Project proposal, undated

This collection consists mainly of working papers dealing with a study conducted by Dr. Harold G. Cureau on the availability of art galleries and museums as educational resources at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The bulk of the collection consists of information collected by Dr. Cureau in the form of surveys and visits to HBCUs around the country. Also included within the collection are correspondence files, photographs, and manuscripts by Dr. Cureau. The survey files are arranged by the name of the colleges and universities and include correspondence. Also included is Dr. Cureau’s manuscript “The Art Gallery-Museum in Black Colleges: Their Availability.”

Of note is Cureau’s unpublished manuscript, William H. Sheppard: Missionary and Collector of African Art. There are handwritten and type written scripts of Cureau’s manuscript draft on Sheppard who was the first African American to serve in Africa as a representative of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the Congo Free State. He was also a collector of African Art. Most of the materials relate to research that Cureau collected in the course of his work on Sheppard. Also of note are manuscript drafts of writings on African American artists Richmond Barthe' and Archibald Motley. Items also detail exhibits related to Cureau’s art and his professional affiliations with Southern University Baton Rouge.