Query: University of Alabama
C. Earle Smith Jr. papers
Creators:
Smith, C. Earle (Claude Earle), 1922-1987
Dates:
1942-1998
bulk 1960-1987
Size:
7.72 Linear feet (20 document boxes and 1 restricted box)
Collection ID:
NAA.2006-24
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

C. Earle Smith Jr. (1922-1987) was one of the founders of the modern field of paleobotany. This collection documents his research and professional activities through correspondence, research notes, data, manuscripts, publications, and photographs. Represented in the collection is his fieldwork in Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and Costa Rica.

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David Parrish papers
Creators:
Parrish, David, 1939-
Dates:
1940-2009
bulk 1964-1998
Size:
3.1 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.parrdavi
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of Alabama photorealist painter David Parrish measure 3.1 linear feet and date from 1940 to 2009, with the bulk of the material from 1964 to 1998. Parrish's career is documented through scattered biographical material; correspondence with galleries, publishers, art organizations, and friends; photographs of Parrish, his studio, and artwork; original artwork by Parrish and others; and printed material.

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Alabama Museum films
Creators:
National Research Council (U.S.)
United States. National Park Service
Dates:
1935-1945 and 1960
Size:
4 Film reels (16mm)
Collection ID:
HSFA.1986.08
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Four films documenting various excavations in the southeastern U. S.: Temples and Peace [Mound State Monument Museum Construction, c. 1939]; Shell Mounds in the Tennessee Valley [DeJarnette Excavation, c. 1960]. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time …

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Oral history interview with Billie Ruth Sudduth
Creators:
Sudduth, Billie Ruth
Riedel, Mija, 1958-
Dates:
2007 July 26-27
Size:
3 Sound discs (Sound recording (4 hr., 42 min.), digital, 2 5/8 in.)
81 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.suddut07
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of Billie Ruth Sudduth conducted 2007 July 26-27, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the artist's home and studio, in Bakersville, North Carolina.

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Elizabeth Martin Meek Collection
Creators:
Martin Meek, Elizabeth Ann Fox, 1928-2020
Dates:
1981-1988
Size:
0.02 Cubic feet (1 map folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.2022.0026
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Elizabeth Ann Fox Martin Meek (1928--2020) was a prominent aerospace educator who, in 1975, filed a successful class action lawsuit against the University of South Alabama on behalf of women faculty and administrators alleging sexual discrimination in pay and benefits. This collection consists of the following items relating to the career of Dr. Elizabeth Martin Meek: the event program for the Crown Circle awards ceremony presented by the 1981 National Congress on Aerospace Education during which Dr. Martin was inducted into the group; a photocopied news clipping from the January 6, 1981 issue of The Mobile Register regarding the sex discrimination lawsuit filed by Dr. Martin on behalf of female faculty and administrators at the University of South Alabama; and the August 9, 1988 issue of The Vanguard, the student newspaper of the University of South Alabama, regarding the final settlement of the lawsuit.

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Ed McGowin papers
Creators:
McGowin, Ed, 1938-
Dates:
1962-1998
Size:
6 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.mcgoed
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of painter and sculptor Ed McGowin include professional correspondence (1977-98); project files relating to outdoor sculpture commissions (1980-93); 21 sketchbooks (n.d.) containing pen and pencil sketches and song lyrics; photographs (1962-75); and printed material (1969-96), including exhibition catalogs, art periodicals, and clippings. Commissions documented here include outdoor sculpture at the Univ. of Southern …

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William Christenberry papers
Creators:
Christenberry, William, 1936-2016
Dates:
circa 1917-2018
Size:
7.3 Linear feet
14.76 Gigabytes
Collection ID:
AAA.chriswill
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of photographer, painter, sculptor, and educator William Christenberry (1936-2016) measure 7.3 linear feet and 14.76 GB and date from circa 1917-2018, with the bulk of the records dating from 1960-2018. The collection sheds light on Christenberry's career through personal papers, gallery and museum files, professional files, personal business records, printed and digital material, photographs, artwork, and sound and video recordings about his work.

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Claudia DeMonte and Ed McGowin papers
Creators:
DeMonte, Claudia, 1947-
McGowin, Ed, 1938-
Dates:
1960-2018
Size:
7.2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.democlau
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of Claudia DeMonte and Ed McGowin measure 7.2 linear feet and date between 1960 and 2018. The papers primarily document Claudia DeMonte's career as a painter, and to a lesser extent her husband's career, through correspondence with family, friends, colleagues, and art institutions; notebooks, poetry, and other writings; scrapbooks; curriculum vitas, awards and certificates, commissions, and other professional activity; exhibition announcements and catalogs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and other printed material; sketchbooks and other artwork; personal photographs, portraits, of artwork, and other photographic material.

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Maltby Sykes papers
Creators:
Sykes, Maltby
Dates:
1936-1992
Size:
5.1 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.sykewill
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Correspondence, writings, speeches, notes, teaching material, price lists, financial and legal information, press releases, printed material, and photographs relating to Sykes' career as an portrait painter and printmaker, his tenure as Professor of Art at Auburn University, and his 1936 assistantship to muralist Diego Rivera on murals for the Hotel Reforma …

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Floyd Coleman papers
Creators:
Coleman, Floyd W., 1939-2018
Dates:
1954-2017
bulk 1980s-2000s
Size:
8.1 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.colefloy
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of African American art historian, educator, and painter, Floyd Coleman, measure 8.1 linear feet and date from 1954 to 2017 with the bulk of the material dating from the 1980s to the 2000s. The collection contains biographical material; correspondence; writings, including drafts of essays and lectures; material related to his professional activities, including teaching files, files related to the National Conference of Artists, project files, and other files related to his professional life; artist and subject files; printed material; and a small amount of photographic material. The collection also contains audiovisual material and born-digital records.

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