Charles C. Dawson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Dawson, Charles C., b. 1889
label: Names
content: George Washington Carver Museum (Tuskegee, Ala.)
label: Names
content: Museum of Negro Art and Culture
label: Names
content: Tuskegee Institute
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum curators
label: Topic
content: Art -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: African American military personnel
label: Topic
content: African American art museum curators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming by the DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, Illinois, 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dawson, Charles C., b. 1889
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles C. Dawson (1889-1981) was an African American painter, printmaker, and illustrator in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at the Tuskegee Institute, the Art Students League of New York, and at the Art Institute of Chicago and chronicled experiences as an art student in his unpublished autobiography. From 1919 to 1922 he worked for Chicago Engravers before leaving the firm to work as a freelance artist. Dawson also curated museum exhibitions to promote the work of other African American artists. He worked as the curator of the Museum of Negro Art and Culture and the George Washington Carver Museum from 1944 to 1951. In 1933 Dawson published a children's book, ABCs of Great Negroes which featured linoleum prints of 26 major figures in Black history.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dawschar
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 reels 4191-4192 available at all Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the possession of DuSable Museum of African-American History.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This microfilm collection of the papers of African American artist and museum curator Charles C. Dawson dates from 1910 to 1980. It includes biographical material; a 536 page draft of an autobiography; and correspondence. Correspondence includes United States Infantry correspondence and records, 1912-1923; general correspondence, 1917-1980; correspondence and financial records dealing with Dawson's book ABCs of Great Negroes, 1932-1945; and drafts and fragments of letters written by Dawson. Also included in the collection are miscellaneous business and financial records; writings and notes, including rough drafts, notes, and typescripts; printed material inclduing news releases, newsletters, program notices, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous published items; and photographs of Dawson, his family, friends, and others.