Personal Papers
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Lewis, Byron E., Sr., 1931-
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content: Byron Lewis Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-2021, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1583, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Documents the personal life of Byron Lewis and his leadership of UniWorld Group, Incorporated (UWG), the multicultural marketing agency founded by him in 1969. Through report cards and reproductions of high school yearbooks the earliest materials relate to a childhood in New York and higher education at Long Island University (LIU) centered around involvement in vocal and musical arts. Biographical information about his professional career is included in profiles published in popular African American magazines such as Ebony and Jet; resumes, programs, an oral interview, and a press release announcing his retirement. Other documents include family genealogies, greeting cards, a program from his mother's funeral, and materials from his wedding to Sylvia Isabel in 2011. In addition, there is artwork including an illustration created by Bill Gallo for the front cover of the Daily Newspaper celebrating Lewis's sixty-fifth birthday. 

The materials provide significant insight into the life and experiences of Lewis, the challenges he faced as he built a business focused on Black consumers, and the network of Black businesspeople he connected with in New York City and across the United States. Materials are arranged in chronological order.