Harry Lowe papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lowe, Harry, 1922-
label: Names
content: Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964
label: Names
content: Dahl-Wolfe, Louise
label: Names
content: Edmondson, William, 1882?-1951
label: Names
content: Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
label: Names
content: Mabry, Thomas D.
label: Names
content: Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Designers -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Art -- Exhibitions
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1971 & 1984 by Harry Lowe.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lowe, Harry, 1922-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arts administrator and designer; Washington, D.C. Worked at Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1951-1953; was Director of the Tennessee Fine Arts Center, 1959-1964; a curator, Department of Exhibitions & Design, National Collection of Fine Arts, 1964-1972.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.loweharr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3134 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, photographs, slides, and printed materials on art exhibits and subjects.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3134: Papers accumulated by Lowe while Director of the Tennessee Fine Arts Center regarding an exhibit on the work of African American sculptor William Edmondson, 1964. Included are 12 letters, 1961-1964, from Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Thomas D. Mabry and others concerning works loaned to the exhibit; a photograph of Edmondson and 12 of his sculpture; an undated exhibition announcement; and 10 clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Letters and photocopies of letters; files, containing photographs, slides, and negatives relating to a Alexander Archipenko exhibition, Paris, France, 1969, exhibition of Mexican Folk Art from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, Museum of Primative Art, 1969, and the Art Embassies Program, 1966; photos of Lowe; slides of Cranbrook Academy of Art installations; articles and photocopies of articles, regarding Nelson Rockefeller, and his art collection, James Montgomery Flagg, and others; printed material, including press releases and exhibition catalogs; and miscellany.