Elena Presser, transpositions : from the Goldberg variations and Anna Magdalena Bach notebooks : [exhibition] January 15-February 20, 1988, Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art / Elsa Weiner Longhauser, director
Jacqueline Matisse : kitetail cocktail : January 22-March 14, 1999 / organized by the Galleries at Moore, Elsa Longhauser, director ; texts by Ecke Bonk ... [et al.]
8 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 5 reels))
5.4 Linear feet (Addition)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1969-[ca. 1990]
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence, photographs, slides, files, consigment of works of art to Cavin-Morris, Inc., and an account book for works of art by Howard Finster and Miles B. Carpenter, printed material concerning the Camp's interest and business in American folk art.
REELS 4067-4070: 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.
REEL 4080: 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.
UNMICROFILMED: 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.
ADDITION: 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.
Biographical / Historical:
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.
Provenance:
Papers on reels 4067-4070, and 4080 were lent for microfilming 1987 by Jeffrey and C. Jane Camp. The collection of slides was copied by the Archives. In 1999, the Camps donated much of the material previously lent on reels 4067-4070, as well as some additional papers.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Mexican journeys, myth, magic, and mummies : Arlene Love, sculpture and drawings, Lee Lippman, paintings and drawings : November 2-December 5, 1990, Levy Gallery for the Arts in Philadelphia, Moore College of Art and Design ; January 17-February 16, 1991, Bennett Siegel Gallery, New York City / Elsa Longhauser, Richard Torchia
Moshe Kupferman : paintings, works on paper, scrolls / exhibition organized by Elsa Longhauser ; guest curator, Yona Fischer ; essays by Allan Schwartzman, Benjamin Harshav
Self-taught artists of the 20th century : an American anthology / foreword by Gerard C. Wertkin ; Elsa Longhauser, curator, Harald Szeemann, curator ; Lee Kogan, project coordinator
The other side of the moon-- the world of Adolf Wölfli : exhibition / organized by Elsa Longhauser ; catalog compiled by Elsa Longhauser and Elka Spoerri ; contributors, Elsa Longhauser ... [et al.] ; editor, Gerald Charles Zeigerman
