Edgar A. Albin Slides of India
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A2010.02
name: label: Creator
content: Albin, Edgar A., 1908-
label: Names
content: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
label: Names
content: Albin, Edgar A., 1908-
place: label: Place
content: India
label: Place
content: Arkansas
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Asian
label: Topic
content: Indian art
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern
creator: label: Creator
content: Albin, Edgar A., 1908-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edgar A. Albin was professor of Art at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, from 1947 to 1962. Born December 17, 1908 at Columbus, Kansas, he attended the University of Tulsa, receiving a BA in Art and Education in 1936 and then an MA from the State University of Iowa in Art History and Painting in 1946. From 1931 to 1939, Albin taught in the Tulsa Public School System, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Later, he was instructor and Associate Professor of Art from 1939 to 1947 at the University of Tulsa, where he created the Art History program. From 1947 to 1962, Albin was Professor of Art at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and chairman of the Humanities program from 1958 to 1962. He taught the history of art, integrated general education courses, and art criticism in addition to setting up and supervising the art slide and film library. Albin joined the faculty of Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, in 1962 and served as chairman of the Art Department until his retirement in 1974. In addition to his academic work, Edgar A. Albin wrote a weekly arts column from 1965 to 1986 for the Springfield Leader and Press. He also wrote numerous letters to the editor from 1972 to 1983, some of which he signed in his own name others with the pseudonym, "Ezra Kornscrabble". He also lectured at various universities, institutions, and conventions.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1,700 Color slides
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1954
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
label: Container
content: Box 2
label: Container
content: Box 3
label: Container
content: Box 4
label: Container
content: Box 5
label: Container
content: Box 6
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Gift of Mildred M. Albin, 2003.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2010.02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides
label: Type
content: Color slides
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: One series organized by locations within India; second series organized by artist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Slides (photographs)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Edgar A. Albin Slide Collection includes images of architecture and sights of India taken in 1954 by Professor Edgar A. Albin, A Fullbright Scholar. A second set shows notable contemporary Indian artists in their studios, as well as examples of their works.