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Inge Hardison Black Academy of Arts and Letters files
- Title
- Inge Hardison Black Academy of Arts and Letters files, 1970-1972.
- Author
- Hardison, Inge, 1904-
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 204 Folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 204 Folder 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 2 folders
- Summary
- The Inge Hardison Black Academy of Arts and Letters (BAAL) collection consists of letters to Hardison discussing organizational matters, her notes from committee meetings, copies of the BAAL newsletter, and printed matter relating to the Academy.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Source (note)
- Hardison, Inge
- Biography (note)
- Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Ruth Inge Hardison (1904-2016) was a sculptor, photographer, actress and poet known for her series of cast iron busts of "Negro Giants in History," begun in 1963, and her sculptures of ordinary people, "Our Folks," launched in 1984.
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- Processed
- Call Number
- Sc MG 204
- OCLC
- NYPW086000011-A
- Author
- Hardison, Inge, 1904-
- Title
- Inge Hardison Black Academy of Arts and Letters files, 1970-1972.
- Biography
- Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Ruth Inge Hardison (1904-2016) was a sculptor, photographer, actress and poet known for her series of cast iron busts of "Negro Giants in History," begun in 1963, and her sculptures of ordinary people, "Our Folks," launched in 1984. Hardison was a founding member of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, an African-American cultural organization founded in 1969 for the preservation and promotion of Black culture. The organization dissolved circa 1973.
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- Sc MG 204