National Center of Afro-American Artists records, 1968-1998.

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National Center of Afro-American Artists records, 1968-1998.

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The collection documents the founding, administration, financial operations, of the Center and its components, the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts and the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists. It also documents the Center's involvement in the African American and arts communities internationally, nationally, and locally, and the Center's efforts to preserve and promote African and African American culture through theater, music, dance and the visual arts.

37 boxes (25.50 cubic ft.)

Northeastern University, Snell Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7532386

Northeastern University, Snell Library

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National Center of Afro-American Artists

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The National Center of Afro-American Artists was founded by Elma Lewis in 1968 in Dorchester, Mass. It grew out of a conference of African American artists who met in the mid-1960's to discuss the need for a comprehensive, national institutional center for African American artists. From the description of National Center of Afro-American Artists records, 1968-1998. (Northeastern University). WorldCat record id: 43703872 ...

Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts.

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Lewis, Elma, 1921-

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National Center of Afro-American Artists. Museum

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Established in 1969 as a division of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists is an art museum dedicated to the education, promotion, exhibition, and collection of African, Caribbean, and Afro-American fine arts worldwide. From the description of Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists records, 1968-1998. (Northeastern University). WorldCat record id: 43800849 ...