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Creator
Morais, Ka, 1942-1981
Call number
Sc MG 493
Physical description
1.2 linear feet (3 archival boxes)
Preferred Citation
[Item], Ka Morais papers, Sc MG 493, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Kenneth Alan (Ka) Morais, African-American photographer and media artist, studied commercial and fine art, photography and film and television in New York and California. Morais' fine art photography includes constructions and photomontages; his documentary work includes images of New York City and abroad. The Ka Morais Papers include family, personal, and professional correspondence. Letters from his brother Michael discuss their collaborations, writing and illustrating poems and other works. Morais' professional papers consist of letters of recommendation, honors and awards, programs and reviews of his exhibits, drawings, and news clippings about him and advertising courses he taught. There are also a few manuscripts by Morais with illustrations (photographs and drawings). Of interest are original and photocopies of letters and postcards written to him by the photographer Ansel Adams, 1975-1981.

Scope and arrangement

The Ka Morais Papers include family, personal, and professional correspondence. Letters from his brother Michael discuss their collaborations, writing and illustrating poems and other works. Morais' professional papers consist of letters of recommendation, honors and awards, programs and reviews of his exhibits, drawings, and news clippings about him and advertising courses he taught. There are also a few manuscripts by Morais with illustrations (photographs and drawings). Of interest are original and photocopies of letters and postcards written to him by the photographer Ansel Adams, 1975-1981.

Also documented is Morais' involvement in the Bahai religion, his period as an English instructor in Japan (Ube Academy of Foreign Languages), and as a volunteer worker at the United Nations refugee camps in Thailand, 1978-1981.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift, Michael Morais, Aug. 1993

Using the collection

Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor