Ira Lake papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lake, Ira, 1863-1954
topic: label: Occupation
content: Poets
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Poetry
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Lake's son Owen and grandson, Brandon McKay.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lake, Ira, 1863-1954
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Poet and sculptor.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1888-1954
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lakeira
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Manuscripts; poems by Lake; a diary kept while he was in Rome, 1888-1889; a journal of travels in Europe and Canada, 1924; the typescript of "In an Unfriendly World," his fictional autobiography of a black man; sketches; papers concerning his sculpture in the Memorial Chamber, Houses of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada; photographs of Lake,1887, and of his work, 1908-1919.