Lamar Dodd papers, 1922-1999

Summary

Creator:
Dodd, Lamar
Date:
1922-1999
Extent:
17 Linear Feet 21 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Lamar Dodd papers, UA0062, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection primarily consists of photographs and slides of Lamar Dodd's works and lecture images. Also included are articles, lecture notes, exhibition files, correspondence, and reference images for Dodd's Heart and NASA Projects.

Biographical / historical:

Lamar Dodd is a highly recognized artist from the state of Georgia and an advocate for the arts and a skilled administrator. His most visible legacy is the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. For fully two-thirds of the twentieth century, Lamar Dodd represented Georgia's visual arts community as administrator, teacher, and advocate, and as the most influential Georgia artist of his generation.

For more information, see the article Lamar Dodd in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized into 11 series: biographical/collection information; exhibitions/publicity; lectures/articles; Heart Project; correspondence; miscellaneous; photographs of paintings; photographs of Lamar Dodd and others; NASA photographs/pamphlets; slides; and audiovisual material.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Lamar Dodd papers, UA0062, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.