Aaron Douglas papers
name: label: Creator
content: Douglas, Aaron (1899-1979)
label: Names
content: Fisk University. Art Dept
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Tennessee -- Nashville
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- Tennessee -- Nashville
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Tennessee -- Nashville
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Tennessee -- Nashville
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Tennessee -- Nashville
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: African American educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1991 by Special Collections Department, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee.
creator: label: Creator
content: Douglas, Aaron (1899-1979)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Aaron Douglas (1899-1979) was an African American painter, muralist, and illustrator in Nashville, Tennessee. He is commonly regarded as a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. In 1937 Charles S. Johnson, the first African American president of Fisk University, invited Douglas to develop the university's art department. He served as the department head until his retirement in 1966.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1921-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dougaaro
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection was microfilmed in the order as received from Fisk University.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4520-4523 available at Archives of American Art offices, at Fisk University and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals and master negative in: Fisk University, Special Collections Department.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This microfilm collection of the papers of African American painter, muralist, and illustrator Aaron Douglas primarily concern Douglas' years at Fisk University, the development of the art department, and the management of the Stieglitz art collection. The collection consists of biographical material; correspondence; artwork including prints, drawings, and sketchbooks; and teaching material including drafts of lectures and teaching notes. Also included are printed material such as exhibition catalogs and clippings; reports and printed material concerning the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity; and photographs of Douglas and his works of art.

Among the correspondents are Charles Alston, Claude Clark, John Cowles, William Dawson, Jeff Donaldson, Cedric Dover, David Driskell, Mary Beattie Brady of the Harmon Foundation, John Davis Hatch, William C. Haygood of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, and Walter Pach.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Fisk University Special Collections holds the Aaron Douglas collection, 1921-1973 and the Aaron Douglas Collection Addendum, 1937-1974. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library holds the Aaron Douglas papers, 1924-1939.