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Collection Overview
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| Creator: |
Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists. |
| Title: | Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists records |
| Dates: | 1966-1998 |
| Call Number: | M44 |
| Location: | 69/3-4 |
| Volume: | 8.15 cubic ft. (10 boxes) |
| Scope and Content Abstract: | The collection documents the administration of the museum; its role in arts education to children and adults; and its exhibitions and collection of African, Caribbean, and Afro-American fine arts. The collection also documents the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' promotion of African and Afro-American fine arts, and its relationship and collaborations with other international, national and local artists and arts organizations. |
| Historical Abstract: | Established in 1969 as a division of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists is an art museum dedicated to the education, promotion, exhibition, and collection of African, Caribbean, and Afro-American fine arts worldwide. |
| Arrangement: | Organized into 4 series: 1. Administration; 2. Director's Files; 3. Acquisitions and Exhibits; and 4. Events and Programs. |
| Subjects and Contributors: |
- Gaither, Edmund Barry, b. 1944.
- Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts.
- National Center of Afro-American Artists.
- National Center of Afro-American Artists. Museum.
- African American arts -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- African American artists -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- African Americans -- Education -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Art centers -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Artists and museums -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Arts and children -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Education -- Exhibitions.
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| Restrictions: | The collection is unrestricted. |
| Related Materials: |
Elma Ina Lewis papers (M38), National Center of Afro-American Artists (M42), Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts (M43)
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| Processor: | Finding aid prepared by Michelle Maing, Processing of this collection was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.,
August 1999 |
