Alexander family papers relating to Henry Ossawa Tanner
name: label: Creator
content: Alexander family
label: Names
content: Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Names
content: Alexander, Raymond Pace, 1898-1974
label: Names
content: Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell, 1898-1989
label: Names
content: Tanner, Henry Ossawa (1859-1937)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Expatriate painters -- France -- Paris
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Artists' contracts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed in 1990 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. Only those parts of the Alexander family papers relating to Henry Ossawa Tanner were filmed; the entire collection is available at the University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center (Alexander Family Papers, 1817-2005).
creator: label: Creator
content: Alexander family
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Raymond Pace Alexander (1897-1974) and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1898-1989) were prominent African American lawyers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sadie Alexander was Henry Ossawa Tanner's niece. Raymond Alexander represented Tanner in his legal suit against the Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia regarding nonpayment for a bust of Richard Allen.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1912-1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.alexande
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4399 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in University of Pennsylvania Archives.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: A finding aid to the Alexander family papers prepared by the lender is available on microfilm reel 4399 and at the University of Pennsylvania Archives.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This microfilm collection consists of the Alexander family papers relating to African American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner. The collection includes correspondence between Tanner and Raymond Alexander (1924-1937) and court documents concerning Tanner's legal action against the Bethel A.M.E Church. Included in the Sadie Aleander materials are personal letters from Tanner; correspondence from museums discussing exhibition loans and the discovery of Tanner paintings; printed material, including catalogs and clippings; and materials related to the Tanner commemorative stamp.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978; the Henry O. Tanner letters to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1885-1909; and the Marcia M. Mathews papers relating to Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1937-1969. The Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library holds the Henry Ossawa Tanner collection, 1907-1937.