Milton Morriss James papers
name: label: Creator
content: James, Milton Morriss, 1926-
label: Names
content: Harmon Foundation
label: Names
content: State Teachers College at Cheyney
label: Names
content: Bloch, Julius T. (Julius Thiengen), 1888-1966
label: Names
content: Brady, Mary Beatty
label: Names
content: Tanner, Henry Ossawa (1859-1937)
label: Names
content: Waring, Laura Wheeler, 1887-1948
topic: label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Pennsylvania -- Yeadon
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: African American painters
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed in 1990 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. James collected the Waring papers from Dr. Waring after Laura Wheeler Waring's death for his research.
creator: label: Creator
content: James, Milton Morriss, 1926-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Milton Morriss James (1926-) is a teacher and author in Yeadon, Pennsylvania. James taught in the Philadelphia Public School System and publishes books and articles on African American artists. He was acquainted with Laura Wheeler Waring in the 1940s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1923-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jamemilt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4398 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Milton Morriss James, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This microfilm collection consists of papers compiled by Milton Morriss James on African American artists Laura Wheeler Waring and Henry Ossawa Tanner, as well as on artist Julius Bloch.

The compiled papers related to Laura Wheeler Waring include correspondence (1923-1946) regarding commissions, exhibitions, honorary positions, and activities related to State Teachers College at Cheyney, as well as a letter from J. O. Tanner offering to sell an H. O. Tanner painting to Waring for Cheyney; teaching materials, including course outlines, exams, and reports for music and art appreciation, handwriting, visual education, and other art classes; a sketchbook; and printed material (1948-1977). 

Julius Bloch material (1950-1980) includes correspondence regarding James' effort to purchase a Bloch painting, as well as an article on Bloch. 

James' correspondence (1948-1977) relates to efforts to get a Philadelphia public school named after Laura Wheeler Waring and to organize exhibitions of Waring's work. Research correspondence conserns publications on Warring and Henry O. Tanner. Also included is correspondence with Mary Beattie Brady of the Harmon Foundation regarding works of art for Cheyney and the Laura Wheeler Waring Public School.