Biographical Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Lee-Smith, Hughie
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content: Hughie Lee-Smith papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.7 Linear feet (Box 1-2, 35, RD 38)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1890-2001
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.leeshugh, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Files are arranged in alphabetical order by folder title.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes records of Hughie Lee-Smith's schooling, service in the military, and various awards which he received throughout his career as an artist.  Also found are professional resumes and bibliographies, membership documents, as well as biographical notes gathered for Romare Bearden and Harry Henderson's book History of African American Artists.  Additionally there are family records, including scattered papers belonging to Lee-Smith's mother Alice Carroll.  Also of note is one sound cassette recording of Lee-Smith's memorial service in 1999.