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Photographs, 1980-1981
Manuscript Collection 1188
INFORMATION ABOUT GEOFF WINNINGHAM
Geoff Winningham was born March 4, 1943, in Jackson, Tennessee. He graduated with a B.A. degree in English from Rice University in Houston, Texas, in 1965. He earned his Master's degree in photography from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1968, where he studied with Aaron Siskind. From 1968 to 1969, he taught photography at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Since 1969 he has been a professor of art and photography at Rice University and currently serves as Professor of Art and Master of Wiess College at Rice. He is the recipient of a Corporation for Public Broadcasting grant in 1971, Guggenheim fellowships in 1972 and 1978, and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in 1975 and 1977. His publications include Friday Night in the Coliseum (Houston, Allison Press, 1971), Going Texan (Houston, Marvis P. Kelsey, Jr., 1972), A Place of Dreams (Houston, Rice University Press, 1986), and In the Eye of the Sun (New York, W. W. Horton, 1997). His films include Friday Night in the Coliseum (1972) and The Pleasures of This Stately Dome (1975). His work is in collections at Museum of Modern Art, New York; International Museum of Photography in Rochester, New York; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Harvard University; Princeton University; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Rice University; and Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION
The collection entitled The Vernacular Architecture of Arkansas: Photographs by Geoff Winningham was donated to Special Collections by the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 12, 1992.
The photographs in the collection were commissioned by First Federal Savings and Loan of Little Rock and executed by Geoff Winningham in 1980 and 1981. This photographic essay consists of black and white photographs which survey the vernacular architecture of Arkansas. Included are photographs of residences, churches, stores, cabins, garages, barns, businesses, outhouses, and bridges throughout the state. Also included is the portfolio Of the Soil, Six Classics of Arkansas' Vernacular Architecture, Photographs by Geoff Winningham which is comprised of six color prints of selected photographs from the photographic essay.
The collection consists of sixty-eight 16" x 20" matted black and white photographs, four 21" x 25" matted color photographs, ten large-format framed black and white photographs, and the portfolio Of the Soil, Six Classics of Arkansas' Vernacular Architecture, Photographs by Geoff Winningham.
RESTRICTIONS APPLY. Access to original large-format photographs stored at HPER requires permission of Head of Special Collections.
Processed by Georgia Ann Kunze, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in August, 1999.
CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION
82 items
Series 1. 16" x 20" Photographs. Boxes
1-8.
Series 2. 21" x 25" Photographs.
Series 3. 4' x 4' and
4' x 5' Photographs.
Series 4. Of the Soil
Portfolio.
Series 1. 16" x 20" Photographs (Boxes 1-8)
This series consists of 16" x 20" matted black and white photographs. Exact titles, which include the place- name and year of each photograph, are in italics. Descriptions of buildings are included in brackets. Color prints and duplicate prints are noted. Files are arranged alphabetically by place name.
Box 1
1. Alabam, Arkansas 1980 [Church]
2. Alabam, Arkansas 1981 [Wilkerson Residence]
3. Arkansas City, Arkansas 1980 [Church]
4. Batesville, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
5. Batesville, Arkansas 1981 [Residence]
6. Big Flat, Arkansas 1980 [Residence] (also includes
duplicate print)
7. Bingen, Arkansas 1981 [Store]
8. Blue Mountain, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
Box 2
1. Clarendon, Arkansas 1980 [Bondi Bros. Building]
2. Columbus, Arkansas 1980 [Nathan Store] (color print)
3. Dewitt, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
4. Dewitt, Arkansas 1980 [Residences]
5. Dewitt, Arkansas 1981 [Residence]
6. England, Arkansas 1981 [Residence]
7. Eros, Arkansas 1981 [Residence]
8. Eros, Arkansas 1981 [Residence]
9. Eureka Springs, Arkansas 1980 [Store]
Box 3
1. Eureka Springs, Arkansas 1981 [Residence]
2. Fayetteville, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
3. Fayetteville, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
4. Fayetteville, Arkansas 1981 [Residence]
5. Fort Smith, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
6. Hardy, Arkansas 1980 [Potts Tavern] (color print)
7. Havana, Arkansas 1981 [Barn]
8. Holly Grove, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
9. North of Holly Grove, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
Box 4
1. Hot Springs, Arkansas 1981 [Store]
2. Hot Springs, Arkansas 1981 [Store]
3. Kingston, Arkansas 1981 [Walkers Drive-In Gro.]
4. Kingston, Arkansas 1981 [Store]
5. North of Kingston, Arkansas 1981 [Barn]
6. Near Lewisville, Arkansas 1981 [Residence]
7. Little Rock, Arkansas 1980 [Residences]
8. Little Rock, Arkansas 1980 [Residences]
9. Little Rock, Arkansas 1981 [Residences]
Box 5
1. Little Rock, Arkansas 1981 [Majestic Cleaners]
2. Lockesburg, Arkansas 1980 [Barn]
3. Lockesburg, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
4. Magazine, Arkansas 1981 [Barn]
5. Magness, Arkansas 1980 [Bridge]
6. McCrae, Arkansas 1980 [Barn]
7. Monticello, Arkansas 1981 [Residence]
8. Monticello, Arkansas 1981 [Residence]
9. Near Nashville, Arkansas 1980 [Outhouse]
Box 6
1. Nashville, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
2. Nashville, Arkansas 1981 [Cabin]
3. Nathan, Arkansas 1981 [Store]
4. New Hope, Arkansas 1981 [Garage]
5. Ola, Arkansas 1981 [Store]
6. Ozan, Arkansas 1980 [Church]
7. Ozark, Arkansas 1981 [Residence]
8. Parks, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
9. Piggott, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
Box 7
1. Pottsville, Arkansas 1980 [Door]
2. Pottsville, Arkansas 1981 [Barn]
3. Prairie Grove, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
4. Prairie Grove, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
5. Prairie Grove, Arkansas 1980 [Stores]
6. Rising Star, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
7. Roe, Arkansas 1981 [Residence]
8. Rogers, Arkansas 1980 [Stores]
9. Searcy, Arkansas 1980 [Barn] (color print)
Box 8
1. Selma, Arkansas 1980 [Church]
2. Shearerville, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
3. Near Springdale, Arkansas 1980 [Residence]
4. St. Joe, Arkansas 1980 [Store]
5. Yellville, Arkansas 1981 [Barn]
6. Reference photographs of 4' x 4' and 4' x 5' Photographs
7. Of the Soil Portfolio
Series 2. 21" x 25" Photographs
This series consists of 21" x 25" matted color photographs. Exact titles, which include building identification, place name and year of each photograph, are given in italics. Files are arranged alphabetically by place name. Photographs are located in map case.
Folder 1
1. Wilkerson House, Alabam, Arkansas 1981
2. Greek Revival Cottage, Mineral Springs, Arkansas 1983
3. Church, Mossville, Arkansas 1981
4. Potts Tavern, Pottsville, Ark
Series 3. 4' x 4' and 4' x 5' Photographs
This series consists of one 4' x 4' and nine 4' x 5' framed black and white photographs. Items are stored in the off-site storage facility and may be retrieved with permission of the head of Special Collections. As access to original work is restricted, snapshots of these photographs have been taken and are in Box 8, Folder 6.
1. Pottsville Tavern, Pottsville, Arkansas
2. R.M. Knox Building, Unidentified Location
3. Unidentified Bridge (4' x 4')
4. Unidentified Residence
5. Unidentified Residence
6. Unidentified Residence
7. Unidentified Residence
8. Unidentified Residence
9. Unidentified Rural Road
10. Store, Columbus, Hempstead County 1980
Series 4. Of the Soil Portfolio
This series consists of the portfolio Of the Soil, Six Classics of Arkansas' Vernacular Architecture, Photographs by Geoff Winningham. The portfolio includes six color prints of selected photographs from the photographic essay and explanatory text by Cyrus A. Sutherland, Professor of Architecture, University of Arkansas. The portfolio is in Box 8, Folder 7.