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Collection Overview
| Size | 4128 items |
| Abstract | Video interviews, photographs, articles, and book chapters about self-taught/folk artists created by Margaret Day Allen and Robert John Allen, former members of the Folk Art Society of America's National Advisory Board and past presidents of the North Carolina Folk Art Society. Margaret Day Allen authored When the Spirit Speaks: Self-Taught Art of the South. Videos were recorded digitally by the Allens over a 10- to 15-year period. Materials document African American and white artists from Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Artists featured in the collection include: Ab the Flagman (Roger Lee Ivens), Minnie Adkins, John "Cornbread" Anderson, Michael Brien, Tammy Leigh Brooks, Benny Carter, Neolia "Nell" Cole, J. J. Cromer, John "Johnnie" Culver, Eric Cunningham, Bruce Davenport, Brian Dowdall, Winton and Rosa Eugene, Sam Ezell, Patti Fenick, Theresa Gloster, Edna Hackett, Eddie Hamrick, Eddie Hayes, Chris Hubbard, Clyde Jones, Stacy Lambert, Paul Lancaster, Arbon Lane, Jr., Eric Legge, Juanita Leonard, Tim Lewis, Peter Loose, Denny Maloney, Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan, Kessiah Freeman Meroney, Roy Minshew, Bruce New, Ashley Pierce, Sarah Rakes, Joe Reinhardt, Kathy Richards, Harold Rittenberry, Robert Roberg, O. L. Samuels, Cher Shaffer, Gabriel Shaffer, Rev. Johnnie Simmons, Vollis Simpson, William Thomas Thompson, Della Wells, and LaVon Williams. |
| Creator | Allen, Robert J. (Robert John), 1948-2020. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Encoded by: Dawne Howard Lucas, August 2021
Updated by: Jessica Venlet and Laura Smith, September 2023
Since August 2017, we have added ethnic and racial identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic and racial identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for identity information to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.
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Biographical Information
Margaret Day Allen and Robert John Allen (1948-2020) are former members of the Folk Art Society of America's National Advisory Board and past presidents of the North Carolina Folk Art Society. Margaret Day Allen authored When the Spirit Speaks: Self-Taught Art of the South.
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Scope and Content
Video interviews, photographs, articles, and book chapters about self-taught/folk artists created by Margaret Day Allen and Robert John Allen. Videos were recorded digitally by the Allens over a 10- to 15-year period. Materials document African American and white artists from Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Artists featured in the collection include: Ab the Flagman (Roger Lee Ivens), Minnie Adkins, John "Cornbread" Anderson, Michael Brien, Tammy Leigh Brooks, Benny Carter, Neolia "Nell" Cole, J. J. Cromer, John "Johnnie" Culver, Eric Cunningham, Bruce Davenport, Brian Dowdall, Winton and Rosa Eugene, Sam Ezell, Patti Fenick, Theresa Gloster, Edna Hackett, Eddie Hamrick, Eddie Hayes, Chris Hubbard, Clyde Jones, Stacy Lambert, Paul Lancaster, Arbon Lane, Jr., Eric Legge, Juanita Leonard, Tim Lewis, Peter Loose, Denny Maloney, Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan, Kessiah Freeman Meroney, Roy Minshew, Bruce New, Ashley Pierce, Sarah Rakes, Joe Reinhardt, Kathy Richards, Harold Rittenberry, Robert Roberg, O. L. Samuels, Cher Shaffer, Gabriel Shaffer, Rev. Johnnie Simmons, Vollis Simpson, William Thomas Thompson, Della Wells, and LaVon Williams.
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Margaret Day Allen and Robert John Allen Collection, circa 2000-2015