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Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1934-1979

0.2 Linear feet

Box 1

Addresses and contact lists include a list from an unidentified exhibition at Heritage Gallery. Awards and honors include two Internationale Buchkunst-Ausstellung awards, and an InterGrafik 76 award; announcements of White's elections to Associate (1971) and Academecian (1974) of the National Academy of Design; and records related to a 1965 Grammy award nomination in category of Best Album Cover-Graphic Arts for the RCA album Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra, Copland: Dance Symphony. A reproduction of this album cover can be found in Series 7: Printed Material.

Also found are biographical notes and resumes for various stages of White's career; bibliographies of writings about White and his work; a 1979 expression of condolence in memory of Charles White from Los Angeles Mayor, Tom Bradley; White's high school report cards; a 1975 Southern Poverty Law Center membership card; a wedding announcement for Charles and Frances White; and a logo designed for White by David Green who, at the time, was a retired chairperson of the Otis Art Institute sculpture department.

Material relating to Elizabeth Catlett, White's first wife, includes a letter, a published article by Catlett, news clippings and announcements related to Catlett's Julius Rosenwald Fellowship in 1945, and a catalog for a 1947 group exhibition at Barnett-Aden Gallery.

Interviews include a sound recording of an interview with Charles White conducted by Karl Fortess, and a folder of interview transcripts. Transcripts do not include questions of the interviewer but appear to be answers to questions or biographical sketches. The second interview in the transcript file appears to be a transcript of Charles White's answers during the Archives of American Art's oral history interview conducted by Betty Hoag in 1965.

Folders are arranged alphabetically by record type.

The bulk of this series has been digitized. The sound recording has not been digitized.

Description	Container	Select
Address/Contact Lists, circa 1960s-circa 1972	1 1	Select: Address/Contact Lists, circa 1960s-circa 1972
Awards and Honors, 1937-1959	1 2	Select: Awards and Honors, 1937-1959
Awards and Honors, 1965-1968	1 3	Select: Awards and Honors, 1965-1968
Awards and Honors, 1971-1979	1 4	Select: Awards and Honors, 1971-1979
Bibliographies, Biographies, and Resumes, circa 1941-circa 1975	1 5	Select: Bibliographies, Biographies, and Resumes, circa 1941-circa 1975
Catlett, Elizabeth, 1940s	1 6	Select: Catlett, Elizabeth, 1940s
High School Report Cards and Graduation Program, circa 1934-1937	1 7	Select: High School Report Cards and Graduation Program, circa 1934-1937
Interview of White by Karl Fortess, 1969 April 8 1 Sound tape reel 5 inch Research access to archival audiovisual recordings with no reference copy requires advance notice.	1 8	Select: Interview of White by Karl Fortess, 1969 April 8 1 Sound tape reel5 inch Conditions Governing Access Research access to archival audiovisual recordings with no reference copy requires advance notice.
Interview Transcripts, circa 1965	1 9	Select: Interview Transcripts, circa 1965
Logo for White Designed by David Green, undated	1 10	Select: Logo for White Designed by David Green, undated
Membership Card, Southern Poverty Law Center, 1975	1 11	Select: Membership Card, Southern Poverty Law Center, 1975
Charles and Frances White Wedding Announcement, 1950	1 12	Select: Charles and Frances White Wedding Announcement, 1950

Series 2: Correspondence, 1937-1984

3.64 Linear feet

Boxes 1-4, 13

This series consists primarily of professional correspondence, with some family and other personal correspondence scattered throughout. Several references are made in the correspondence to the fact that White was not known to be a letter writer, and indeed a large portion of his professional correspondence appears to have been conducted by Benjamin Horowitz of Heritage Gallery on White's behalf. A significant portion of the correspondence is in the form of photocopies. In addition to letters, files may contain financial and legal records, and photographic or printed material.

Notable family correspondence includes eight letters from White's great-aunt, Hasty Baines, who was the subject of his painting Matriarch, and lived to be over a hundred. There is also one letter from White's mother, Ethelene Gray, in which she admonishes her son for not writing to her and expresses her desire for a visit from him. There are three folders of correspondence with social worker and civic leader Ann Shaw. Shaw and her husband, Leslie Shaw, were close friends of the Whites for many years.

Professional correspondence documents White's relationship with Benjamin Horowitz and Heritage Gallery and includes an agreement, with terms, to act as artist representative and dealer for White signed by Horowitz in 1962. Heritage Gallery files also include groups of letters mailed to multiple recipients, such as letters informing people of publications about Charles White and letters to the Charles White Memorial Committee. White's personal relationship with Horowitz and his wife Miriam is also documented through personal notes and postcards. Horowitz's book on Charles White, Charles White: Images of Dignity, is documented in Series 3.2: Writings by Others.

White's involvement with galleries, museums, and publications dedicated to promoting African American artists is represented in substantial correspondence with Brockman Gallery and Alonzo Davis, Margaret Burroughs and DuSable Museum, the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Hoyt Fuller and Negro Digest, and others. Barnett-Aden Gallery correspondence includes a photocopy of an essay by White about his association with the gallery in its early years, written at the gallery's request.

Letters from artists and writers are scattered but often substantive. There are letters from artists such as Richmond Barthé, Romare Bearden, Claude Clark, Bing Davis, David Driskell, Elton Fax, Langston Hughes, Rockwell Kent, Jacob Lawrence, Hughie Lee-Smith, and others, letters from dancer Arthur Wright, and from writers Howard Fast, Nikki Giovanni, Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes, Carlton Moss, and Alice Walker.

Also documented are purchases and loans of White's artwork for exhibition by galleries, art institutions, and community groups including Atlanta University, Carnegie Institute, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Smithsonian's National Collection of Fine Arts, Pasadena Society of Artists, and others. Otis Art Institute correspondence found here is between Heritage Gallery and the institute, and relates to arrangements for loans and exhibition of White's artwork at Otis Art Institute.

Commercial publication of White's artwork is also documented in correspondence with George A. Pflaum Publishers, Inc., Golden State Mutual Insurance Company, Johnson Publishing Company, Pro Artis, Scholastic Magazines, Inc., Twentieth Century Fox, and others, including correspondence and agreements related to White's illustrations for Harry Belafonte Enterprises which included a songbook, an anthology, and a holiday show.

This series is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent interspersed occasionally by name of subject, and chronologically thereafter. Some correspondents with illegible signatures or for whom only the first name is known are housed at the end of the series. Other small groups of correspondence including get well cards sent to White in 1978, personal announcements and invitations received by the White family to events such as christenings and weddings or annotated by Frances White to indicate personal connections, and condolence letters on the death of Charles White, are also housed at the end of the series.

Series is digitized in entirety.

Series 3: Writings, 1936-circa 1981

0.45 Linear feet

Boxes 4-5

Series is arranged as two subseries.

3.1: Writings by Charles White, 1936-1975
3.2: Writings by Others, 1949-circa 1981

The bulk of this series has been digitized. Material not digitized includes some publications for which only covers and/or relevant pages have been digitized.

3.1

Writings by White, 1936-1975

Writings by White include two addresses to the first and second Annual Conference of Negro Artists, and a corrected typescript draft of an autobiographical essay by White in which he discusses his upbringing and the experiences that informed his art, and mentions his first marriage to Elizabeth Catlett. White's essay was used by Sidney Finkelstein in his monograph on White, Charles White: ein Künstler Amerikas, published in 1955 by VEB Verlag der Kunst. Correspondence related to this publication can be found in Series 4.3: Projects and Commissions.

Also included here are White's notes of citations collected and filed on index cards grouped according to source, and statements such as "Statement on Personal Philosophy."

Description	Container
Addresses to the Annual Conference of Negro Artists, 1959-1960	4 62	Select: Addresses to the Annual Conference of Negro Artists, 1959-1960
Aus Mein Weg zur Kunst by Charles White, undated Published copy in German.	4 63	Select: Aus Mein Weg zur Kunst by Charles White, undated Scope and Contents Published copy in German.
Autobiographical Essay used by Sidney Finkelstein, circa 1950s	4 64	Select: Autobiographical Essay used by Sidney Finkelstein, circa 1950s
Citation Notes from Catalogs, 1940-1975	4 65	Select: Citation Notes from Catalogs, 1940-1975
Citation Notes from Magazines, 1936-1975	4 66	Select: Citation Notes from Magazines, 1936-1975
Citation Notes from Newspapers, 1936-1967	4 67	Select: Citation Notes from Newspapers, 1936-1967
Citation Notes from Newspapers, 1968-1975	4 68	Select: Citation Notes from Newspapers, 1968-1975
Other Notes and Lists, undated	4 69	Select: Other Notes and Lists, undated
"Statement of US Youth Delegation for Soviet Press", 1950	4 70	Select: "Statement of US Youth Delegation for Soviet Press", 1950
Statements on Philosophy of Art, circa 1950s-circa 1970s	4 71	Select: Statements on Philosophy of Art, circa 1950s-circa 1970s

3.2

Writings by Others, 1949-circa 1981

Writing by others include several essays on White, including an English typescript draft of Sidney Finkelstein's writings on White, and a copy of a 1962 article on White by Janice Lovoos which is supplemented with notes and typescript statements by White on his philosophy and methods of working. Also found are records related to Benjamin Horowitz's 1956 book on White, Images of Dignity: The Drawings of Charles White. These include three drafts, notes by Horowitz, and printed material of publicity for the book.

Series 4: Professional Activities, circa 1942-1982

1.81 Linear feet

Boxes 5-6, 13, OV 15

This series is arranged as three subseries.

4.1: Boards and Committees, 1952-1982
4.2: Lectures, Panels, Juries, and Other Activities, circa 1942-1980
4.3: Projects and Commissions, 1953-1982

The bulk of this series has been digitized. Material not digitized includes some publications for which only covers and/or relevant pages have been digitized.

4.1

Boards and Committees, 1952-1982

This series consists of agendas, by-laws, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, printed material, planning documents, and other material related to boards and committees Charles White served on. Typically, there is little material related specifically to White's contributions but the series indicates the range of White's interests and influence. Of particular note is a letter from A. Philip Randolph and Martin Luther King, Jr., thanking White for his help in compiling a list of "names and addresses of Negro community leaders" for the Committee to defend Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Freedom in the South.

4.2

Lectures, Panels, Juries, and Other Activities, circa 1942-1980

This subseries consists primarily of correspondence, printed material, and planning documents related to lectures, panels, and exhibition or art contest juries in which Charles White participated. Also documented here are other professional activities such as those related to fellowships, guest artist appointments, appearances at dedication events, work as a consultant, and participation in symposiums. White worked in such capacities in a wide range of schools, colleges, and universities, at small community festivals, and with larger city and international organizations.

Records related to the Third World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace in 1951 include correspondence from students who participated in the festival, and photos of Charles White with students from the group.

4.3

Projects and Commissions, 1953-1982

This subseries includes records, primarily correspondence, contractual records, and printed material, related to the planning and execution of projects and commissioned work.

Projects documented here include the first major Hollywood film White worked on, drawing Eartha Kitt in the title role of Anna Lucasta. Records include the photo of Eartha Kitt used by White for one of his three drawings for the film. Also found is correspondence and printed material related to the promotional art White produced for the Paramount Pictures film Leadbelly. Some of White's radio and television appearances are also documented here including a Black Journal feature for National Education Television, and a documentary by Silvermine Films, Inc., Five, about five contemporary Black artists including White.

White's illustrative work is also documented including work for publications and companies such as Beacon Press, Childcraft, Doubleday & Company, Freedomways magazine, Jung Welt, Little Brown & Company, and Scholastic Book Services. Records include drafts of White's concepts for his drawings and correspondence related to his ideas. The records document, for instance, how he stressed to Diana Klemin of Doubleday, the importance of representing the dress of enslaved children accurately in his illustrations of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Robert Smalls.

There are two folders of correspondence and one folder of financial records related to the publication of Sidney Finkelstein's monograph, Charles White: ein Künstler Amerikas and the inclusion of White's autobiographical essay. Records include contractual documents and a 1953 calendar produced by VEB Verlag der Kunst featuring artwork by White. Correspondence includes drafts of letters from White.

Series 5: Teaching Files, 1950-1979

0.72 Linear feet

Boxes 6-7, 13

Teaching files relate primarily to White's teaching career at Otis Art Institute from 1965-1979, including administrative records such as board and committee memoranda, reports, meeting minutes, and fundraising material; printed material related to exhibitions and other events at the institute; and material related specifically to White such as performance evaluations, course assignments, and appraisals of his teaching by students. There is also material documenting the transfer of the Otis Charter to Parsons School of Design in 1979, with a note from Frances White stating that White was asked to be the official spokesperson for the faculty and students as they developed a strategy for the school's future.

In addition to the Otis Art Institute records there is a file on a 1977 workshop White taught at the Arkansas Art Center; a file on White's appointment to Howard University from 1978-1979 including a copy of a June 1979 letter in which White states his intent to resign due to ill health; and a file containing certificates from the University of the State of New York Private Trade School Teacher's Course qualifying Charles White to teach at the Workshop School.

Series is arranged by institution. Otis Art Institute files, which form the bulk of the series, are arranged alphabetically by folder title and chronologically thereafter.

The bulk of this series has been digitized. Material not digitized includes some publications for which only covers and/or relevant pages have been digitized.

Series 6: Gallery and Exhibition Files, 1946-1980

0.98 Linear feet

Boxes 7-8, 13

This series includes material related to galleries and institutions where Charles White exhibited, as well as planning material related to specific exhibitions. These files may include correspondence, photographic material, and printed material. Researchers should note that additional material related to exhibitions and galleries may be found in Series 2: Correspondence and Series 7: Printed Material.

Series is arranged as two subseries. In 6.1 records typically document more than one exhibition held by a gallery, institution, or organization, and are arranged by name of gallery, institution, or organization. In 6.2 records typically document a single exhibition and are arranged chronologically.

6.1: Gallery and Institution Files, 1946-1980
6.2: Exhibition Files, 1956-1979

The bulk of this series has been digitized. Material not digitized includes some publications for which only covers and/or relevant pages have been digitized. Duplicates of items found elsewhere in the collection have not been digitized.

6.1

Gallery and Institution Files, 1946-1980

This series includes documentation of White's 1958 exhibition at ACA Gallery, including a sign-in sheet, snapshots taken at the opening, and letters of praise from many attendees including Charles Keller and Walter Rosenblum. Documentation of White's 1961 exhibition at ACA Gallery includes snapshots of the opening picturing Harry Belafonte, William Gropper, Hughie Lee Smith, and others.

Files related to Akademie der Künste der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik document two visits White made to Germany and plans for a 1979 exhibition which never took place due to his illness and subsequent death. The files include letters from Academy of the Arts of the German Democratic Republic President, Konrad Wolf; letters from Irene Mode, who acted as White's translator on his 1974 and 1978 trips to Germany; a catalog of the Exhibition of American Artists (1974); and a copy of the address delivered by Lea Grundig, Honorary President of the Sculptor's and Painters' Association of the German Democratic Republic at the opening ceremony of the exhibition.

Records related to Barnett-Aden Gallery include a handwritten draft of an essay or talk about the gallery by White. Records documenting White's association with Heritage Gallery can be found in Series 2: Correspondence, and Series 7: Printed Material.

6.2

Exhibition Files, 1956-1979

This subseries documents specific solo exhibitions of White's work, and group exhibitions in which he participated, from 1956-1979. Files typically contain a small amount of correspondence and printed material related to the exhibitions such as press releases, catalogs, announcements, and news clippings. Records related to White's 1964 exhibition at Occidental College also include photos of White at the opening of the exhibition.

Series 7: Printed Material, 1933-1987

4.8 Linear feet

Boxes 8-14, OVs 15-17

Printed material includes exhibition and event announcements, invitations, catalogs, and programs; magazines and other publications; newspaper clippings; press releases; posters; reference material; and reproductions. Included in this series is printed material related to other Black artists.

Series is arranged as three subseries.

7.1: Printed Material Regarding White, 1933-1982
7.2: Printed Material Regarding White, Named Files, 1947-1987
7.3: Other Printed Material, circa 1933-1983

The bulk of this series has been digitized. Material not digitized includes duplicates of items found elsewhere in the collection, and some publications for which only covers and/or relevant pages have been digitized. For subseries 7.3: Other Printed Material, only a representative selection of the material, focusing primarily on printed matter relating to Black artists, has been digitized.

7.1

Printed Material Regarding White, 1933-1972

Printed material provides a substantial overview of the range of work White produced over the course of his career, and his involvement with multiple art and educational institutions, community organizations, and the television, film, and music industries. This series houses announcements, invitations, catalogs for exhibitions and events in which White participated, including solo and group exhibitions; publicity about White in journals, magazines, newspapers, and press releases; copies of, or clippings from, publications for which White provided artwork and illustrations; and obituaries and other printed material documenting memorial events and tributes to White following his death.

The earliest announcement is for a 1936 Eberhard Faber art contest for high school students in which White won 4th prize in the black lead pencil division as a high school student at Englewood High School. Early exhibition catalogs of note include a 1933 Exhibition of Productions by Negro Artists at the Harmon Foundation, Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro (1851-1940) (1940) at the American Negro Exposition in Chicago, and Exhibition of Negro Artists of Chicago (1941) at Howard University, curated by Alonzo Aden.

A substantial portion of the news clippings about White, particularly the ones from the 1930s and 1940s, are photocopies.

Posters from exhibitions and events are for exhibitions at Forum Gallery (1970) and Pepperdine University (1978); a Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., event at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (1976); a Robinson's store promotion by California Originals which featured artwork by White; a Pratt Graphics Center event; and an Artists' Benefit for Civil Liberties Association of Men and Women in the Arts Concerned About Vietnam.

Publications with illustrations by White include covers for magazines such as Ebony, feature articles for newspapers including the New York Times and the New York Times Book Review, and the National Negro Congress publication, Congress Vue (Congress View). Congress Vue also includes cartoons by colleagues and friends of White including Ernie Chrichlow, Ruth Jeff, Thelma Dale, Fredi Washington, and Elizabeth Catlett. These retain their original order and are accompanied by an explanatory note by Frances White. Also found are copies of the Marxist publication (New Masses, and The Worker, both of which featured illustrations by White.

7.2

Printed Material Regarding White, Named Files, 1947-1987

This series houses printed material grouped by name of organization, gallery, and occasionally, subject, in named files believed to have been established in the original arrangement. Some of this material relates to White indirectly in that it documents organizations of which White was a member, such as the National Academy of Design, or in which he participated as part of a larger group. Other material relates specifically to White, such as printed material documenting White's exhibitions at Heritage Gallery; material related to Brown Pharmaceutical's limited edition portfolio of reproductions of White's work; material about a portfolio of drawings by White published by the magazine Masses and Mainstream; and a folder of news clippings reporting a series of racist attacks on Charles White and others in New York's Greenwich Village in 1947.

7.3

Other Printed Material, circa 1933-1983

7.3.1

Announcements and Catalogs, circa 1950s-1980

This series houses announcements, catalogs, and event posters of artists other than Charles White.

7.3.2

Artist Files, circa 1933-1982

This series consists primarily of announcements and exhibition catalogs documenting White's interest in other Black artists of his generation and younger, many of whom were friends and colleagues of his such as Bing Davis and Betye Saar, and some of whom were his students at Otis Art Institute.

Of particular note are the catalog from Romare Bearden's first New York exhibition at Samuel M. Kootz Gallery; a WPA student art exhibition at the South Side Community Art Center in Chicago; and a catalog for a 1933 Harmon Foundation Exhibition of Work by Negro Artists.

7.3.3

Subject Files, 1937-1983

Subject files reflect the original arrangement of some of White's printed material by people, places, and subjects of interest to him. Some of the files contain notes by Frances White about the significance of a particular subject. Some of the material relates to friends of Charles and Frances White, such as issues of Kozmic Times, a publication started by Paul Finot, and Camp Trywoodie, a long running summer camp in Hyde Park, New York, established by White's friends, Morris and Lally Salz.

Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1936-1970s

0.15 Linear feet

Box 12

This series includes three unbound scrapbooks, as well as photocopies of scrapbook pages. Scrapbooks contain primarily printed material, with publicity about White's career particularly from the 1930s-1950s, with some scattered letters and financial material.

Series is digitized in entirety.

Description	Container	Select
Scrapbook 1 Pages, 1936-1938	12 42	Select: Scrapbook 1 Pages, 1936-1938
Scrapbook 1 Pages, 1939-1940	12 43	Select: Scrapbook 1 Pages, 1939-1940
Scrapbook 1 Pages, 1941-1942	12 44	Select: Scrapbook 1 Pages, 1941-1942
Scrapbook 1 Pages, 1943-1948	12 45	Select: Scrapbook 1 Pages, 1943-1948
Scrapbook 2 Pages, 1950-1952	12 46	Select: Scrapbook 2 Pages, 1950-1952
Scrapbook 2 Pages, 1950-1952	12 47	Select: Scrapbook 2 Pages, 1950-1952
Scrapbook 3 Pages, 1956-1958	12 48	Select: Scrapbook 3 Pages, 1956-1958
Photocopied Pages, 1940s-1970s	12 49	Select: Photocopied Pages, 1940s-1970s

Series 9: Photographic Material, 1940-1976

0.15 Linear feet

Box 12

This series includes eight holiday card photographs, most featuring Charles and Frances White and their two children, and photos of White at a 1969 University of California Afro-American History and Culture workshop. Workshop photos also picture Mary Jane Hewitt and others. Other events include a photo of the galleries at the 1940 American Negro Exposition in Chicago; a photo of White with Los Angeles Police chief Thomas Reddin during a 1969 police department show judged by White; and a group photo taken at a 1961 community outreach program in Pasadena which includes Esther Jones.

Photos of people include an autographed composite photo of John Bubbles with an accompanying letter of transmittal from Bubbles, and snapshots of unidentified people who are probably friends.

Photos of works of art are all by other Black artists except for the first image which is of artwork by White. Also found is a folder of works of art by students included in an exhibition, Young Negro Art, at the Hampton Institute in 1943. They include works by John Biggers, Joseph L. Mack, and J. Redwood. The folder also includes a photo of unidentified guests at a preview of the exhibition.

Also found are photographic prints of Frederick Douglass, Roland Hayes, and a female singer that White used as reference material for his artwork.

Series is digitized in entirety.

Description	Container	Select
Charles White and Family, 1960s-1976	12 50	Select: Charles White and Family, 1960s-1976
Charles White at University of California, Los Angeles Afro-American History and Culture Workshop, 1969	12 51	Select: Charles White at University of California, Los Angeles Afro-American History and Culture Workshop, 1969
Events, American Negro Exposition, Chicago, 1940	12 52	Select: Events, American Negro Exposition, Chicago, 1940
Events, Other, 1961, 1969	12 53	Select: Events, Other, 1961, 1969
People, John Bubbles, 1974	12 54	Select: People, John Bubbles, 1974
People, Unidentified, circa 1940s	12 55	Select: People, Unidentified, circa 1940s
Reference Photographs, undated	12 56	Select: Reference Photographs, undated
Works of Art, circa 1940s, 1973	12 57	Select: Works of Art, circa 1940s, 1973
Works of Art in Young Negro Art (1943) at Hampton Institute, circa 1943	12 58	Select: Works of Art in Young Negro Art (1943) at Hampton Institute, circa 1943

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Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1934-1979

0.2 Linear feet

Box 1

Series 2: Correspondence, 1937-1984

3.64 Linear feet

Boxes 1-4, 13

Series 3: Writings, 1936-circa 1981

0.45 Linear feet

Boxes 4-5

3.1

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Series 4: Professional Activities, circa 1942-1982

1.81 Linear feet

Boxes 5-6, 13, OV 15

4.1

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Series 5: Teaching Files, 1950-1979

0.72 Linear feet

Boxes 6-7, 13

Series 6: Gallery and Exhibition Files, 1946-1980

0.98 Linear feet

Boxes 7-8, 13

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Series 7: Printed Material, 1933-1987

4.8 Linear feet

Boxes 8-14, OVs 15-17

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Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1936-1970s

0.15 Linear feet

Box 12

Series 9: Photographic Material, 1940-1976

0.15 Linear feet

Box 12

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ACA Gallery, 1955, 1962-1969	1 13	Select: ACA Gallery, 1955, 1962-1969
Alfred A. Knopf, 1959-1960, 1968	1 14	Select: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959-1960, 1968
Allensworth Historical Site (Cecil W. Berkley), 1972	1 15	Select: Allensworth Historical Site (Cecil W. Berkley), 1972
American Friends Service Committee, 1962-1968	1 16	Select: American Friends Service Committee, 1962-1968
Amistad, 1970-1975	1 17	Select: Amistad, 1970-1975
Art Institute of Chicago, School of Art Institute of Chicago, and Alumni Association, 1937-1976	1 18	Select: Art Institute of Chicago, School of Art Institute of Chicago, and Alumni Association, 1937-1976
Art-West Associated, Inc., 1968-1971	1 19	Select: Art-West Associated, Inc., 1968-1971
Artis, William, 1961-1962	1 20	Select: Artis, William, 1961-1962
Atlanta City Council, 1977	1 21	Select: Atlanta City Council, 1977
Atlanta University, 1946-1975	1 22	Select: Atlanta University, 1946-1975
A, General: Ac-Al, 1951-1980	1 23	Select: A, General: Ac-Al, 1951-1980
A, General: Am-An, 1940-1977	1 24	Select: A, General: Am-An, 1940-1977
A, General, Aq-Ay, 1960-1978	1 25	Select: A, General, Aq-Ay, 1960-1978
Bailey, Herman Kofi, circa 1961-1979 Letters describe Herman Kofi Bailey's experiences in Ghana.	1 26	Select: Bailey, Herman Kofi, circa 1961-1979 Scope and Contents Letters describe Herman Kofi Bailey's experiences in Ghana.
Baines, Hasty, 1959-1962, 1979	1 27	Select: Baines, Hasty, 1959-1962, 1979
Barnett-Aden Gallery, 1973 Includes photocopy of White's essay about his association with the gallery in it's early years.	1 28	Select: Barnett-Aden Gallery, 1973 Scope and Contents Includes photocopy of White's essay about his association with the gallery in it's early years.
Barthé, Richmond, 1966-1967, 1978-1980	1 29	Select: Barthé, Richmond, 1966-1967, 1978-1980
Bearden, Romare, 1971 Only 1 letter from Bearden. Includes explanatory note, dated 1980, from Frances White about the Three Black Artists exhibition.	1 30	Select: Bearden, Romare, 1971 Scope and Contents Only 1 letter from Bearden. Includes explanatory note, dated 1980, from Frances White about the Three Black Artists exhibition.
Belafonte Enterprises, 1957-1968	1 31	Select: Belafonte Enterprises, 1957-1968
Belafonte Enterprises, Tonight with Belafonte, 1959-1979	1 32	Select: Belafonte Enterprises, Tonight with Belafonte, 1959-1979
Benham, Barbara, circa 1969-1970	1 33	Select: Benham, Barbara, circa 1969-1970
Beverly Hills Art League, 1974-1975	1 34	Select: Beverly Hills Art League, 1974-1975
Biberman, Edward, circa 1954-1978	1 35	Select: Biberman, Edward, circa 1954-1978
Billops, Camille, circa 1964-1974 Includes photo of Billops	1 36	Select: Billops, Camille, circa 1964-1974 Scope and Contents Includes photo of Billops
Bishop, Betty (Bay Area United Committee to Free Angela Davis), 1972	1 37	Select: Bishop, Betty (Bay Area United Committee to Free Angela Davis), 1972
Borod, Martha Hard, circa 1967-1975 Includes explanatory note from Frances White.	1 38	Select: Borod, Martha Hard, circa 1967-1975 Scope and Contents Includes explanatory note from Frances White.
Bradley, Tom, circa 1973-1978 Tom Bradley was mayor of the City of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993; file includes a photograph of Bradley with Charles and Frances White.	1 39	Select: Bradley, Tom, circa 1973-1978 Scope and Contents Tom Bradley was mayor of the City of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993; file includes a photograph of Bradley with Charles and Frances White.
Brockman Gallery and Alonzo Davis, circa 1967-circa 1976	1 40	Select: Brockman Gallery and Alonzo Davis, circa 1967-circa 1976
Brockman Gallery and Alonzo Davis, circa 1976-1979	1 41	Select: Brockman Gallery and Alonzo Davis, circa 1976-1979
Burroughs, Margaret and DuSable Museum, circa 1949-circa 1971	1 42	Select: Burroughs, Margaret and DuSable Museum, circa 1949-circa 1971
Burroughs, Margaret and DuSable Museum, 1971-1979	1 43	Select: Burroughs, Margaret and DuSable Museum, 1971-1979
B, General: Ba-Bl, 1951-1977	1 44	Select: B, General: Ba-Bl, 1951-1977
B, General: Bo-Bra, 1961-1978	1 45	Select: B, General: Bo-Bra, 1961-1978
B, General: Bre-By, circa 1959-1980	1 46	Select: B, General: Bre-By, circa 1959-1980
Oversize B, General: Bre-By, Buckner, Barbara Ann, 1973	13 1	Select: Oversize B, General: Bre-By, Buckner, Barbara Ann, 1973
California College of Arts and Crafts, 1970-1973	1 47	Select: California College of Arts and Crafts, 1970-1973
Carnegie Institute, 1969-1972	1 48	Select: Carnegie Institute, 1969-1972
Cayton, Horace, 1960-1961, 1970	1 49	Select: Cayton, Horace, 1960-1961, 1970
Chappell and Co., Inc, 1955-1956	1 50	Select: Chappell and Co., Inc, 1955-1956
Charles W. Bowers Memorial Museum, 1968-1969	1 51	Select: Charles W. Bowers Memorial Museum, 1968-1969

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