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Bailey, Gordon W. "Sam Doyle," in The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 23. eds. Crown, Carol and Cheryl Rivers. University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, 2013, 264–266.
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From http://antiquesandfineart.com, 2003.
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Yield to Total Elation: The Life and Art of A.G. Rizzoli. New Day Films, 2000.
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From The Magazine Antiques (August 2009).
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From https://lareviewofbooks.org, 2014.
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From http://www.antiquesandfineart.com, 2013.
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Mather, Christine. "All Creatures: Felipe Archuleta and the Birth of a Genre." El Palacio. Spring 2014, vol. 119, no. 1: 46-58.
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Published in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 296: March, 1922.
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From the Brooklyn Historical Society Blog, November 5, 2009
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From the Religious Text with Two Women in Striped Dresses Object File, American folk Art Museum archives.
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From the Coyote Object File at the American Folk Art Museum archives.
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From Folk Art 33 (Fall 2008)
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From the Coyote Object File at the American Folk Art Museum archives.
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Anderson, Brooke Davis. Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger. New York: The American Folk Art Museum, 2008.
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Ford, Alice. Edward Hicks: Painter of the Peaceable Kingdom. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1952.
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Bob Howard and His Boys. Dapper Dan. Decca Records, 1958.
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Trailer for the most recent film on Henry Darger.
Revolutions of the Night: The Enigma of Henry Darger. Quale Films, 2012.
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This essay originally appeared in the catalog for the 2013 show, "The Alternative Guide to the Universe," which is available through the Hayward Gallery's bookstore.
Rousseau, Valérie. "Visionary Architectures," in The Alternative Guide to the Universe, edited by Ralph Rugoff. London, UK: Hayward Publishing, 2013.
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A digitized Ommenhausser sketchbook held by the Maryland Manuscripts Collection at the University of Maryland
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From Folk Art 22, no. 3 (Fall 1997)
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Article describing artist Charles Wilson Peale's ownership of bears—one possible source for the Pennsylvania artist who created Man Feeding a Bear an Ear of Corn.
Avery, Ron. "Portrait Of A Born Showman Artist Peale Kept Grizzlies, Snakes As Pets," Philadelphia Daily News, 1993.
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Hollander, Stacy C. Kaleidoscope Quilts: The Art of Paula Nadelstern. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2009.
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Read the narrative embedded in artist Ruby Devol Finch's The Prodigal Son.
From The Prodigal Son Object File, American Folk Art Museum archives.
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An episode devoted to the Museum of Everything's 2011 Judith Scott exhibition, featuring an interview with the artist's sister.
From http://vimeo.com/45569615, 2013
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Footage of J.B. Murray speaking about his art and inspiration.
From http://www.folkstreams.net/film,219
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Installation shots of the Museum of Modern Art's historic 1937 Edmondson exhibition do not exist, but filmmaker Jeffrey Wolf directed us to this short film of visitors inside the show as well as Edmondson's backyard workshop.
From britishpathe.com, June 2014
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A Brief History of the Revolution: With a Sketch of the Life of Captain John Hewson. Philadelphia: Mrs. Sarah Alcock, 1843.
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From Tree of Light Object File, American Folk Art Museum archives.
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From the Clarion (Winter 1986)
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Web site featuring links to mp3's of arrangements for flute and guitar of a song composed by Cohoon.
From http://www.amaranthpublishing.com/hannah.html, 2009
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A short film of a 2013 conversation with Holley recorded at the Le Guess Who? Music Festival in Utrecht.
From http://vimeo.com/80901020, December 3, 2013
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This series of three nineteenth-century letters between descedents of the Carter family regard the fate of the Rebecca Carter Sampler.
From Rebecca Carter Sampler Object File, American Folk Art Museum archives.
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Sobel, Mechal. Painting a Hidden Life: The Art of Bill Traylor. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2009.
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The 1855 score for "Rock of Liberty," the song that appears on the "pages" of The Lectern Box.
From the Library of Congress's Music Division
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Kelly, Catherine E. “Face Value: George Washington and Portrait Prints.” Common-Place 7, no. 3 (April 2007).
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The following five tracks ("Let Us Make a Record," "I Got The New World In My View," "Power," "New Jersualem," and "God's World Will Never Pass Away") were performed by Sister Gertrude Morgan and recorded with tambourine live in her living room—which she called the Prayer Room—in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1970. These songs by Morgan are part of the album Let’s Make a Record, originally released by Preservation Hall Recordings and reissued by the record label Ropeadope in 2005.
Morgan, Sister Gertrude. Let’s Make a Record. Ropeadope, 2005.
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A 2006 re-edition of baseball player Mike "King" Kelly's historic 1888 autography.
Kelly, Michael J. “Play Ball”: Stories from the Diamond Field and Other Historical Writings about the 19th Century Hall of Famer. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006.
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This program was created for the memorial held on what would have been Morgan's 97th birthday. At this ceremony, organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art and featuring music by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, friends and supporters of Morgan convened to dedicate a bronze plaque reading "Jesus Is My Airplane" on her previously unmarked grave.
From Sister Gertrude Morgan Artist File, American Folk Art Museum archives.
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From folkartmuseum.org, June 2013
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From Uncoverings, 27 (2006)
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Catalog excerpt from the seminal 1956–57 Moulthrop exhibition at the Connecticut Historical Society. Courtesy The Connecticut Historical Society.
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Exhibition catalog for the 2008 exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum
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From Folk Art 30, no. 2 (Summer 2005)
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From the Clarion 14, no. 3 (Summer 1989)
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From afanews.com, February 23, 2013
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From Folk Art 20, no. 1 (Spring 1995)
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Chapter entry from Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 523.
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From the Clarion 14, no. 3 (Summer 1989)
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Biographical entry from Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 392.
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Chapter entry from Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 430–31.
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From the Clarion (Winter 1983/1984)
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From Folk Art 19, no. 3 (Fall 1994)
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From Folk Art 32, no. 3 (Fall 2007)
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From nytimes.com, May 6, 2014
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From Folk Art 32, no. 3 (Fall 2007)
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From Folk Art 32, no. 3 (Fall 2007)
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From the Clarion 17, no. 1 (Spring 1992)
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From Folk Art 30, no. 3 (Fall 2005)
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From Folk Art 29, nos. 1–2 (Spring/Summer 2004)
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From Folk Art 24, no. 2 (Summer 1999)
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From Folk Art 30, no. 3 (Fall 2005)
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From Folk Art 23, no. 1 (Spring 1998)
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From the Clarion (Fall 1981)
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From Folk Art 23, no. 3 (Fall 1998)
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From the Clarion (Fall 1983)
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From Folk Art 27, no. 3 (Fall 2002)
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A biography of David Morton that includes information about his stepmother, Mrs. Marmaduke Beckwith Morton, for whom the Whig Rose with Swag Border Quilt was made by unidentified slaves.
Bishop Elijah Ebree Hoss. David Morton: A Biography. Nashville: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Smith & Lamar, Agents, 1916
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From Folk Art 18, no. 1 (Spring 1993)
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Biographical entry from Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 375–76.
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From Folk Art 19, no. 3 (Fall 1994)
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From the Clarion 15, no. 3 (Summer 1990)
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Biographical entry from Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 399.
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From Folk Art 19, no. 1 (Spring 1994)
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From the Clarion (Winter 1986)
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From the American Art Gallery, americanartgallery.org
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From Folk Art 21, no. 2 (Summer 1996)
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From the National Gallery of Art, nga.gov
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From Folk Art 28, no. 2 (Summer 2003)
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From Folk Art 21, no. 4 (Winter 1996/97)
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From Folk Art 18, no. 2 (Summer 1993)
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From antiquesandfineart.com, 2011
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Chapter entry from Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 473.
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Biographical entry from Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 387–88.
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Biographical entry from Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 469.
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From Folk Art 30, no. 4 (Winter 2005/2006)
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Biographical entry from Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 480.
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From Folk Art 20, no. 3 (Fall 1995)
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From Folk Art 32, no. 3 (Fall 2007)
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From afanews.com, February 23, 2013
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From Folk Art 32, no. 2 (Spring/summer 2007)
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From Folk Art 22, no. 1 (Spring 1997)
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