Documents from an architecture workshop at Tuskegee University
date: label: Date
content: January 17-18, 1980
name: label: Created by
content: Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
label: Subject of
content: National Endowment for the Arts, American, founded 1965
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
label: Subject of
content: J. Max Bond Jr., American, 1935 - 2009
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Richard K. Dozier, American
label: Subject of
content: Carl Anthony, American, born 1939
label: Subject of
content: Isaac Foy
label: Subject of
content: Robert Robinson Taylor, American, 1868 - 1942
label: Subject of
content: John A. Lankford, American, 1874 - 1946
label: Subject of
content: John Harold Box, American, 1929 - 2011
label: Subject of
content: Everett L. Fly, American
label: Subject of
content: Dr. John Warfield, American, died 2007
label: Subject of
content: Dr. John Michael Vlach
label: Subject of
content: Stanford Britt
label: Owned by
content: Harold Louis Williams, American, 1924 - 2015
notes: label: Description
content: Folder with documents from an architecture workshop at Tuskegee University. The cover of the folder has a central image of unidentified students working at drafting tables. There are architectural drawings and building images in the background. Printed black text above the image reads [CENTER FOR AFRO-AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE / Tuskegee, Alabama / Planning Workshop #4 / January 17-18, 1980 / Tuskegee Institute, Alabama]. At the bottom there is text for [Sponsored By: / Department of Architecture, Tuskegee Institute and the National Endowment of the Arts – A Federal Agency.] The back of the folder has an image of uniformed men outside of a columned building identified as [NEGRO BUILDING].
label: Description
content: Inside the folder are three (3) packets of paper, each stapled together. The first packet, titled “Final Workshop,” discusses the proposed creation of a National Resource Center on Afro-American Architecture. There is a workshop schedule on the last page. The other two (2) packets discuss workshop abstracts and speakers, the first on “History, Tradition and Directions of African American Architecture” and the second on “Afro-American Environmental Arts: Relationships and Research.” The packets have black printed text on white paper and the reverse of each page is blank.
place: label: Place used
content: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Archival Collections
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Betty Smith Williams in memory of Harold Louis Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: TA2017.53.5.1.14.1
objectType: label: Type
content: documents
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (28.6 × 21.6 cm)