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Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1937-2012
1.2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2, 37

The series contains certificates and awards; educational records regarding Amos's studies at Antioch University, New York University, and in Europe; party planning records that include menus, notes, guest lists, and occasional reflections; the Bible that was presented to Amos from her parents and contains a few photographs in the front of the book; resumes and chronologies; legal and property records; and a few items from Amos's wedding. Also included are five video recordings of interviews with Amos by bell hooks, Moira Roth, and others.
The files are arranged in alphabetical order by folder title.
Description Container Select
Certificates and Awards, 1937-2007
1
1
Education Records, 1953-1964
1
2
Educational Records, New York University Diploma, 1966
37
1
Education Records, Antioch College, 1953-1983
1
3
Antioch College Bulletin and Student Directories, 1949-1958
1
4
Education Records, Study in Europe, circa 1958-1959
1
5
Greeting Card Guides, 1957-circa 1975
1
6-7
Home Improvement Ideas, circa 1981-circa 1992
1
8
Identification and Membership Cards, 1957-circa 1982
1
9
Interview Recording, Amos Interviewed by bell hooks, Hatch Billops Archives, 1994
2 Videocassettes (VHS)
Duplicates
1
10
Interview Recording, Amos Interviewed by Moira Roth, 1992
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1
11
Interview Recording, Hartford Interview, 1992
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1
12
Interview Recording, "Meet the Artist" for Jersey City Museum, 1988
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1
13
Material Related to Name Change, 1984-2001
1
14
Party Planning Materials, 1978-2005
1
15
Party Planning Materials, 1989
37
2
Party Planning Notebook, 1975-2010
1
16
Personal Bible, 1954
1
17
Property and Legal Records, 1966-1993
1
18
Resumes, 1970s-2001
1
19
Resumes and Chronologies, 1983-2012
2
1-2
Wedding Materials, 1965
2
3
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Series 2: Family and Inherited Papers, circa 1900-2017
3.5 Linear feet
Boxes 2-4, 38, OV 43

Family and inherited papers include material regarding Amos's mother and father, India D. and Miles G. Amos; her grandmother Emma L.; her children India and Nick; her husband Robert Levine; and close family friends and former classmates of Amos's mother at Fisk University, Veoria Shivery and Mattie Mae Neely. The series includes correspondence, death records, photographic and printed materials, scrapbooks, calendars, certificates, property and banking files, family history information, and memorabilia from Fisk University.
The series begins with named files for Amos's children India and Nick, followed by her parents India D. and Miles G., her grandparents Moses and Emma H., her husband Robert Levine, and family friends Mattie Mae Neely, and George and Veoria Shivery. The rest of the series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Description Container Select
India and Nick Amos, Hospital Bracelets and India's Hair, 1967-1994
2
4
India and Nick Amos, School Materials, 1974-1981
2
5
India and Nick Amos, Summer Camps, 1977-1981
2
6
India D. Amos, Fisk University, 1928-1930
2
7-8
India D. Amos, Memorial Materials, 1979
2
9
India D. Amos, Poetry, 1923
2
10
India D. Amos, Photograph Album, circa 1920
2
11
India D. Amos, Photograph Album, 1925
2
12
India D. Amos, Printed Materials, 1922-1979
2
13
India D. Amos, Will Drafts, 1964-1988
2
14
Miles G. Amos, Interview Transcript and Printed Materials, 1969-1995
2
15
Miles G. Amos, Wilberforce Academy Annual, 1920
2
16
Miles G. Amos, General Records, 1959-1996
2
17-18
Miles G. Amos, General Records, 1928-1967
38
1
Moses and Emma H. Amos Material, 1918-1988
2
19
Robert "Bobby" Levine, General, 1939-2006
2
20
Robert "Bobby" Levine, Funeral Guest Book, 2006
2
21
Mattie Mae Neely, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 1929-1934
2
22
Mattie Mae Neely, College Scrapbook, circa 1931
38
2
Mattie Mae Neely, Estate, 1937-1998
2
23
Mattie Mae Neely, Master's Thesis, 1953
2
24
Mattie Mae Neely, Photograph Album, circa 1970s
38
3
Mattie Mae Neely, Photographs and Memorabilia, circa 1920s-1990s
3
1-3
Mattie Mae Neely, Printed Materials, 1929-1936
3
4
George Shivery, Artwork, 1936-1939
3
5
George Shivery, Photographs Collected, circa 1920s-1930s
3
6
George Shivery, Slides of Artwork, circa 1970s
3
7
George Shivery, "Subway Sketches", 1945
3
8
George and Veoria Shivery, Photographs, circa 1900
3
9
Veoria Shivery, Letter to Thurgood Marshall, 1965
3
10
Veoria Shivery, Material Related to W.E.B. DuBois and Adam Clayton Powell, 1950-1970
3
11
George and Veoria Shivery, Printed Materials, 1947-1983
3
12
Amos Drug Store, 1907-1988
3
13
Amos Drug Store, Calendar, 1962
38
4
McFarland and Amos Family History Prepared by Lollie B. Hill, 1969
3
14
The Amos Family Newsletter and Supplements, 1981-1985
3
15
Family Ties Newsletter and Supplements, 1986-1997
3
16
Baby Books, 1908-1937
3
17
Calendars, 1977-1978
3
18
Certificates, 1900-1970
3
19
Certificates, 1921-1953
38
5
Family Correspondence, 1907-1981
3
20-21
Family Correspondence, Emma L. Amos, 1924-1926
3
22
Family Correspondence, India D. Amos, 1928-1978
3
23
Family Correspondence, India Amos Letters with Vee Shivery/Veoria Warmsley, 1924-1965
3
24-25
Family Correspondence, Nick Amos to Mattie Mae Neely, 1976-1990
3
26
Family Correspondence, Mattie Mae Neely, circa 1930s
4
1-4
Family Correspondence, George and Veoria Shivery, circa 1930s-1950
4
5
Family History and Information Sheets, 1975-2016
4
6
Family Photographs, 1909-2017
4
7
Notes, circa 1940s-1960s
4
8
Phone and Address Books, circa 1970
4
9
Printed Materials, 1902-2017
Includes a Southern Diaries pharmacy calendar and The Dixie Pharmaceutical Journal.
4
10-14
Printed Materials, circa 1960
38
6
Property and Banking Files, 1959-1974
4
15
Property and Banking Files, circa 1946
43
1
Receipts, 1954-1963
4
16
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Series 3: Correspondence, 1952-2019
3.2 Linear feet
Box 4-7, 37

The series consists of Amos's personal and professional correspondence from 1952 to 2019. In Amos's early correspondence, letters with her parents and friends discussing school and traveling are prominent. Other correspondence is bell hooks, Moira Roth, and Ed Estes, as well as with galleries and arts organizations regarding Amos's artwork, installations, exhibitions, her association with artist groups such as Spiral, and a variety of other professional activities.
The series begins with personal correspondence arranged in rough chronological order followed by a file of personal correspondence between Amos and her son Nick. After personal correspondence, a mixture of personal and professional correspondence arranged in rough chronological order is followed by Amos's professional correspondence with students from class 311.
Description Container Select
Personal Correspondence, 1952-1959
4
17-20
Personal Correspondence, 1960-1969
4
21-26
Personal Correspondence, 1970-1974
4
27
Personal Correspondence, 1971-1981
5
1-3
Personal Correspondence, 1984-2000
5
4-7
Personal Correspondence, 2001-2010s
5
8-14
Personal Correspondence, undated
Includes letter discussing Amos's artistic abilities as a child.
5
15
Personal Correspondence, Nick Amos, 1977-1980
5
16
Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1964-1986
5
17-27
Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1987-1994
Folder 5 includes letters from Moira Roth and a card from bell hooks. Folder 7 includes correspondence from Ed Estes that includes letters and a photograph that were sent to members of the Amos family in the 1920s.
6
1-11
Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1995-1998
6
12-19
Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1999-2005
7
1-9
Personal and Professional Correspondence, 2006-2019
7
10-15
Professional Correspondence, Letters from Students in Class 311, 1980
7
16
Professional Correspondence, Letters from Students in Class 311, 1980
37
3
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Series 4: Writings, 1948-2010s
1.5 Linear feet
Boxes 7-8, 42

The series contains outlines, drafts, published copies, correspondence, proposals, contracts, and printed materials for autobiographical writings by Amos, the essay "Changing the Subject" which was published in the book "Bad Girls"/"Good Girls": Women, Sex, and Power in the Nineties, an essay about Elizabeth Catlett, Amos's senior paper, and other writings by Amos. Additionally, the series contains transcripts of interviews with Amos, two video recordings of lectures, mock-ups of published and unpublished writings by Amos, notebooks, poems, and a few writings by others.
The files are arranged in alphabetical order by the title or format of each writing.
Description Container Select
"The Aid" and "My Autobiography" by Amos, 1952
7
17
Autobiographical Book Project by Amos, 1992-2004
Folder 19 includes material on an unpublished book project titled "Art/Work: Work Happy."
7
18-22
"bell hooks and Emma Amos: A Conversation," Interview Transcript, 1998
7
23
"The British Isles: Social Study on Europe or the Old World" by Amos, 1948
7
24
"Changing the Subject" by Amos, 1994-1995
The essay was published in the book "Bad Girls"/"Good Girls": Women, Sex, and Power in the Nineties. A published copy is also included in the folder.
7
25
"A Conversation: Emma Amos and Robert Gober," Interview Transcript, 2002
7
26
Other Amos Interview Transcripts, 1994-2010
7
27
Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics, Published Copies, 1985-1993
8
1-4
Lecture Recording, Annual MLK Guest Artist Lecture at Georgia Museum of Art, 1999
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
8
5
Lecture Recording, Ben Jones at Jersey City State, 1991
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
8
6
Mock-Up, "Art/Work Work Happy", circa 1990s
42
3
Mock-Up, "Emma Amos: Odyssey", circa 1995
8
7
Mock-Up, Emma Amos: Changing The Subject: Paintings And Prints, 1992 1994, circa 1995
8
8
Mock-Up, "The Gift", circa 1990s
42
1
Mock-Up, Unfinished Book, circa 1990s
42
2
Notes, 1980s-2010s
8
9
Notebooks, 1979-2010s
Folders contain 9 notebooks. Notebook in folder 11 is blank but the inside cover is inscribed to Amos from Faith Ringgold. A notebook in folder 13 contains notes regarding Ralph David Abernathy.
8
10-13
Poems, circa 1986
Includes the poem "Line-Up" by Andrew Brumer.
8
14-15
Senior Paper, 1958
8
16
Writing About Elizabeth Catlett for "Elizabeth Catlett: Call and Response" at Bronx Museum of Art, 2010
8
17
Other Writings by Amos, 1982-2000
8
18-20
Y Group Stories, 1997
8
21
Writings by Others, 1975-2002
8
22-23
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Series 5: Project and Exhibition Files, 1950s-2019
8.2 Linear feet
Boxes 8-16, 37, OV 45

Amos participated in numerous exhibitions and projects throughout her career. The exhibitions in this series are ones in which Amos's artwork was exhibited. Exhibitions curated by Amos are in Series 7. Folders may contain project plans, artwork lists, correspondence, printed materials, business records, and other material related to the exhibition or project. Extensive files can be found for Show of Hands (1977), The Sky's the Limit installation at IS90, Emma Amos: Paintings and Prints 1982-1992 retrospective exhibition, and the Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project. Also included are 11 video recordings and 5 born digital items containing mainly documentary and presentation material.
The series is arranged in chronological order by project or exhibition. The material in Assorted Projects and Exhibitions is grouped by date spans, but the files are arranged in rough chronological order within the series.
Description Container Select
Exhibition and Festival Entry Slips, 1953-1958
8
24
Early Shows and London Shows, Exhibition Catalogs, 1950s-1960s
8
25
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1950s-1960s
Includes printed materials related to Spiral group shows and the 30 Contemporary Black Artists exhibition.
9
1
Bigelow Custom Carpets, 1964-1972
9
2
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1968-1979
9
3
Afro-American Artists New York and Boston (1970) at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1970
9
4
Fifteen Under Forty: Paintings by Young New York State Black Artists at University of the State of New York, 1970
9
5
Group Show (1970), The Printmaking Workshop, 1970
9
6
Sesame Street Magazine, 1971-1974
The magazines may feature uncredited drawings by Amos.
9
7
Exhibition at West Virginia State College, 1974
9
8
Women I, The Printmaking Workshop, 1974-1975
9
9
Show of Hands (1977), General, 1976-1983
9
10
Show of Hands (1977), Loving Hands at Home Proposal, 1974-1976
9
11
Show of Hands (1977), Notes and Related Materials, 1977-1978
9
12
Show of Hands (1977), Notes and Scripts, 1977-1978
9
13-14
Show of Hands (1977), Recordings, 1977
2 Videocassettes (U-matic)
The recordings are labeled "program series sampler" and "'Stained Glass' with Lyn Hovey."
9
15
Show of Hands (1977), Recordings, 1977
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
The recording is labeled "Fabric: Tie-dye, Batik and Silk Screen."
9
16
Show of Hands (1977), Recording, 1977
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
The recording is labeled "'Pottery' with Ralph and Sandy Terry."
9
17
Show of Hands (1977), TV Bills, 1977
9
18
Audiovisual Project File, 1977-1980
9
19
Black Artists/South (1979) at Huntsville Museum of Art, 1979
9
20
Emma Amos / Mavis Pusey: Drawings, Paintings, Prints (1979) at The Art Salon, 1979
9
21
fragments of myself: An Exhibition of Black Women Artists (1980) at Douglass College Art Gallery, Rutgers University, 1979-1980
10
1
Impressions/Expressions: Black American Graphics (1979-1980) at Studio Museum in Harlem and Traveling Exhibitions, 1979-1980
10
2
Artists Who Make Prints (1980), Organization of Independent Artists, 1980
10
3
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1980-1981
10
4
Collage/Construction/Installation (1981), The First Women's Bank, 1981
10
5
Emma Amos: Paper and Linen Drawings, Etchings and Weavings (1981) at Gallery 62 National Urban League, 1981
10
6
Proposals, Public Art, 1981-2004
10
7
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1982
10
8-9
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1982
37
4
Artists Helping Artists Project, 1983
10
10
Artists Helping Artists Project, Recording of Ending Credits, 1985
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
10
11
Artists Helping Artists Project, Recordings of Hugh Kepets, 1984
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
10
12
Artists Helping Artists Project, Recordings of Paul Wong, 1983
2 Videocassettes (U-matic)
10
13
A Celebration of Black Women Artists (1983) at Cinque Gallery and First Women's Bank, 1983
10
14
Exhibition of Paintings and Works on Paper (1983) at Jazzonia Gallery, 1983
10
15
Jus' Jass: Correlations of Painting and Afro-American Classical Music (1983) at Kenkeleba Gallery, 1983
10
16
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1983-1984
10
17
Art Against Apartheid, 1984
10
18
Celebration: Eight Afro-American Artists Selected by Romare Bearden (1984) at Henry Street Settlement, 1984
10
19
Heresies Benefit at Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, 1984
10
20
Tribute: Robert Blackburn (1984-1985) at Association of Community Based Artists of Westchester, 1984
10
21
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1984
10
22
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1984-1988
37
5
Black Women Artists at Mid-Career (1985), Cinque Gallery and First Women's Bank, 1985
10
23
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1985
10
24-25
New Art New York (1986) at Harlem School of the Arts, 1985-1986
10
26
Exhibition at Galleri Oscar, 1986
10
27
Women's Center Winter Art Exhibit (1986) at Women's Center for Education and Career Advancement, 1986
10
28
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1986
10
29
The Afro-American Artist in the Age of Cultural Pluralism (1987) at Montclair Art Museum, 1987
10
30
The Afro-American Artist in the Age of Cultural Pluralism (1987), Recording, 1987
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
The recording is titled "Black Artists / Bright Visions."
10
31
Exhibition at Landskrona Art Exhibition Hall, Borstahusens Konstförening, Sweden, 1987
11
1
Forward View (1987) at Squibb Gallery, 1987
11
2
Home (1987) at Goddard-Riverside Community Center 23rd Annual Art Show, 1987
11
3
The Water Series (1987) at Parker/Bratton Gallery, 1987
11
4
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1987
11
5-6
Committed to Print (1988) at Museum of Modern Art, 1987-1988
11
7
American Herstory: Women and the U.S. Constitution (1988) at Atlanta College of Art, 1988
11
8
Atlanta Arts Festival (1988), 1988
The exhibition included Amos's first installation of Odyssey.
11
9
Emma Amos: Meet the Artist (1988) at Jersey City Museum, 1988
11
10
Emma Amos: Recent Works (1988) at Shifflett Gallery, 1988
11
11
Exhibition of Works by Amos and Muneer Bahauddeen (1988) at Isobel Neal Gallery, 1988
11
12
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1988
11
13
Autobiography: In Her Won Image (1988-1989), Traveling Exhibition, 1988-1989
11
14
Beyond Survival: Old Frontiers / New Visions (1989), 1988-1989
11
15
Six Contemporary African-American Artists (1989) at Williams College Museum of Art, 1988-1989
11
16
Coast to Coast: A Women of Color National Artist's Book Project (1988), DiverseWorks, 1988-1990
11
17
Contemporary African-American Printmakers (1989) at Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 1989
11
18
Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women (1989) at Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, 1989
11
19
Loaded (1989) at Blue Star Art Space, 1989
11
20
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1989
11
21-23
Black History Month Exhibit (1991) at Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 1990
11
24
Black Women in the Arts (1990), Montclair State College, 1990
11
25
Black women in the Arts (1990), Recording, 1990
11
26
Exhibitions at Brandywine Workshop, 1990-2003
Includes material related to Face to Face: Prophecy and Memory, Emma Amos: Recent Works, and the James Van Der Zee award.
11
27
The Wild Blue Yonder Series (1990) at Newark Museum, 1989-1990
11
28
78th American Annual Exhibition, Directions: African American Artists Now (1990) at Newport Art Museum, 1990
11
29
The Decade Show (1990) at Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, 1990
11
30
Exhibition and Presentation at Pike Street Arts Center, 1990
11
31
The Sky's the Limit Installation at IS90, 1990-1994
11
32-33
The Sky's the Limit Installation at IS90, Architectural Plans, circa 1992
11
34
The Sky's the Limit Installation at IS90, Budget and Correspondence, 1990-1992
11
35
The Sky's the Limit Installation at IS90, Budgets and Proposals, 1991-1994
12
1
The Sky's the Limit Installation at IS90, Correspondence with Barbara Hoffman, 1991-1994
12
2
The Sky's the Limit Installation at IS90, Contract, 1991
12
3
The Sky's the Limit Installation at IS90, Contract Revision, 1990
12
4
The Sky's the Limit Installation at IS90, Payment Requests, 1993-1994
12
5
The Sky's the Limit Installation at IS90, Preliminary/Documents Background Information, 1990-1993
12
6
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1990
12
7
Spotlight on Georgia Artists Auction, 1990-1991
12
8
African American Works on Paper, Recording, 1991
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
12
9
The Falling Series: Paintings by Emma Amos (1991), 1991
12
10
Race and Culture (1991) at 494 Gallery, 1991
12
11
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1991
12
12
Auctions and Benefit Exhibitions, 1991-2012
12
13
20th Anniversary Celebration of the Mary H. Dana Women Artist Series (1992) at Mabel Smith Douglass Library, 1991-1992
12
14
The Expanding Circle: A Selection of African American Art (1992) at The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1991-1992
12
15
New Jersey Project, 1991-1992
12
16
Exhibition Guest Book, 1991-2005
12
17
Drawing from Beginning to End (1992) at William Paterson College, 1992
12
18
Emma Amos: Odyssey (1992) at Pump House Gallery and Clarion University Sandford Gallery, 1992
12
19
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1992
12
20
Kennesaw State College Art Gallery Exhibition, 1992-1993
12
21
Dream Singers, Story Tellers: An African-American Presence (1992-1993), Traveling Exhibition, 1992-1994
12
22
93 wishes and Greetings for '94 (1993-1994) at Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, 1993
12
23
Myself: Your/Other (1993) at Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, 1993
12
24
Changing to Subject (1993) at Art in General, 1993-1994
12
25-26
Changing the Subject (1994-1995) at Montclair Art Museum, 1994-1995
12
27
Emma Amos: Paintings and Prints 1982-1992 Retrospective and Traveling Exhibition, College of Wooster, 1993-1995
12
28
Emma Amos: Paintings and Prints 1982-1992 Retrospective and Traveling Exhibition, Studio Museum in Harlem, 1993-1996
Includes material regarding damaged artwork.
12
29
Emma Amos: Paintings and Prints 1982-1992 Retrospective and Traveling Exhibition, Studio Museum in Harlem Copy of Guest Book, 1995
12
30
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1993-1994
12
31
Project Proposals, 1993-1997
13
1
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1994
13
2
Encuentro, Interamericano De Artistas Plastico (1994-1995) at Museo De Las Artes, Universidad de Guadalajara, 1994-1995
13
3
Division of Labor: "Women's Work" in Contemporary Art (1995-1996) at Bronx Museum of Art and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1994-1996
13
4
A Conversation: Painting and Photography by Emma Amos and Builder Levy (1999) at Art Resources Transfer, 1994-1999
13
5
Black Pearls: Treasures of African-American Women Artists (1995) at Cinque Gallery, 1995
13
6
The Gift at Gallery Swan, 1995
13
7
Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists (1996) at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, 1995-1996
Includes material referring to "Heralding the 21st Century: Contemporary African American Women Artists," the previous title of the exhibition.
13
8-10
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, General, 1991-1996
13
11-14
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Barbara Hoffman Regarding CODA (Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta), 1993-1996
13
15
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Bench, 1996
13
16
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Bright Bimpong, 1995-1996
13
17
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, CODA (Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta), 1995-1996
13
18-19
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Concrete, 1996
13
20
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Dedication Olympic Opening Ceremony, circa 1996
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
13
21
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Erling Laberg, 1996
13
22
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Fabrication Correspondence, 1995
13
23
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Franz Mayer of Munich, 1989-1996
13
24
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Gazebo, 1996
13
25
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Hanscomb Associates, 1996
13
26
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, LAM Design, 1995-1996
Includes 3 electronic discs (floppy).
13
27
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, LAM Design, 1995-1996
45
1
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Larry Cooper Regarding Photographs, 1995-1996
13
28
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Londino Stone Company, 1995-1996
13
29
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Mosaic Samples, circa 1995
14
1
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Ovals, 1996
14
2
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Patricia Kerlin, 1995-1996
14
3
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Printed Materials, 1995-1997
14
4
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Project Manager, 1995-1996
14
5-6
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Resources, 1995-1996
14
7
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Text, 1995-1996
14
8
Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project, Vaultz Sand Blasting, 1996
14
9
Exhibition Reviews, 1995
14
10
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1995
14
11
Atlanta Olympic Poster, 1995-1996
14
12
Real (1996) at Bass Museum of Art, 1996
14
13
Six Artists: The 1990s (1996) at New Jersey State Museum, 1996
14
14
A Woman's Place: Artists Reflection of Their Culture (1996), Traveling Exhibition, 1996
14
15
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1996
14
16-17
Beyond Recognition: Contemporary Women Re-Define the Self-Portrait (1996) at Eastern Connecticut State University, 1996-1997
14
18
Civil Progress: Images of Black America (1997) at Mary Ryan Gallery, 1997
14
19
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1997-1998
14
20
A Coloring Lesson (1999) at James F. Byrnes Institut/Walter Bischoff Galerie, 1997-2000
14
21
Women Artists in Celebration of Lois Mailou Jones (1998), Harlem Youth Development Foundation, 1998-1999
14
22
Looking Forward Looking Black (1999), 1998-2002
14
23
Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity (1999), Traveling Exhibition, 1998-2002
14
24
New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Arts (1999) at New Jersey State Museum, 1999
14
25
Re/righting History: Counternarratives by Contemporary African-American Artists (1999) at Katonah Museum of Art, 1999
14
26
Seeing: An Overview (1999), Franklin and Marshall College, 1999
14
27
Women United: Aesthetically Multicultural (1999) at James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University, 1999
14
28
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 1999
14
29
African-American Art at 2000: Public Voices/Private Visions (2000) at Rockland Center for the Arts, 1999-2000
14
30
Up South (1999) and "Conversation Between bell hooks and Emma Amos", 1999-2000
15
1
Blackness in Color: Visual Expressions of the Black Arts Movement (2000) at Cornell University, 2000
15
2
Dream Worlds: Neo-Surrealism in the Millennium (2000) at Attleboro Museum, 2000
15
3
Paper Trail (2000) at Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University, 2000
15
4
Private Worlds (2000) at Art in General, 2000
15
5
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2000
15
6
Emma Amos: Thinking Paint (2001) at Kenyon College, 2000-2001
15
7
Smith College Black Student Alliance Postcards, 2000-2001
15
8
Rhapsody: Selections from Valley Collections (2001) at Arizona State University, 2001
15
9
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2001
15
10
177th Annual Exhibition (2002) at National Academy of Design, 2001-2002
15
11
Women on Top: Breaking Barriers, Resisting Limits (2003) at Pierro Gallery of South Orange, 2001-2003
15
12
New Mexico Arts Prospectus #162, Franz Mayer of Munich, 2002
15
13
New to New York: A Midcareer Survey (2002) at Art Resources Transfer, 2002
15
14
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2002
15
15
Hair Stories (2003) at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 2002-2006
Includes 1 electronic disc (CD).
15
16
Rug Project, General, 2002-2007
15
17
Rug Project, Textile Samples, circa 2002
15
18
Fresh Faces: Youth in African American Art (2004) at Wadsworth Museum of Art, 2003
15
19
Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture (2003), American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2003
15
20
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2003
15
21
Exhibition at Antioch College, 2003-2004
15
22
Creating Their Own Image: African-American women Artists (2004-2005) at Parsons School of Design and New School University, 2004
15
23
Domestic Affairs (2004) at Locus Media Gallery, 2004
15
24
Emma Amos: Works on Paper (2004) at National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, 2004
15
25
Transcultural New jersey (2004), 2004
15
26
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2004
15
27
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2005
Includes 1 electronic disc (DVD).
15
28
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2006
15
29
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2007
15
30
1968: then and Now (2008) at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, 2008
15
31
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2008
15
32
184th Annual: An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art (2009) at National Academy of Design, 2009
15
33
Bangin' (2009) at Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx Council on the Arts, 2009
15
34
If I Didn't Care: Multigenerational Artists Discuss Cultural Histories (2009) at The Park School, 2009
15
35
Undercover: Performing and Transforming Black Female Identities (2009) at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, 2009
15
36
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2009
15
37
Emma Amos: Heroes and Folk (2009-2010) at Lamont Gallery, 2009-2010
16
1
Locks in Translation (2010) at Gallery West and A.I.R. Gallery, 2009-2010
16
2
African American Art Since 1950: Perspectives from the David C. Driskell Center (2012-2014), Traveling Exhibition, 2009-2012
16
3
Women Call for Peace: Global Vistas (2010-2013), Traveling Exhibition, 2010
16
4
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2010
16
5
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2010
37
6
Spiral: Perspectives on an African-American Art Collective (2010-2011) at Birmingham Museum of Art and Studio Museum in Harlem, 2010-2011
16
6
An Evening of Art and Jazz: Tribute to Romare Bearden at 100 Years Silent Auction, 2011
16
7
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2011
16
8
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2011
37
7
40 Years of women Artists at Douglass Library (2012), 2011-2012
16
9
Her Own Style: An Artist's Eye with Judith Shea (2012-2013) at National Academy of Design, 2011-2012
16
10
African American Artists from the Flomenhaft Collection (2012), 2012
16
11
The Bearden Project (2012) at Studio Museum in Harlem, 2012
16
12
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2012
16
13
The Annual: 2013 (2013) at National Academy Museum, 2012-2013
16
14
Art Connections 9 (2013) at George Segal Gallery, 2012-2013
16
15
Emma Amos: Looking, Learning, Living (2013) at Maplewood Arts Center, 2012-2013
16
16
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2013
16
17
"The Spiral Experience" at Evolve Gallery (Unrealized Exhibition), 2013-2014
16
18
Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties (2014) at Brooklyn Museum and Hood Museum of Art, 2013-2015
16
19
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2014-2015
16
20-21
Emma Amos: True Colors (2016) at Ryan Lee Gallery, 2016
16
22
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2016
16
23
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2016
37
8
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (2017) at Tate Modern, 2017
16
24
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2017
16
25
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2017
37
9
The Armory Show (2018) at Piers 92 and 94, 2018
16
26
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2018
37
10
Assorted Projects and Exhibitions, 2018-2019
16
27-28
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Series 6: Teaching Files, 1948-2013
3.5 Linear feet
Boxes 16-20, 37, OV 44

Files in the series consist of electronic discs of student work and material regarding the LEAP program, course material, images of student artwork, Amos's records from Rutgers University where she served as Chair of Visual Arts at the Mason Gross School of the Art, tenure package materials, and weaving files that include kits with instructions, weaving and material samples, and manuals.
The series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Description Container Select
Chair of Visual Arts, Rutgers University, 2005-2007
Includes 1 electronic disc (CD).
16
29
College Art Association and Rutgers University, 1991-2006
16
30
Course Material, Art/Craft/Design Connection Book Suggestions, 1989-2003
16
31
Course Material, Art/Craft/Design Connection, circa 1990s
44
Course Material, Figure Drawing, 1991-2002
16
32-33
Course Material, Intaglio and Lithography, circa 1982
16
34
Course Material, Various, circa 1980s
16
35-36
Learning Through an Expanded Arts Program (LEAP), 2006-2013
Includes 5 electronic discs (CD/DVD).
16
37-38
Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art, circa 1974
17
1
Recommendations by Amos, 1997-2011
17
2
Review of Visual Arts Department, Rutgers University, 2006
17
3
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1985-1989
Folder 5 includes correspondence from George McKim.
17
4-5
Student Files, 1997-2008
17
6-7
Student Paper, circa 1997
17
8
Student Portfolio, circa 2002
17
9
Student Work, Book of Artwork, 1988
17
10
Student Work, Binder for Figure Drawing for Painting Course, 2004
17
11-12
Student Work, Binder for Figure Drawing for Painting Course, 2005
17
13
Student Work, Images of Class and Artwork, 2001-2002
17
14-15
Student Work, Photographic Material, 2002-2003
17
16
Syllabi, 1981-2002
17
17
Teaching Notes, 1981-1988
17
18
Teaching Portfolio, Post Tenure Review, 1980-2001
17
19
Teaching Statement, 2000
17
20
Tenure Package, 2000s
17
21
Tenure Package, Letters, 1983-1999
17
22
Tenure Package, Promotional Material, 1970s-1980s
18
1-2
Threadbare Unlimited Craft School, 1972-1978
18
3-5
Various, 1980-2008
18
6-10
Various, 1996
37
11
Weaving, Binder of Samples, circa 1975
18
11
Weaving, Fawcett Linens and Other Supplies, circa 1975-1993
18
12-15
Weaving, Manuals, 1948-1977
18
16-19
Weaving, Manuals, 1962-1974
19
1-3
Weaving, Binders, circa 1970s
19
4-7
Weaving, Instructional Books, circa 1970s
19
8-10
Weaving, Notes, circa 1970s
19
11-13
Weaving/Sewing Kit, circa 1970s
19
14-15
Weaving, Style Descriptions, circa 1970s
19
16
Weaving, Style Descriptions, circa 1970s
37
12
Weaving, General, circa 1970s
19
17-20
Weaving, General, circa 1970s
20
1-3
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Series 7: Other Professional Activities, circa 1960s-2018
4 Linear feet
Boxes 20-24, 46

The series consists of files documenting Amos's residencies and fellowships at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation in Italy, and the American Academy in Rome; memberships with the College Art Association, Guerrilla Girls, National Academy of Design, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and Women's Caucus for Art; and presentations at conferences, symposiums, workshops, and as a visiting artist. An electronic diskette and one electronic disc contain material regarding other artists. Amos curated a number of exhibitions including Progressions: A Cultural Legacy (1986), also co-curated by Julia Hotton and Vivian Browne, Resisting Categories: Finding Common Ground, and Resisting Categories: Finding Common Ground. Also included are artist files, curating files, jury and panelist files, and files detailing her travels to Cuba, Brazil, German, Italy, Mexico, and South Africa.
The files are arranged alphabetically by file type, then alphabetically within each type. Exhibitions are arranged in rough chronological order by exhibition date.
Description Container Select
Artist Files, Recordings, 1996-circa 2010
2 Videocassettes (VHS)
20
4
Artist Files, Resumes and Slides, circa 1990s
20
5-6
Artist Files, General, 1986-2012
Folder 8 includes 1 electronic disc (CD/DVD).
20
7-11
Artist Files, Ben Jones, 1984-1988
20
12
Artist Files, Betty Blayton-Taylor, 1994-1998
20
13
Artist Files, Christopher Cozier, circa 1998
20
14
Artist Files, Kerry James Marshall, 2004-2005
20
15
Artist Files, Maria Elena Gonzalez, 1996-2000
20
16
Awards and Grants, 1991-2012
20
17-18
Award, The Dedicators, 2002
20
19-20
Award, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from College of Wooster, 1998
20
21
Award, Tribute to Amos at Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, 2006
20
22
Exhibition of Work by Giza Daniels-Endesha Curated by Amos, 1987-1999
20
23
Exhibition of Work by Giza Daniels-Endesha Curated by Amos, Recording, circa 2000
21
1
Exhibition, Hanging Loose at the Port Authority Bus Terminal (1984) Curated by Amos and Judy Negron, 1984
21
2-3
Exhibition, Progressions: A Cultural Legacy (1986) Curated by Amos, Julia Hotton, and Vivian Browne, 1986
21
4-7
Exhibition, You Must Remember This (1996) Curated by Amos, 1990-1995
Includes material related to the exhibition Resisting Categories (1985) curated by Amos.
21
8
Exhibition, Philadelphia Selections 4: Brace/Smart (2001) Curated by Amos, circa 1990s
21
9-11
Exhibition, Resisting Categories: Finding Common Ground Curated by Amos, 1994-1995
21
12
Exhibition, Gender in Motion (2005) Curated by Amos, 2004-2005
21
13
Exhibition, The Future Must Be Sweet: Lower East Side Printshop Celebrates 40 Years (2008), Advisor, 2009
21
14
Curating Files, General, 2012-2013
21
15
Curating Files, Artists, 1990s
21
16
Curating Files, Artists-Vivian Browne, 1983-1993
21
17
Curating Files, Artists-Toby MacLennan, 1970s-1980s
21
18
Juror and Panelist Files, 1989-2005
21
19-20
Subject File on Black Artists from Henri Ghent, circa 1960s-1990s
21
21
Residencies and Fellowships, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, 2011-2013
21
22
Residencies and Fellowships, Guggenheim Foundation Applications, 1988-2011
21
23-24
Residencies and Fellowships, Rockefeller Foundation in Bellagio, Italy, 1992-1993
Amos's project for the residency was Reclaiming, Presence, Images of Identity.
21
25
Residencies and Fellowships, Rockefeller Foundation in Bellagio, Italy, 1992-1993
22
1
Residencies and Fellowships, American Academy in Rome, 2006
22
2
Residency, Yaddo, 2009
22
3
Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 2009-2011
22
4
Various Programs, 1987-2010
Includes material related to various grants, awards, fellowships, and other programs.
22
5-6
Memberships, College Art Association, 2008-2013
22
7
Memberships, Guerrilla Girls, 1980s-2010s
Folders in Box 46 are access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information.
46
1-10
Memberships, National Academy of Design, 2002-2017
22
8-11
Memberships, NoHo Neighborhood Association Artist Co-op, 1999
22
12
Memberships, Richard A. Florsheim Art Fund Board of Trustees, 1990-2003
22
13
Memberships, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture-Award Dinner Programs, 1987-2002
22
14-17
Memberships, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture-Boards and Committees, 1991-2015
22
18-23
Memberships, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture-Pamphlets and Postcards, 1994-2018
22
24
Memberships, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture-Philemona Williamson, 1998-2008
Includes 1 electronic disc (CD).
23
1
Memberships, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park Executive Board Nomination, 1996-1997
23
2
Memberships, Women's Caucus for Art, 2003-2016
23
3-4
Miscellaneous Professional Activities, 1982-2005
23
5
Presentations, Artists Statements Connected with Lectures, 1977-2011
23
6-7
Presentations, Brandywine Workshop Visiting Artist, 1994-2002
23
8
Presentations, David C. Driskell Center Distinguished Lectures in the Visual Arts Series, 2008-2009
23
9
Presentations, Talk About Elizabeth Catlett at National Conference of Artists Conference, 2013
Includes draft of talk by Amos about her memories of Catlett, as well as photographs of Amos with Catlett.
23
10
Presentations, "Artist Talk: Emma Amos" at Walker Art Center, 2001
23
11
Presentations, Panelist at "Expressions and Documentation of the Route: Architecture and Public Art," Slave Routes: The Long Memory Symposium, 1999
23
12
Presentations, Panelist at "Off the Mainstream," Women's Caucus for Art/NY, 1983
23
13
Presentations, Phelps Stokes Fund Africa Roundtable, 1986
23
14
Presentations, Printmaking Workshops, 1975-2003
23
15
Presentations, Romare Bearden in the Modernist Tradition Symposium, 2006-2010
23
16
Presentations, Southwestern University Visiting Artist, 1997
23
17
Presentations, The State of Visual Arts in Africa and the African Diaspora: Agenda for the 21st Century Conference, 2000
23
18
Presentations, Symposium in Syracuse, 1992
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
The title of the recording is "Matrilineage Women Art and Change In Her View(s)."
23
19
Presentations, Syracuse University Visiting Artist, 2000
23
20
Presentations, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Visiting Artist, 1986
23
21
Presentations, Travel, 2007-2010
23
22
Presentations, Visualizing Blackness Symposium, 2000
23
23
Presentations, Various, 1980-2013
23
24-30
Travel, General, 1980s-2000
24
1-2
Travel, Art in General's Cuban Art Tour, 2001
24
3
Travel, Art in General's Brazil Trip, 1998
Includes material regarding the XXIV Bienal de São Paulo.
24
4-5
Travel, Germany, 1999
24
6
Travel, Italy, 1980s-1990s
24
7
Travel, Italy, 1997-2001
24
8
Travel, Mexico, 1962-2002
24
9
Travel, South Africa, 1997
24
10
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Series 8: Personal Business Records, 1960-2019
2 Linear feet
Boxes 24-26, OV 43

Amos's personal business files include gallery files, datebooks, donation and loan files, ledgers, invoice and sales books, receipts, printing files that include electronic discs, and studio supply records that document the administrative aspects of Amos's career.
The files are arranged alphabetically with a general file at the end of the series.
Description Container Select
Alitash Kebede Gallery, 1985-2001
24
11
Art Resources Transfer (A.R.T.), 1999
24
12
Artwork/Panel Printing Records, Studio P, 2002
24
13
Associated American Artists, 1961-1985
24
14
Catalog Printing Research, circa 2008
24
15
Datebooks, 1973-1976
4 books
24
16
Donations of Artwork, 2002-2009
24
17
Iandor Fine Arts, 2000-2001
24
18
Inventory, 1997
24
19
Invoice/Sales Books, 1974
2 books
24
20
Jazztonia Gallery, 1982-1990
24
21
Ledger Books, 1972-1980
2 books
24
22-23
Letterhead, circa 1970s-1990s
24
24
Loan of John Goodyear Artwork, 2000
24
25
Marine Midland Bank, Correspondence, 1990-1991
24
26
McIntosh Gallery, 1988-1995
24
27
Notes, Business Advice from Doree (Friend), 1996
24
28
Postcard Design and Printing, 1993-circa 2000
24
29-30
Postcard Design and Printing, circa 2000-2010
Folder 3 includes 2 optical discs (CD).
25
1-4
Pricing, 1991-2002
25
5
Print Documentation, 1989-1996
25
6
Purchase of Wassily Brever Chairs, 1969
25
7
Receipt Book, 1978
25
8
Rubber Stamps and List, circa 2001
25
9-10
Sherry Washington Gallery, 1994-1999
25
11
Slide Records, 1981-2004
25
12
Stella Jones Gallery, 1995-1997
25
13
Studio Records, 228 Houston St., 1980-1986
25
14
Studio Supply Records, 1966-2019
25
15-24
Studio Supply Records, circa 1970
43
2
Zimmerman Saturn Gallery, 1989-1991
25
25
General, 1960-2019
26
1-13
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Series 9: Printed Materials, 1908-2019
4.5 Linear feet
Boxes 26-30, 39, OV 43, OV 45

The bulk of the series consists of clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and journals and magazines featuring Amos and her work, as well as two video recordings of the documentary Emma Amos: Action Lines. Other materials include name cards for Amos, a few posters, school publications, T-Shirts from projects and memberships, and sheet music for sight reading that includes annotations on some sheets.
Files are arranged alphabetically by format.
Description Container Select
Art Auction Catalogs, 2007-2014
26
14
Art Books, 1958, 2006
26
15-16
Artwork Reproductions, Amos, 1981-2010s
26
17-18
Artwork Reproductions by Women Artists and Friends, Scrapbook, circa 1990s
26
19
Calendars, 1984-2004
39
1
Clippings, 1960s-2010s
27
1-4
Clippings, 1960s-2010s
39
2-3
Documentary Recordings, Emma Amos: Action Lines, 1996
2 Videocassettes (VHS)
Includes a published copy and a final cut with audio mix version.
27
5
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, Amos, 1982-2017
27
6-9
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, Others, 1980-2013
27
10-16
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, Others, circa 1980s-2010s
28
1-12
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, Others, 2008
39
4
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, Vivian Browne, circa 1980s
28
13
Journals and Magazines, Articles on Dorothy Liebes, 1980s
28
14
Journals and Magazines, Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot, 1970s
28
15-17
Journals and Magazines, Various, 1970-2019
29
1-13
Journals and Magazines, Various, 1970-2019
39
5-6
Manuals and Procedures, 1959-1962
29
14
Miscellaneous, circa 1954-2010s
29
15-19
Miscellaneous, circa 1954-2010s
30
1-4
Name Cards for Amos, circa 1960s
30
5
Posters, Amos, circa 1990s
39
7
Poster, Guerrilla Girls, circa 1980s
43
3
Poster, Other, 1990
45
2
School Publications, 1951-2013
30
6-7
Sheet Music, 1908-circa 1970s
30
8-10
T-Shirts, circa 1980s
2 shirts
39
8
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Series 10: Photographic Materials, circa 1900-2010s
3.5 Linear feet
Boxes 30-33, 40

The series consists of photographic prints, negatives, transparencies, photographic digital prints, slides, and 1 electronic disc of Amos, family and friends, parties and events, art models, snapshots, and works of art. Also in the series are 6 photograph albums containing baby photos of Amos, camp, travel, students and art parties, and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
The series begins with eight files arranged in alphabetical order by subject or event title. The rest of the series is arranged alphabetically beginning with images of Amos and ending with works of art.
Description Container Select
Amos Drug Store, circa 1950s-circa 1990s
30
11
A.R.T. Project and Photos for Studio P Prints, 2002
Includes gallery dimensions.
30
12
Art Opening with Artist Friends, circa 1980s
30
13
Art Party at Bond St., circa 1990s
30
14
Atlanta Public Art Area (Abernathy Park) and Fabrication, 1996
30
15
Birmingham Art Museum Party, 2010
30
16
Construction (Possibly Amos's Studio), circa 1980
30
17
"Email Photographs, Friends", 2000s
30
18
Amos, Photographs and Portraits, 1965-2008
30
19
Amos, Photographs and Portraits, circa 1940-circa 2003
40
1-2
Amos and Family, circa 1940s-1950s
30
20
Amos, Family and Friends, 1950s-2010s
30
21-23
Amos, Family and Friends (Studio Elevator Door Photographs), circa 1970s-2010s
30
24
Amos, Family and Friends (Studio Elevator Door Images), circa 1970-circa 2010
40
3
Amos and Others, 1950s-1990s
Includes photograph of Amos with Hale woodruff by Camille Billops.
30
25
Amos and Others, circa 1965-circa 2012
Includes photographs of Amos and Elizabeth Catlett.
30
26
Family and George Shivery Large Format Negatives Used in Works of Art, circa 1988
Includes one small print.
30
27
Family and Others, circa 1900-2000s
31
1-10
Family and Others, circa 1900-2000s
40
4
Family ("Rare Photos") and Souvenir Photo Postcards, circa 1917-1960s
31
11
Models for Use in Artworks, 1993
31
12
Others, General, 1970s-circa 2000s
31
13
Others, Art Friends and Art Assistants, 1988-2003
31
14
Photo Shoots for Artworks with Becket, 1998-2001
31
15-16
Photograph Album, Baby Photos, circa 1930s
40
5
Photograph Album, Camp, 1940s
The first several pages of the album contain photographs of celebrities.
31
17
Photograph Album, Cuba/Provincetown/Skowhegan, 2001
Photographs include Amos's trip to Cuba for Art in General, an art party at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and an exhibition at Kenyon College.
31
18
Photograph Album, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1986
32
1
Photograph Album, South Africa, 1997
32
2
Photograph Album of Travel, Students, and Art Parties, 1998-1999
32
3
Photographs Related to Artworks, 1970s-1980s
32
4-5
Snapshot Albums, 1940s-1970s
32
6-10
Teaching Slides, 1960s-2000s
32
11-13
Travel Slides, circa 1950s-circa 1990s
32
14
Works of Art and Exhibitions, 1963-2004
32
15
Works of Art, "Mini Photos Catalog Reference", circa 2000s
32
16
Works of Art, Weaving, 1970s
32
17
Works of Art, General Slides, 2000-2010
32
18
Works of Art, General Slides, 1980s-2000s
33
1-5
Works of Art, Studies and Color Copies, circa 1970s-1980s
Includes an artist statement, photocopied material, and printed material related to Odyssey.
33
6
Works of Art, Transparencies of The Falling Series and Early Works, circa 1960s-1990s
33
7
Works of Art, Transparencies, 1990s-2000s
The transparencies are numbered beginning with 517 (folder 8) and ending at 950 (folder 10).
33
8-10
Works of Art, General, 1970s-2010s
Folder 12 includes 1 electronic disc (floppy) and a photograph of The Cosby Show set.
33
11-15
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Series 11: Artwork, circa 1940s-2010s
2 Linear feet
Boxes 33-37, 41

The majority of the series consists of preparatory and source material used in the creation of Amos's artworks. Preparatory material, sometimes referred to as "work product" by Amos in the collection, includes sketches, photo shoot material, fabric and technique samples, and photo transfers remnants. Source material contains printed materials and photographs typically organized by topic that were used as inspiration or reference for Amos's artworks. Also included is a drawing and paper relief made by Amos for her son's wedding.
The series is arranged alphabetically by title or type of artwork.
Description Container Select
Paper Relief for Wedding of Nicholas Amos, 1995
33
16
Preparatory Material, Fabric Samples and Techniques, circa 1970-circa 2000s
33
17-19
Preparatory Material, Photographs Related to Artworks, circa 1990s
37
14
Preparatory Material, Photo Shoots and Studies, circa 1990s
33
20-22
Preparatory Material, Photo Shoots and Studies, circa 1990s
34
1
Preparatory Material and Sketches, 1979-2000s
34
2-5
Preparatory Material and Sketches, 1979-2000s
41
1
Preparatory Material, General, circa 1990s-2000s
34
6-7
Preparatory Material, General, circa 1990s-2000s
41
2
Print Set Signed by Amos and K. Coraccio, circa 1980
34
8
"Show of Hands" Drawing, circa 1977
37
13
Source Material, Athletics, 1980s
34
9
Source Material, Athletics, 1980s
41
3
Source Material, Family Photographs, circa 1940s-1950s
34
10
Source Material, Family History for Odyssey, circa 1949-1982
34
11
Source Material Regarding Fibers/Fabrics, circa 1970s
34
12
Source Material, Found in Studio References, circa 1990s
34
13
Source Material Regarding Health, 1990s
41
4
Source Material, Photo References, circa 1990s
34
14
Source Material, Photo References, circa 1990s
41
6
Source Material Regarding Race, circa 1990s
The records in this folder were collected by Amos in the 1990s when she was creating laser transfer works.
34
15
Source Material Regarding Race, circa 1990s
41
5
Source Material, Textural References, 1990s
41
7
Source Material, Women Artists, circa 2010
41
8
Source Material, General, 1980s-2010s
34
16-22
Source Material, General, 1980s-2010s
35
1-6
Source Material, General, 1980s-2010s
36
1-3
Source Material, General, 1980s-2010s
41
9-11

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