FESTAC Records
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Monroe, Arthur
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content: Arthur Monroe papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.5 Linear Feet (Boxes 6-11, 23)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973-1993
label: Date
content: bulk 1974-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.monrarth, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The materials in this series are related to FESTAC, also known as the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture. FESTAC was a major international festival held in Lagos, Nigeria (January 15 to February 12, 1977). Arthur Monroe was the chairman of the of the Far West Region North Committee and helped organize numerous events and was a participant on other FESTAC committees and panels. He was also involved in organizing the First Statewide Conference of Black Artists, also known as FESTAC 1978. The records in this series include planning documents, correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, registration forms, printed material, grant and funding material, financial records, workshop material, and a few photographs of FESTAC.