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Richmond Barthe papers
Collection
Identifier: 034
Scope and Contents
The papers of Richmond Barthe, Harlem Renaissance sculptor, consist of correspondence, contact books, programs, brochures, news and magazine clippings, notes, lists, financial information, poetry, letters, passports, publications, resumes, advertisements, and photographs. The papers have been arranged in three general groups of correspondence, other materials, and photographs. The correspondence has been arranged into nine divisions alphabetically according to topic and...
Dates:
Created: 1901-1989; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1987
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Black Arts Collection
Collection
Identifier: 048
Content Description
This artificial collection of memorabilia documents Black artists (1908-2002). This collection consists of news clippings, programs, posters, exhibition catalogs, correspondence, announcements, and invitations arranged in chronological order.
Dates:
Other: 1908-2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Selma H. Burke interviews
Collection
Identifier: 633
Content Description
Selma H. Burke was an African American teacher and sculptress who designed the portrait for the Roosevelt dime and who founded the Selma Burke Art Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The collection consists of 5 audiocassette tapes of interviews conducted by Clifton H. Johnson with Burke in her home in Pennsylvania from May 7-9, 1991. A separate interview conducted on February 20, 1991 is present on a VHS videotape.
Dates:
Other: 1991
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Elizabeth Catlett papers
Collection
Identifier: 078
Scope and Contents
The papers of Elizabeth Catlett, sculptor, graphic artist, teacher, and political activist, consist of correspondence, audiotape cassettes, biographical data, news clippings, notes, photographs, exhibition catalogs, posters, writings, and a reel-to-reel film. The papers have been arranged into three general groups: correspondence, non-correspondence and oversized items, and is arranged alphabetically according to topic and chronologically within each file unit. Non-correspondence includes...
Dates:
Created: 1959-1984; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Marr-McGee Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 246
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...
Dates:
Created: 1915-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1961-1985; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1971
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
National Conference of Artists records
Collection
Identifier: 620
Content Description
The National Conference of Artists (NCA) was founded March 28-29,1959, at Dean Sage Hall of Atlanta University during the opening of the Atlanta University Eighteenth Annual Art Exhibition. The records consist of correspondence, reports, minutes and agenda, conference materials, exhibition materials, speeches, and publications. Membership information is also included, as are news clippings, financial records, and memorabilia. Audiocassette tapes include speeches, business meetings, and...
Dates:
Other: 1943-1993
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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