Jones, Lois Mailou

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d. June 9, 1998.

From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122311085

African American woman artist, of Washington, D.C.; b. 1905.

From the description of Lois Mailou Jones papers, 1943-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70949653

African American female visual artist, educator, scholar, and mentor; served as professor of art at the Howard Univ. College of Fine Arts from 1930 to 1967; m. Louis Vergniaud Pierre-Noel, the renowned Haitian artist, in 1953.

From the description of Lois Mailou Jones papers, 1920-1998. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 738544276

Painter, designer, educator. Born 1905 in Boston, Mass.

Studied at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts and the Academie Julian in Paris. She was professor of design and watercolor at Howard University from 1930-1977. In 1953 she married Vergniaud Pierre-Noel.

From the description of Lois Mailou Jones scrapbooks, 1922-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81954802

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creatorOf Jones, Lois Mailou. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf JONES, LOIS MAILOU. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Lorenzo Johnston Greene papers, 1680-1988 Library of Congress. American Folklife Center
referencedIn Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Carl Van Vechten collection, ca. 1920-ca. 1955; (bulk 1940-1949). Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
referencedIn Harmon Foundation Collection. 1922 - 1967. The Harmon Foundation Collection: Kenneth Space Photographs of the Activities of Southern Black Americans National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Lois Mailou Jones scrapbooks Archives of American Art
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION DEEP FREEZE '70 (FIRST WOMEN TO LAND AT SOUTH POLE) National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Ames, Jessie Daniel, 1883-1972. Black history ephemera, 1903-1977. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Harmon Foundation Collection. 1922 - 1967. Artworks by Negro Artists. 1922 - 1967. quot;Ascent of Ethiopiaquot; National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Jones, Lois Mailou. Lois Mailou Jones : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1920-2000 [graphic]. Frick Art Reference Library
creatorOf Jones, Lois Mailou. Lois Mailou Jones papers, 1943-1990. Bureau of National Affairs Library
referencedIn Harmon Foundation Collection. 1922 - 1967. Artworks by Negro Artists. 1922 - 1967. quot;Negro Youthquot; National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION DEEP FREEZE l970 (Basketball Game Between NCBU 201 amp; VXE-6) McMurdo Station National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Newark Museum. Curatorial records of Against the Odds: African American Artists and the Harmon foundation, exhibition, 1926-1990 and undated. Newark museum
referencedIn Black Women Oral History Project transcripts, 1976-1981. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION DEEP FREEZE '70-FIRST WOMEN AT SOUTH POLE National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Jones, Lois Mailou (Mrs. V. Pierre-Noël), 1906- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Interviews of the Black Women Oral History Project, 1976-1981 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Jones, Lois Mailou. Lois Mailou Jones papers, 1920-1998. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
creatorOf Jones, Lois Mailou. Reminiscences of Lois Mailou Jones : oral history, 1977. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Lorenzo Johnston Greene Papers, 1680-1988, (bulk 1933-1972) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf 1902-1999. Marie Joe Browne collection, 1868-1999. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION DEEP FREEZE 1970 (First Women to Land at South Pole) National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Harmon Foundation Collection. 1922 - 1967. Artworks by Negro Artists. 1922 - 1967. quot;Three Old Companionsquot; National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Black Women Oral History Project. Records, 1976-1997 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith Angelou, Maya person
associatedWith Archives of American Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Benjamin, Tritobia H. person
associatedWith Bernard, Emile, 1868-1941. person
associatedWith Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955. person
associatedWith Black Women Oral History Project. corporateBody
associatedWith Black Women Oral History Project. corporateBody
associatedWith Black Women Oral History Project. corporateBody
associatedWith Browne, Marie Joe, 1902-1999. person
associatedWith Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915- person
correspondedWith Cheek, James E. person
associatedWith Clinton, Bill, 1946- person
associatedWith Clinton, Hillary Rodham person
associatedWith Danley, Theresa B., person
associatedWith Donaldson, Jeff. person
associatedWith Driskell, David C. person
associatedWith Dunham, Katherine person
associatedWith Ferebee, Dorothy Boulding, d. 1980. person
associatedWith Frick Art Reference Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Fuller, Meta Warrick, 1877-1968. person
correspondedWith Greene, Lorenzo J. (Lorenzo Johnston), 1899-1988. person
associatedWith Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955 person
associatedWith Howard University. corporateBody
associatedWith Howard University. Dept. of Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Jones, Caroline D. person
associatedWith Jones, John Wesley. person
associatedWith Jones, Thomas Vreeland. person
associatedWith Newark Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Pierre-Noel, Louis V. person
associatedWith Porter, James person
associatedWith Primus, Pearl person
associatedWith Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962. person
associatedWith Senghor, Léopold Sédar, 1906-2001. person
associatedWith Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. person
associatedWith Wells, James person
associatedWith Woodruff, Hale, 1900-1980. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Senegal
Haiti
Africa, French-speaking West
Subject
African American art
African American art
African American artists
African American arts
African American college presidents
African American painters
African American women artists
Art, African
Art, American
Art
Art, Haitian
Educators
Presidents
Women artists
Occupation
African American women artists
Minority women artists
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Birth 1905-11-03

Death 1998-06-09

Americans

English

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