Box 21

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains materials related to The Art of the Decoy: American Bird Carving (Schiffer Publishing, 1982). This includes photographs, handwritten drafts, and notes, as well as scrapbooks with collaged elements. The correspondence with other decoy collectors and artists often include photographs, original watercolors, and drawings of decoys. The photographs in the scrapbook had become detached from the pages because the glue had worn off over...

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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: The Guennol Collection is a collection of artwork assembled by the Alastair Bradly Martins on long-term loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum. The second volume of the collection catalog was assembled in 1982; Earnest wrote several chapters on items in the collection by American folk artists. This series contains early drafts of each chapter with handwritten notes and edits, as well as two notebooks with research notes and early versions of the typewritten drafts....

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 The series also includes an unpublished essay of Earnest’s childhood memories of a man who lived by the High Tor Mountain titled, “The Legend of Elmer Van Olden.”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 financial and insurance records for Earnest’s home and car, veterinarian information for her dog, and her personal correspondence. There are contracts and correspondence about donations of artwork made by Earnest to the museum. Financial documents, such as copies of checks Earnest wrote to the museum, and tax materials that included Earnest’s Social Security number, have been moved to a box of confidential materials. The majority of correspondence is decoy-related,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes financial and insurance records for Earnest’s home and car, veterinarian information for her dog, and her personal correspondence. There are contracts and correspondence about donations of artwork made by Earnest to the museum. Financial documents, such as copies of checks Earnest wrote to the museum, and tax materials that included Earnest’s Social Security number, have been moved to a box of confidential materials. The majority of correspondence is decoy-related,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes financial and insurance records for Earnest’s home and car, veterinarian information for her dog, and her personal correspondence. There are contracts and correspondence about donations of artwork made by Earnest to the museum. Financial documents, such as copies of checks Earnest wrote to the museum, and tax materials that included Earnest’s Social Security number, have been moved to a box of confidential materials. The majority of correspondence is decoy-related,...

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This series contains paperwork and photographs in relation to artwork exhibited at and purchased by the Stony Point Art Gallery. There are also several news clippings of reviews of specific shows and the gallery in general. There are several catalogs and invitations to exhibitions.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains paperwork and photographs in relation to artwork exhibited at and purchased by the Stony Point Art Gallery. There are also several news clippings of reviews of specific shows and the gallery in general. There are several catalogs and invitations to exhibitions.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series was previously arranged into subject categories and organized alphabetically by American Folk Art Museum librarians Rita Keckeissen and Eugene Sheehy in 1993. Files are divided into different categories that are further categorized into different artists, art institutions, and other folk art collections. The artist files include correspondence between artists and Earnest, as well as information related to exhibitions that included these artists. There are some material and...