| | | Preface by Merribell Parsons | | 6 |
| | | Curators' Statement by E. Jane Connell and Nannette V. Maciejunes | | 8 |
| | | Introduction by Robert Bishop | | 10 |
| | | Elijah Pierce, Woodcarver: Doves and Pain in Life Fulfilled by Gerald L. Davis | | 13 |
| | | Hands-On Work: Style as Meaning in the Carvings of Elijah Pierce by Michael D. Hall | | 26 |
| | | "Your Life Is a Book": The Artistic Legacy of Elijah Pierce by John R. Moe | | 37 |
| | | Elijah Pierce and the African American Tradition of Wood Carving by Regenia A. Perry | | 46 |
| | | A Holy Place: A Tribute to Elijah Pierce by Aminah Robinson | | 65 |
| | | Catalogue of the Exhibition by E. Jane Connell and Nannette V. Maciejunes | | 69 |
| | | Autobiographical Works | | |
| | | Freestanding Carvings: Animals and Figures | | |
| | | Secular Relief Carvings | | |
| | | Tableaus | | |
| | | Religious Relief Carvings | | |
| | | Message Signs | | |
| | | Moral Lessons | | |
| | | Pierce, the Universal Man | | |
| | | Annotated Checklist by E. Jane Connell and Nannette V. Maciejunes | | 160 |
| | | Chronology by Margaret Armbrust Seibert | | 238 |
| | | Bibliography by Margaret Armbrust Seibert | | 249 |
| | | Lenders to the Exhibition | | 256 |