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Robert Bishop Research Files
Collection
Identifier: A0039
Abstract
The Robert Bishop Research Files contain research material related to Bishop's research and teaching interests in folk art, particularly furniture. It contains primarily secondary source material including photographs, new clippings, and articles. Bishop collected these files as a resource for his many published books about furniture, as well as for teaching at the Folk Art Institute.
Dates:
1970s-1980s
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Robert Bishop's Tintypes
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: A0071
Abstract
This collection contains three whole plate tintypes (8.5" x 6.5"). They are portrait photographs, depicting a single woman, a single man, and a duo of younger women respectively. There is very little provenance for these items at this time. The photos depict individuals that appear to be from the 19th century, however the date that these photos were taken or created is unknown. All three tintypes are hand-tinted or painted. The tintype depicting the pair of younger women shows the most...
Dates:
undated
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Roy Marie Williams Quilting Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0025
Abstract
The Roy Marie Williams Quilting Collection includes a variety of quilting patterns from Texas and national publications from approximately 1929 to 1950s.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1929-1950s
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Sara Lynn Henry collection related to Elijah Pierce
Collection
Identifier: A0050
Scope and Contents
The material includes about 70 slides of Pierce in his studio and barbershop, as well as images of his work. The slides were taken with an art historian's camera.
There are also four reels of audio recordings. One has an interview between Henry and Pierce, the next has notes that Henry made to herself about the visit. The other two were given along with the collection, but it is suspected they are both blank reels. The audio reels have been digitized.
Dates:
1974
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Spoons associated with Whig Rose and Swag Border Quilt (2012.8.1)
Item — Box: AFAM OS-3
Identifier: A0047
Dates:
Record Keeping: stored in the archive as of fall 2016
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Subject Files
Collection
Identifier: A0004
Scope and Contents
The “Topical Subject” files, which form an important part of the “Bishop Files,” are a collection of articles, photocopies of books or parts of books, newspaper clippings and hundreds and hundreds of splendid photographs (8x10 b and w, glossy prints) covering subjects that reflect Dr. Bishop’s many interests in antiques, folk art, printing, sculpture, pottery, furniture and many more aspects of the arts. Datable materials are chiefly from the 1970s, but both earlier and later years are...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970s-1980s
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Susan H. Kelly and Anne C. Williams Gravestone Rubbings
Collection
Identifier: A0023
Abstract
The collection contains 136 mounted gravestone rubbings, created by Susan H. Kelly and Anne C. Williams, between 1977 and 1983. The rubbings represent gravestones dated 1650 to 1800. The stones are from all across New England, with the majority being from Connecticut.
Dates:
1977 - 1983
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Tevis Audiocassette Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0019
Abstract
The Tevis Audiocassette Collection includes thirty-two audiocassettes of lectures given by Bob and Pat Coblentz to docents in 1977 and 1978, and guest lecture series from 1976 to 1980. The lectures were recorded by American Folk Art Museum docent Eleanora Tevis.
Dates:
1976 - 1980
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
The Charles B. and Janice M. Rosenak Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0009
Abstract
The Charles B. and Janice M. Rosenak Collection contains photography, oral history interviews, and a small amount of research material relating to folk artists. The Rosenaks, major collectors of folk art, added to their collections by traveling around the United States and meeting with artists in their home and work studio environments. The artists featured in this collection are primarily artists from the Southeast and Appalachia, as well as Navajo and Hispanic artists of the Southwest. The...
Dates:
1960 - 2010
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
The Daniel and Jessie Lie Farber Gravestone Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0036
Abstract
The Farber gravestone collection depicts approximately 600 gravestones in photographic prints and slides. The gravestones were primarily carved before 1800, and are in the northeast region of the United States. Daniel and Jessie Lie Farber were early gravestone enthusiasts, and helped to form the Association for Gravestone Studies.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1976 - 1984
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
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- Folk art -- United States 14
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- Tombs & sepulchral monuments 5
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- Decoy carvers 2
- Diaries 2
- Folk art, Pennsylvania Dutch 2
- Interviews (Sound recordings) 2
- New Orleans (La.) 2
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- Rubbing -- New England 2
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- Wood-carvers 2
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- Names
- Bishop, Robert, (1938-1991) 7
- American Folk Art Museum 6
- Neal, Avon, (1922-2003) 3
- Parker, Ann, (1934-) 3
- Black, Mary, (1922-1992) 2
- Brazer, Esther Stevens, (1898-1945) 2
- Earnest, Adele, (1901-1993) 2
- Fendelman, Helaine W. , (1942- ) 2
- Fried, Frederick, (1908–1994) 2
- Hemphill, Herbert Waide, (1929-1998) 2
- Holdridge, Barbara C., (1929- ) 2
- Holdridge, Lawrence Barrett, (1910-1998) 2
- Wise, Edith C. 2
- Atkins, Jacqueline M. 1
- Auriti, Marino, (1891-1980) 1
- Bacot, H. Parrott 1
- Bellamy, John Haley, (1836-1914) 1
- Borkowski, Mary K., (1916-2008) 1
- Bragaline, Edward A., (1906-1999) 1
- Byam, John, (1929-2013) 1
- Chand, Nek, (1924-2015) 1
- Cummins Snively Crosier Pauling, Emma (1848-1923) 1
- DaLee, Justus, (1793-1878) 1
- DaLee, Richard Waterman Moffitt, (1809–1868) 1
- Darger, Henry, (1892-1973) 1
- Davies, David L., (1926-2012) 1
- Doherty, Joseph P. 1
- Duval, Francis Y. 1
- Ente, Ellin F., (1927-1998) 1
- Fagaly, William A. 1
- Farber, Daniel L., (1906-1998) 1
- Farber, Jessie Lie, (1920-2013) 1
- Fasanella, Eva, (1920-2006) 1
- Fasanella, Ralph, (1914-1997) 1
- Finster, Howard, (1916-2001) 1
- Firmani, Colette Auriti 1
- Gasperi, Richard 1
- Gladstone, Mike J., (1923-2015) 1
- Goldsmith, Deborah (1808-1836) 1
- Gordon, John, (1921-2003) 1
- Gordon, Leah 1
- Historical Society of Early American Decoration 1
- Isaacson, Philip M., (1924-2013) 1
- Johnson, Bruce , (1949-1976) 1
- Jones, Louis C., (1908-1990) 1
- Keller, Patricia 1
- Kelly, Susan H. 1
- Ketchum, William C., Jr., (1931- ) 1
- Kogan, Lee 1
- Kopp, Joel 1
- Kopp, Nancy 1
- Kornblau, Gerald, (1928-2011) 1
- Krolik, Day 1
- Krolik, Jean 1
- Krüsi, Hans, (1920-1995) 1
- Lerner, Kiyoko 1
- Lipman, Jean, (1909-1998) 1
- Meeuwse, Eveline 1
- Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West (Organization) 1
- Miller, Melvin C., Jr. 1
- Montelius, John A., (1813 - 1878) 1
- Montgomery, George, (1924-1997) 1
- Mygatt, Frederick Thomas, (1811-1853) 1
- Noble, Nigel 1
- O'Neal, Charles T. 1
- Phillips, Ammi, (1788-1865) 1
- Polley, Claudia Anne, (1949- ) 1
- Pryor, Samuel Frazier, Jr., (1898-1985) 1
- Rigby, Ivan B., (1908-2000) 1
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1
- Rosenak, Charles B., (1927- ) 1
- Rosenak, Janice M., (1930-2012) 1
- Sabbathday Lake (Me.) 1
- Savitsky, John "Jack", (1910-1991) 1
- Starr, Nina Howell, (1903-2000) 1
- Tepper, Phyllis A. 1
- Tevis, Eleanora 1
- Weissman, Julia, (1917-2015) 1
- Whipple, Wallace E., (1933-2000) 1
- Willey, Philo Levi “Chief” (1887-1980) 1
- Williams, Anne C. 1
- Williams, Roy Marie, (1931-2013) 1
- Wilson, Delmer Charles, (1873-1961) 1
- Wojciechowsky, Agatha, (1896-1986) 1
- von Bruenchenhein, Eugene, (1910-1983) 1 ∧ less
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