Jacob Lawrence papers [microfilm]
name: label: Creator
content: Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American educators
label: Topic
content: African American painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming by Syracuse University Library, Special Collections, 1992. Among the three reels are papers that Lawrence lent to the Archives of American Art for microfilming in 1966 which he subsequently donated to Syracuse.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) was an African American painter and educator in New York, New York and Seattle, Washington. Lawrence worked for the WPA's Federal Art Project and taught at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, Pratt Institute (1956-1971), Brandeis University (1965), The New School (1966), the Art Students League (1967), the University of Washington, and others. One of his most well-known works of art is the The Migration of the Negro (now known as The Migration Series), a 60-panel epic Lawrence created when he received a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1940.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-1992
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lawrjaco2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D286 and 4571-4573 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Entire: Microfilm copies.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Syracuse University Library, Special Collections.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Selected list of correspondents is available on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This microfilm collection documents the artistic and teaching career of African American painter Jacob Lawrence. 

Included are biographical materials and awards; correspondence; writings and speeches by Lawrence, 1947-1962, and writings about Lawrence; photographs; scattered financial material, 1941-1957; and printed materials.

Correspondence dates from 1937-1971. Among the correspondents are: Ralph Abernathy, Charles Alston, Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, Claude Clark, Hy Cohen, Mildred Cummings, Terry Dintenfass, Inc., David Driskell, Fritz Eichenberg, Philip Evergood, Creighton Gilbert, Edith Gregor Halpert (Downtown Gallery), Langston Hughes, Raymond Patterson, Pratt Institute, Margaret Rigg, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Moses and Raphael Soyer, and the United States Committee for the First World Festival of Negro Arts, Inc. Photographs include personal photographs, 1939-1966, and photographs of art work, 1941-1949. Printed material consists of reproductions of work, brochures and course catalogs, programs and calendars, exhibition announcements and catalogs, posters, articles, and clippings.