Writings By and About Bearden
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bearden, Romare (1911-1988)
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content: Romare Bearden papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Folders (Box 3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950s-1980s
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bearroma, Series 3
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content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series houses writings, primarily in draft or manuscript version, by Bearden, such as lectures, speeches, talks, essays, and prose. Many are handwritten, annotated, and edited in Bearden's hand and several are illustrated with Bearden's doodlings and sketches. Included are a memorial delivered upon artist Carl Holty's death, a tribute to Zell Ingram, autobiographical essays, essays on art, and African-American art, artists, and cultural life. Also found are several handwritten examples of Bearden's prose and poetry. One folder of writings by others includes an interview transcript edited by Bearden, a student paper, numerous essays about Bearden and his work, and one proposal for a film based on Bearden's life. One folder of fragments and notes assumed to be by Bearden is also found and one folder of unidentified writings.