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Shirley Stark papers
- Title
- Shirley Stark papers, 1996-2006.
- Author
- Stark, Shirley, 1927-2006.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 884 box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- .2 lin. ft. (1/2 archival box)
- Summary
- The Shirley Stark papers contain very little biographical information and no documentation of her work as an artist. It contains a small amount of letters (1996-2001), poetry (1996-2006), drafts, and a publication.
- Subjects
- American literature > 20th century
- Haiku, American
- African American women artists
- Stark, Shirley, 1927-2006
- Black author
- Letters
- Poems
- Women poets, American > 20th century > Correspondence
- Women artists > United States > 20th century > Correspondence
- African American women poets
- American poetry > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- Poems.
- Letters.
- Source (note)
- Gale Jackson
- Biography (note)
- Shirly Stark, born in New York City, 1927, was an African American artist, an art professor who specialized in sculpture, and a poet. In 1972, Stark's experience with carving basalt helped her become assistant to Dimitri Hadzi, internationally renowned sculptor, while he worked on a project in Eugene, Oregon. Stark was later appointed as the first female Mellon Chair in Sculpture at Carnegie-Mellon University in 1975. She died in Denver, Colorado, 2006.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 884
- OCLC
- 860986994
- Author
- Stark, Shirley, 1927-2006.
- Title
- Shirley Stark papers, 1996-2006.
- Biography
- Shirly Stark, born in New York City, 1927, was an African American artist, an art professor who specialized in sculpture, and a poet. In 1972, Stark's experience with carving basalt helped her become assistant to Dimitri Hadzi, internationally renowned sculptor, while he worked on a project in Eugene, Oregon. Stark was later appointed as the first female Mellon Chair in Sculpture at Carnegie-Mellon University in 1975. She died in Denver, Colorado, 2006.
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- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 884