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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
The Ellin Ente Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: A0012
Abstract
The Ellin Ente Oral History Project is a collection of oral history interviews with early collectors and dealers of American folk art, named for American Folk Art Museum volunteer Ellin Ente (1927-1998). Interviews were conducted by Patricia Keller.
Dates:
2003
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
The Francis Y. Duval and Ivan B. Rigby Early American Gravestone Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0042
Abstract
The Francis Y. Duval and Ivan B. Rigby Early American Gravestone Collection contains thousands of photographs and negatives of 17th-19th century gravestones from the American northeast. Also included is 150 plaster casts, and material related to exhibitions and journal articles that Duval and Rigby created.
Dates:
c. 1970-1989
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
The Historical Society of Early American Decoration Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0031
Abstract
In 1946, a group of students formed The Historical Society of American Decoration (HSEAD) to honor the memory and perpetuate the work of their teacher, Esther Stevens Brazer (1898-1945). Brazer, the accepted authority on Early American Decoration, was a pioneer in recognizing it as a valuable art form. The HSEAD Collection includes original stencils, ledgers, scrapbooks, and ephemera. The original stencils are by several prominent individuals, including Willian Page Eaton, George Lord,...
Dates:
Majority of material found in c. 19th century
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
The John Montelius Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0014
Abstract
The John Montelius Papers contain photographs, journals, and pamphlets created in America in the mid to late 1800s. The photographs portray members and friends of the Montelius family. The journals contain handwritten diary entries by John Montelius about his everyday life and focus on the weather and his family. The pamphlets are handwritten educational tools focused on mathematics, calligraphy, drawing, and geography and maps. Montelius was a farmer and calligraphy teacher who lived in...
Dates:
1829 - 1866
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
The Museum of American Folk Arts Exhibition Files (1966-1977)
Record Group
Identifier: A0002-2
Abstract
The record group contains exhibition files related to the American Folk Art Museum's exhibitions between 1966 and 1977, when the museum was called the Museum of American Folk Arts (MAFA). The files include a range of materials, such as correspondence, checklists, installation and object photography, publicity and press releases, and more.
Dates:
1966 - 1986
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
The Museum of Early American Folk Arts Exhibition Files (1962-1966)
Record Group
Identifier: A0002-1
Abstract
The record group contains exhibition files related to the American Folk Art Museum's earliest exhibitions (1962-1966), when the museum was called the Museum of Early American Folk Arts (MEAFA). The files include a range of materials, such as correspondence, checklists, installation and object photography, publicity and press releases, and more.
Dates:
1962 - 1966
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
We Are All Here, A Family Song
Item — Object: 1
Identifier: A0018
Abstract
We Are All Here, A Family Song is an illustrated song book in the fraktur tradition by F.T. Mygatt, donated by Philip M. Isaacson.
Dates:
1884-04-25
Found in:
American Folk Art Museum Archives
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- Goldsmith, Deborah (1808-1836) 1
- Gordon, John, (1921-2003) 1
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- 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
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- Ketchum, William C., Jr., (1931- ) 1
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