Fayetteville Townfolk Portfolio

Collection

Identifier: MC 1401

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Scope and Content Note

The Fayetteville Townfolk Portfolio consists of sixty black and white photographs with captions, the exhibit frontispiece, and eleven duplicate prints. The text accompanying the photographs is reproduced verbatim in the finding aid.

The Fayetteville Townfolk Portfolio is the first photographic essay by Andrew Kilgore. It consists of sixty black and white portraits of citizens of Fayetteville. Each photograph is accompanied by a caption edited from interviews conducted by Kilgore's wife, Meg. Each sitter was interviewed for an hour and asked what he or she liked or disliked about Fayetteville, why they stayed in Fayetteville, and if there was anything that they wished to say to posterity. Kilgore's first goal with this project was to communicate to people the importance of black and white archival photography for preserving history. The second was to celebrate the individual in the community. The exhibit traveled to more than twelve locations throughout the state before being donated to the University of Arkansas. Photographs from this portfolio won second prize at the Arkansas Art juried show and Grand Prize at Little Rock's Riverfest Arts Fair. Six of the photographs were selected to tour in the Mid-America Arts Alliance show "Twelve Photographers." The project was funded by grants from the Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities, the First National Bank of Fayetteville, and the Arkansas Arts Council.

Numerical index: The photograph numbers correspond loosely to the chronological order in which the photographs were taken. This chronology is indicative of Kilgore's stylistic changes within this photographic essay. In an interview published in The Grapevine on November 14, 1979, Kilgore states that while he used a predominantly white background in the earlier portraits, the later portraits have a black background and are "looser and have more sense of movement." See Special Collections Vertical File for a copy of this article.

Photograph #1 Stephen Joseph Murphy - Box 4, Folder 1

Photograph #2 Virginia McNair - Box 1, Folder 2

Photograph #3 Franklin Williams - Box 3, Folder 10

Photograph #4 Gary Lunsford - Box 1, Folder 3

Photograph #5 Doug Jones - Box 1, Folder 4

Photograph #6 Sarge and Shirley West - Box 1, Folder 5

Photograph #7 Yarrow Swenson - Box 1, Folder 6

Photograph #8 Julie Perry Rogers - Box 4, Folder 2

Photograph #9 Larry Froelich - Box 1, Folder 7

Photograph #10 David Murphy, Brian Murphy, Mary Nan King Murphy, Stephen Joseph Murphy - Box 1, Folder 8

Photograph #11 Joan Collier - Box 1, Folder 9

Photograph #12 Robert Ross - Box 4, Folder 3

Photograph #13 Calabash Pottery - Cathy Thompson, Meredith Boswell, Fu Ross, Carolyn Griffin, Tracye Wear, Richard Karnatz - Box 1, Folder 10

Photograph #14 Denise Dunn - Box 1, Folder 11

Photograph #15 Karen and Skip Beaton - Box 2, Folder 1

Photograph #16 Jeanne Darcher - Box 2, Folder 2

Photograph #17 Thelma Manske - Box 2, Folder 3

Photograph #18 Tomoko Sekiguchi - Box 2, Folder 4

Photograph #19 Jacquelyn Stoner/Suzanne Stoner - Box 4, Folder 4

Photograph #20 Jay McDonald - Box 4, Folder 5

Photograph #21 Flannery Horan - Box 2, Folder 5

Photograph #22 Joseph Fred Derwin III, IV, and V - Box 2, Folder 6 Photograph #23 Jack Butler - Box 2, Folder 7

Photograph #24 Unidentified Boy - Box 4, Folder 10

Photograph #25 Susan Jenkins and Robert Ginsburg - Box 2, Folder 8

Photograph #26 Edna and Bruce Baker - Box 2, Folder 9

Photograph #27 Martha Nacol - Box 4, Folder 6

Photograph #28 Marcy Benham and Pierce McVey - Box 4, Folder 7

Photograph #29 Jesse and Alice Schader - Box 4, Folder 8 Photograph #30 Michael Acklin (Mudcat) - Box 4, Folder 9

Photograph #31 Mitch Rogers - Box 5, Folder 1

Photograph #32 Amy Clark - Box 5, Folder 2

Photograph #33 Dwight, Mikie, and D.D. Fisher - Box 2, Folder 10

Photograph #34 Nancy and Kent McVey - Box 5, Folder 3

Photograph #35 Hal Douglas - Box 3, Folder 1

Photograph #36 Paul Jameson - Box 5, Folder 4

Photograph #37 Mark and Jennifer Schwab - Box 5, Folder 5

Photograph #38 Hazel Gonyer - Box 5, Folder 6

Photograph #39 Betsy Hines - Box 5, Folder 7

Photograph #40 Bruce Robertson - Box 5, Folder 8

Photograph #41 Diana Faye Jones - Box 5, Folder 9

Photograph #42 Josh Wilson - Box 5, Folder 10

Photograph #43 Addie Reena Nelson - Box 6, Folder 1

Photograph #44 Sagely Ann, Justin, George, and Rosemary Faucette - Box 3, Folder 2

Photograph #45 Lynice Randolph with her daughters - Box 3, Folder 3

Photograph #46 Jon Schader - Box 6, Folder 2

Photograph #47 Lloyd Shackleford - Box 6, Folder 3

Photograph #48 Marc McCutcheon - Box 6, Folder 4

Photograph #49 Nancy Gordon and Donnell Garner - Box 3, Folder 4

Photograph #50 Terry Daniels - Box 6, Folder 5

Photograph #51 Eddie Johnson - Box 3, Folder 5

Photograph #52 Pam Peoples - Box 3, Folder 6

Photograph #53 Lewis and Mary McCarty - Box 6, Folder 6

Photograph #54 Buddy Spearman - Box 6, Folder 7

Photograph #55 George and Cookie Shelton - Box 3, Folder 7 Photograph #56 Al Carter - Box 6, Folder 8

Photograph #57 Kenneth Wayne Morgan - Box 6, Folder 9

Photograph #58 Mary Margaret Durst - Box 6, Folder 10

Photograph #59 Meg Kilgore - Box 3, Folder 8

Photograph #60 Ellen Gilchrist with her son Pierre Walker - Box 3, Folder 9

Subject index:

Acklin, Michael - Box 4, Folder 9

Baker, Edna and Bruce - Box 2, Folder 9

Beaton, Karen and Skip - Box 2, Folder 1

Benham, Marcy and Pierce McVey - Box 4, Folder 7

Boswell, Meredith - see Calabash Pottery Butler, Jack - Box 2, Folder 7

Calabash Pottery - Cathy Thompson, Meredith Boswell, Fu Ross, Carolyn Griffin, Tracye Wear, and Richard Karnatz - Box 1, Folder 10

Carter, Al - Box 6, Folder 8

Clark, Amy - Box 5, Folder 2

Collier, Joan - Box 1, Folder 9

Daniels, Terry - Box 6, Folder 5

Darcher, Jeanne - Box 2, Folder 2

Derwin, Joseph Fred III, IV and V - Box 2, Folder 6

Douglas, Hal - Box 3, Folder 1

Durst, Mary Margaret - Box 6, Folder 10

Dunn, Denise - Box 1, Folder 11

Faucette, Sagely Ann, Justin, George, and Rosemary - Box 3, Folder 2

Fisher, Dwight, Mikie, and D.D. - Box 2, Folder 10

Froelich, Larry - Box, Folder 7

Garner, Donnell - see Nancy Gordon/Donnell Garner Gilchrist, Ellen with her son Pierre Walker - Box 3, Folder 9

Ginsburg, Robert - see Susan Jenkins/Robert Ginsburg Gonyer, Hazel - Box 5, Folder 6

Gordon, Nancy and Donnell Garner - Box 3, Folder 4

Griffin, Carolyn - see Calabash Pottery

Hines, Betsy - Box 5, Folder 7

Horan, Flannery - Box 2, Folder 5

Jameson, Paul - Box 5, Folder 4

Jenkins, Susan and Robert Ginsburg - Box 2, Folder 8

Johnson, Eddie - Box 3, Folder 5

Jones, Diana Faye - Box 5, Folder 9

Jones, Doug - Box 1, Folder 4

Karnatz, Richard - see Calabash Pottery

Kilgore, Meg - Box 3, Folder 8

Lunsford Gary - Box 1, Folder 3

Manske, Thelma - Box 2, Folder 3

McCarty, Lewis and Mary - Box 6, Folder 6

McCutcheon, Marc - Box 6, Folder 4

McDonald, Jay - Box 4, Folder 5

McNair, Virginia - Box 1, Folder 2

McVey, Nancy and Kent - Box 5, Folder 3

McVey, Pierce - see Marcy Benham/Pierce McVey

Morgan, Kenneth Wayne - Box 6, Folder 9

Murphy, David, Brian, Mary Nan King, and Stephen Joseph - Box 1, Folder 8

Murphy, Stephen Joseph - Box 4, Folder 1

Nacol, Martha - Box 4, Folder 6 Nelson, Addie Reena - Box 6, Folder 1 Peoples, Pam - Box 3, Folder 6

Randolph, Lynice with her daughters - Box 3, Folder 3

Robertson, Bruce - Box 5, Folder 8

Rogers, Julie Perry - Box 4, Folder 2

Rogers, Mitch - Box 5, Folder 1

Ross, Fu - see Calabash Pottery

Ross, Robert - Box 4, Folder 3

Schader, Jesse and Alice - Box 4, Folder 8

Schader, Jon - Box 6, Folder 2

Schwab, Mark and Jennifer - Box 5, Folder 5

Sekiguchi, Tomoko - Box 2, Folder 4

Shackleford, Lloyd - Box 6, Folder 3

Shelton, George and Cookie - Box 3, Folder 7

Spearman, Buddy - Box 6, Folder 7

Stoner, Jacquelyn and Suzanne - Box 5, Folder 4

Swenson, Yarrow - Box 1, Folder 6

Thompson, Cathy - see Calabash Pottery

Walker, Pierre - see Ellen Gilchrist with her son Pierre Walker

Wear, Tracye - see Calabash Pottery

West, Sarge and Shirley - Box 1, Folder 5

Williams, Franklin - Box 3, Folder 10

Wilson, Josh - Box 5, Folder 10

Dates

1976-1980

Creator

Kilgore, Andrew, 1940- (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

Andrew Kilgore was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1940. He received a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, in 1963. The following year he studied in New York City at the Union Theological Seminary and the Stella Adler Theatre Studio. In 1965, he worked as a Protestant minister at the rural Tri-Parish Churches in Hardwick, Vermont. From 1966 to 1968, Kilgore was a Peace Corps Volunteer in India. From 1969 to 1971, he was a Mobility Instructor with the Texas State Commission for the Blind in Austin, Texas, teaching blind and severely retarded children. In 1973, he was hired by the University of Arkansas to develop a photography program. From 1973 to 1977, he worked as the photography instructor in the Art Department, building the program to include nine darkrooms and 85 students. In 1977, he retired from teaching to work as a commercial photographer and has produced numerous photographic essays and exhibits.