Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Researchers may access digitized materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Joseph E. Dodd, Artist, Papers and Artwork, A&M 3747, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Joseph Eldridge Dodd (1907-1945), painter and art professor, was a native of Parkersburg, West Virginia. He attended the West Virginia Colored Institute, graduating in 1929 as President of his class. He subsequently studied at the National Academy of Design in New York. During the mid-1930s he taught at Bluefield State College. About 1940, he took a leave of absence to further his studies at Yale University where he won several awards. Drafted into military service in 1942, he served in the South Pacific during World War II. Returning home in poor health, he died in Bluefield in November 1945.

Scope and Contents

Collected drawings, paintings, and sketches by Joseph Eldridge Dodd (1907-1945), painter and art professor, as well as biographical information about Dodd. The artworks by Dodd include examples of cover illustrations he did for publications such as "The Crisis", illustrations for sheet music and a newspaper article, and a photograph of an art exhibit presumed to have been at Bluefield State College.

Thirty plus artworks from the original gift are now at the West Virginia University Art Museum. For a full list of donated art, contact the Reference Staff of the West Virginia Regional History Center.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• African-American artists
• Art and artists
• Artists -- West Virginia
• Dodd, Joseph Eldridge.