Art

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...

Content Description This collection, which is intended to be a continuing collection, is comprised of posters and ephemera printed by African American printer Amos Kennedy. It includes posters produced under his Kennedy Prints imprint and a postcard and ephemera produced under the Press of the Black Cat imprint. The works include quotations from Ella Baker, Frederick Douglass, and Rosa Parks. Of note is a large inscribed poster for a musical event produced by Make Music NOLA in New Orleans, Louisiana, in May...

Content Description The papers primarily document the career of Dorothy E. Yepez, and significantly highlight the contributions of an African American businesswoman and art gallery owner in the United States. The collection is extremely rich on the subjects of art, Black history, education and the business documentation of Yepez’s career, with collected files from her art gallery and social activities. Yepez’s papers contain business and some personal correspondence; biographical sketches of Yepez and artists...