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Adele Earnest Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0008
Abstract
The Adele Earnest Papers contain photographs; correspondence with folk artists, folk art collectors, and institutions related to folk art; original research and drafts of Earnest’s published works; and other writings regarding folk artists. Earnest was the owner of Stony Point Art Gallery, which sold and exhibited folk art. A great deal of this collection pertains to Earnest’s work at the Stony Point Art Gallery. Earnest was also a founding trustee of the American Folk Art Museum, and the...
Dates:
1913 - 1993
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
AFAM Press and Publicity Files
Collection
Identifier: A0001-1
Scope and Contents
The AFAM Press and Publicity Files were compiled by Susan Flamm, the Musuem's long-time Director of Public Relations. The press files include the majority of the print publicity published between 1972-2011, ranging from newsprint to magazines and othe printed matter.
Newspaper from before 1980 has been preservation photocopied.
The material covers all of the American Folk Art Museum's major exhibitions, as well as events such as house tours, quilt festivals, auctions, and more.
The material covers all of the American Folk Art Museum's major exhibitions, as well as events such as house tours, quilt festivals, auctions, and more.
Dates:
1972 - 2011
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
American Folk Art Museum Publication Files
Record Group
Identifier: A0001-4
Scope and Contents
The collection is primarily photographs from the publications listed. Some of the photographs have caption information written on the verso.
Dates:
1972 - 2007
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Barbara and Lawrence Holdridge Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0016
Abstract
After purchasing an Ammi Phillips painting in 1958, the Holdridges began their extensive research into the artist’s life and work. Their research identified more than three hundred portraits done by Phillips and proved the theory that A. Phillips, the Border Limner, and the Kent Limner were all one artist, Ammi Phillips. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and research notes related to the Holdridges' Ammi Phillips research.
Dates:
1958 - 1996
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Cane Makers Photograph
Item — Box: AFAM-1, Folder: 11
Identifier: A0026
Abstract
The Cane Makers Photograph is a photograph that shows seven men in a cane-making workshop, with several bins and barrels of canes visible.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
David Davies Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0011
Abstract
David Davies (1926-2012) was a collector of American folk art. He served on the board of the American Folk Art Museum from 1990 to 2010. His papers include two general files on folk art and folk artists, as well as alphabetical artist and photograph files, primarily of artists featured in his personal collection. Included in these files are photographs, correspondence between Davies and artists or dealers, printed matter from exhibitions, and press clippings.
Dates:
1963 - 1991
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Delmer C. Wilson Sabbathday Lake Photographs
Collection — Box: AFAM OS-2, Folder: 6
Identifier: A0027
Abstract
The Delmer C. Wilson Sabbathday Lake Photographs is a collection of nine photographs taken by Delmer C. Wilson of the landscape at the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake, Maine.
Dates:
c. 1923
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Diary of Emma Cummins Snively Crosier Pauling
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: A0059
Abstract
This collection comprises a handwritten diary created by Emma Cummins Snively Crosier Pauling in the late 19th century. Emma Cummins Snively Crosier Pauling was born in Pennsylvania in 1848, and after a life spent in the American West and Northeast, died in Pennsylvania in 1923. The diary chronicles Emma Cummins Snively Crosier Pauling’s daily life in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Pennsylvania in the 1880s through 1890. It primarily traces her life during her fourth and final marriage, and beyond...
Dates:
1842-1870, 1884-1890, 1906, 1936; Majority of material found within 1884 - 1890
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Eleanor Loos Boelte Quilt Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: A0053
Abstract
The Eleanor Loos Boelte Quilt Collection primarily contains quilt kit materials used by Eleanor Loos Boelte (1906-2000), likely in her late-teens to early adulthood, or approximately the mid 1920s to the early 1940s. Materials in this collection directly relate to a pink and white embroidered kit quilt made by Boelte, which was accessioned into the American Folk Art Museum’s collection in 2014. This collection exemplifies the process of making kit quilts in the early 20th century and is...
Dates:
Materials in this collection are likely from the 1920s-1940s, although many are undated specifically the textile materials and quilting supplies.
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
Encyclopedic Palace Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0015
Abstract
The collection consists of supplemental research material related to the Encyclopedic Palace, including early photographs, material related to obtaining a patent, and Auriti’s handwritten description of the Monumento Nazionale Progetto Enciclopedico Palazzo.
Dates:
1955 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1957
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
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- Byam, John, (1929-2013) 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
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- Farber, Daniel L., (1906-1998) 1
- Farber, Jessie Lie, (1920-2013) 1
- Fasanella, Eva, (1920-2006) 1
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- 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
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- Kornblau, Gerald, (1928-2011) 1
- Krolik, Day 1
- Krolik, Jean 1
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- 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
- Phillips, Ammi, (1788-1865) 1
- Pryor, Samuel Frazier, Jr., (1898-1985) 1
- Rigby, Ivan B., (1908-2000) 1
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