Biographical Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Tanner, Henry Ossawa (1859-1937)
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content: Henry Ossawa Tanner papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 1, 4, OV 5; 0.8 linear feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1890-1937
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tannhenr, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Items are arranged in chronological order within each folder.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Found here are published biographies, including Tanner's 1937 obituary; identification documents, such as passports and Red Cross identity card; a one-page handwritten record of Tanner family marriages, possibly removed from a family bible; a small personal bible and larger family bible; membership documents for the Societe Artistique de Picardie, and the American Expeditionary Forces. A few documents concern his father Benjamin Tucker Tanner's estate. There is one file regarding a lawsuit with the Bethel A. M. E. Church over the church's failure to pay for a commissioned work of art by Tanner. Also found are three of Tanner's address books, loose addresses, scattered notes, lists, and a few receipts regarding the sale of his paintings. Award certificates and medals include his Legion of Honor medal and National Academy of Design membership certificate.