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Jimmy Hedges papers and Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery records, 1969-2016, bulk 1991-2013

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Series 3: Artist Files, 1985-2016
4.6 Linear feet
Boxes 5-9, 31, 33, OV 32

Found here are nearly 200 files containing Hedges's documentation on outsider, folk, and self-taught artists. Files may contain artist fact sheets written by Hedges, postcards, brochures, correspondence, photographs, and purchase and sales records. Research material on artists include newspaper and magazine clippings, photocopies of publications, and exhibition catalogs. A few files also include digital photographs and recordings. One videocassette is included in the file on Herbert Hemphill and one sound cassette is included in the file on Howard Finster. Also found are three folders containing research material on quilters and the Southern quilting tradition. Researchers should note that Hedges's extensive collection of photographs of artists and their artwork is included in Series 8: Photographic Material. The 2018 addition contains further material on Purvis Young.
Files are arranged alphabetically by name of artist, followed by files containing single fact sheets on miscellaneous artists in alphabetical order.
Description Container Select
Minnie and Garland Adkins, circa 1993-2014
5
4
Leroy Almon, circa 1991-2007
5
5
Wayne Anderson, 2011-2012
Includes born-digital records, see ER04
5
6-7
Wayne Anderson, Digital Photographs, 2012
0.018 Gigabytes
14 computer files
ER04
Eddie Arning, circa 2000s
5
8
Jessie Aron, circa 2007
5
9
Herbert Baggett, circa 1998
5
10
Jace Barnett, 2010
5
11
Nathaniel Barrow, 2000
5
12
Leonard "Stickman" Belcher, circa 1992-1994
5
13
Hector Alonzo Benavides, circa 2005
5
14
Mozell Benson, undated
5
15
Ned Berry, circa 2007
5
16
Georgia Blizzard, 1994-2010
5
17
Carl Block, 2007
5
18
Wess Bobo, undated
5
19
Hawkins Boldin, circa 1997
5
20
Frank "Preacher" Boyle, circa 1993
5
21
Alan Wayne "Haint" Bradley, 1999-2013
Includes born-digital records, see ER05-ER06
5
22-24
Alan Wayne "Haint" Bradley, Artwork, Digital Photographs, 2009
0.049 Gigabytes
12 computer files
ER05
Alan Wayne "Haint" Bradley, Artwork, Digital Video Recordings, 2009
0.344 Gigabytes
Five computer files
Works described in videos: Family of Circles Having Fun; Tubular Stationary Rotary Mechanism; Behind Granpaw's Toolshed; Odyssey Merging with the Flow; and, Vanilla Blue.
ER06
Fred Bradford, circa 2012
5
25
Jerry Brown, 1989-2013
Includes one videocassette (VHS).
5
26-27
Katherine "Panky" Brown, "Panky's Pantry Secrets Revisited", Digital Photographs and Documents, 2004
0.004 Gigabytes
23 computer files
ER07
Richard Burnside, circa 2006
5
28
Vernon Burwell, circa 1990s
5
29
Shane Campbell, circa 2009-2010
5
30
Y. G. Casey, circa 2009
5
31
Henry Ray Clark, circa 1989-2000
5
32-33
Raymond Coins, circa 1989-1990s
5
34
Jerry Coker, circa 2002
6
1
Jim Collins, circa 1990s-2007
Includes born-digital records, see ER08-ER09
6
2-3
Irish Odyssey, Interactive Digital Presentation, 2004
0.042 Gigabytes
One computer file
Click on Slideshow-Player.exe to render presentation.
ER08
Volumes, Digital Presentation, 2001
0.036 Gigabytes
One computer file
ER09
Charles Counts, circa 2000-2011
6
4-5
Burlon Craig, 2002-2011
6
6
William Cross, 2007
6
7
Harrold Crowell, circa 2007
6
8
John Culver, 2012
6
9
David Dorman, 2009
6
10
Patrick Davis, circa 2000s
6
11
Alva Gene Dexhimer, 1997, 2004
6
12
Thornton "Buck" Dial, circa 1990s-2011
6
13
Burgess Dulaney, circa 1990s-2001
6
14
Roger Dorset, circa 2009
Includes born-digital records, see ER10
6
15
And That's What Happened, Digital Video Recording, 2009
0.909 Gigabytes
Two computer files
ER10
Brian Dowdall, circa 1990s
6
16
Gerald "Creative" DePrie, circa 1990s
6
17
William Edmonson, circa 1988-1990s
6
18
Minnie Evans, circa 2005
6
19
Nora Ezell, 1991-2003
6
20-21
Howard Finster, circa 1990s
Includes 1 sound cassette.
Oversized material housed in OV 32.
6
22-23
Walter Fleming, circa 2000s
6
24
Sybil Gibson, circa 1990s
6
25
Lee Godie, circa 2007
6
26
Lewis Gravitt, circa 2011
6
27
Homer Green, circa 1990s
6
28
Joseph Charles Hardin, circa 2000s
6
29
Otesia Harper, circa 1990s-2002
6
30
Alyne Harris, circa 2000s
6
31
Bessie Harvey, 1990s-2002
6
32
All the Way to the Worldle, Digital Video Recording, 2006
0.685 Gigabytes
Three computer files
ER11
Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr., 1989
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
"Studios at the Lakes - A Tribute to Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr."
Mark Hewitt, 2009
6
34
B. R. Hilton, circa 2006
6
35
Lonnie Holley, 1990s
Oversized item housed in OV 32.
6
36
Danny Hoskinson, 1996-2010
Includes born-digital materials, see ER12
6
37-40
Danny Hoskinson, Digital Photographs, 2008
0.024 Gigabytes
Nine computer files
ER12
Stephanie Howard, 2013
6
41
Robert Howell, circa 1996
6
42
L. V. Hull, circa 1990s
6
43
Clementine Hunter, 1993, circa 2010-2014
6
44
Mark Issenberg, circa 2001, 2008
6
45
Alvin Jarrett, circa 1990s
6
46
James Harold Jennings, 2002
6
47
Anderson Johnson, circa 2000s
7
1
Daniel Johnson, circa 2006, 2010
7
2
Mama Johnson, circa 1998
7
3
S. L. Jones, circa 1990s
7
4
Gertrude Kasday, 2003, 1985
Includes born-digital materials, see ER13
7
5
Gertrude Kasday, Digital Photographs, 2003
0.063 Gigabytes
14 computer files
ER13
Rosemary Kocsy, circa 1995-1998
7
6
George Kornegay, circa 1990s-2000s
7
7
George Lafone, circa 2003
7
8
Paul Lancaster, circa 1990s
7
9-10
Billy Lemming, circa 1989-1990s
7
11
Joe Lewis Light, 1993-2006
7
12
Woodie Long, 1985-2010
7
13
Charlie Lucas, 1996-2011
7
14
Makiki, circa 1996
7
15
Rebecca Marshall, 2006-2007
7
16
Mbuti (Pygmy) Women, circa 2006
7
17
Wayne D. "Mad Mac" McCaffrey, circa 2000s
7
18
Echo McCallister, circa 1990s
7
19
Justin McCarthy, circa 2010
7
20
Carl McKenzie, 1994
7
21
Mario Mesa, circa 1990s
7
22
R. A. Miller, 2006-2008
7
23
Sister Gertrude Morgan, circa 2008-2012
7
24
A. J. Muhammed, circa 1992-1996
7
25
Karen Reinert, circa 2005
7
26
Royal Robertson, circa 1990s
7
27
Simone Robinson, circa 1996
7
28
Juanita Rogers, circa 2007
7
29
Marie Rogers, circa 2003-2007
7
30
Sulton Rogers, 1992-2008
7
31
Max Romain, circa 1999
7
32
Cher Shaffer, 2007
7
33
Steve Shepard, 1993
7
34
Charles Simmons, 1994-2008
7
35-36
Kevin Simmons, 1997-2012
7
37
Bernice Sims, circa 2000s
7
38
Herbert Singleton, 2006-2007
7
39
Julia Sisi, 2008
7
40
Lucille Smith, circa 2007
7
41
Mary Tillman Smith, circa 2000s
7
42
Charles Stagg, circa 1990s
7
43
Sterling Strauser, 1994-2010
7
44
Vannoy Streeter, circa 1990s
7
45
David Strickland, circa 1990s
7
46
Jimmie Lee Sudduth, circa 1993-2008
7
47
Johnnie Swearingen, circa 1990s
7
48
Stanley Szwarc, circa 1997-2002
7
49
Sarah May Taylor, circa 1990s-2000s
7
50
James "Son" Thomas, circa 1990s
7
51
Annie Mural Tolliver, circa 1990s
7
52
Mose Tolliver, circa 2000s
8
1
John Henry Toney, circa 1990s-2007
8
2
Tom and Judy Touchstone, circa 2007-2008
8
3
Bill Traylor, 1997-1998
8
4
Tago Trejo, circa 1990s
8
5
Eugene Von Bruckenheim, 2010
8
6
Albert Wagner, circa 1990s
8
7
Hubert Walters, 1997-2009
8
8
Gregory "Mr. Imagination" Warmack, 2008-2010
8
9
Derek Webster, circa 2000s
8
10
Dick and Maggie Wenstrup, circa 1999-2008
8
11
Myrtice West, circa 1994-2005
8
12
Charlie Willeto, circa 2007
8
13
Wallace Knox Wilkinson, 1985-2008
8
14
Purvis Young, 1990s-2006
Includes born-digital materials, see ER14
8
15-16
Purvis of Overtown, a film by David Raccuglia and Shaun Conrad, Digital Video Recording, 2006
3.16 Gigabytes
Four computer files
ER14
Purvis Young, circa 1990s-2016
33
1-9
Miscellaneous, A-Z, circa 1990s-2000s
8
17-18
Artist Biographies Binder, circa 1900s
8
19
Artist Biographies Binder, circa 2000s
8
20-23
Artist Biographies Binder, circa 2000s
8
24-26
Artist Biographies Binder, circa 1990s
8
27-28
Compiled Artist Biographies, 1990s, 2007
8
29
Quilts and Quilters, circa 1990s
9
1-3
Oversize Howard Finster Document from Box 6, Folder 22, circa 1990s
OV 32
Oversize Lonnie Holley Document from Box 6, Folder 36, circa 1995
OV 32
Artist Biographies, Digital Documents, 2004-2007
0.001 Gigabytes
15 computer files
ER15

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