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Producer:

Dickinson, Eleanor, 1931-  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life  Search this

Interviewee:

Mayes, Harrison  Search this

Extent:

0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 6 videotapes, 1 audiotape)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Videotapes

Audiotapes

Place:

Appalachian Region

Date:

1967-1977

Scope and Contents:

Videotapes of Pentecostal ceremonies, such as snake handling, laying on of hands, baptisms, foot washing, casting out of devils, dancing in ecstasy; a video interview with Brother Harrison Mayes at his home in Middleburg, Kentucky; and an audiotape of revival meetings.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged in one series:

Series 1, Audiovisual

Biographical / Historical:

Eleanor Creekmore Dickinson, artist, produced several exhibits as well as a book on Pentecostal worship in the South entitled Revival! She documented Pentecostal and Baptist ceremonies using videotape, audiotape, line drawings and velvet painting.

Dickinson was born February 7, 1931, in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was educated at the University of Tennessee (B.A., Fine Art, 1952); the San Francisco Art Institute (painting and printmaking, 1961-1963); the Académie Grande Chaumière, Paris (drawing, 1971); the University of California at Berkeley (history, 1967 and 1981), and the California College of Arts and Crafts (Master of Fine Arts in Video, 1982). She began teaching at the California College of Arts and Crafts as Professor of Art in 1971.

She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions, has received grants in connection with her work, and is represented in more than a dozen public collections, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Library of Congress, and the Oakland Museum.

A resume and selected bibliography, compiled in 1986, are in the Archives Center's collection control files.

Related Materials:

Related artifacts in Division of Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) (see accessions 306082, 306787, 1981.0570, and 1978.0344); related materials in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art and the Library of Congress.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Eleanor Dickinson in 1980 and transferred to the Archives Center from the National Museum of American History Division of Community Life in 1986.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. No reference copies exist. Orginals are not accessable.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Baptists  Search this

Evangelistic work  Search this

Religion -- Videotapes  Search this

Religion and culture -- Videotapes  Search this

Foot washing (Rite)  Search this

Ecstatic dance  Search this

Imposition of hands  Search this

Foot -- Religious aspects  Search this

Revivals  Search this

Exorcism  Search this

Baptism  Search this

Snake cults (Holiness churches) -- Videotapes  Search this

Rites and ceremonies -- Videtoapes  Search this

Pentecostal churches  Search this

Genre/Form:

Videotapes

Audiotapes -- 1940-1980

Citation:

Eleanor Dickinson Pentecostal Videotape and Audiotape Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of the artist.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0199

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Eleanor Dickinson Pentecostal Videotape and Audiotape Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a886b934-a10b-441d-89ce-3971c3032353

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0199

Created by:

The Liberator, American, 1831 - 1865  Search this

Edited by:

William Lloyd Garrison, American, 1805 - 1879  Search this

Published by:

Isaac Knapp, American, 1808 - 1858  Search this

Printed by:

J.B. Yerrington & Son, American  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (closed): 24 13/16 × 18 3/8 in. (63 × 46.7 cm)

Type:

newspapers

Place printed:

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date:

June 19, 1857

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Antislavery  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Journalism  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Resistance  Search this

Slavery  Search this

Social reform  Search this

Societies  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

Object number:

2016.166.41.14

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Liljenquist Family Collection

Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Movement:

Abolitionist movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cf260cd7-c506-48f7-9d4e-8afb139714fb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.166.41.14

Created by:

The Liberator, American, 1831 - 1865  Search this

Edited by:

William Lloyd Garrison, American, 1805 - 1879  Search this

Published by:

Isaac Knapp, American, 1808 - 1858  Search this

Printed by:

J.B. Yerrington & Son, American  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (closed): 24 13/16 × 17 7/8 in. (63 × 45.4 cm)

Type:

newspapers

Place printed:

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date:

May 16, 1845

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Antislavery  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Journalism  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Resistance  Search this

Slavery  Search this

Social reform  Search this

Societies  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

Object number:

2016.166.41.6

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

See more items in:

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Liljenquist Family Collection

Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Movement:

Abolitionist movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5478c29d2-797b-44fc-8d8b-9d99fef34192

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.166.41.6

Author:

Pinn, Anthony B  Search this

Valentin, Benjamin  Search this

Physical description:

432 pages ; 25 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

United States

Date:

2009

Topic:

African Americans--Religion  Search this

Hispanic Americans--Religion  Search this

Popular culture  Search this

Popular culture--Religious aspects  Search this

Ethnic relations  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1022464

Author:

Dwyer-McNulty, Sally  Search this

Subject:

Catholic Church  Search this

Physical description:

xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

United States

Date:

2014

Topic:

Catholics--Religious identity  Search this

Catholics--Clothing  Search this

Clothing and dress--Religious aspects--Catholic Church  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1023665

Author:

Ramadevi, M  Search this

Physical description:

xx, 206, xxxviii pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

India

Ajanta Caves

Ajanta Caves (India)

Date:

2016

©2016

Topic:

Buddhist antiquities  Search this

Communication and culture  Search this

Communication--Religious aspects--Buddhism  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1090344