Richard J. Powell papers
name: label: Creator
content: Powell, Richard J., 1953-
label: Names
content: Johnson, William H. (1901-1970)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- North Carolina
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Richard Powell collected this material while conducting research on William H. Johnson. He donated it to the Archives of American Art in July, 2000.
creator: label: Creator
content: Powell, Richard J., 1953-
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content: Richard J. Powell papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Richard J. Powell papers date from 1971 through 1992 and mostly concern Powell's research and writings on painter William H. Johnson. Found is correspondence with curators, scholors, arts administrators, and U.S., Danish, and Scandinavian museums and associations. The papers also include two of Powell's illustrated research and travel journals from 1984 and 1985, printed materials concerning the exhibition Powell curated in 1991 at the National Museum of American Art Homecoming: William H. Johnson and Afro-America, 1938-1946, research files that contain photocopies of original Johnson archival documents from various research repositories, and photographs (copy prints) of Johnson and his artwork.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Richard J. Powell is an African American art historian and educator in Durham, North Carolina. Powell curated the exhibition Homecoming: William H. Johnson and Afro-America, 1938-1946, at the National Museum of American Art, 1991-1992.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971-1992
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.powerich
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Travel diaries
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Series 1: Research and Project Correspondence, 1981-1991(Box 1; 19 folders)

Series 2: Travel and Research Journals and Notes, 1984-1985, 1991, undated (Box 1; 5 folders)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1971-1992, undated (Box 1; 9 folders)

Series 4: Research Files, undated (Box 1; 10 folders)

Series 5: Photographs and Negatives, undated (Box 1; 4 folders)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: A volunteer completed preliminary processing of the collection in 2002. In 2004, Barbara Aikens completed minimal arrangement and organization of the papers and a finding aid.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Travel diaries
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: Papers, 1980-1992, mostly concerning art historian Richard Powell's research and writings on African American painter William H. Johnson (1901-1970). Found is Powell's correspondence with Robert Baehr, Sigrid Bondo, Adelyn Breeskin, David C. Driskell, Michel Fabre, Robert Ferris Thompson, ?ystein Hjort, Margo Humphrey, Gregers Krake, Richard A. Long, Torben Lundbæk, Virginia Mecklenburg, Jostein Nerbøvik, Mette Nørredam, James Parker, Jules D. Prown, Kjetil Tandstad, Judith Wilson, Debbie Wood, and Danish and Scandinavian museums and associations. There are also two illustrated research/travel journals containing Powell's comments on Johnson's works of art, related thoughts, slide lists, notes from his lectures at the Sorbonne in Paris, and other experiences dating from July 14 to November 28, 1984, and January 1 to June 20, 1985; two wall calendars, 1984-1985, noting appointments and exhibition openings; a notebook, loose notes and other writings; postcards, reseach files that contain photocopies of printed material and other primary documents about Johnson including clippings from foreign newspapers with translations; printed material concerning the exhibition Homecoming: William H. Johnson and Afro-America, 1938-1946, curated by Powell at the National Museum of American Art, 1991-1992; photographs (copy prints, contact prints, and negatives) of Johnson and his artwork; and miscellany.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Richard Powell papers, 1960-2011, is located at Duke University David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.