Schomburg Artist Files

id
11780
origination
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
date statement
(missing)
key date
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identifier (local_mss)
177426
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
call number
Sc Artist file
b-number
b21052969
total components
404
total series
24
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2024-11-22 22:38:05 UTC
updated
2024-12-10 18:21:33 UTC
status note
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unitid
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{"value"=>"Sc Artist file", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b21052969", "type"=>"local_b"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Schomburg Artist Files"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"15 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division.</span><div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</span> <span class=\"addressline\">515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The Schomburg Artist Files is a growing collection of primary and secondary resources featuring information about Black artists and artists who have created works featuring Black people."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Schomburg Artist Files, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division", "type"=>"corpname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>The Artist Files in the Art and Artifacts division were established as part of the Schomburg Center's long-standing tradition to preserve and document \"vindicating evidences.\" These files provide exacting evidence and critical documentation about lesser-known artists and artists not included in the art historical canon, particularly Black and brown women. The bulk of the collection consists of items collected during the tenure of the Art and Artifacts Curator Tammi Lawson, who has maintained close relationships with many of the artists featured in the collection. Living artists routinely participate in building their own files and have provided the division with ephemera such as artist checklists, catalogs, pamphlets, clippings, invitations, and press releases.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Schomburg Artist Files is a growing collection of primary and secondary resources about Black artists and artists who have created works featuring Black people. All of the artists listed in the Artist Files have works in the Art and Artifacts division's permanent collection.</p> <p>Correspondence between artists and notable Schomburg staff is a common component of the collection. Several files include photocopies of letters sent between artists and Arturo Schomburg, who served as the inaugural curator of the Schomburg Collection (now the Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture) from 1932 to 1938, as well as Jean-Blackwell Hutson, who was chief and curator of the Schomburg Center from 1948 to 1980.</p> <p>The Artist Files are arranged alphabetically by the artist's last name. Folders may feature announcements, artist's statements, brochures, exhibition catalogs, invitations, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, resumes, reviews, and other ephemeral material. Black women, notable artists, and artists with robust files may include further scope and content notes.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Schomburg Artist Files are arranged in twenty-four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766190'>A</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766208'>B</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766250'>C</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766282'>D</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766302'>E</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766306'>F</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766314'>G</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766329'>H</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766353'>I</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766356'>J</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766383'>K</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766391'>L</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766408'>M</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766442'>N</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766448'>O</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766456'>P</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766475'>R</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766498'>S</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766535'>T</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766550'>U</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766552'>V</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766556'>W</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766589'>Y</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/sca/177426#c1766591'>Z</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Collection processed and described by <span class=\"name\">Fabrice Nozier</span>, archivist; and <span class=\"name\">Tammi Lawson</span>, curator. Finding aid published in <span class=\"date\">2024</span>.</p>"}
sponsor
{"value"=>"The description and publication of this finding aid was made possible through the\n support of a Getty Foundation grant. "}

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