Joseph Delaney papers
name: label: Creator
content: Delaney, Joseph, 1904-1991
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: African American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1971 by Joseph Delaney.
creator: label: Creator
content: Delaney, Joseph, 1904-1991
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Joseph Delaney (1904-1991) was an African American painter in New York, NY. Born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, he joined his older brother, Beauford Delaney, in New York in 1930 and began studying at the Art Students League. He lived and worked in New York until 1986 when he returned to Knoxville to become the artist-in-residence at the University of Tennessee.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (50 items)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.delajosp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm roll 82 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals were returned to Delaney after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This microfilm collection of the papers of African American painter Joseph Delaney contains correspondence, a scrapbook, three sketchbooks, clippings, writings, and exhibition announcements.