Henry Pearson Papers (#3911) 1931-1999

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Henry Pearson Papers (#3911) 1931-1999

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/p/Pearson,Henry.html

Artist Henry (Hank) Charles Pearson was born in Kinston, N.C., in 1914. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1935; received an M.F.A. degree from Yale University in 1938; worked as a stage scene designer, 1937-1942; and served in the United States Army, 1942-1948, and Air Force, 1948-1953. Pearson's works in acrylic, oil, and water color have been exhibited at galleries and museums throughout the United States and are included in the permanent collections of major museums. Pearson has taught at the New School for Social Research and served as a general critic for the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Papers include correspondence, materials documenting Pearson's career and education, photographs, and other items. Correspondence includes postcards sent by Pearson to his mother and other family members, including Minora P. (Mrs. Louis N.) Howard, Stanley W. Pearson, Marta Pearson, and Phylis Bagan, and to friends, including Mr. and Mrs. Karl E. Gay, George Wingate, Mrs. J. Worth McAlister, Dorothy Croissant, Loraine Stevens, and Jane Logemann. Postcards to Karl Gay, 1960s-1979, constitute a running account of Pearson's life during those years. Also included is Pearson's correspondence with Seamus Heaney (mostly photocopies of letters from Pearson to Heaney). Materials documenting Pearson's career and education include announcements of art exhibitions; exhibition catalogs; clippings; articles by or about Pearson; school notebooks; a scrapbook documenting Pearson's work as technical director and scene designer at the Dock Street Theater in Charleston, S.C., 1940-1941; and photographs of Pearson and of his work.

About 4000 items (4.5 linear feet)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6628451

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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