subj5. Holdings related to Art and Artists

Content Description The Claude Clark papers document the life and work of Clark, an African American painter, printmaker, and educator active from the 1940s through the 1990s. The collection dating from circa 1935 to 2001 consists of correspondence, exhibition catalogs and invitations, teaching materials, writings, photographs, and moving image formats. The earliest documents are reproductions of family photographs and Clark’s contributions to The Wissahickson, the school magazine at Roxborough High...

Scope and Contents This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-OMS-20. Content Description The Dent Family papers addendum include the personal, professional, and collected papers of Albert Walter Dent (1904-1984) and Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (1904-2001). The papers break down into six series: the papers of Albert Walter Dent, the papers of Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent, images, ephemera,...

Content Description This collection documents the life and career of Gene Elder, a San Antonio artist and gay rights advocate. His papers include correspondence, exhibition announcements and invitations, catalogs, and other printed items on the arts and gay rights in San Antonio. As an advocate for the arts, Elder was the driving force behind the transformation of a collection of old warehouse buildings into the city's arts district. Materials include articles regarding the Blue Star Arts complex in San...

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The papers of New Orleans-born, self-taught artist Vivian Ellis include catalogs, posters, brochures and other printed ephemera about exhibits, both individual and group, in which Ellis has been included. Most of the items are in German, and many of the exhibits opened in Germany where the artist resides and works as a military nurse. Additional materials include photographs of Ellis' father, Reverend Aaron Ellis, former pastor of the Greater Rose Hill Baptist Church in New Orleans

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The Eugene L. Foney collection consists of printed ephemera regarding African Americans, race relations, the arts, and crime. Included is a copy of the U.S. Bureau of the Census 1990 Minority Economic Profile; a pamphlet and newspaper published by the National Association of Black Journalists; news clippings, programs, invitations, press releases, and handbills about African American artists. Additional material consists of one poster pertaining to the work of artist John Biggers.

Content Description Claire Foster-Burnett is a former New Orleans Public Schools teacher and artist. She has exhibited her works throughout the country, and incorporates three dimensional objects such as clothespins, angels, and plastic. Her works primarily deal with the African American experience in America, slavery, and religion. This donation includes a portfolio on Foster-Burnett and news articles on her exhibitions. Her collection includes a portfolio, news articles relating to her exhibitions, family...

Content Description Varnette Honeywood originally from St. Joseph, Louisiana, and Magnolia, Mississippi, migrated to California with her parents. She was an alumna of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and attended the University of Southern California receiving her Master’s Degree in Education in 1974. She founded Black Lifestyles Fine Art and Black Lifestyles Classics, a publishing company with her sister, Stephanie. Many of her works have been used for book jackets, book and music illustrations including...

Content Description The Giles Alfred Hubert papers contain approximately 400 letters, in addition to lists, notes, programs, publicity materials, receipts, teaching materials, and collected items. The correspondence is evenly divided among incoming and outgoing letters, and contains numerous single letters , most of which were received or written within the half decade during which Hubert was in the foreign service (1948-1953). A group of these were written to college presidents in the search for employment...

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35-page transcription of oral history interview with Jacob Lawrence conducted by James Buell and David Driskell in February 1982. Lawrence discusses the influences behind his creation of the Toussaint l'Ouverture series along with his other historical series.

Scope and Contents The Marr-McGee Family papers document the lives of writer, photographer, and cultural promoter Warren Marr II; his wife, attorney, community activist, and energy consultant Carmel Carrington Marr; and his sister, nurse, and race relations advocate Grace Marr Nugent. The key topics covered in this collection are the founding and administration of the Amistad Research Center; Black arts and theater; community development and relations; historically Black colleges and universities; human rights...