Dee Strickland Johnson Drawings

Collection

Identifier: MC 2381

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Scope and Content Note

Three framed drawings by Dee Strickland Johnson, in pencil, of performers at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas.

Dates

Creation: circa 1973-1977

Creator

Johnson, Dee Strickland (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Dee ("Buckshot Dot") Strickland Johnson (1931-) is an artist, musician, and cowboy poet. She was named Female Cowboy Poet of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists in 1997, and was named as an Arizona Culture Keeper. Between 1973-1977, Johnson lived in Arkansas, where she performed at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, wrote a column ("Holler Logue") for The Mountain View weekly newspaper, and taught at local schools.

Extent

3 Linear Feet (3 items)

Additional Description

Acquisition Information

The Dee Strickland Johnson Drawings were donated to the Special Collections Department by Ellen Compton of Fayetteville, Arkansas, circa 1995. Compton was given the drawings by Dee Strickland Johnson in the 1970s, when Compton met her in Mountain View, Arkansas, where the artist was working at the time.