Doris Leeper Papers 1951-1999

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Doris Leeper Papers 1951-1999

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The Doris Leeper Papers contain scrapbooks and catalogs that chronicle the artistic career of the Florida artist, Doris Leeper. Founder of the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, this collection highlights Leeper's early years as a graphic artist through to her later years as a renowned Florida artist.

27 Scrapbooks; 91 Exhibition Catalogs; 6 linear feet

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Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,

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Doris Leeper

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Doris “Doc” Leeper was a renowned Florida artist and environmental activist. Leeper was a founder of the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach and instrumental in the creation of the Canaveral National Seashore and the Spruce Creek Preserve, renamed the Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve in memoriam. A Florida Alliance for Arts Education Award in named in her honor and in 1999 Leeper was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Leeper was born in Charlo...

Leeper, Doris, 1929-

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Doris "Doc" Leeper was a renowned Florida artist and environmental activist. In 1961 Leeper left the commercial graphics field to work in sculpture and painting full-time and has works in almost 100 public collections. After she moved to New Smyrna Beach in 1958, Leeper became very involved with the protection of the Canaveral Seashore and a leader in environmental protection. She was also instrumental in founding the Atlantic Center for the Arts, an internationally renowned artists community. S...