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Creator:
Schoener, Allon, 1926-  Search this
Subject:
Rangel, Charles B.  Search this
Van Ellison, Candace  Search this
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Awards
Photographs
Sound recordings
Scrapbooks
Notes
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
3 Linear feet; 0.371 Gigabytes
Arrangement:
Most material is arranged chornologically unless noted otherwise in the series description. The Harlem on My Mind exhibition records are organized into 6 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1967-2007 (Box 1; 0.4 linear feet) Series 2: Exhibition Files, Harlem on My Mind , Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967-1969 (Box 1; 0.9 linear feet, ER01; 0.371 GB) Series 3: Harlem on My Mind Re-creation, 1978-2007 (Box 1-2; 0.3 linear feet) Series 4: Harlem on My Mind Book, 1967-2007 (Box 2; 0.3 linear feet) Series 5: Conferences and Events, 1978-2007 (Box 2-3; 0.8 linear feet) Series 6: Printed Material, 1968-2007 (Box 3; 0.3 linear feet)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original material requires an appointment.
Summary:
The Harlem on My Mind exhibition records measure 3.0 linear feet and 0.371 GB and date from 1966-2007. The records contain exhibition and book files, correspondence, research material, printed and digital material and photographs from the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition. Also included is material documenting additional exhibitions, conferences and events relating to the original exhibition.
Citation:
Harlem on My Mind exhibition records, 1966-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Biography Note:
Allon Schoener (b.1926) is a writer, cultural historian, consultant, and organizer of exhibitions that focus on topics such as African Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, and the history of the Lower East Side. His best known exhibition was the highly controversial show "Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America." A graduate of Yale University, he currently lives in Los Angeles.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in 2009 by Allon Schoener.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Exhibitions  Search this
Theme:
African American  Search this
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)15771
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)287691
AAA_collcode_schoallo
Theme:
African American
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_287691