Roy C. Craven

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Roy C. Craven (Roy Curtis Craven, Jr.) was (born in Cherokee Bluffs, Alabama on July 29, 1924. [1] - May 30, 1996) [2] He was the founding director of the University Gallery at the University of Florida. [3]

Roy C. Craven authored, co-authored, and co-created (as with contributing the prologue and serving as photographer for Indian Art of Ancient Florida [4] ) numerous scholarly books and publications on art (which are used in class syllabi [5] and cited in other scholarly publications), including:

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References

  1. Craven, Roy. "A Study of Indian Painting (MA Thesis)". University of Florida. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  2. Craven, Roy C. "Social Security Death Index". www.genealogybank.com/. genealogybank. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  3. "University Gallery's Roy Craven to be Honored". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  4. Purdy, Barbara A. (1996). Indian Art of Ancient Florida. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. ISBN   9780813014623.
  5. Kobayashi, Hiromitsu. "Introduction to Asian Art Syllabus" (PDF). Sophia University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.