Neil Di Teresa Photography Collection
Scope and Contents
This is a photographic collection of Neil Di Teresa, professor of art at Berea College from 1962 to 2010. Photographs in the collection are in the format of slides, shot in 1973. The subjects of his photographs include Appalachia, Appalachians, Appalachian crafts and arts, and artisans.
Dates
- created: 1973
Creator
- Di Teresa, Neil. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Conditions Governing Use
Federal copyright regulations apply to all materials.
Extent
1.00 ms_boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Neil Di Teresa received his Bachelor’s Degree from the Pratt Institute in New York and a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from the University of New Mexico. He was professor of art at Berea College from 1962 to 2010. Di Teresa was also a visiting senior professor at Darwin College, University of Kent, Canterbury, England, and a guest professor at the University of Notre Dame. Di Teresa’s work can be found in numerous museum and corporate collections including Phillip Morris, KY; Ashland Oil, TX; The Charleston Museum of Art, WV; the Owensboro Museum of Art, KY; and The Management Group, NM. While primarily a painter, Di Teresa has also worked in woodcuts, cast paper, puppetry, and drawing. While at Berea College, Di Teresa also served as the director of the Summer Puppetry Caravan for Appalachia.
Processing Information
The photographic slides are arranged according to the trays in which they were received by the archives. The finding aid was created in 2016.
Subject
- Berea College -- Faculty (Organization)
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives Repository
Hutchins Library
100 Campus Drive
Berea Kentucky 40404 US
859.985.3262
special_collections@berea.edu