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YouTube Videos

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Creator:

Archives of American Art  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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edanmdm:yt_U37Be9vqcjA

Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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2009-12-01T20:13:28.000Z

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Music  Search this

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Cultural property  Search this

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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edanmdm:yt_U9Ze6aQYDDY

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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edanmdm:yt_nkh-c7ENH5E

Creator:

Kirwin, Liza  Search this

Names:

Archives of American Art  Search this

Hemphill Folk Art Collection  Search this

National Museum of American Art (U.S.)  Search this

Extent:

0.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Video recordings

Date:

1985-1989

Scope and Contents:

Photographs, slides, and video of self-taught artists taken by Liza Kirwin, Southeast Regional Collector, Archives of American Art, when traveling for the Archives.

Subjects include Howard Finster, Vollis Simpson, Clyde Jones, Dilmus Hall, Mary Smith, David Butler, Royal Robertson, Horacio Valdez, Eddie Owens Martin, Burgess Dulaney, Joseph Fury, Sam Doyle, James "Money Man" McClain, and William C. Rice. Many photographs include images of works of art. Two video recordings taken by Kirwin are of Horacio Valdez at his home in Dixon, New Mexico, in conversation with Andrew L. Connors, Associate Curator, National Museum of American Art (NMAA), and Tonia L. Horton, October 20, 1987, on a research trip in preparation for the exhibition, "Made with Passion: The Hemphill Folk Art Collection in the National Museum of American Art," 1990.

Also found are contact sheets and slides of Finster taken by Smithsonian photographer Richard Strauss on the occasion of filming of "The Living Smithsonian" for Smithsonian World (public television) at Finster's Paradise Garden in Penville, Georgia, January 1988.

Biographical / Historical:

Liza Kirwin is a curator, arts administrator and author, and Deputy Director and former Southeast Regional Collector, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Provenance:

Donated 2015 by Liza Kirwin.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Self-taught artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Identifier:

AAA.kirwliza

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw969537a74-5d24-47da-8ec3-c738027e7ea4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kirwliza

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (approximate)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Business records

Sound recordings

Negatives

Video recordings

Correspondence

Plans (drawings)

Memorandums

Photographic prints

Videotapes

Notes

Audiocassettes

Contracts

Slides (photographs)

Audiotapes

Digital images

Date:

June 23-July 4, 1995

Summary:

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Scope and Contents note:

This collection documents the planning, production, and execution of the 1995 Festival of American Folklife. Materials may include photographs, audio recordings, motion picture film and video recordings, notes, production drawings, contracts, memoranda, correspondence, informational materials, publications, and ephemera. Such materials were created during the Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as well as in the featured communities, before or after the Festival itself.

Arrangement note:

Arranged in 6 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Program Books, Festival Publications, and Ephemera

Series 2: The Cape Verdean Connection

Series 3: The Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation

Series 4: Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women

Series 5: Russian Roots, American Branches: Music in Two Worlds

Series 6: Special Events

Historical note:

The Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998.

The 1995 Festival of American Folklife was produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies and cosponsored by the National Park Service.

For more information, see Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Introduction:

The 1995 Festival featured American Indian women's musical traditions, the heritage of the Czech Republic and Czech Americans, music of Russian and Russian American groups, and the cultural life of the Cape Verdean community. These programs testified to the vitality of the human spirit, and to how people, ideas, and forms of cultural expression increasingly cross boundaries of geography, politics, language, race, and gender. Special events included evening concerts devoted to African immigrant communities in the Washington, D.C. area and a memorial concert for Festival founding director, Ralph Rinzler.

Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women presented the musical culture of American Indian women. The program examined how these women express their identity through the use of a variety of musical forms - from traditional songs of home to contemporary songs of Indian life, from the appropriation of men's music to the fusion of root music with country, folk, blues, and gospel.

The Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation provided a broad survey of the ways national, regional, ethnic, and local traditions have been defined in a complex state located at the crossroads of Central Europe. The "Velvet Revolution" of 1989 and the separation of the Czech and Slovak Republics in 1993 have prompted further examinations of cultural identity, the relationship between the state and popular expression, creativity and tradition. Czech Americans, too, have looked at these changes and the reestablishment of relationships to their ancestral homeland.

A third program, Russian Roots, American Branches: Music in Two Worlds, explored the musical culture of Old Believers and Molokans, Russian religious communities created in the 17th and 18th centuries. The program united immigrant communities long established in the United States with those from Russia, and brought together people who, although separated by generations and different social environments, have nonetheless faced parallel issues with regard to cultural persistence and adaptation.

All these programs involved complex institutional arrangements, local-level research and documentation, and strong commitment to and pride in Festival representation. The Cape Verdean Connection program well demonstrated these processes. Cape Verde is an independent island nation and former Portuguese colony located off the west coast of Africa. Cape Verdean Americans, now numbering about 400,000, most born and raised here, historically settled in New England during the 18th century, playing instrumental roles in the whaling and cranberry industries. Cape Verdeans had an important story to tell about their role in American life, their immigrant and continuing transnational cultural experience, their multiracial heritage, and their enduring sense of community - a story with much to tell others as well. Cape Verdeans provided the impetus for the Festival program, carried out most of the research in concert with Smithsonian scholars, led the effort to raise funds from governments, foundations, corporations, and individuals through benefit dances, auctions, and other community events, and, as is fitting, joined with the Smithsonian to share their experiences with the American public.

The 1995 Festival took place during two five-day weeks (June 23-27 and June 30-July 4) between Madison Drive and Jefferson Drive and between 10th Street and 13th Street, south of the National Museum of American History and the National Museum of Natural History (see site plan). It featured four programs and several special events.

The 1995 Program Book included schedules and participant lists for each program; essays provided background on the Festival and each of the four programs.

The Festival was co-presented by the Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service and organized by the Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies.

Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies

Richard Kurin, Director; Richard Kennedy, Deputy Director; Diana Parker, Festival Director; Anthony Seeger, Director, Smithsonian/Folkways Recordngs; Peter Seitel, Senior Folklorist; Thomas Vennum, Jr., Senior Ethnomusicologist; Betty Belanus, Olivia Cadaval, Amy Horowitz, Marjorie Hunt, Diana Baird N'Diaye, Curators, Folklorists, Educational and Cultural Specialists; Carla M. Borden, John W. Franklin, Charlene James-Duguid, Program Managers; Felicia Erickson, Arlene L. Reiniger, Mary Van Meter, Program Specialists; Jeffrey Place, Archivist; Kenneth M. Bilby, Roland Freeman, Ivan Karp, Corrine Kratz, Alan Lomax, Worth Long, Yook Jung Park, Kate Rinzler, Research Associates & Collaborators

Folklife Advisory Council and Folkways Advisory Council

Roger Abrahams, Jacinto Arias, Michael Asch, Jane Beck, Don DeVito, Pat Jasper, Ella Jenkins, Jon Kertzer, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, John Nixdorf, Bernice Reagon, John Roberts, Carol Robertson, Gilbert Sprauve, Jack Tchen, Ricardo Trimillos, Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez

National Park Service

Roger Kennedy, Director; Robert G. Stanton, Regional Director, National Capital Region

Shared Stewardship of Collections:

The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage acknowledges and respects the right of artists, performers, Folklife Festival participants, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to collaboratively steward representations of themselves and their intangible cultural heritage in media produced, curated, and distributed by the Center. Making this collection accessible to the public is an ongoing process grounded in the Center's commitment to connecting living people and cultures to the materials this collection represents. To view the Center's full shared stewardship policy, which defines our protocols for addressing collections-related inquiries and concerns, please visit https://folklife.si.edu/archives#shared-stewardship.

Forms Part Of:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife forms part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival records .

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: Papers

1967 Festival of American Folklife records - [Ongoing]

Related Archival Materials note:

Within the Rinzler Archives, related materials may be found in various collections such as the Ralph Rinzler papers and recordings, the Lily Spandorf drawings, the Diana Davies photographs, the Robert Yellin photographs, and the Curatorial Research, Programs, and Projects collection. Additional relevant materials may also be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives concerning the Division of Performing Arts (1966-1983), Folklife Program (1977-1980), Office of Folklife Programs (1980-1991), Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies (1991-1999), Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present), and collaborating Smithsonian units, as well as in the administrative papers of key figures such as the Secretary and respective deputies. Users are encouraged to consult relevant finding aids and to contact Archives staff for further information.

Restrictions:

Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Topic:

Folk art  Search this

arts and crafts  Search this

Food habits  Search this

Folk music  Search this

Folklore  Search this

World music  Search this

Folk festivals  Search this

Genre/Form:

Business records

Sound recordings

Negatives

Video recordings

Correspondence

Plans (drawings)

Memorandums

Photographic prints

Videotapes

Notes

Audiocassettes

Contracts

Slides (photographs)

Audiotapes

Digital images

Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.1995

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5d0f338f7-ff86-4399-82c5-39d8a73d9b35

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-cfch-sff-1995

Artist:

Morgan Monceaux, 9 May 1955 - 31 May 2017  Search this

Sitter:

B. B. King, 16 Sep 1925 - 14 May 2015  Search this

Medium:

Mixed media: pastel, fabric, metal, plastic, synthetic fur, wood, adhesive and graphite on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet (Verified): 108.3 x 77.2 cm (42 5/8 x 30 3/8")

Type:

Collage

Date:

1992-94

Topic:

Costume\Dress Accessory\Glove\Gloves  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Guitar  Search this

Collage  Search this

Folk Art  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

B. B. King: Male  Search this

B. B. King: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician  Search this

B. B. King: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Guitarist  Search this

B. B. King: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Rhythm and Blues  Search this

B. B. King: Military and Intelligence\Army  Search this

B. B. King: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

B. B. King: Grammy  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.2003.80

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Morgan Monceaux / Artists Rights Society

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm40f2c0456-8c10-4382-a904-4439c9a52026

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2003.80

Artist:

Morgan Monceaux, 9 May 1955 - 31 May 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Ray Charles, 23 Sep 1930 - 10 Jun 2004  Search this

Medium:

Mixed media: graphite, pastel, black magic marker, wood, fabric, plastic and adhesive on paper

Dimensions:

Sight: 102.6 x 76.5 cm (40 3/8 x 30 1/8")

Mat (Verified): 108.6 x 82.6 x 4.8 cm (42 3/4 x 32 1/2 x 1 7/8")

Type:

Collage

Date:

1992-94

Topic:

Music\Musical instrument\Piano  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Sunglasses  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie  Search this

Collage  Search this

Folk Art  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Button  Search this

Ray Charles: Male  Search this

Ray Charles: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer  Search this

Ray Charles: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer  Search this

Ray Charles: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Pianist  Search this

Ray Charles: Society and Social Change\Person with disability\Blind  Search this

Ray Charles: Grammy  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Morgan Monceaux

Object number:

NPG.2003.81

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Morgan Monceaux / Artists Rights Society

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4fe60fa62-af60-4b6b-9e18-8e164be391a5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2003.81

Container:

Box 22 of 27

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-002, National Museum of American History, Exhibition Records

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Exhibition Records

Exhibition Records / Box 22

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa00-002-refidd1e11499

Container:

Box 19 of 27

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-002, National Museum of American History, Exhibition Records

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Exhibition Records

Exhibition Records / Box 19

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa00-002-refidd1e9226

Former owner:

Conger, Fred  Search this

Conger, Betty  Search this

Architect:

Brumbaugh, G. Edwin  Search this

Milner, John  Search this

Landscape designer:

Gale, Charles H.  Search this

Landscape architect:

Peck, Frederick W. G.  Search this

Owen B. Schmidt & Sons  Search this

Provenance:

Huntingdon Valley Garden Club  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Hidden Glen Farms (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes a worksheet, a copy of the garden plan, and three photos of the original Charles Gale installation from ca. 1983 (two of the same view).

General:

Like its neighbor, Hidden Glen Farms (PA348), Hidden Glen features design work by landscape designer Charles Gale. Although a basic garden was in place at the time of Gale's 1983 design, he incorporated the vegetable garden into the overall site plan, while adding a side garden and improving planting around the foundation of the house. Folk art ornaments and sculptures of birds and animals accented the plant material. The garden is noted for its incorporation of colonial (eighteenth-century) design elements in a contemporary setting.

Persons associated with the property include: Charles Gale (landscape designer, 1982); G. Edwin Brumbaugh (architect, 1937, 1966, 1969); Owen B. Schmidt & Sons (landscape architects, 1968); and John Milner (architect, 1981 and 1989).

Related Materials:

Hidden Glen related holdings consist of 1 folder (24 35 mm. slides)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File PA350

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb62609258f-998f-4ccb-b3bc-3f68e278b360

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16430

Photographer:

Schorsch, Shelley D.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hidden Glen (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Date:

1998 Apr.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Flower beds  Search this

Lawns  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item PA350007

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA350: Abington Township -- Hidden Glen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6c614430e-47f7-4a0e-9a3c-039f0b85bc3a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16654

Photographer:

Schorsch, Shelley D.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hidden Glen (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Date:

1998 Jul.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Formal gardens  Search this

Flower beds  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item PA350008

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA350: Abington Township -- Hidden Glen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6cc9e6ac2-729d-414e-ad69-5b84668a725d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16655

Photographer:

Schorsch, Shelley D.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hidden Glen (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Date:

1998 Jul.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Formal gardens  Search this

Flower beds  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item PA350009

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA350: Abington Township -- Hidden Glen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb681f350fc-e27a-4807-a6ec-5e1bbfdf08e8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16656

Photographer:

Schorsch, Shelley D.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hidden Glen (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Date:

1998 Apr.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Formal gardens  Search this

Flower beds  Search this

Lawns  Search this

Trees  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Perennials  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item PA350010

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA350: Abington Township -- Hidden Glen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb649115301-f6b0-4f3a-b9ec-9e8f2790a0e4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16657

Photographer:

Schorsch, Shelley D.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hidden Glen (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Date:

1998.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Lawns  Search this

Trees  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item PA350011

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA350: Abington Township -- Hidden Glen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6907fe9be-043f-4996-a6fa-52b9a559339b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16658

Photographer:

Schorsch, Shelley D.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hidden Glen (Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Abington Township -- Meadowbrook

Date:

1998 Jul.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Meadowbrook  Search this

Formal gardens  Search this

Perennials  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Houses  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item PA350018

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania / PA350: Abington Township -- Hidden Glen

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6f1f92bf4-2c37-4785-b2c6-dcf2969dd0c4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16665

Creator:

Hedges, Jimmy, 1942-2014  Search this

Names:

Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery  Search this

Blizzard, Georgia, 1919-2002  Search this

Finster, Howard, 1916-2001  Search this

Green, Homer, 1910-2002  Search this

Harvey, Bessie, 1929-  Search this

Hoskinson, Danny  Search this

Lancaster, Paul  Search this

Mohammed, A.J.  Search this

Simmons, Charlie  Search this

Sudduth, Jimmy Lee, 1910-2007  Search this

Tolliver, Mose, 1920-  Search this

Young, Purvis, 1943-  Search this

Extent:

23.5 Linear feet

15.63 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Photographs

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Date:

1969-2016, bulk 1991-2013

Summary:

The papers of art collector and dealer Jimmy Hedges and the records of his Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery measure 23.5 linear feet and 15.63 GB and date from 1969-2016, with the bulk of the material dating from 1991-2013. The collection documents Hedges's career as a dealer of outsider art and as an advocate for self-taught artists. Records include administrative and sales records, correspondence, artist files, collector and gallery files, exhibition and art fair files, regional files, printed and digital material, photographic material, and unidentified sound and video recordings. The bulk of the collection consists of artist files and color photographs documenting hundreds of artists that Hedges visited at their homes and studios, including Georgia Blizzard, Howard Finster, Homer Green, Bessie Harvey, Danny Hoskinson, Paul Lancaster, A.J. Mohammed, Charlie Simmons, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, and Purvis Young, among many others.

Scope and Contents:

The records of art collector and dealer Jimmy Hedges and his Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery measure 23.5 linear feet and 15.63 GB and date from 1969-2016, with the bulk of the material dating from 1991-2013. The collection documents Hedges's career as a dealer of outsider art and as an advocate for self-taught artists. Records include administrative and sales records, correspondence, artist files, collector and gallery files, exhibition and art fair files, regional files, printed and digital material, photographic material, and unidentified sound and video recordings. The bulk of the collection consists of artist files and color photographs documenting hundreds of artists that Hedges visited at their homes and studios, including Georgia Blizzard, Howard Finster, Homer Green, Bessie Harvey, Danny Hoskinson, Paul Lancaster, A.J. Mohammed, Charlie Simmons, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, and Purvis Young, among many others.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 9 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Administrative and Sales Records, 1969-1971, 1991-2015 (Boxes 1-4; 3.9 linear feet, ER01-ER03; 0.134 GB)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1974, 1981, 1990-2013 (Boxes 4-5; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 3: Artist Files, 1985-2014 (Boxes 5-9, 31, 33, OV 32; 4.6 linear feet, ER04-ER15; 5.35 GB)

Series 4: Collector and Gallery Files, 1992-2014 (Boxes 9-10; 1.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Exhibition and Art Fair Records, circa 1992-2013 (Boxes 10-11; 1.3 linear feet, ER16-ER18; 1.52 GB)

Series 6: Regional Files, 1976, 1980s-2012 (Boxes 11-13; 1.7 linear feet)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1980-2013 (Boxes 13-16, OV 32; 2.2 linear feet, ER19; 0.833 GB)

Series 8: Photographic Material, circa 1990-2011 (Boxes 16-30, 34-35; 7.9 linear feet, ER20-ER35; 7.79 GB)

Series 9: Unidentified Sound and Video Recordings, undated (Boxes 30-31; 0.5 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

James R. "Jimmy" Hedges III (1942-2014), was an artist, art collector and dealer of Outsider Art and Folk art in Tennessee and Georgia. Hedges established the Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery, Lookout Mountain, Georgia.

Born into a prominent family from Chattanooga, Jimmy Hedges was a lifelong philanthropist as a trustee of his family's Tonya Memorial Foundation. His true vocation, however, was as an artist, collector, and dealer of outsider art and as an advocate for self-taught artists. Hedges discovered his love of wood carving as a teenager, when he created song birds, and returned to making art at age forty. Using a chain saw, he carved sculptures of Southerners he had encountered in his travels, including artists. His colleagues in this sector of the fine art craft world were predominantly southern African American self-taught painters, sculptors, potters, and carvers. Befriending them and collecting their work led Hedges to establish Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery in 1993, building a gallery space in the early 2000s on his 500-acre farm in Lookout Mountain, Georgia.

An unconventional art dealer, Hedges would hand-deliver work to collectors' homes, driving his truck through backroads and stopping along the way to visit with artists and purchase more works to sell. He was an active presence at the Outsider Art Fair and self-taught artist exhibitions throughout the U.S., as well as at Slotin Folk Art auctions and prison auctions. His aim was to improve the economic condition of fellow artists and raise their profiles among curators and critics. Hedges' development of an archive was essential to this goal.

Provenance:

Donated 2016 by James R. Hedges IV on behalf of the Hedges Descendants Trust and in 2018 by James R. Hedges IV on behalf of Wildcat Asset Managment, LLC.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual records or born digital records with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Art dealers -- Tennessee  Search this

Topic:

Self-taught artists  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Folk art  Search this

Outsider art  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Jimmy Hedges papers and Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery records, 1969-2016, bulk 1991-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.hedgjimm

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Jimmy Hedges papers and Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery records

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ce145e76-5e8c-4c6e-988b-6c2570b7dea7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hedgjimm

Collection Creator:

Hedges, Jimmy, 1942-2014  Search this

Extent:

4 Videocassettes (VHS)

1 Videocassettes (Hi8) (This was found in the camcorder from the donor)

Container:

Box 31

Type:

Archival materials

Videocassettes (vhs)

Videocassettes (hi8)

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual records or born digital records with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Jimmy Hedges papers and Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery records, 1969-2016, bulk 1991-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Jimmy Hedges papers and Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery records

Jimmy Hedges papers and Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery records / Series 9: Unidentified Sound and Video Recordings

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98ca6de0e-0b39-4e44-9266-e99023de1f60

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hedgjimm-ref617