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"From the Mind's Eye" American Self Taught Art in the Twentieth Century

 Collection
Identifier: A0034
Abstract

This collection consists of paper and moving image materials for the film From the Mind’s Eye. The film was directed by Nigel Noble and produced by Claudia Polley. These interviews and the footage produced were meant to coincide with the exhibition "Self-Taught Artists of the 20th Century: An American Anthology.”

Dates: Majority of material found within 1993; 1993 - 1998

Gerald Kornblau Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0017
Abstract

Gerald Kornblau was an authority on American folk art and a dealer who sold works to private and museum collections. This collection contains reference material on specific objects from the Kornblau Gallery, some of which eventually came to be in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum. Also included is reference material on American folk art painting and sculpture, including rare eighteenth-century manufacturer catalogs of weathervanes and decorative objects.

Dates: 1970 - 2000

Gerald Kornblau Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0076
Abstract

The Gerald Kornblau Photograph Collection is comprised of 806 vernacular photographs and photographic objects. The collection is the result of years of collecting and curating by folk art dealer and photographer Gerald Kornblau.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1850s-1930s

Groat and Miller Family Bibles and Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: A0044
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two family bibles, each with family records of births, deaths and marriages, as well as ephemera including photographs, newspaper clippings, a lock of hair, and more. The Groat and Miller family bibles descended with the families, and were given to the Museum with a quilt made by Catherine Miller (1844-?).

Dates: Publication: 1869; Publication: 1826; c. 1876-1908, 1944

Henry Darger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0006
Abstract The Henry Darger Papers measure approximately 110 linear feet and range in date from 1909 to 1971. The collection holds the complete manuscripts of Darger’s books. His writings also include personal diaries and journals.Source and Visual Material in the collection contain elements Darger used in his paintings and include clippings from coloring books, comic books, and newspapers. Visual Material in the collection include photographic prints and negatives, Darger’s own traced...
Dates: 1909 - 1971

Howard Finster Poster Mock-Up

 Collection — Box: AFAM OS-1, Folder: 7
Identifier: A0021
Abstract

Howard Finster created a poster for the 1990 exhibition The Road to Heaven Is Paved by Good Works: The Art of Reverend Howard Finster at the Paine Webber Art Gallery (September 21, 1989-January 5, 1990). This is the original artwork used in the poster.

Dates: 1989-07-14

J. W. Fiske Iron Works Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0052
Scope and Contents This collection contains material related to J. W. Fiske Iron Works, including a photocopy of a newspaper clipping from 1925, and five catalogs and brochures advertising the various designs manufactured by the company. The newspaper article was published in the New York Herald Tribune, Sunday February 22, 1925. It pertains to the Fiske Iron Works and weathervanes. The author speaks with Joseph Winn Fiske about weathervanes. The article contains illustrations of weathervane designs....
Dates: 1925, undated

Jack Savitsky Letter

 Item — Box: AFAM-1, Folder: 10
Identifier: A0028
Abstract

The Jack Savitsky Letter is a biographical letter written by Savitsky in 1981. It incudes a sketch of a coal miner.

Dates: 1981

Jean and Day Krolik Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0029
Abstract

The Jean and Day Krolik Papers contain material related to the Krolik collection of tinsel paintings. The collection contains correspondence with both the Henry Ford Museum and the American Folk Art Museum; an appraisal of the Krolik collection from 1975; articles about tinsel paintings; including some written by Jean Krolik and published in The Clarion, and photographs of some of the paintings in the collection.

Dates: 1966 - 1993

Jean Lipman's Little Black Book

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: A0032
Abstract

Jean Lipman's Little Black Book is a small, four-ring binder that contains Lipman’s handwritten records of the Cooperstown collection, plus article ideas and notes related to Art in America.

Dates: 1938 - 1950

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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
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 1
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Williams, Anne C. 1
Williams, Roy Marie, (1931-2013) 1
Wilson, Delmer Charles, (1873-1961) 1
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