Lamar Dodd collection

Lamar Dodd collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Lamar Dodd collection
Creator: Dodd, Lamar
Inclusive Dates: 1928-1996
Language(s): English
Extent: 86 Linear Feet (167 boxes, 3 volumes, 3 oversize folders)
Collection Number: ms1296
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

Collection Description

Historical Note

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.

New Georgia Encyclopedia - Lamar Dodd (1909-1996) http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-975 (Retrieved November 17 2009)

Scope and Content

Correspondence is both business and personal and is arranged chronologically, while Business is arranged into several subseries by topic. These two series make up the majority of the collection. A small amount of personal material is also available, as well as roughly two dozen scrapbooks documenting several decades of Dodd's career, and a handful of audiovisual materials and art ephemera such as printing blocks.

Organization and Arrangement

This collection has been roughly arranged into seven series: correspondence, business, personal, scrapbooks, audiovisual materials, printing blocks, and unprocessed.


Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Meet the Professor: Lamar Dodd recording is housed in the Media Archive: http://purl.libs.uga.edu/brown/har-ms1296/bmac-coll

Preferred Citation

Lamar Dodd collection, ms1296. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Correspondence

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11928-1942
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21943-1946
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31940-1948
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41948
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51949
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61950 January-September
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71950 October-December
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81951 January-September
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91951 October-December
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101952 January-May
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111952 June-December
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121953 January-May
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131953 June-December
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141954 January-July
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151954 August-December
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161955 January-August
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171955 September-December
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181956
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191956-1957
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201957
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211958
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221958 January-October
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231958
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241959 January-June
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251959 July-December
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261959
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271960 January-June
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281960 July-December
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291960
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301961 January-May
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311961 May-December
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321962 January-April
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331962 May-December
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341963 January-March
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351963 April-June
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361963 July-September
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371963 October-December
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381964 January-March
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391964 April-June
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401964 July-December
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411964
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421965 January - 20 March
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431965 21 March-30 June
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441965
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451965 July-1966 January
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461966 21 January-31 May
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471966 June-December
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481967 January-April
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491967 May-December
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501967 July-December
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511968 January-April
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521968 May-December
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531969
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541969 July-December
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551969-1970
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561970 January-March
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571970 April-August
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581970 September-November
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591970 December-1971 March 10
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601971 March 11-September
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611971
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621972
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631972 April-August
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641972 September-December
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651973 January-February
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661973 March-June
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671973 June-December
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681973-1974
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691974
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701974
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711974
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721974-1975
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731975
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741975-1976
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751976 January-June
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761976 July-December
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771977 January-July
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781977 August-1978 March
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791978 April-September
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801978 October-1979
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811980
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821981 January-September
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831981 October-December
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841982 January-May
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851982 May-December
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861983
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871983
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881984
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88A1984
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88B1984
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891985
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89A1985
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89B1985
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901986
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911986
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921987-1988
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931989
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941990 January-August
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951990-1996
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96Undated
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97Undated
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98Undated
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99Undated
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99AIndex to Correspondence
The index is alphabetical by correspondent; however, the box numbers in the index are no longer accurate.
 

2. Business materials

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100Applications
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101Art Auction
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102Art Faculty
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103Awards
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104Clippings
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105Clippings
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106Clippings
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107Clippings
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108College Art Association
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109College Art Association
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110College Art Association
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111College Art Association
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112Commemorative Plates, 1939-1959
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113Desk and Calendar Book, 1949-1957
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114Desk and Calendar Book, 1958-1967
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115Desk and Calendar Book, 1968-1973
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116Forum Series B-G
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117Forum Series H-Z
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118Georgia Art Commission
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119Georgia Art Commission
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120Georgia Art Commission
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121Georgia Art Commission
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122National Council of the Arts Education
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123Permission Files, 1958-1960
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124Photographs
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125Speeches
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126Speeches
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127Speeches
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128Speeches
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129Speeches
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130Speeches
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3BSt. Johns Baptist Church (Charlotte, NC)- Preliminary Floor Plans, Elevations, Details (3 pieces), 1964
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131Stone Mountain Project, 1958-1961
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132Stone Mountain Project, 1962-1964
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133Stone Mountain Project- Board of Advisors
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134Stone Mountain Project- Reports
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135Stone Mountain Project- Duplicates
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149Stone Mountain Project- Pictures (photographs)
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1Stone Mountain Project- rolled item, maps and diagrams showing area of project
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2BStone Mountain Memorial- "Scheme B" Restudy, Brochure, 1959
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136Subject Files, 1974-1977
Contains Cortona Program correspondence.
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137Subject Files, 1954-1957, 1976-1977
 

3. Personal materials

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147General
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148Address for retrospective catalog
oversized_folder
1AHonors and Awards
oversized_box
162Biographical information and Exhibition materials
 

4. Scrapbooks

oversized_boxvolume
1501Scrapbook I- Dodd clippings of articles pertaining to the artist and his career , 1931-1939
1502Scrapbook II "Kappa Pi"- Dodd, students and faculty of the UGA Art Dept- clippings of articles pertaining to lives and work of the artists, 1938-1941
1503Scrapbook III- clippings of articles and announcements pertaining to the artist and his career , 1940
oversized_boxvolume
1514Scrapbook IV- Dodd clippings of articles pertaining to the artist and his career , 1940-1942
1515Scrapbook V "Art Dept. UGA"- Dodd, Jean Charlot, George Cress, UGA Art Dept- clippings of articles and announcements pertaining to artists, careers and events , 1941-1942
1516Scrapbook VI cover: "My Service for Uncle Sam"- Dodd clippings of articles pertaining to the artist and his career; clippings of articles pertaining to Jean Charlot (Fine Arts Bldg mural), Howell Dodd, John Autrey, Reuben Gambrell and others; UGA Dept of Art , 1943-1944
oversized_boxvolume
1527Scrapbook VII- Dodd, Jean Charlot, Faculty and students of the UGA Dept of Art ;clippings and articles pertaining to artists and their works, 1943-1946
1528Scrapbook VIII- Clippings pertaining to the artist and his career, 1942-1947
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9Scrapbook IX- Correspondence w/ students overseas in WWII and comtemporaries; additional clippings and announcements , 1942-1948
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15310Scrapbook X- Dodd UGA Art Dept, students, faculty and others- clippings of articles pertaining to lives, careers, and events, 1943-1949
15311Scrapbook XI- Dodd and UGA Art Dept, faculty and students- clippings including jean Charlot, Howard Thomas, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Alfred Holbrook, 1946-1947
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15412Scrapbook XII- Dodd clippings of articles and announcements pertaining to the artist and his career, 1947-1948
15413Scrapbook XIII- Dodd UGA Art Dept students, faculty- clippings of articles, announcements pertaining to lives and works, related articls and announcements, 1948-1949
oversized_box
14Scrapbook XIV- 1949 Life Magazine article; clippings pertaining to article; photographs of artist and students; Sept. 11, 1949 Atlanta Journal article; additional clippings, 1949
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15415Scrapbook XV- Dodd clippings of articles and announcement pertaining to artist and his work , 1949-1951
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15516Scrapbook XVI- Dodd, clippings of articles and announcements pertaining to the artist and his work; also James Johnson Sweeney, Alvin Lustib, William Zorach, faculty and students of the UGA Art Dept. , 1949-1953
15517Scrapbook XVII- Dodd, assorted clippings pertaining to the artist and his career, 1945-1951, 1953-1959
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18Scrapbook XVIII- UGA Art Dept. faculty and students clippings of articles and announcements pertaining to the artist and his work (included: Howard Thomas, Joseph DeMartini, Abbott Pattison, Sir Herbert Reid, Francis Chapin, George Cress, Leonard DeLonga, Alfred Holbrook, U.S. Art Survey- Dodd-Carnegie, Dedication of Georgia Museum) , 1952-1961
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1561Scrapbook, general, following Lamar Dodd, works and family, 1932-1968
1562Album, general, documenting Dodd's work, exhibitions, UGA campus, etc., 1960s
1563Scrapbook, clippings documenting Lamar Dodd exhibits at various museums, 1952-1954
1564Portfolio of loose clippings, undated
1565Metal engraving plate showing UGA campus building, possibly library
1566Black and white photograph of Lamar Dodd painting
 

6. Printing Blocks

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159Printing Blocks
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160Printing Blocks
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161Printing Blocks
 

7. Unprocessed

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161Misc
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162Misc
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163Misc

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