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No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Jane G. Eliason Scrapbook #5373, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Purchased from Carmen Valentino in December 2007 (Acc. 100826).

Sensitive Materials Statement

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Processed by: Jennifer Thompson, October 2008

Encoded by: Jennifer Thompson, October 2008

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Afghanistan--Description and travel.
• Americans--France--History--20th century.
• Americans--Travel--Afghanistan.
• Americans--Travel--Caribbean.
• Americans--Travel--Europe.
• Americans--Travel--France.
• Americans--Travel--Portugal.
• Caribbean--Description and travel.
• Diaries.
• Eliason, Jane G.
• Europe--Description and travel.
• France--Description and travel.
• Portugal--Description and travel.
• Scrapbooks.
• Women art students--Education--France.
• Women art students--Education--New York--New York.
• Women art teachers--United States.
• Women artists--North Carolina.
• Women artists--United States.
• Women travelers--Diaries.
• Women travelers--History--20th century.
• Women--North Carolina--Diaries.
• Women--United States--Diaries.

Jane G. Eliason of Statesville, N.C., was an art teacher and painter. Eliason first became interested in art while teaching in Harrisburg, Va. In the late 1940s, she studied at the Art Students League in New York City, N.Y. She began teaching in Ridgewood, N.J., and taking weekend art classes at the Art Students League. During the summer of 1951, Eliason traveled to France in order to study at the Ecoles d'Art Americaines de Fontainbleau. In 1961, she took a cruise to the Caribbean and, in 1963, a long tour from Portugal to Afghanistan. Over her lifetime, Eliason participated in several art exhibits in New York and Virginia.

This collection contains a scrapbook that was compiled by Jane G. Eliason. It holds newspaper clippings, ephemera, photographs, sketches (in charcoal and pencil), letters, diary entries, telegrams, and postcards. These materials primarily document Eliason's study in France at the Ecoles d'Art Americaines de Fontainbleau during 1951, a cruise to the Caribbean in 1961, and 1963 tour from Portugal to Afghanistan.