Charles Henry Alston papers

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Charles Henry Alston papers

1924-1980

The scattered papers of African-American and Harlem Renaissance painter, muralist, illustrator, sculptor, and educator Charles Henry Alston measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1924-1980. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, commission and teaching files, writings and notes, printed materials, and photographs. Notable correspondents include Romare Bearden, Byron Browne, Jacob Lawrence, and Hale Woodruff.

0.9 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 6630339

Archives of American Art

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City University of New York. City College

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United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...

Harlem Artists Guild

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The Harlem Artists Guild (1935–41) was an African-American organization founded by artists including Augusta Savage, Charles Alston, Elba Lightfoot, Louise E. Jefferson and bibliophile Arthur Schomburg with the aims of encouraging young talent, providing a forum for the discussion of the visual arts in the community, fostering understanding between artists and the public through education towards an appreciation of art, focusing on issues of general concern to Black artists such as racism, pover...

Woodruff, Hale, 1900-1980

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Painter, educator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Hale Woodruff, 1968 Nov. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394232 Painter, educator; New York, N.Y. Established one of the earliest art departments in a black college at Atlanta University during the 1930's. From the description of Hale Woodruff papers, 1927-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78813613 ...

Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977

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African-American artist Charles Henry Alston, nicknamed "Spinky," was born 28 November 1907 in Charlotte, N.C. He was the youngest of five children born to the Reverend Primus Priss Alston, who was born into slavery in Chatham County, N.C., and Anna Miller Alston. After Primus's death, Anna married Harry Pierce Bearden, artist Romare Bearden's uncle, and moved the family to New York in 1913. Charles Alston worked as a painter, sculptor, graphic artist, illustrator, and educator, gaining national...

Logan, Myra, 1909-1977

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Welty, Eudora, 1909-

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Wright, Louis T. (Louis Tompkins), 1891-1952

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Louis Tompkins Wright (1891-1952), son and stepson of physicians, and father to two daughter-physicians, graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 1915. He interned at the Freedman's Hospital, affiliated with Howard Medical School, in Washington, D.C., and then went into practice with his stepfather, Dr. William Fletcher Penn, in Atlanta for a year before joining the Army Medical Corps in 1917. During World War I, he saw service in France and sustained permanent damage to his lungs resultin...

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000

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Painter; New York, N.Y.; b. 1917; d. 2000. From the description of Oral history interviews with Jacob Lawrence, 1982 July 20-Aug. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84455118 Jacob Lawrence was an African-American painter and illustrator. He received the Spingarm Medal in 1975 and taught at the New School and Pratt Institute. He died in 2000. From the description of Jacob Lawrence exhibition card and autobiographical notes, 1947-1948. (Pennsylvania State University...

City university of New York

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Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988

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B. September 2, 1911in Charlotte, N.C;d. 1988. From the description of Romy Bearden : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 539064129 Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Romare Bearden, 1968 June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81776639 Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was an African-American primitive painter from New York, N.Y. From the...

Browne, Byron, 1907-1961

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Painter, sculptor, educator; New York, N.Y. and Provincetown, Mass. Was Married to Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne, painter, art critic and educator. From the description of Byron Browne papers, 1930-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122514909 ...

Bearden, Anna Alston

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Woodruff, Hale, 1900-

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Painter, educator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Hale Woodruff, 1968 Nov. 18 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82098551 ...