William Edouard Scott collection

id
5560
origination
Scott, William E. (William Edouard), 1884-1964
date statement
1903-1970
key date
1903
identifier (local_mss)
20770
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
call number
Sc MG 172
b-number
b11883947
total components
16
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:21 UTC
updated
2025-07-30 17:20:40 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
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{"value"=>"Sc MG 172", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11883947", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1903-1970", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1903/1970"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"William Edouard Scott collection"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.63 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"William Edouard Scott was a muralist, portrait artist, illustrator, and painter. This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, diplomas, and certificates."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Scott, William E. (William Edouard), 1884-1964", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>William Edouard Scott was a muralist, portrait artist, illustrator, and painter. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he moved to Chicago to attend the School of the Art Institute (1904-1909). While a student, he was commissioned to complete several murals in local schools; they are the earliest public works depicting African American subjects. In 1909, Scott traveled to France, where he studied with Henry Ossawa Tanner. While abroad, he painted realistic images of Paris and the French countryside. When he returned to Chicago, Scott sold his Paris paintings and was able to fund a second trip to Europe, during which he studied at the Académie Julien and the Académie Colarossi in Paris.</p> <p> He returned to the United States in 1914 and devoted himself to documenting the life experiences of Black people, traveling and sketching throughout the rural south. During World War I, Scott went back to France and sketched images of African American soldiers; these drawings appeared on covers of <span class=\"title\">The Crisis</span>. In 1931, Scott was awarded a Julius Rosenwald Fellowship to study and paint in Haiti. He created over a hundred works during his thirteen months in Haiti and exhibited them in a Port-au-Prince show promoted by the Haitian government. The exhibition was an enormous success, and the president of Haiti purchased twelve works.</p> When he returned to the U.S., Scott painted for the Federal Art Project, creating public murals for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. In 1943, he was the only Black artist chosen to create a mural for the Recorder of Deeds Building in Washington, D.C. By the end of his life, Scott had created over seventy-five murals celebrating Black history and culture. In 2007, the Indiana State Museum organized the traveling retrospective <span class=\"title\">Our Own Artist: Paintings by Indiana's William Edouard Scott, 1884-1964</span>."}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 3 series: I. Personal; II. Certificates; and III. Clippings.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Joan Scott Wallace, December 1981.</p>"}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 April 26"}
{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Denise Mantey.", "date"=>"2025 30 July"}
date_start
1903
keydate
1903
date_end
1970
date_inclusive_start
1903
date_inclusive_end
1970
prefercite
{"value"=>"[Item], William Edouard Scott collection, Sc MG 172, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The William Edouard Scott collection is arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20770#c1624081'>Personal</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1931-1949</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20770#c1624093'>Certificates</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1903-1909</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20770#c1624096'>Clippings</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1930s-1960s</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes loose clippings and 142 clippings mounted on white paper.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}

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