Jeffrey and C. Jane Camp papers
name: label: Creator
content: Camp, Jeffrey Thomas, 1944-
label: Creator
content: Camp, C. Jane (Catherine Jane), 1953-
label: Names
content: American Folk Art Company
label: Names
content: Beardsley, John
label: Names
content: Billups, Patsy
label: Names
content: Bishop, Robert Charles
label: Names
content: Blasdel, Gregg N.
label: Names
content: Cardinal, Roger
label: Names
content: Carpenter, Miles B. (Miles Burkholder), 1889-
label: Names
content: Cavin, Shari
label: Names
content: Finster, Howard, 1916-2001
label: Names
content: Gillespie, Russell
label: Names
content: Gleason, Charles T.
label: Names
content: Hammer, Carl
label: Names
content: Hankla, Susan
label: Names
content: Hemphill, Herbert Waide
label: Names
content: Jack, Uncle, 1912-1978
label: Names
content: Jones, S. L. (Shields Landon), 1901-
label: Names
content: Kind, Phyllis, 1933-2018
label: Names
content: Longhauser, Elsa Weiner
label: Names
content: Meaders, Lanier
label: Names
content: Morgan, Sister Gertrude (1900-1980)
label: Names
content: Morris, Randall
label: Names
content: Musgrave, Victor
label: Names
content: Payne, Leslie J., 1907-1981
label: Names
content: Rowe, Nellie Mae, 1900-1982
label: Names
content: Shelton, Edwin
topic: label: Occupation
content: Self-taught artists
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Virginia
label: Topic
content: Folk art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Papers on reels 4067-4070, and 4080 were lent for microfilming 1987 by Jeffrey and C. Jane Camp. The collection of slides was copied by the Archives. In 1999, the Camps donated much of the material previously lent on reels 4067-4070, as well as some additional papers.
creator: label: Creator
content: Camp, Jeffrey Thomas, 1944-
label: Creator
content: Camp, C. Jane (Catherine Jane), 1953-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Folk art dealers, collectors; Richmond, Va. Owned and managed the American Folk Art Company, 1972-1976, Richmond and Tappahannock, Virginia, whose stock included paintings and sculpture by self-taught artists Howard Finster, Miles B. Carpenter, S.L. Jones, Leslie J. Payne, Russell Gillespie and others. The Camps are recognized as key figures in the folk art market of the 1970s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 5 reels))
label: Extent
content: 5.4 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-[ca. 1990]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.campjeff
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4067-4070 available for use at all Archives of American Art offices.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4080 available for use only at Archives of American Art offices.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lenders, Jeffrey and C. Jane Camp after microfilming; slides were copied before returning.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Inventory of slides available at the Archives of American Art's Washington, D.C. office.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, photographs, slides, files, consigment of works of art to Cavin-Morris, Inc., and an account book for works of art by Howard Finster and Miles B. Carpenter, printed material concerning the Camp's interest and business in American folk art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 4067-4070: Correspondence with dealers, artists, and others, including Miles B. Carpenter, S.L. Jones, Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., Randall and Shari (Cavin) Morris, Phyllis Kind, Carl Hammer, Robert Bishop, Susan Hankla, Victor Musgrave, Roger Cardinal, Gregg Blasdel, Edwin Shelton, Elsa Weiner, and John Beardsley; files on artists Howard Finster, S.L. Jones, Carpenter, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Nellie Mae Rowe, Uncle Jack Dey, Lanier Meaders, Leslie J. Payne, Patsy Billups, and others; photographs of Miles Carpenter, his wood sculpture, and his family, and autobiographical writings by Carpenter; printed material on the American Folk Art Company; clippings, articles, exhibition catalogs, and other printed material about American folk art; and ca. 2,000 photographs of folk art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4080: Ca. 50 letters from Howard Finster to Jeffrey Camp; writings by Finster; Camp's notes on Finster; price lists of works by Finster; receipts; and a letter from Camp's lawyer concerning Finster.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Slides, 1973-1983, of works of art and artists including Patsy Billups, Miles B. Carpenter, Howard Finster, Russell Gillespie, Charles T. Gleason, S.L. Jones, Sister Gertrude Morgan and Leslie J. Payne taken by Camp.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Papers, received in 1999, are primarily a donation of the material previously lent and microfilmed on reels 4067-4070, although some additional material was also donated. The addition most likely does not include material on reel 4080 relating to Howard Finster.