Ruth G. Waddy papers

The papers of African American artist Ruth G. Waddy document her career, particularly the founding of Art West, an African American artists collective in Los Angeles, California, as well as her collaboration with Samella Lewis on the two-volume Black Artists on Art. The collection includes correspondence, catalogs, invitations, programs for plays and musical events, biographical information on Waddy, collected periodicals, news clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks. Of note is Waddy's extensive collection of exhibition brochures and catalogs for various African American artists, galleries, museums, etc. Correspondents of note include: Molefi Asante, Mary Beattie Brady, Ray Bradbury, Calvin Burnett, Margaret Burroughs, John Henrik Clarke, Alonzo Davis, Eugenia V. Dunn, Alvin Hollingsworth, Jack Jordan, L. Compton Kolawole, Samella Lewis, C. Eric Lincoln, William E. Pajaud, James Porter, Betye Saar, Harry Sternberg, and James L. Wells.