Title
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The Harmon Foundation Papers
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Accession number
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MS2011.02
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Object Name
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Harmon Foundation Papers
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Series ID
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MS02
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Collection
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Harmon Foundation Papers
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System of arrangement
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Files are arranged alphabetically by folder title.
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Description
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The Harmon Foundation Papers consist of materials given to Prof. David C. Driskell by the former director of the Harmon Foundation, Mary B. Brady. This record group was originally donated to the Archives as part of the David C. Driskell Papers but has since been re-classified as a separate collection because it was created and maintained by Mary B. Brady, not David C. Driskell.
The Harmon Foundation was established in 1922 by William E. Harmon, a wealthy real estate tycoon who desired to assist African American artists in their struggle to gain recognition in the historically segregated art world. During the Foundation's tenure it supported a number of influential artists such as Lois Mailou Jones, Hale Woodruff, and Archibald Motley. Mary B. Brady was an important figure within the Foundation and served as the director from 1922 until it closed in 1967. Prof. Driskell met Ms. Brady as a junior at Howard University in 1954. From that initial meeting Ms. Brady took a personal interest in Prof. Driskell's career and in a number of instances loaned out original art pieces from the Harmon Foundation's collection for exhibits he curated at Talladega College, Howard University, and Fisk University. In 1964 Prof. Driskell received a fellowship from the Harmon Foundation to study and travel in Europe. Prof. Driskell and Ms. Brady remained friends and communicated regularly until Ms. Brady's death in 1981.
The collection is predominantly made up of correspondence between Mary Brady and artists associated with the Foundation. There is also a great deal of correspondence between Prof. Driskell and Ms. Brady, all of which provide valuable insight into their relationship as colleagues and friends. Besides correspondence, the collection contains a number of newspaper articles, brochures and exhibition catalogues, which document the Foundation's activities. A notable highlight of the collection includes a postcard Langston Hughes wrote to Ms. Brady in 1965. The records in this collection are incredibly fragile and require careful handling.
Researchers interested in the Harmon Foundation can find additional materials at the American Art Museum/ National Portrait Gallery Library, the Library of Congress' Manuscript Division, the National Archives, the Archives of American Art, and the Prelinger Archive.
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Dates of Creation
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Inclusive dates: 1929-1994
Bulk dates: 1930-1967
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Level
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Collection
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Creator
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Brady, Mary Beatty
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Containers
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Bolling, Leslie G., 1938
Aden, Alonzo J., 1935-1941
Barnett, Claude, 1947-1951
African Sculpture, 1950,1976
Barnett, Claude, 1952-1953
Barnett, Claude, 1954-1955
Barnett, Claude, 1956-1959
Barnett, Claude, 1963-1965
Barnett, Claude, [undated]
Barnett, Etta Moten, 1947-1960
Bolling, Leslie G., 1931
Bolling, Leslie G., 1933-1934
Bolling, Leslie G., 1935
Bolling, Leslie G., 1936
Bolling, Leslie G., 1937
Bolling, Leslie G., [undated]
Bowdoin College Museum Of Art, 1963-1965
Brown, Evelyn, 1952-1963
Carter, Albert J., 1957
Carter, Albert J., 1958
Carter, Albert J., 1964
Cooper, William Arthur, 1932-1934
Cooper, William Arthur, 1935-1937
Cooper, William, Arthur, [undated]
DeLoache, James Ira, 1959-1961
DeLoache, James Ira, 1962-1964
DeLoache, James Ira, 1965-1967
DeLoache, James Ira, [undated]
Douglas, Aaron, 1954-1964
Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.), 1941-1942
Enwonwu, Ben, 1947-1948
Enwonwu, Ben, 1950 June- August
Enwonwu, Ben, 1950 September
Enwonwu, Ben, 1950 October
Enwonwu, Ben, 1950 November
Enwonwu, Ben, 1950 December
Enwonwu, Ben, 1951
Enwonwu, Ben, 1952-1957
Enwonwu, Ben, 1960-1961
Enwonwu, Ben, [undated]
Fanning, Robert, 1962-1964
Fax, Elton C., 1949-1962
Film, 1930-1964
Fine Arts Prizes, 1927-1928
Fine Arts Prizes, 1929-1930
Fine Arts Prizes, 1931
Fine Arts Prizes, 1938, [undated]
Fisk University, 1951-1956
Fisk University, 1957-1958
Fisk University, 1959
Fisk University, 1960-1961
Fisk University, 1962-1963
Fisk University, 1964-1967
Fisk University - Correspondence with David C. Driskell, 1966
Fisk University - Correspondence with David C. Driskell, 1967
Fisk University - Correspondence with David C. Driskell, 1971
Hansberry, William Leo, 1947-1965
Harmon Foundation - Exhibition Brochures, 1930-1935
Harmon Foundation Exhibitions - Newspaper Articles, 1930-1940
Herring, James V., 1933-1934
Herring, James V., 1948-1956
Herring, James, V., 1958-1960
Herring, James V., [undated]
Holbrook, Alfred H., 1957-1958
Howard University, 1925-1929
Howard University, 1943-1953
Howard University, 1954-1958
Howard University, 1959-1962
Howard University, 1964-1966
Howard University, [undated]
Howard University - Correspondence with David C. Driskell, 1962
Howard University - Correspondence with David C. Driskell, 1963
Howard University - Correspondence with David C. Driskell, 1964
Howard University - Correspondence with David C. Driskell, 1965 January- May
Howard University - Correspondence with David C. Driskell, 1965 June- December
Howard University - Correspondence with David C. Driskell, 1966 January- April
Howard University - Correspondence with David C. Driskell, 1966 May- August
Hughes, Langston, 1965
Inquiries into Harmon Foundation Collection - David C. Driskell, 1994
Jones, Lois Mailou, 1946-1965
Kofi, Vincent, 1960
Kofi, Vincent, 1961, [undated]
Konigsberger, Edward, 1959
List of Invitations to Art Shows, 1935-1941
Locke, Alain, 1933, 1939-1941
Locke, Alain, 1942-1943
Locke, Alain, 1944
Locke, Alain, 1945
Locke, Alain, 1946-1948
Locke, Alain, [undated]
Morgan State University, 1958-1962
Morgan State College University, 1963
Morgan State University, 1964
Morgan State University, 1965
Morgan State University, [undated]
Museum of Contemporary Crafts, [undated]
Museum of Modern Art, 1940-1958
Museum of Modern Art, 1960
Museum of Modern Art , 1961-1965
Museum of Modern Art, [undated]
Museum of Negro History and Art, 1961-1966
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1967
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1956-1966
Negro Artists, 1939
New York Public Library, 1930-1955
New York Public Library, 1956-1958
New York Public Library, 1959-1960
New York Public Library, 1961-1962
New York Public Library, 1963-1966
New York Public Library, [undated]
New York State Commission for Human Rights, 1957-1962
Primus, Pearl, 1960-1961
Rhode Island School of Design, 1959-1982
Robbins, Warren M., 1964-1975
Sebree, Charles, 1937
Storm, Jerome F., 1962
Talladega College, 1931-1939
Talladega College, 1951-1953
Talladega College, 1958
Talladega College, 1959
Talladega College, 1960
Talladega College, 1961
Talladega College, 1962
Talladega College, 1963-1964
Talladega College, 1965
Talladega College, 1966
Talladega College, 1976-1983
Talladega College, [undated]
Tuskegee Institute, 1945-1965
Wells, James L., 1954-1965
Fleming, Tuliza - Personal Research Index, [undated]
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