Jeffrey and C. Jane Camp papers

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Jeffrey and C. Jane Camp papers

1969-[ca. 1990]

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Correspondence, photographs, slides, files, and printed material concerning the Camp's interest and business in American folk art. Correspondence with dealers, artists, and others, including Miles B. Carpenter, S.L. Jones, Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., Randall and Shari (Cavin) Morris, Phyllis Kind, Carl Hammer, Robert Bishop, Susan Hankla, Victor Musgrave, Roger Cardinal, Gregg Blasdel, Edwin Shelton, Elsa Weiner, and John Beardsley; files on artists Howard Finster, S.L. Jones, Carpenter, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Nellie Mae Rowe, Uncle Jack Dey, Lanier Meaders, Leslie J. Payne, Patsy Billups, and others; photographs of Miles Carpenter, his wood sculpture, and his family, and autobiographical writings by Carpenter; printed material on the American Folk Art Company; clippings, articles, exhibition catalogs, and other printed material about American folk art; and ca. 2,000 photographs of folk art. Ca. 50 letters from Howard Finster to Jeffrey Camp; writings by Finster; Camp's notes on Finster; price lists of works by Finster; receipts; and a letter from Camp's lawyer concerning Finster. Slides, 1973-1983, of works of art and artists including Patsy Billups, Miles B. Carpenter, Howard Finster, Russell Gillespie, Charles T. Gleason, S.L. Jones, Sister Gertrude Morgan and Leslie J. Payne taken by Camp. Papers, received in 1999, are primarily a donation of the material previously lent and microfilmed on reels 4067-4070, although some additional material was also donated. The addition most likely does not include material on reel 4080 relating to Howard Finster.

8 Linear feet (partially microfilmed on 5 reels); 5.4 Linear feet (Addition)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7308833

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Camp, C. Jane (Catherine Jane), 1953-

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Folk art collectors; Richmond, Va. From the description of C. Jane and Jeffrey Camp interviews, 1987 Dec. 2-1988 Jan. 15 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312024954 C. Jane Camp, b. 1953, Jeffrey Camp, b. 1944, Folk art collectors of Richmond, Va., Ross Shire Scotland. From the description of Oral history interview with C. Jane and Jeffrey Camp, 1987 Dec. 2-1988 Jan. 15 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397084 ...

Gleason, Charles T.

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Jack, Uncle, 1912-1978.

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Bishop, Robert Charles

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d. 1991 From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78651102 ...

Camp, Jeff, 1944-

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Folk art dealers, collectors; Richmond, Va. Owned and managed the American Folk Art Company, 1972-1976, Richmond and Tappahannock, Virginia, whose stock included paintings and sculpture by self-taught artists Howard Finster, Miles B. Carpenter, S.L. Jones, Leslie J. Payne, Russell Gillespie and others. The Camps are recognized as key figures in the folk art market of the 1970s. From the description of Jeff and Jane Camp papers, 1969-[ca. 1990]. (Unknown). Wor...

Hemphill, Herbert Waide

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Herbert Waide Hemphill papers (1929-1998) was a folk art collector from New York, N.Y. Hemphill was one of the founders of the Museum of American Folk Art. He organized several significant folk art exhibitions, and is the co-author of "Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artist." From the description of Herbert Waide Hemphill papers, 1776-1998, bulk 1876-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821023 Folk art collector; New York, N.Y...

Rowe, Nellie Mae, 1900-1982

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Gleason, Charles T.

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Morris, Randall C., 1955-

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Randall Morris was a dentist from Mountain Home, Idaho. In the 1970s, he was a co-founder of the Committee for Idaho's High Desert (CIHD) which is Idaho's largest desert conservation organization. The CIHD is a member of the Idaho Wildlands Defense Coalition. From the description of Randall Morris papers, 1984-1989. (University of Idaho Library). WorldCat record id: 488776353 ...

Hankla, Susan

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Payne, Leslie J., 1907-1981.

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Longhauser, Elsa Weiner

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Beardsley, John

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Camp, Jane, 1953-

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Shelton, Edwin.

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American Folk Art Company.

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Carpenter, Miles B. (Miles Burkholder), 1889-1985

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Shelton, Edwin.

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GILLESPIE, RUSSELL

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Camp, Jeffrey Thomas, 1944-

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Folk art dealers, collectors; Richmond, Va. Owned and managed the American Folk Art Company, 1972-1976, Richmond and Tappahannock, Virginia, whose stock included paintings and sculpture by self-taught artists Howard Finster, Miles B. Carpenter, S.L. Jones, Leslie J. Payne, Russell Gillespie and others. The Camps are recognized as key figures in the folk art market of the 1970s. From the description of Jeffrey and C. Jane Camp papers, 1969-[ca. 1990]. (Unknown...

Finster, Howard, 1916-2001

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Self-taught visionary artist; Georgia. From the description of Howard Finster papers, 1932-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502741 From the description of Howard Finster illustrated letter and cards, [ca. 1981]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122546159 The Reverend Howard Finster emerged from the rural Appalachian culture of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia to become one of America's most important creative personalities in the last quarter of the twen...

Jack, Uncle, 1912-1978.

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Jones, S. L. (Shields Landon), 1901-

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Cardinal, Roger

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Kind, Phyllis

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Billups, Patsy.

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Blasdel, Gregg N.

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Musgrave, Victor

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Meaders, Lanier 1917-1998.

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Hammer, Carl.

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Gillespie, Russell.

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American Folk Art Company.

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Morgan, Gertrude

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Billups, Patsy.

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Cavin, Shari

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