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Creator:
James, Milton Morriss, 1926-  Search this
Subject:
Tanner, Henry Ossawa  Search this
Bloch, Julius T. (Julius Thiengen)  Search this
Brady, Mary Beatty  Search this
Waring, Laura Wheeler  Search this
State Teachers College at Cheyney  Search this
Harmon Foundation  Search this
Type:
Sketchbooks
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
1 Microfilm reel
Access Note / Rights:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
This microfilm collection consists of papers compiled by Milton Morriss James on African American artists Laura Wheeler Waring and Henry Ossawa Tanner, as well as on artist Julius Bloch.
The compiled papers related to Laura Wheeler Waring include correspondence (1923-1946) regarding commissions, exhibitions, honorary positions, and activities related to State Teachers College at Cheyney, as well as a letter from J. O. Tanner offering to sell an H. O. Tanner painting to Waring for Cheyney; teaching materials, including course outlines, exams, and reports for music and art appreciation, handwriting, visual education, and other art classes; a sketchbook; and printed material (1948-1977).
Julius Bloch material (1950-1980) includes correspondence regarding James' effort to purchase a Bloch painting, as well as an article on Bloch.
James' correspondence (1948-1977) relates to efforts to get a Philadelphia public school named after Laura Wheeler Waring and to organize exhibitions of Waring's work. Research correspondence conserns publications on Warring and Henry O. Tanner. Also included is correspondence with Mary Beattie Brady of the Harmon Foundation regarding works of art for Cheyney and the Laura Wheeler Waring Public School.
Citation:
Milton Morriss James papers, 1923-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 4398 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Location of Originals:
Originals returned to the lender, Milton Morriss James, after microfilming.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Milton Morriss James (1926-) is a teacher and author in Yeadon, Pennsylvania. James taught in the Philadelphia Public School System and publishes books and articles on African American artists. He was acquainted with Laura Wheeler Waring in the 1940s.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Microfilmed in 1990 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. James collected the Waring papers from Dr. Waring after Laura Wheeler Waring's death for his research.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
African American artists  Search this
Women artists  Search this
African American painters  Search this
Women painters  Search this
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this
Theme:
African American  Search this
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10255
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213387
AAA_collcode_jamemilt
Theme:
African American
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213387