Correspondence
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Knight, Gwendolyn
- Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
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- Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the 2007 processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Funding for the 2018 processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.
- Extent
- 7.7 Linear feet (Boxes 1-5, 12-14, 26)
- Date
- 1943
- 1952-2005
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.lawrjaco, Series 2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers, 1816, 1914-2008, bulk 1973-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by individual or organization name.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents note
- This series contains extensive personal and professional correspondence, including postcards and greeting cards, with family, friends, artists, admirers (including students in a number of elementary and middle schools), university students, government agencies, art schools, galleries, museums, publishing houses, and others. Included in this series are condolence letters received by Gwendolyn Knight after Jacob Lawrence's death in 2000. Notable correspondents include Charles Alston, Peg Alston, Romare Bearden, Langston Hughes, and Samella Lewis. Also included are letters from Jacob Lawrence's nephew, Terry Coles, and niece, Judy Payne. Found among the correspondence are occasional requests for letters of recommendation from former students with photographic slides or other reproductions of artwork as attachments. Also found as attachments with other letters are newspaper clippings, newsletters, and photographs. Topics discussed include upcoming exhibitions, book projects, commissions, speaking engagements, award ceremonies, and other personal or professional matters.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503511445616-1503511445639-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0