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African American artists -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Senga Nengudi papers

 Collection
Identifier: 794
Processing Information This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-OMS-20. Content Description Senga Nengudi papers compile records reflecting more than fifty years of Nengudi’s career and personal life. The papers of Senga Nengudi mainly document her artistic career as a sculptor and performance artist encompassing correspondence, ephemera and photographs. Images and documentation for Nengudi’s...
Dates: 1952-2021, undated

John T. Scott papers

 Collection
Identifier: 334
Scope and Contents The John T. Scott papers contain materials relating to Scott’s work as an artist and teacher in New Orleans, Louisiana. The collection consists of exhibition announcements and catalogs featuring Scott’s artwork, correspondence with fellow board and committee members of local artistic organizations, Scott’s drawings and designs, and collected material from his time as an art professor at Xavier University. The collection also includes correspondence from art galleries and museums, as well as...
Dates: Created: 1962-1995; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1986; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1987

Sue Jane Smock papers

 Collection — Small Collection
Identifier: 2480
Content Description

The papers of artist Sue Jane Smock consist of correspondence, clippings, artist statements, and programs. The bulk of the collection consists of photocopies. Of note is Smock's reminiscences of Jessie Covington Dent, as well as statements made by David M. Thomas, Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of Liberia at the 1957 funeral of Smock's father William H. Mitchell.

Dates: Other: 1957-2004

William Edward Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: 430
Content Description The papers of painter, sculptor, and photographer William Edward Taylor includes correspondence, honors and awards, programs, and a videocassette of a 1983 interview with Taylor on WFYI (PBS) in Indianapolis. Correspondents include: Alvin R. Bergeron, Donald Elder, Susan L. Cahn (of the Jewish Community Center of Indianapolis), and Donald F. Rees (Lay President of the Lutheran Church Council). Additional materials include research for the exhibition and publication entitled "A...
Dates: Other: 1900-1999

Yvonne and Curtis Tucker papers

 Collection
Identifier: 661
Content Description Yvonne and Curtis Tucker were a husband and wife team of nationally-known ceramists. Curtis Tucker, originally a painter, became interested in ceramics when he saw the work of his future wife Yvonne Edwards at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He was born in Austin, Texas, but raised in San Diego, California.  He passed in 1992 after working with his wife for over twenty years. Yvonne Tucker is a professor of art at Florida A&M in Tallahassee. She is a ceramist and sculptor...
Dates: Other: 1960-2002

Margaret Rose Vendryes collection

 Collection
Identifier: 746
Content Description The Margaret Rose Vendryes collection consists of research files compiled by Vendryes, an artist and art historian, in preparation for her 2008 book, Barthé: A Life in Sculpture. The collection and Vendryes’ book concern African American sculptor Richmond Barthé, a native of Mississippi and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. The collection dates from 1939-2008 and measures 2.80 linear feet. The majority of the collection consists of photocopied...
Dates: Other: 1939-2008

Ruth G. Waddy papers

 Collection
Identifier: 377
Scope and Contents 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...
Dates: Created: 1932-1985; Other: Date acquired: 07/01/1985