Research Catalog

Title

John H. Hewitt writings, 1818-1997.

Author

Hewitt, John H., 1924-

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Additional Authors

Hewitt, John H.

Description

2

Summary

The collection contains Hewitt's writings on Black artists including Hale Woodruff, Ernest Crichlow, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, and Haitian artist Luce Turnier. Also included are Hewitt's historical pieces on the lives of largely unknown, but accomplished 19th-century African American New Yorkers, such as Thomas Downing and Elizabeth Jennings, along with writings on African American Episcopalians and St. Philip's Church in New York City.

Subjects

• Turnier, Luce
• New York > History
• Artists > United States
• Authors > History > New York State
• Art > Collectors and collecting > African American
• Hewitt, John H
• Art, Haitian
• African American artists
• Crichlow, Ernest, 1914-2005
• Art objects > Collectors and collecting > African American
• Arts, Black
• Hollingsworth, Alvin C
• African American Episcopalians
• Woodruff, Hale, 1900-1980
• St. Philip's Church (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
• Downing, Thomas
• Jennings, Elizabeth
• Espiscopalians > New York (State) > New York

Source (note)

• Hewitt, John H.

Biography (note)

• Born in 1924 in New York City, John H. Hewitt was a writer, editor, instructor, and a collector of Black art. Born in 1924, in New York City, Hewitt attended Harvard College and New York University. He taught English at Morehouse College and he was a medical staff writer for the journals "Frontiers of Psychiatry" and "Emergency Medicine". He also was an associate editor for the newspaper "Medical Tribune" and a managing editor of "Hospital Practice", a monthly magazine. Hewitt held memberships in professional organizations including the American Medical Writer Association and National Association of Science Writers, and he was a trustee with the Manhattan Country School and The Schomburg Corporation. In 1994, Hewitt was awarded the New York Association’s Kerr History Prize for his article, “Mr. Downing and His Oyster House”.

Processing Action (note)

• Accesioned
• Cataloged

Call Number

Sc MG 612

OCLC

NYPW98-A409

Author

Hewitt, John H., 1924-

Title

John H. Hewitt writings, 1818-1997.

Biography

Born in 1924 in New York City, John H. Hewitt was a writer, editor, instructor, and a collector of Black art. Born in 1924, in New York City, Hewitt attended Harvard College and New York University. He taught English at Morehouse College and he was a medical staff writer for the journals "Frontiers of Psychiatry" and "Emergency Medicine". He also was an associate editor for the newspaper "Medical Tribune" and a managing editor of "Hospital Practice", a monthly magazine. Hewitt held memberships in professional organizations including the American Medical Writer Association and National Association of Science Writers, and he was a trustee with the Manhattan Country School and The Schomburg Corporation. In 1994, Hewitt was awarded the New York Association’s Kerr History Prize for his article, “Mr. Downing and His Oyster House”.

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Added Author

Hewitt, John H.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 612