A collection of holograph letters from Beauford Delaney addressed (collectively) to his friend, Don Freeman, Freeman's wife, Lydia, and their son, Roy. The letters span the years 1950-1968, although two empty envelopes, franked with the dates 1969 and 1970 are included. The letters cover events in Delaney's life, spent during most of this period in Paris, and news of mutual friends. Also included are an ink sketch by Delaney, dated 1967, and two letters from Richard A. Long to Don Freeman, dated 1976, concerning Delaney
Description:
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), American artist. and Don Freeman (1908-1978), American artist and author of children's book.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Paris., and United States.
Subject (Name):
Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979., Freeman, Don, 1908-1978., Freeman, Lydia., Freeman, R., and Long, Richard.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American painters, Expatriate painters, and Painters
Collection consists of correspondence (boxes 1-3), photographs, and printed and other materials relating to Irene and William ("Billy") R. Rose. Correspondents include African-American artists and cultural figures such as Beauford Delaney, Elton C. Fax, Charles Holland, Frederick O'Neal, and Vereda Pearson, among others. Other noteworthy correspondents include Brooks Atkinson and Eleanor Olson. There are photographs (box 4) of Irene and Billy Rose, family, and friends, including Delaney and Holland. Printed materials (box 4) relate to correspondents in the collection and, more generally, to the experience of African-Americans in the middle decades of the twentieth century. For example, there is ephemera relating to events, including performances and exhibitions, to organizations such as the N.A.A.C.P., and to social justice issues, including the Civil Rights movement. In addition, there is one autograph poem to Delaney, signed, by Alfred Stieglitz
Description:
Chiefly in English; some material in French.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and United States
Subject (Name):
Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984., Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979., Fax, Elton C., Olson, Eleanor., O'Neal, Frederick, 1905-1992., Pearson, Vereda., Irene Rose., Rose, W. R., Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946., and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, Civil rights, Social conditions, and Civil rights movements
Collection consists of correspondence (boxes 1-3), photographs, and printed and other materials relating to Irene and William ("Billy") R. Rose. Correspondents include African-American artists and cultural figures such as Beauford Delaney, Elton C. Fax, Charles Holland, Frederick O'Neal, and Vereda Pearson, among others. Other noteworthy correspondents include Brooks Atkinson and Eleanor Olson. There are photographs (box 4) of Irene and Billy Rose, family, and friends, including Delaney and Holland. Printed materials (box 4) relate to correspondents in the collection and, more generally, to the experience of African-Americans in the middle decades of the twentieth century. For example, there is ephemera relating to events, including performances and exhibitions, to organizations such as the N.A.A.C.P., and to social justice issues, including the Civil Rights movement. In addition, there is one autograph poem to Delaney, signed, by Alfred Stieglitz
Description:
Chiefly in English; some material in French.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and United States
Subject (Name):
Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984., Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979., Fax, Elton C., Olson, Eleanor., O'Neal, Frederick, 1905-1992., Pearson, Vereda., Irene Rose., Rose, W. R., Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946., and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, Civil rights, Social conditions, and Civil rights movements
Collection consists of correspondence (boxes 1-3), photographs, and printed and other materials relating to Irene and William ("Billy") R. Rose. Correspondents include African-American artists and cultural figures such as Beauford Delaney, Elton C. Fax, Charles Holland, Frederick O'Neal, and Vereda Pearson, among others. Other noteworthy correspondents include Brooks Atkinson and Eleanor Olson. There are photographs (box 4) of Irene and Billy Rose, family, and friends, including Delaney and Holland. Printed materials (box 4) relate to correspondents in the collection and, more generally, to the experience of African-Americans in the middle decades of the twentieth century. For example, there is ephemera relating to events, including performances and exhibitions, to organizations such as the N.A.A.C.P., and to social justice issues, including the Civil Rights movement. In addition, there is one autograph poem to Delaney, signed, by Alfred Stieglitz
Description:
Chiefly in English; some material in French.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and United States
Subject (Name):
Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984., Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979., Fax, Elton C., Olson, Eleanor., O'Neal, Frederick, 1905-1992., Pearson, Vereda., Irene Rose., Rose, W. R., Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946., and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, Civil rights, Social conditions, and Civil rights movements
