Dr. John Howard [in front of artwork] [graphic]. [197-?]

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Dr. John Howard [in front of artwork] [graphic]. [197-?]

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Negative taken of Dr. John Miller Howard, founder and chairman of the Art Department at Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal (A.M. & N.) College (later named Univ. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff-UABP) for 41 years. Dr. John Miller Howard, the son of Johnnie M. and Lillie Long Howard, was born September 22, 1908 near Lorman, Jefferson County, Mississippi. He died October 1980. A gifted artist and art teacher, his education was received at Alcorn College in Lorman, Jefferson County, Mississippi; Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, New York University in New York City; and Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. He began teaching at A.M. & N. in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas in 1939. Honors he received during his lifetime include: the first African American to win top prize in the oil painting category at the Arkansas Artists Association; John Hope Award for oil landscape at the National Negro Artists Association; Arkansas Arts Center purchase of two of his paintings for their permanent collection; having a scholarship named for him at UAPB. Organization membership includes St. John A.M.E. Church, the Twentieth Century Club, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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Howard, John Miller, 1908-1980.

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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

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The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was created by an act of the State Legislature in 1873 as a land grant institution for blacks. The Branch Normal College opened 27 Sept. 1875 with seven students and Joseph Carter Corbin as professor. Ten baccalaureate degrees were awarded from 1882 to 1894. Operated as a junior college from 1894 to 1929, the institution became a four-year college in 1942 and was renamed Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College. After merging with the Univers...

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...