Overview The Beauford Delaney Papers (1909-1991) consists of family, personal, and professional papers and some artifacts created or collected by the Knoxville-born artist Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), now regarded as one of the major modernist painters of his time. The papers are grouped into seven series based on the format and content of the material. In order, these series are: Biographical Records (1952-1981, undated), Correspondence (1931-1991), Photographic Material (1909-1979), Artwork...