Advertisements and Periodicals
name: label: Collection Artist
content: Smith, Art, 1917-1982
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content: Art Smith Archive
unitdate: label: Date
content: bulk 1946-2003
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Advertisements and Periodicals series (1949-2008) includes magazines, periodicals, and clippings related to jewelry advertisements, articles about Arthur Smith's work and his exhibitions, posthumous exhibitions, collected newspapers related to both Arthur's and Charles Russell's personal interests such as jazz music and world events, and the lives and obituaries of friends. The series mainly contains clippings and periodicals advertising Art Smith's Jewelry and his work throughout his life. A significant portion of the series includes full newspaper editions, and magazine volumes with articles about posthumous exhibitions and Arthur's work. Notable periodical and magazines represented in the series include JET Magazine, Ebony, Vogue, and The New Yorker, among others. This series contains a significant number of oversized materials.