Correspondence
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Lewis, Byron E., Sr., 1931-
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content: Byron Lewis Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950-2022, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1583, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Consists of incoming and outgoing communications with family, friends, and business associates relating to the personal affairs and professional activities of Mr. Lewis. Correspondence consists of letters (typed and handwritten), postcards, memos, emails, and magazine or newspaper articles included with the communications. Correspondents include parents Eugene and Myrtle Lewis; George Blagowidow; N. E. Halaby, Pan American World Airways; Mary Smith, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame; Charlayne Hunter-Gault; Al Winters, American Telephone and Telegraph, Incorporated (AT&T); Jack Holland, Walt Disney Company; Jeff Lamp, National Basketball Association (NBA) Career Development; Jeff Seigel, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN);  G. William Hunter, National Basketball Players Association; David Steinberg, Long Island University; Marty Markowitz; Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner; Joset B. Wright, National Minority Supplier Development Council, Incorporated; Dick Martin; Leslie D. Mark; Penelope Green, New York Times; Steven Shanker, and others. Materials document Lewis's time in the Navy; performance reports; advertising deals with UniWorld Group, Incorporated, (UWG); and messages from family and friends about retrospectives on Lewis's career. Materials are arranged in chronological order.