Box 3

The first series is correspondence, which includes Catlett's personal and professional correspondence dating from 1959-1984 and reflects her relationship with her family, including her husband and artist Francisco Mora, sons Francisco Jr. and Juan. The majority of the correspondence is professional in nature and includes letters from admirers, museums, galleries and school personnel, as well as contracts, prices, and programs. The letters discuss lectures, exhibitions, commissions, honors, and prices for art pieces. Correspondents include Crystal Britton, a gallery owner; Alonzo Davis, owner of Brockman Gallery; Floyd Levin, leader of the movement to erect a statue of Louis Armstrong in New Orleans; and Samella Lewis, art historian and Catlett's biographer. Other prominent names include Margaret Walker Alexander, Amiri Baraka, Romare Bearden, John Biggers, Celestine S. Cook, David C. Driskell, Elton C. Fax, Rupert Garcia, Vincent Harding, Stanley Hoskins, Jean Blackwell Hutson, Moon Landrieu, Edward A. Love, Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial, James A. Porter, Andrew Salkey, and Francisco Zuniga.