African American art

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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.

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17 prints, including 2 framed, by Margaret Burroughs, Leslie Emery, and F. Bazille. 30 phonodiscs, including singles and albums, and 14 books. Books have been separated to cataloging. Prints have been separated to Fine Art collection.

Scope and Contents The Louise E. Jefferson papers contain a wide variety of Jefferson’s artistic works including drawings and designs. Additionally, the papers cover decades worth of correspondence, and perhaps most notably, hundreds of photographs from around the world. The bulk of the photographs are from Jefferson’s trips to Africa in the 1960s and 1970s, and over a dozen African countries are represented in the collection. Besides her professional photographs, the collection also contains hundreds of...

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...