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Creator:

Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-2007  Search this

Extent:

2 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1930-1982

Scope and Contents:

This microfilm of the papers of African American painter Allan Rohan Crite consists of correspondence; biographical material; writings, including lecture transcripts; photocopies of print series with explanatory matter; clippings; photographs; and All Glory, a publication by Crite.

Biographical / Historical:

Allan Rohan Crite (1910-2007) was an African American painter and printmaker in Boston, Massachusetts. He studied at Boston University, the Massachusetts School of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, and Harvard University. Crite is best known for his religious illustrations, but also chronicled African American life in Boston in the 1930s-1940s. During the Depression, Crite developed a series of "neighborhood paintings" insprired by Boston's African American community.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming, 1986, by the Afro-American Cultural Museum, Philadelpia, Pa, which received the papers from Crite.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Printmakers -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Topic:

Genre painting -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Christian art and symbolism  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.critalla

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a8e48d22-d345-414d-b3a6-e9d4ac2d9e77

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-critalla

Creator:

Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-  Search this

Citation:

Allan Rohan Crite papers, 1930-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Genre painting -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Christian art and symbolism  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Theme:

African American  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10129

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213035

AAA_collcode_critalla

Theme:

African American

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213035

Artist:

Crite, Allan Rohan 1910-2007  Search this

Physical description:

1 folder

Type:

Photograph

Artist files

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Image number:

VFM VF000716

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Photograph Study Collection

Data Source:

Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_jul_137997

Artist:

Crite, Allan Rohan 1910-2007  Search this

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1946

Image number:

JUL J0052874

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Photograph Study Collection

Data Source:

Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_jul_52875

Artist:

Crite, Allan Rohan 1910-2007  Search this

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1946

Image number:

JUL J0052875

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Photograph Study Collection

Data Source:

Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_jul_52876

Creator:

Rinaldini, Michael, 1950-  Search this

Names:

Cobb, Joel -- Photographs  Search this

Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910- -- Photographs  Search this

Dater, Judy -- Photographs  Search this

Gonzalez, Xavier, 1898-1993 -- Photographs  Search this

Jacobi, Lotte, 1896- -- Photographs  Search this

Meyerowitz, Joel, 1938- -- Photographs  Search this

Schwartz, Henry, 1927- -- Photographs  Search this

Trachtman, Arnold S., 1930- -- Photographs  Search this

Wainwright, William H., 1924- -- Photographs  Search this

Wegman, William -- Photographs  Search this

Wilson, John, 1922 Apr. 14- -- Photographs  Search this

Extent:

12 Items (photographic prints (on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1983

Scope and Contents:

Photographs of artists Joel Cobb, Allan Crite, Judy Dater, Xavier Gonzalez, Lotte Jacobi, Joel Meyerowitz, Henry Schwartz, Arnold S. Trachtman, William Wainwright, William Wegman, and John Wilson.

Biographical / Historical:

Michael Rinaldini is a photographer from Cambridge, Mass.

Provenance:

Donated 1983 by Michael Rinaldini.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Rights:

Authorization to publish or reproduce requires written permission from Michael Rinaldini. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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Topic:

Artists -- Photographs  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.rinamich

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cfa92d72-be32-4214-9245-ffcb88da7a46

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rinamich