"Selected" resume and two vitae for Eleanor Dickinson, undated

Excerpts of reviews, 1970-1995

Scope Note:

Includes eleven pages of excerpts of reviews of Dickinson's works from newspapers and journals.

Page proofs for Revival by Eleanor Dickinson and Barbara Benziger, 1974

Scope Note:

This book on Southern Appalachian revivals "represents the current embodiment of an extraordinary project which began for Eleanor Creekmore Dickinson seven years ago in her native Knoxville, Tennessee. It was here that she visited a tent revival to draw the participants....As the project developed, she made hundreds of on-site figure drawings, hours of tape recordings of the services, photographed the settings as thoroughly as she might, and collected every sort of transportable object related to the revival manifestation: handbills, hymnals, signs, and all manner of ephemera." (p. vi) This book is the product of the effort. It includes an introduction by Walter Hopps.

Revival! The Tennessee State Museum catalog and catalog dummy, 1981

Scope Note:

This is a thirty-six-page catalog of an exhibit that the Tennessee State Museum describes as "the most comprehensive Revival! exhibition to date. It is, in our view, more than an art show; it is also a portrayal of a social and religious phenomenon which is an important part of our Southern heritage." It includes several articles, bibliographical notes, drawings, a list of advisors, photographs, and a selective resume for Dickinson. The folder also includes a thirty-five-page catalog dummy.

Artwork by Eleanor Dickinson from page twenty-five of Revival! The Tennessee Museum , 1981

Scope Note:

Shows a man with outstretched arms.

Map of revival study sites, 1981

Scope Note:

This map appears on pages 18-19 of Revival! The Tennessee State Museum . Revival sites "visited or otherwise documented" by Dickinson are pinpointed in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Some churches are within the Smokies region. Brief information is provided on thirteen churches. Black circles indicate the locations of serpent-handling churches.

Revival! The Tennessee State Museum flier, 1981

An Echo out of Africa: Unacknowledged Cultural Borrowing of Religious Expression from the Black Slaves in the Great Revival Movement by Eleanor Creekmore Dickinson, undated

Scope Note:

This twenty-six page paper is accompanied by a four-page bibliography and eleven pages of attachments, including biblical quotes and photographs.

The 'Art of the Matter' with Eleanor Dickinson , 1986-1999

Scope Note:

This seven-page undated guide describes monthly thirty-minute programs that aired on Community Access Cable T.V., Channel 53, in the San Francisco Bay area from 1986-1999. They provided professional information for visual artists. The original tapes are held by the California College of Arts and Crafts Meyer Library.

Transcripts of Real Time in West Virginia with Four Holiness People , 1978

Scope Note:

On June 24, 1978, Dickinson interviewed Rev. Robert Elkins, Barbara Elkins, Elder Dewey Chafin, and Elder Robert Brady at the Church of Jesus (Holiness) in Jolo, WV. They discuss handling snakes, drinking strychnine, and other acts practiced by the church. The original audio and video tapes are available for non-commercial purposes in the Dickinson Collection of Revival Tapes in the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. This folder includes three copies of interview transcripts, one hand-written and two typed.

Reviews of Dickinson's works, 1989-1995

Scope Note:

Includes seven one-page reviews of Dickinson's traveling show, "The Crucifixion Series." Sources include Women Artist News , The Sacramento Bee , Art in America , Artweek , The Knoxville Journal , and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

One page price list for Dickinson's works at the Michael Himovitz Gallery in Sacramento, 1999