Henry Pearson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Pearson, Henry, 1914-2006
label: Names
content: Tamarind Lithography Workshop
label: Names
content: Barnet, Will, 1911-2012
label: Names
content: Bloom, Miriam
label: Names
content: Fisher, Ethel, 1923-
label: Names
content: Seligmann, Kurt, 1900-1962
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- North Carolina
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- North Carolina
label: Topic
content: Art, Abstract -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Philosophy
label: Topic
content: Artists' studios -- Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Materials on reels 31 and 95 lent for microfilming in 1970 by Henry Pearson. Pearson donated the material on reel 145 in 1971, and additional material in 1989. Material on reel 3890 received 1984 from Syracuse University. Additional material received 2016 from Helene Shuter, Pearson's daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pearson, Henry, 1914-2006
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Henry Charles Pearson (1914-2006) was a painter and educator in New York, New York and Kingston, North Carolina. Pearson studied University of North Carolina and Yale.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-2001
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pearhenry
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 31, 95, 145 and 3890 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 31 & 95: Originals returned to lender, Henry Pearson, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, correspondence, writings, photographs, business records, artwork, and printed material documenting the career of painter, Henry Pearson.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; sketches; exhibition catalogs and announcements; a writing by Pearson, "Dissertation on Whether I Have A Philosophy on Painting or Even on Art in General" October 14, 1969; clippings; several sketches of Pearson by Kurt Seligmann; Christmas cards; and memorabilia; press releases; photographs; and material and correspondence about the Tamarind Workshop.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Six letters to Pearson, 1962-1965; clippings, 1963-1966; exhibition announcements and catalogs, 1961-1966; a photograph of Pearson with one of his paintings in his studio, 1964.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Pearson's military records; personal and professional correspondence with galleries, museums and letters from colleagues including Will Barnet, Miriam Bloom, Ethel Fisher Kott and others; a photograph album and loose photographs of Pearson at events, with friends and in the military; a sketchbook of Pearson's drawings; and exhibition announcements and reviews of Pearson's work.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also in the Archives is material lent for microfilming on reels 31 and 95 and includes letters from Pearson to his family during his travels and military service and correspondence with artists and friends; photographs; clippings; a brief autobiography to 1930; sales reports from the Stephen Radich Gallery and Martha Jackson Gallery; exhibit and price lists; and clippings.
label: Related Materials
content: Additional Henry Pearson papers also located at: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Wilson Library Southern Historical Collection.