Humbert Howard papers
name: label: Creator
content: Howard, Humbert, 1905-1990
label: Names
content: Pyramid Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American societies
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent in 1991 by David and Carla Howard, the son and daughter-in-law of Humbert Howard, Microfilmed as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Howard, Humbert, 1905-1990
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Humbert Howard (1905-1990) was an African American painter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Howard studied at Howard University and the University of Pennsylvania before joining the Philadelphia Works Progress Administration's Art Project painting landscapes. In 1945, he became the art director of the Pyramid Club.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.howahumb
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4566 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lenders, David and Carla Howard, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This microfilm collection of the papers of African American painter Humbert Howard contains correspondence (1963-1976); printed material, including clippings, exhibition announcements, and catalogs (1962-1981); photographs of Howard and  his works of art; and two scrapbooks (1947-1980), which include photographs of works of art, clippings, exhibition catalogs, and correspondence.