written by...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series includes original artwork and prints, including original illustrations created for the Art of the Decoy and Folk Life in America.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is loosely arranged to reflect the order of the collection as a whole. The first two subseries contain photographs from The Art of the Decoy , and photographs related to decoys; the third subseries contains photographs related to Folk Art in America; the fourth contains personal photographs; the fifth, galleries; and lastly, the photographic subject files. Beyond the sub-series, the photographs were largely kept in...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is loosely arranged to reflect the order of the collection as a whole. The first two subseries contain photographs from The Art of the Decoy , and photographs related to decoys; the third subseries contains photographs related to Folk Art in America; the fourth contains personal photographs; the fifth, galleries; and lastly, the photographic subject files. Beyond the sub-series, the photographs were largely kept in...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is loosely arranged to reflect the order of the collection as a whole. The first two subseries contain photographs from The Art of the Decoy , and photographs related to decoys; the third subseries contains photographs related to Folk Art in America; the fourth contains personal photographs; the fifth, galleries; and lastly, the photographic subject files. Beyond the sub-series, the photographs were largely kept in...