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Jack Adams collection

Jack Adams collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Jack Adams collection
Creator: Adams, Denzil Roy, Jr., 1916-1990
Creator: Dodd, Lamar
Inclusive Dates: 1936-1940
Language(s): English
Extent: 4 Linear Feet (1 box, 13 oversize folders)
Collection Number: UA15-021
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

Collection Description

Historical Note

Denzil Roy "Jack" Adams, Jr. was born in Boston, Georgia in 1916. He studied art at the University of Georgia under Professor Lamar Dodd. He later served in WWII and became an art teacher. Jack Adams died in 1990.

Scope and Content

The collection primarily consists of sketches, drawings, and other artwork by Jack Adams as well as work done by his students. Copies of letters from Professor Lamar Dodd dated 1936 to 1939 are included in addition to a biography of Jack Adams by Rich Curtis.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Jack Adams collection, UA15-021, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Art -- Study and teaching.
Sketches.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11Drawings, 1936, undated
 
12-3Student work
 
14Letters to Jack Adams from Lamar Dodd, 1938-1940
 
15Like Water to a Resurrection Fern: Unfolding the Life of Jack Adams by Rich Curtis
 
16Correspondence, 1939-1940
 
oversized_folder
1Personal work
 
oversized_folder
2Personal work
 
oversized_folder
3Personal work
 
oversized_folder
4Personal work
 
oversized_folder
5Personal work
 
oversized_folder
6Personal work
 
oversized_folder
7Personal work
 
oversized_folder
8Personal work
 
oversized_box
1Personal work
 
oversized_folder
9Student work
 
oversized_folder
10Student work
 
oversized_folder
11Student work
 
oversized_folder
12Student work
 
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13Student work