Beth and James Arient papers
name: label: Creator
content: Arient, Beth, 1946-
label: Creator
content: Arient, James, 1946-
label: Names
content: Finster, Howard, 1916-2001
topic: label: Occupation
content: Collectors -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Folk art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1988 by the Arients.
creator: label: Creator
content: Arient, Beth, 1946-
label: Creator
content: Arient, James, 1946-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Beth Arient (1946- ) and James "Jim" Arient (1946- ) are folk art collectors in Naperville, Illinois.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (147 items on 1 partial microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ariebeth
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4189 available at all Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lenders, Beth and James Arient, after microfilming.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: A list of the photographs is available on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed Beth and James Arient papers contain 23 letters from self-taught painter Howard Finster and Pauline Finster to the Arients (1979-1987); and photographs of folk artists, some with the Arients, and their work (1980-1988). Among the artists photographed are Elijah Pierce, Mary Borkowski, Jesse Howard, Joe "The Welder" Janosik, Eunice McCloskey, Dow Pugh, Howard Finster, Minnie Black, Nellie Mae Rowe, Lanier Meaders, B.C. Craig, William Dawson, Carl McKenzie, Denzil Goodpaster, S.L. Jones, Carlton Garrett, Frank Pickle, Sam Doyle, David Butler, Luster Willis, "Daddy Boy" Williams, Kid Mertz, Dilmus Hall, James "Son" Thomas, Derek Webster, Raymond Coins, James Harold Jennings, Sarah Mary Taylor, Mary T. Smith, and Clyde "Jungle Boy" Jones.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the oral history interview with James and Beth Arient, 1988 April 27-29.