Hugh Samson letters relating to Augusta Savage
name: label: Creator
content: Samson, Hugh
label: Names
content: Hart, Clyde
label: Names
content: Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art patrons -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1996 by Lawson Rosenberg, Hugh Samson's longtime roommate.
creator: label: Creator
content: Samson, Hugh
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content: Hugh Samson letters relating to Augusta Savage
abstract: label: Summary
content: Three letters from Hugh Samson to Clyde Hart regarding sculptor Augusta Savage, written in response to Hart's query in the New York Times for information for a proposed biography on Savage (never realized). Samson recalls his friendship with Savage in New York in the late 1930s; her experiences as a Black woman artist and the racism she encountered; her studio in Harlem; and her eventual decline into obscurity.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hugh Samson (d. circa 1990) was a friend of African American sculptor Augusta Savage (1892-1962), known for her association with the Harlem Renaissance. Samson lived in San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.samshugh
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2021.
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Items are photocopies.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Three letters from Hugh Samson to Clyde Hart regarding sculptor Augusta Savage, written in response to Hart's query in the New York Times for information for a proposed biography on Savage (never realized). Samson recalls his friendship with Savage in New York in the late 1930s; her experiences as a Black woman artist and the racism she encountered; her studio in Harlem; and her eventual decline into obscurity.