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powellrichard Inventory of the Richard Powell Papers, 1960-2011 Processed by: Elisabeth Narkin; machine-readable finding aid created by: Elisabeth Narkin, Meghan Lyon David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: October 2012Processed by Elisabeth Narkin, October 2012; finding aid encoded by Elisabeth Narkin, Meghan Lyon, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, October 2012 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Richard Powell Papers, 1960-2011 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Powell, Richard. Richard Powell Papers, 1960-2011 Material in English 40.0 Linear Feet 30,000 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Richard J. Powell is the John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University, where he has taught since 1989. The Richard Powell Papers date from 1960 to 2011 and document Powell's career as a prominent scholar of African and Afro-American art and as professor of art history at Duke University. Materials originate from Powell's student years, travels, research, and work at various cultural institutions, including Duke University, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, and the Washington Project for the Arts. There is extensive material on Powell's books, exhibitions, and other professional activities. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Richard Powell Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Richard Powell Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2011.

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Processed by Elisabeth Narkin, October 2012

Encoded by Elisabeth Narkin, Meghan Lyon, October 2012

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2011-1040

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Biographical Note

Richard J. Powell is the John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies at Duke University. Powell received a B.A. from Morehouse University in 1975, a M.F.A. in Printmaking from Howard University in 1977, a M.A. in Afro-American Studies from Yale University in 1982, and a Ph.D. in the History of Art, also from Yale University, in 1988. Powell was the Director of Programs at the Washington Project for the Arts before arriving at Duke in 1989. He has written numerous books and articles on African and Afro-American art and is interested in theories of race and representation in the African diaspora as well as media arts and conceptualizations of the "folk" in world art and culture. Powell has received many prestigious fellowships and grants from organizations such as the Ford Foundation and the Fulbright Program.

Collection Overview

The Richard J. Powell Papers document Powell's career as a prominent scholar of African and Afro-American art. Materials in the collection date from 1960 to 2011, with the bulk being from 1975 to 2011, and document most aspects of Powell's career, beginning with his student years and including his travels, research, and work at several major cultural institutions, including Duke University, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, and the Washington Project for the Arts.

The Name Files Series contains Powell's incoming and outgoing correspondence with well-known artists, such as Adrian Piper, Martin Puryear, and Carrie Mae Weems, as well as curators, professors, and other professionals with whom Powell collaborated on exhibitions, books, and other projects. The series also contains personal letters and postcards.

The Subjects Series includes texts, newspaper articles, exhibition publicity, and notes on a range of subjects including major art museums and galleries, publications, courses taught at Duke University, and diverse research topics including the Kongo and Jazz, among others. Many of the subject files also contain Powell's notes and correspondence.

The Books Series contains materials pertaining to the research, writing, and publication of Richard J. Powell's various books: Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture of 2008; Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson of 1991 along with a related exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art; and Black Art & Culture in the 20th Century of 1997.

The Reference Images Series comprises Powell's reference photographs, photocopies, and other reproductions of works of art.

The Exhibitions Series includes information on exhibitions curated by Powell, including Back to Black: Art, Cinema, and the Racial Imaginary (2005), To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (1999), Circle Dance: The Art of John T. Scott (2005), Barkley L. Hendricks materials (2000-2008), Rhapsodies in Black (1995-1997), The Blues Aesthetic (1996-1998) and Conjuring Bearden (2004-2006).

The Donyale Luna Project Series contains Powell's research on African-American 1960s supermodel Donyale Luna, to whose life and portraiture he dedicated a chapter in his 2008 book, Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture.

The Printed Materials Series contains flyers, booklets, postcards, pamphlets, posters, periodicals, and catalogues from a variety of American and international museums and art galleries.

The Personal and Early Papers Series documents Powell's childhood, collegiate and graduate education, as well as his early years as a member of the Duke University faculty.

The Articles and Lectures by Powell Series comprises articles, graduate research papers from Yale and Howard Universities, and lectures.

The Photographs Series contains images of Powell and others arranged into subsections: Professional, Personal, Portraits, and Artists, Writers, Curators, etc. Among these photographs are images of Powell with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jesse Jackson, and Spike Lee.

The Works of Art Series includes art made by Richard J. Powell and others, and are mostly prints. The Art Subseries is organized by artist.

Finally, the Audio Series contains cassette tapes documenting interviews with artists, such as Jacob Lawrence and Martin Puryear, and events at the National Center for the Humanities and the Museum of Modern Art.

Contents of Collection Name Files, 1980-2009 (16 boxes)

This series contains correspondence and related material, such as photographs, slides, negatives, transparencies, exhibition materials, articles, newspapers, cards, and notes, which Powell filed by individual name, usually the correspondent, but sometimes the subject. Powell exchanged letters and cards with many notable twentieth-century artists, including Adrian Piper, Martin Puryear, Carrie Mae Weems, and E.H. Sorrells-Adewale, as well as a variety of prominent professors and curators at such places as the National Gallery of Art, the Corcoran Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Yale University. These materials, dating from approximately 1980 to 2009, relate to Powell's work on publications, exhibitions, professional development and appointments, as well as his personal friendships and connections. The series includes research notes and plans for exhibitions on the art of Romare Bearden and William H. Johnson, among others, and preparatory work for Dr. Powell's books Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture and Black Art: A Cultural History, topics which are also documented extensively in other parts of the collection.

The materials in the Name Files Series are organized alphabetically by correspondent's last name.

1Abele, Julian 1Abrams, Cliff 1Adams, John Henry 1Allen, William Duncan 1Alston, Peg 1Alvarez, Candida 1Amos, Emma 1Anderson, T.J. 1Andrews, Penny 1Archer, John R. 1Archer-Straw, Petrine 1Austin, Ramona 2Ayon, Belkis 2Baartman, Sartje 2Baily, David A. 2Banjo, Casper 2Barboza, Anthony 2Barnes, Ernie 2Basquiat, Jean-Michel 2Beard, Derrick 2Bearden, Romare 2Bell, Roseann Pope 2Bettelhelm, Judith 2Bey, Dawoud 3Biggers, John 3Billops, Camille 3Birch, Willie 3Blier, Suzanne 3Blythe, David Gilmour 3Boghassian, Skunder 3Bondo, Sigrid 3Booker, Chakaia 3Boone, Sylvia 3Bowens, Kabuya 3Bowling, Frank 3Bowser, David B. 3Boyce, Sonia 3Breeskin, Adelyn 3Brown, David 3Brown, Frederick 3Brown, Henry 3Brown, James 3Brown, J. Carter 3Brown, Joseph A. 3Brown, Rae Linda 3Buchanan, Beverly 3Bundles, A'Lelia 3Burke, Selma 3Burkett, Randal 3Burns, Ronald 3Burroughs, Margaret 3Burrows, Stephen 3Butcher, Ras Ishi 3Byrd, Rudolph 3Byrne, E. Blake 4Calfritz, Peggy Cooper 4Calo, Mary Ann 4Camp, Sokari Douglas 4Carter, Charlotte 4Carter, Nanette 4Catlett, Elizabeth 4Cazzaniga, Luigi 4Chandler, Dana 4Chicago, Judy 4Chong, Albert 4Chung, Y. David 4Clark, Ed 4Clonney, James G. 4Coe, Sue 4Coleman, Ornette 4Concholar, Dan 4Conwill, Houston 4Cooper, William Arthur 4Cornaille, Roger 4Cortez, Diego 4Cortor, Eldzier 4Cowans, Adger 4Cox, Renee 4Crite, Allan Rohan 4Crooper, Elizabeth 4Cruz, Emilio 4Cozier, Christopher 4Cummings, Michael 4Cuno, James 4Dalton, Karen 4Davis, Angela 4Davis, Ulysses 4Dawson, Daniel 4Day, F. Holland 4Day, Thomas 4Debela, Archameleh 5DeCarava, Roy 5Delaney, Beauford 5Delsarte, Louis 5Denney, Alice 5DePillars, Murray 5DiLucci, Mario 5DJ Spooky 5Donaldson, Jeff 5Douglass, Frederick 5Douglas, Stan 5Douglas, Aaron 5Dowd, Jerome 5Dowell, John E. 5Driskell, David 5Dunham, Katherine 6Dunkley, Tina 6Duval-Carrié, Edouard 6Eakins, Thomas 6Early, Gerald 6Eco, Umberto 6Egonu, Uzo 6Ellison, Ralph 6Evans-Tibbs Gallery 6Fabio, Cheryl 6Fabre, Michel 6Fenn, Lil 6Ferguson, Gerard 6Ferrer, Rafael 6Finley, Cheryl 6Fitzpatrick, Sandy & Jim 6Fleming, Sherman 6Frank, Robert 6Franklin, John Hope 6Freeman, James E. 6Freeman, Roland 6Gaither, Edmund Barry 6Galembo, Phyllis 6Garrido-Saavedra, Maria 6Gates, Henry Louis (Skip) 6Gayles, Gloria 6Gentry, Herbert 6Germina, Halle 6Gilliam, Sam 6Girand, Camille 6Glamann, Kirsten 6Gomez, Edward 6Gonde, Jean-Paul 6Graham, John 6Grama, Teresa 7Gray, Ted 7Greaves, Stanley 7Green, Renée 7Gregory, Joy 7Griffith, Francis 7Guerrila Girls 7Hachman, Aden 7Hagedorn, Jessica 7Hammons, David 7Hampton, James 7Haraway, Donna 7Hardy, Jeremiah 7Harleston, Edwin A. 7Harper, Ves 7Harris, Lyle 7Harris, Michael 7Harris, Thomas Allen 7Thomas-Harrington, Ollie 7Hayden, Palmer 7Henderson, Mae 7Hendricks, Barkley 7Herriman, George 7Herskavites, Melville 7Hines, Felrath 7Homes, Jacqui 7Homer, Winslow 7Hooks, Bell 7Hooks, Earl 7Honeywood, Varnette 7Hughes, Langston 8Humphrey, Margo 8Hunt, Richard 8Hunter, Clementine 8Harston, Zora Neale 8Mr. Imagination 8Jackson, David Earl 8Jackson, Homer 8Jackson, Harlan 8Jackson, Rev. Joseph Harrison 8Jackson, Michael 8Jackson, Samuel L. 8Jackson-Jarvis, Martha 8Janniot, Alfred 8Jantjes, Gavin 8Jarrell, Wadsworth 8Jeffries, Roz 8Jenkins, Ella 8Johnson, James Weldon 8Johnson, Joshua 8Johnson, Robert 8Johnson, Sargent 8Johnston, Frances Benjamin 8Jones, Ben 8Jones, Bill T. 8Jones, Gary 8Jones, Grace 9Jones, John 9Jones, Kellie 9Jones, Lois Mailou 9Jones, Patricia 9Jones, Phillip Mallory 9Jones, Stephen 9Kamala, Madame 9Kennedy, Joe 9Khalil, Mohammed 9King, Susan 9Koons, Jeff 9Kutzinski, Vera 9LaChapelle, David 9Lam, Wilfredo 9Lawrence, Jacob 9Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara 9Lee, Glover 9Lee, Spike 10Lewis, Edmonia 10Lewis, Norman 10Ligon, Glenn 10Liking, Werewere 10Lindsay, Vachel 10Logan, Juan 10Long, Bert 10Long, Richard A. 10Lorde, Audre 10Lovell, Whitfield 10Loving, Al 10Lyons, John 10McGruder, Aaron 10McIver, Beverly 10McQueen, Steve 10Malcolm X 10Marshall, Kerry James 10Matthews, Nancy 10Medici, Guilia de 10Mercer, Kobena 10Miller, Angela 10Miller, E. Ethelbert 10Mills, Lev 10Miner, Leigh Richmond 10Mingo, George 11Moja, Januwa 11Money Man 11Moody, Ronald 11Moore, John L. 11Moore, Philip 11Naylor, Gloria 11Motley, Archie 11Mount, William Sidney 11Naylor, Gloria 11Neal, Isobel 11Nengudi, Senga 11Ofili, Chris 11O'Grady, Lorraine 11Onobrakpeya, Bruce 11Outtara 11Panzer, Mary 11Parker, Jim 11Parkerson, Michelle 11Payne, Leslie 11Pendergraft, Norman 11Perjovschi, Dan &Lia 11Phillips, Basil 11Phillips, James 11Phokela, Johannes 11Picton, John 11Pindell, Howardena 11Piper, Adrian 12Piper, Keith 12Pippen, Horace 12Polk, P.H. 12Pollard, Ingrid 12Porter, Connie 12Powers, Harriet 12Prigoff, James 12Prown, Jules D. 12Purvis, Robert 12Puryear, Martin 12Ramos-Blanco, Teodoro 12Rampersad, Arnold 12Rand, Archie 12Ray, Man 12Reid, Calvin 12Reid, Vernon 12Reynolds, Jock 12Riggs, Marlon 12Riggs, Robert 12Ringgold, Faith 12Rivers, Bill 12Robinson, John 12Robinson, Jontyle 12Rogers, Paul 12Rooy, Felix de 12Rosenberg, Harold 12Saar, Alison 12Saar, Betye 12Saar, Lezley 12Samba, Cheri 12Saunders, Raymond 12Savain, Petion 12Scott, Joyce J. 12Scott, William Edouard 12Sebree, Charles 13Sekoto, Gerard 13Sekula, Allan 13Seman, Jim &Mary 13Shockley, Ann Allen 13Shonibare, Yinka 13Simmons, Gary 13Sims, Lowery 13Simpson, Coreen 13Smalls, James 13Smith, Terence 13Smith, Vincent 13Smith, Mieke 13Snowden, Sylvia 13Sonis, Dick &Nancy 13Sorrells-Adewale, E.H. 13Soyinka, Wole 13Stallybrass, Peter & Allon White 13Steinbaum, Bernice 13Stern, Irma 13Stewart, Charles 13Stewart, Frank 13Stone III, Charles S. 13Stone-Miller, Rebecca 13Stout, Renée 13Sulter, Maud 13Talia, Halima 13Tam, Joseph 14Tanner, Henry Ossawa 14Tate, Greg 14Taylor, Prentiss 14Telemaque, Hervé 14Thomas, Alma 14Thomas, Clarence 14Thompson, Bob 14Thompson, Phyllis 14Thompson, Robert Farris 14Thurlow Jr., Evans Tibbs 14Toussaint, Pierre 14Traylor, Bill 14Truth, Sojourner 14Tucker, Mark 14Tuggar, Fatimah 14Turner, Patricia 14Turner, Steve 14Van Vechten, Carl 14Vann, Barry 14Walker, Alice 14Walker, Ken 14Walker, Kara 15Watson, Osmond 15Webb, Clifton 15Webb, Frank 15Weems, Carrie Mae 15Wells, James L. 15White, Charles 15Whitten, Jack 15Williams, Bert 15Williams, Kenny Jackson 15Williams, Paul 15Williams, William T. 15Williamson, Sue 15Willis, Deborah 16Wilson, Fred 16Wilson, Gloria 16Wilson, Judith 16Woo, John 16Wood, Debbie 16Wood, James 16Wood, Thomas Waterman 16Woodruff, Hale 16Wright, Beryl 16Wright, Richard 16Xu, Bing 16Yearwood, Gladstone 16Yoakum, Joseph 16Zuschlag, Nancy Subject Files, 1977-2010 (4 boxes)

The series includes texts, newspaper articles, exhibition publicity, notes, and letters dating from approximately 1977 to 2010, which Powell maintained by topic or, in the case of cultural institutions, organizational name. The series includes correspondence with museums, such as the Smithsonian African-American Museum, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Addison Gallery of American Art, as well as numerous art galleries in New York and London. There are also materials regarding Powell's publications in the Art Bulletin, his work on various exhibitions, research trips to Barbados, and printed texts that Powell used in his Duke classes, many of which he annotated.

These materials are arranged alphabetically by subject or organizational name.

16Abstraction 16Addison Gallery of American Art 16African Art 16African-American Art Bibliography 16African &Afro-American Studies at Duke 16American Architecture 17Art Bulletin 17Autograph, London 17B.E.T., Inc. 17Barbados Project 17Black Atlantic Notes 17Black Ecuador 17Black Feminism 17Black Male 17Black Music 17Black Orpheus 17Black Photography 17Blues 17Chicago Historical Society 17Civil Rights 17Contemporary African Art 17Dance 17Detroit Institute of Art 17Drums 17Duke Architecture 17Ejagham 17Encyclopedia of African American Art 17Fang 18Folk Art 18FON 18Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 18From the Potomac to the Anacostia: Art &Ideology… 18Godfather 18Hampton University 18Hands 18Harlem Renaissance 18Harvard Museums 18Hayward Gallery 18Hottentott Venus 18Humanities West 18Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 18Igbo 18Institute of International Visual Arts, London 18Insiders &Outsiders 18Jamaica, Spring 1995 18Jazz 18Jazz Study Group, Columbia University 18Jenne 18Johannesburg Biennale 18Just Above Midtown Gallery 18Kenkeleba Gallery 18Kongo 18Liberia, West Africa 18Ludwig Foundation, Cuba 18Lynching in Art 18Masks/Masquerade 18Mende 19Morehouse College 19Music Theory 19Multi-Culturalism 19Muse Gallery 19Narcissus 19New Orleans Museum of Art 19"Nigger Drawings" 19Paris Conference: A Visual Arts Encounter: African-Americans &Europe 19Photography 19Portraiture Bibliography 19Princeton University 19Race &Rep. 19Rap-as-Art 19Rhino Records 19Rizzoli 19Sacks Fine Art Inc. 19Satre's Black Orpheus 19Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 19Second Line, New Orleans 19Slave Preferences in U.S. 19Slavery 19Smithsonian Institute: African American Museum 20Stereotype Imagery 20Studio Museum, Harlem 20Suriname 20Theory 20University of California Press 20Visual Memory Training 20Washington Project for the Arts 20Whitney Museum of American Art 20Yale Repertory Theater Book Materials, 2000-2008 (4 boxes)

This series contains material used in the research, writing, and publication of Powell's books, particularly Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture(2008), Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson, and Black Art & Culture in the 20th Century (1997).

Material related to each publication is grouped together by the publication's title in a separate subseries.

20Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture, 2000-2008

The Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture subseries includes correspondence with various scholars and the publisher, University of Chicago Press; the author's preparatory notes; and research material, including fashion and lifestyle periodicals, scholarly texts, newspaper articles, publications, and images. Several versions of the manuscript are also included, and represent different stages of the editing process. Additional material from this book can be found in the Donyale Luna Project Series, as detailed below.

Folders are arranged according to the type of documents contained: research materials, publicity, manuscript copies, etc.

20Publicity Materials

University of Chicago Press publicity materials and brief review in Duke Magazine

20Notes

Preparatory notes for manuscript

20Copyright Permission Information

Correspondence, declarations, and permissions for use of copyrighted images

20Research Materials: Texts

Texts, newspaper articles, and other printed reference materials.

21Research Materials: Images

Postcards, gallery publicity, xerox-ed images, photographs, and other reference materials.

21Correspondence: General

Correspondence related to research, writing, and publication of the book.

21Correspondence: University of California Press

Correspondence about contracts and editing with the book's publisher.

21Manuscript Copies

Copies of manuscript throughout various stages of editing, Illustration List

22Research Materials: Periodicals

Periodicals used for research (including Vogue, Ebony, Life, Queen, etc.)

23Research Materials: Periodicals

Periodicals used for research (including Vogue, Ebony, Life, Queen, etc.)

Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson, 1984-1992

The Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson subseries contains extensive material Powell created and compiled in the course of researching and writing about African American artist William H. Johnson for his doctoral dissertation, Fulbright fellowship in Denmark, book, and exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art. These materials include notebooks, a list of contacts in Scandinavia, and various printed texts pertaining to William H. Johnson written by Powell and other scholars. There is correspondence regarding a legal claim made by Johnson's family, publicity materials for the exhibition and numerous reviews in both American and Scandinavian newspapers and magazines, and extensive images. This latter group is further subdivided into two section organized by subject or theme. The first group contains images that chronicle the life of William H. Johnson, such as portraits, group images, and photographs at gallery openings, and the second section documents Johnson's artwork.

Folders are grouped broadly by type of material or subject. Photographs are organized by either life documentation or works of art.

24Life Documentation: William H. Johnson (3x5 b/w photographs)

B/w photographs of the artist and his work

24Life Documentation: William H. Johnson (Group Photographs: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of groups

24Life Documentation: William H. Johnson (Gallery Photographs: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of the artist and his family in gallery spaces.

24Life Documentation: William H. Johnson (Photographs of the Artist: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of the artist

24Life Documentation: William H. Johnson (Portrait Photographs: 8x10 b/w)

B/w portrait photographs

24Life Documentation: William H. Johnson (France & North Africa Photographs: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of people and scenes in France and North Africa

24Life Documentation: William H. Johnson (Text Photographs: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of text, plaques, and articles

24Life Documentation: William H. Johnson (Misc. Photographs: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of various people and works of art

24Works of Art: William H. Johnson (Photographs: 3x5, color)

Color photographs of William H. Johnson's works of art

24Works of Art: William H. Johnson (Photographs, Music & Dancing: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of works of art depicting music and dancing

24Works of Art: William H. Johnson (Photographs, Landscapes: 8x10 b/w and color)

B/w and color photographs of works of art depicting landscapes

24Works of Art: William H. Johnson (Photographs, Religious Works: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of works of art with religious subjects

24Works of Art: William H. Johnson (Photographs, Misc. Works: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of various works of art: still lifes, texts, etc.

24Works of Art: William H. Johnson (Photographs, Military Works: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of works of art with military themes

24Works of Art: William H. Johnson (Photographs, Historical Works: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of works of art with historical themes

25Works of Art: William H. Johnson (Photographs, Outdoor Scenes: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of works featuring farmyard or outdoor scenes

25Works of Art: William H. Johnson (Photographs, People: 8x10 b/w)

B/w photographs of works featuring couples and groups

25Works of Art: William H. Johnson (Photographs, Portraits: 8x10 b/w and color)

B/w and color photographs of portraits

42Notebooks

Includes one notebook on contacts for the project throughout Europe and two with extensive handwritten notes

43Diggs Gallery

Information from an exhibition on Johnson

43WETA/National Endowment for the Arts

Includes application and correspondence

43Correspondence

43Newspaper Articles

43WHJ Lecture

43Notes

Research Notes

43Research Materials

Reproductions of documents pertaining to the life of William H. Johnson including medical forms, letters, etc. and other related artists

43Works of Art: William H. Johnson (Misc. Works)

Reproductions of works of art, b/w and color, various sizes

44Essays

Texts about William H. Johnson by Dr. Powell and others

44Legal Documents

Correspondence pertaining to a legal case about ownership of works by William H. Johnson

44Exhibition Publicity: Smithsonian NMAA

44Exhibition Publicity: Other Museums

Publicity for the exhibition at other institutions including the Florence Museum of Art, Science and History and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell, among others

44Exhibition Publicity: Newspapers

Includes various articles on the exhibition in English.

44Exhibition Publicity: Scandinavian Newspapers

Includes various articles on the exhibition in Scandinavian newspapers.

44Book Contract

Correspondence regarding to Dr. Powell's book contract for the project.

Black Art & Culture in the 20th Century, 1990-1998

This subseries contains research materials and correspondence relating to Powell's 1997 book, Black Art & Culture in the 20th Century. Materials include press releases and reviews of the book, publicity materials, such as a book signing, and extensive correspondence with the book's publisher, Thames & Hudson Limited, concerning the editing and publication of Black Art & Culture. There is also a limited amount of research notes and reference materials.

Folders are arranged by type of material.

26Publicity Materials

Press Releases, Reviews, Articles on Dr. Powell's book

26Research Materials

Newspaper Articles, Texts, and other reference materials

26Correspondence

Correspondence with publisher Thames and Hudson Ltd.

26Research Notes & Permissions

Research notes and image copyright permission information

Reference Images Series, 1984-2011 (1 box)

This series includes reference images in a variety of formats, most commonly photographs, transparencies, prints, postcards, and photocopies.

The images are organized by size, medium, or subject.

25Small Format (color)

Small size color reproductions of various works of art

25Small Format (b/w)

Small size b/w reproductions of various works of art

25Large Format, Paginated

Various works of art with annotations and page numbers attached

25African Art (Photographs)

B/w photographs of African works of art

25National Humanities Center Prints

Various works of art on plates produced by the National Humanities Center 2003 Summer Institute

25Photographs of Works on Paper

Photographs of various works of drawings, paintings, and prints

25Sculpture, Collage, & 3D Works (Photographs)

Photographs and reproductions of various three-dimensional works of art

26Reproductions of Photographs

Reproductions of various b/w photographs

26Advertisements & Images with Text

Various advertisements and printed images with accompanying text

29Postcards

Reproductions of various works of art

29Large Postcards

Reproductions of various works of art

30Large Format Reproductions

Reproductions of various works of art

30Postcard Book

"Los Angeles Murals by African-American Artists"

Exhibitions, 1989-2010 (4 boxes)

The Exhibitions Series contains information on various museum exhibitions and catalogues on which Powell worked throughout his career. The files in this series include correspondence and reviews as well as research notes and, in many cases, extensive publicity materials such as pamphlets, press kits, and flyers.

The series is grouped into several subseries by exhibition title or subject.

Exhibition: Back to Black, 2000-2005

Back to Black: Art, Cinema and the Racial Imaginary opened at London's Whitechapel Art Gallery in 2005. Dr. Powell participated as a curator and catalogue contributor. The materials in this subseries include notes, emails, and reference texts pertaining to the exhibition.

26Correspondence & Research Materials

Emails, notes, texts concerning Back to Black: Art, Cinema and the Racial Imaginary exhibition at London's Whitechapel Art Gallery, 2005

Exhibition: To Conserve a Legacy, 1997-1999

The 1999 exhibition To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities was shown at the Studio Museum in Harlem, NY, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA. The materials include newspaper and magazine reviews, planning and organizational resources, and correspondence regarding the exhibition. There are also extensive publicity materials, including exhibition cards, a press kit, and press releases.

26Correspondence

Correspondence relating to the exhibition To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities

27Reviews

Newspaper articles

27Planning Materials

Corporate and foundation letters of support, project description, information for internships, meetings, and the symposium

27Publicity Materials

Press kit, exhibition cards, press releases, and other materials publicizing the exhibition

Exhibition: Circle Dance, 2003-2005

Includes materials related to the 2005 exhibition Circle Dance: The Art of John T. Scott at the New Orleans Museum of Art, for which Dr. Powell as both a curator and catalogue author. This subseries contains correspondence, including a letter on hand-made paper from John T. Scott, research materials, such as newspaper articles and image lists, and publicity information and a media kit from the New Orleans Museum of Art.

27Correspondence

Emails and letters pertaining to the organization and planning of the exhibition

27Notes & Planning Materials

Image lists, John Scott's CV, research and planning notes

27Reference Materials

Internet and newspaper articles about John Scott and other related subjects, as well as slides. Includes a package of materials prepared by John Scott

27Publicity Materials

Press kit and news release for the exhibition

Exhibition: Barkley L. Hendricks, 2000-2008

Research materials related to Dr. Powell's work on artist Barkley L. Hendricks. Includes material related to the 2001 exhibition at the Connecticut College Lyman Allyn Museum of Art, for which Dr. Powell contributed a catalogue entry entitled "To Be Real" (in The Barkley L. Hendricks Experience) and the 2008 exhibition Barkley L. Hendricks/Birth of the Cool at the Duke University Nasher Museum of Art. Materials include correspondence with the artist, information about the artist's other shows, and Powell's research notes.

28Correspondence

Letters and emails, including postcards and letters from the artist

28Research Materials & Notes

Artist's CV and biography, Dr. Powell's notes

28Exhibition Materials

Publicity cards for various Barkley L. Hendricks exhibitions

28Reviews

Newspaper and magazine articles reviewing various exhibitions by the artist

28Miscellaneous Clippings

Newspapers

Exhibition: Rhapsodies in Black, 1995-1997

This subseries documents Powell's involvement in the 1997 exhibition Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, shown at the Hayward Gallery of London, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Washington D.C.'s Corcoran Gallery of Art, among other venues. It includes extensive publicity materials for the exhibition, such as news releases, a press kit, and newspaper and magazine reviews. It also contains a selection of photographs documenting the opening and Powell's visit to London.

28Reviews

Newspaper and magazine articles on the exhibition

29Publicity Materials

Press pack, exhibition flyers, news releases and gallery cards

29Photographs

Photographs of the exhibition's London opening

Exhibition: The Blues Aesthetic, 1989-1998

This subseries contains documents related to the 1989 exhibition The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism, which shown was at Washington D.C.'s Washington Project for the Arts and other U.S. venues. Powell served as the curator for the exhibition and was extensively involved in the exhibition catalogue. In addition to the exhibition, he taught an undergraduate class at Duke University on the subject in Fall 1998, and planning and lecture materials for this course are included. This subseries contains newspaper clippings and articles concerning the controversial David Hammons work "How Ya Like Me Now?" which was erected and quickly destroyed during Dr. Powell's tenure as curator and acting co-director at W.P.A.

29Research Materials & Notes

Exhibition project outline, slide lists, course materials

29Publicity Materials

Pamphlets, exhibition cards, and a full press kit for the exhibition

29Reviews

Includes reviews of the exhibition as well as newspaper articles concerning the David Hammons work "How Ya Like Me Now?"

Exhibition: Conjuring Bearden, 2004-2006

This subseries contains materials related to the development of the Nasher Museum's 2006 exhibition, Conjuring Bearden, which Powell curated with the assistance of students. The subseries includes an itinerary for the group's research trip to New York, publicity cards, pamphlets, and reviews of the exhibition.

29Exhibition Proposal

Proposal for the Nasher exhibition, including research materials and NYC itinerary

29Exhibition Materials

Includes images, planning meeting notes, and budget

29Publicity Materials

Reviews and articles about the exhibition

Donyale Luna Project, 2006-2009 (1 box)

This series contains notes, documents, and other materials related to Powell's research on the African-American 1960s supermodel Donyale Luna, to whose life and portraiture Powell dedicated a chapter in his 2008 book, Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture. The materials include reproductions of Luna's passport applications, death certificates for both her and her father, social security information, and interviews with the model's friends and associates in Detroit, Italy, and France. An exhibition proposal for a show on Donyale Luna, including extensive high-quality photographs, and numerous newspaper articles discussing her life are also included.

28Images

Photographs and reproductions

28Correspondence

Letters, emails, and faxes pertaining to Dr. Powell's research

28Research Materials: Articles

Newspaper and magazine articles about Donyale Luna

28Research Materials & Notes

Notes and extensive documents for Donyale Luna project including death certificates, interviews, passport photocopies, etc. as well as an exhibition proposal

Printed Materials, 1980-2011 (9 boxes)

The Printed Materials series contains exhibition ephemera and catalogues from a variety of museums and galleries along with periodicals.

The series is divided into three subseries: Exhibitions, Periodicals, and Posters.

Exhibitions

This subseries contains exhibition flyers, booklets, postcards, and pamphlets as well as some small catalogues from a variety of American and international museums and art galleries.

Documents are arranged alphabetically by the artist's last name (for solo exhibitions) or by exhibition title (for group show).

30A-AD

Includes materials for Terry Adkins

30AF

Includes materials on African American art

30AG-AL

Includes materials on Candida Alvarez

31AM-AN

Includes materials on Benny Anderson

31AO-AR

Includes materials from the Art Collection Foundation

31AS-AU

31BA

Includes materials on Ernie Barnes

31BE

Includes materials on Romare Bearden

31BH-BI

31BL

31BO

Includes materials on Sonia Boyce

31BR

Includes materials on Frederick Brown

31BU

Includes materials on Ronald Burns

31CA

Includes materials on Elizabeth Catlett

31CE-CH

Includes materials on Dana Chandler and an exhibition flyer for "The Dinner Party" signed by Judy Chicago with a dedication to Dr. Powell

31CL

Includes materials on Edward Clark

59CO

Includes materials on Renee Cox

59CR

59DA

59DE

59DI-DO

59DR

Includes materials on David Driskell

59DU

Includes materials on Robert S. Duncanson

59EC-EM

59ET-EX

33FA

33FE-FI

33FO

33FR

33GA-GI

Includes materials on Sam Gilliam

33GO-GR

33HA-HE

33HI

Includes materials on Felrath Hines

33HO-HU

Includes materials on Richard Hunt

34IM-IR

34JA-JON

Includes materials on Ben Jones

34JOS-JOU

34K

34LA

Includes information on Jacob Lawrence

34LE

34LI

Includes information on Glenn Ligon

34LOG

Includes information on Juan Logan

35LOV-LY

35MA-MAR

35MAS-MC

Includes information on Beverly McIver

35ME-MI

35MO-MU

35N

35O

35PA

35PE-PH

36PI

Includes information on Adrian Piper

36PO

36PR-PU

Includes information on Vernon Pratt and Martin Puryear

36RA

Includes information on Archie Rand

36RE

36RI

Includes information on Faith Ringold

36RO

36SAA

Includes information on Betye Saar

37SAL-SAR

37SAU

Includes information on Raymond Saunders

37SC

Includes information on Addison Scurlock

37SE

37SH-SI

37SK-SM

Includes information on George Smith and Vincent Smith

37SO-SP

37ST

37SW-SY

37TE-TH

Includes information on Alma Thomas and Bob Thompson

37TO-TW

37U

37V

37WA

37WE-WH

37WI-WO

60Oversize A-M

Includes materials on Charles Alston, Dana, Chandler, Beauford Delaney, Mildred Howard, & "In the Spirit of Martin"

Periodicals, 1980-2011

This subseries contains various publications, newspapers, and periodicals such as Art Papers, Issue, Autograph, and Tamarind, among numerous others.

Contents are organized by title.

60Oversize: A

60Oversize B-H

60Oversize R-W

39AF-AL

Includes Afro-American Art History Newsletter

39ART-ARTI

Includes Art and Artists and Artibus et Historiae

39ARTM-AU

Includes ArtRage and Autograph

39B

Includes Black American Literature Forum and Black Expression, among others

39D-F

39G-I

Includes Issue, among others

39J-M

39N-P

39R-S

40T-V

Posters

The Posters subseries contains numerous posters for museum exhibitions, talks and lectures, and other miscellaneous people and events. Also includes a small amount of miscellaneous printed materials.

50-51Museum Exhibitions

51Talks, Conferences, Lectures

51Miscellaneous

1Miscellaneous 55Miscellaneous 55Posters: Museum Exhibitions

55Harper's Weekly Pages

Text and prints: January 3, 1874, August 12, 1876, and September 7, 1878

56The Art of Revolution: Castro's Cuba -1959-1970

Book by Dugald Stermer with an Introduction by Susan Sontag

56WPA Document: Celebrating More than a Decade

Washington Project for the Arts publication (1986)

56Miscellaneous Materials

Includes "Black Artists in America" publication, sheets of music "Boogie Woogies," and a commemorative bag from the 1986 U.S. Olympic Committee, among other items.

Personal and Early Papers, 1960-2011 (3 boxes)

This series contains documents pertaining to Powell's childhood, collegiate and graduate education, and early years as a member of the Duke University faculty. Materials include elementary school projects, various versions of Dr. Powell's C.V. and resume, an address book, and publicity materials related to his various lectures and exhibitions.

The series is divided into topical subsections including Elementary School, C.V.'s and Resumes, Morehouse, Yale, Duke, and Personal.

40Elementary School

Includes awards and school papers

40C.V. and Resume Drafts with Notes

Includes various iterations of Dr. Powell's CV with annotations

40C.V. and Resume Drafts

Various iterations of Dr. Powell's CV from appx. 1985-Present

40Morehouse College and Yale

Includes Fulbright report, reunion photo and honors

40Interviews

1989 WPA Interview and 1991 African American Art History Publication Interview

40Duke University

Synopsis of scholarly activities and profile, applications for Rockefeller, Ford Foundation, and National Center for the Humanities

40Duke University Awards

40Lectures & Talks

Publicity for Dr. Powell's lectures and talks

40Events

Includes a menu for dinner at Bill and Melinda Gates and an invitation for dinner in Dr. Powell's honor at the National Gallery of Art

40Art Exhibitions

Publicity for exhibitions of Dr. Powell's artwork

40Correspondence

Misc. correspondence, including a letter from Dr. Powell to First Lady Michelle Obama

40Magazine & Newspaper Articles

Various articles chronicling Dr. Powell's career

40Miscellaneous Clippings

40Denmark

Includes ID, transportation tickets

41Notebooks

Includes book from printmaking workshop at Norfolk College

42Journals

42Address Book

61Unbound Rolodex Cards

Articles and Lectures by Powell, 1975-2011 (5 boxes)

Contains materials related to various published articles, graduate research papers from Yale and Howard Universities, and lectures given by Powell. The documents included in this series are notes, research materials, handwritten and typed drafts, and published texts from throughout Powell's career. Also includes some publicity materials and correspondence pertaining to Powell's public lectures.

Folders are arranged by article/lecture title or by type of material.

45Miscellaneous Drafts & Notes

45Correspondence

45The Black World in Literature for Children

Printed publication

45"African American Postmodernism and David Hammons"

Article

45"African and Afro-American Art: Call and Response"

Article

45"'In my Family of Primitiveness and Tradition' William H. Johnson's Jesus and the Three Marys"

Article

45"What Becomes a Legend Most?: Reflections on Romare Bearden"

Article

45"Art, History, and Vision"

Article

45"Artist and Community: Willie Birch-From Bertrandville to Brooklyn"

Article

45"Two Paintings by William H. Johnson"

Article

45"Talking with James Lesesne Wells"

Article

45"Trouble in the Ebony Tower"

Article

45"Winslow Homer, Afro-Americans, and the 'New Order of Things'"

Article

45"Current Expressions in Afro-American Printmaking"

Article

45Powell MA Thesis

Article

45"William H. Johnson and the Harmon Foundation: A Study in Afro-American Art Patronage"

Article

45"Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980"

Article

45"The Art of Raymond Saunders: Colored"

Article

45"William H. Johnson's Minde Kerteminde"

Article

45"Margo Humphrey Interview"

Article

45"From the Potomac to the Anacostia"

Article

45"Shades of Grey in the Black Aesthetic"

Article

45"African Art at the Field Museum"

Article

45"On Printmaking"

Article

45"On Phillis Wheatley"

Article

45Powell Early Drafts

Article

46"Phoenix Ascending: The Art of James Lesesne Wells"

Article

46"From Renaissance to Realization: 1920-50"

Article

46"The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism"

Article

46"Cinque: Antislavery Portraiture & Patronage in Jacksonian America"

Article

46"Anasi Revisited: Keith Morrison's New Work"

Article

46"The Woodshed in Romare Bearden, American Modernist"

Article

46"Lenox's Theorem for Right Triangles (Morehouse College)"

Article

46"MFA Thesis, Howard University"

Article

46"Elizabeth Catlett and 'the Negro Woman': 1946-47"

Article

47"Richard Wright"

Article

47"Re/Birth of a Nation"

Article

47"Chi-Wara"

Article

47Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship Final Report

47Powell PhD Dissertation: "William H. Johnson-Expressionist and Artist of the Blues Aesthetic, Vol. II-Images"

47"An Examination of Winslow Homer's The Carnival"

Paper

47"Surfaces: Andre, Segal, Serra, Smyth, Stuart"

Paper

47"An Examination of Thomas Eakin's Whistling for Plover"

Paper

47"Art History and Black Memory: Toward a 'Blues Aesthetic'"

Article

47"The Afro-American Printmaking Tradition"

Article

47"Through Myriad Eyes"

Article

47"The Art of Bruce Onobrakpeya"

Article

47"Power Symbols and the Aesthetic Ideal in Harlem Renaissance Representations of Black Women"

Article

48"Images and Identities: A Brief Introductory Note"

Article

48"Artist/Scholar Richard J. Powell Interview"

48"Impressions: Expressions-Black American Graphics"

Article

48"On Kerry James Marshall"

Lecture

48"The Woodshed"

Lecture

48"Hendricks Redux"

Lecture

48"The Promise of the War Years, 1940-46"

Lecture

48"Memory, Representations, and the Black '60s"

Lecture

48"Beauties Revisited"

Lecture

48"Art Views at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art"

Lecture

48"Art History and Black Memory: Toward a 'Blues Aesthetic'"

Lecture

48"Testifying from the Margins: David Gilmour Blythe's Justice"

Lecture

48"A Lynching, a Riot, and Bearing Witness: Two Paintings by William H. Johnson"

Lecture

48"The Impact of Studies of Afro-American Art and Culture"

Lecture

48"Jacob Lawrence"

Lecture

48"Musicians at an Exhibition: Miles and Marvin"

Lecture

48"Brown Narcissus"

Lecture

48"Exploitation/Exultation: a 20th c. Affair"

Lecture

48"Ethiopia Awakened, Harlem Sublimated: Aaron Douglas's Call to Modernism"

Lecture

48"Sojourner Truth and the Invention of Genteel Domesticity in her Photographic 'Self-Portraiture'"

Lecture

48"Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture"

Lecture

48"Bronzeville: A Work in Progress"

Lecture

48"Sartor Africanus"

Lecture

48"Luna Obscura"

Lecture

48"The Countenance and Complexion of Freedom"

Lecture

48"The Visual Arts and Afro-America, 1940-1980"

Lecture

49"Soulsville"

Lecture

49"Minstrelsy 'Uncorked': Thomas Eakins Emphatic Realism"

Lecture

49"The Promise of the War Years, 1940-46"

Lecture

49"Enter and Exit the 'New Negro'"

Lecture

Photographs, 1975-2011 (1 box)

This series contains photographs of Powell. Contents include two folders of photographs from Powell's professional career, including gallery openings and workshops, containing images of him with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jesse Jackson, and Spike Lee. There are also portraits of Powell from approximately 1975 to 2011, along with photographs of artists, writers, curators, and other notable individuals. There are also snapshots from Powell's extensive travels.

49Professional

49Powell Portraits

49Portraits of Artists, Curators, Writers, etc.

49Personal

Works of Art, 1975-1995 (8 boxes)

The Works of Art Series includes works on paper (prints, drawings, and watercolor sketches) by Powell and other artists. Some of the works are dedicated to Powell.

51Doug Huston

"Tenure for Your Shoes" (1982)-Color Lithograph

51Dana Chandler

Includes offset lithographs: "White Amerika Chauvinist Male Fear Syndrom Series" (ca. 1970-71) and "Genocide Series" (ca. 1970-71)

51Margaret Burroughs

Includes offset lithographs: "In School Together" (1995), "Malcolm" (1995), "Jack Stones" (1995), "Mother and Child" (1995)

51Barbara Speight, Aden Hachman, and Joseph Blanchard

Includes Pencil Drawing of Richard J. Powell (1979), "Blue Series #4: Tired of Being Lonely, Tired of Being Blue" (1979-Linocut), and Untitled Haiti (ca. 1960s)

51Aden Hachman, Barbara Woitawyzk (sp?), and I. Cotright (sp?)

Includes aquatint: "Blues Series #2: The New Colorstruck Blues" (1978), Untitled Artist's Proof (1978), and color lithograph "Concrete Manual" (1981)

51Mark Pasquale, No Artist, and Nadya Brown

Includes lithograph: "Hello Neighbor!" (1981), silkscreen: "Untitled (Signs) (Undated), and color etching/aquatint: "Beside the Lake Beneath the Trees" (1981)

51Kabuya Pam Powens, Carol Law, and R. L. Martin

Includes etching: "Genesis" (ca. 1977), silkscreen: "Bedtime Boogie" (1982), and lithograph "Zero Through Seven" (1981)

51Hester Simpson, Vincent Smith, and Conrad Gleber

Includes lithograph: "Tender be Tough to Die" (1982), etching with surface-rolled color: Untitled (ca. 1980s), and lithograph: "Play it by Heart" (Undated)

52Michael Miller and Mark H. Montgomery

Includes etching/aquatint/soft-ground etching: Untitled (1981) and etching/aquatint: "Dressed Up: Betwixt and Between" (1976)

52Amber Straight and John T. Smith

Includes lithograph: Untitled (Bob Marley) (ca. 1980s) and woodcut print "Samella" (2004)

52Mieke Smith and K. Hitchyst (sp?)

Includes etching: "Lovers" (1997) and hand-colored etching: "Did You Eat Art Yet?" (1990)

52Percy Martin and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson

Includes etching: "Leopard with Ex-Friend Fire" (ca. 1980s) and etching with surface-rolled color: "Mud Vision" (1990)

52Group Drawing, Aden Hachman, and John Wood

Includes ink, colored markers: Group Drawing from Washington, DC (Howard University) (ca. 1977), linocut print: "Gemini" (Undated), and silkscreen: Print/Calling Card (ca. 1980)

52Maria Garrido Saavedra, Claudia Widdis, and Neil Talbot

Includes crayon: "Portrait of Richard J. Powell-Copenhagen, Denmark" (1984), etching/aquatint: "Puppet Reality" (1974), and embossed print: Untitled (1981)

52Anonymous Norfolk State Univ. Student, Renee Leslie, and Aden Hachman

Includes crayon/pencil Untitled (ca. 1978-79), mixed media: Untitled (ca. 1977), and color etching/aquatint: "Messiah" (1977)

52E. Marion Parham, Unknown Artist, and Mieke Smith

Includes etching: "Edict" (1980), Untitled hand-colored photograph mounted on board (ca. 1900), and etching/aquatint: "Fertility: The Sowing" (1997)

53T. Khaliq, John T. Scott, and Kabuya Pam Bowens

Includes etching: "Floating Mask I" (ca. 1980), ink on paper: "Tablet Head from I Remember Birmingham" (Nov. 30, 1999), and mixed media print: Untitled (ca. 1978)

53Unknown Artist, Calvin Reid, and John T. Scott

Includes lithograph: Untitled (Portfolio Exhibition Poster, School of the Art Institute of Chicago) (1981-82), etching/aquatint: "Chili House Bebop" (1977), and pencil on paper: "Study for the Sculpture Gateway for Beckworth" (May 11, 1988)

53Smithsonian NMAA, Amaro Francisco, and Unknown Artist

Includes: Smithsonian Print Portfolio: "Paintings of William H. Johnson," "O Sucesso Nao Acabou So Nos Falta Turismo" (Undated), and "Ori-Scent of Virtue" (Undated)

53Exhibition Publicity and John W. Jones

Includes: Chronicle of Higher Education Dec. 6, 1989 article on "The Blues Aesthetic" and "The State of Georgia" (Undated)

53Powell Artwork

Includes etching/working proof: "Remedial Ear Training" (1977), pencil on paper: "Two Self-Portraits, New Haven CT" (Nov. 21, 1982), and lithograph/watercolor: Untitled (Black Rock n' Roll) (1984)

53Powell Artwork

Includes pencil drawing: "Ying/Yang" (1977), watercolor: "Saint Anastasia" (2000), and watercolor: "Le Kufi/El Bari" (1980)

53Richard J. Powell Artwork

Includes collage: "Funky Broadway" (1978) and etching/first state: "Oracles" (1975)

53Richard J. Powell Artwork

Includes watercolor: Untitled (1979) and crayon: Untitled (1984)

53Richard J. Powell Artwork

Etching/aquatint: "Narrations: Tableau Vivant" Portrait of artist David Hammons, writer Debbie Wood, and RJP (1978-79)

53Richard J. Powell Artwork

Etching/aquatint: "Narrations: Eurydice in Hell" Powell and actress Marpessa Dawn in Lower Manhattan (1979)

54Richard J. Powell Artwork

Offset lithographs for Richard Wright Series: "Title Page for Richard Wright Series" (1977) and "Poem: Soulchant for Virgoman" (1977)

54Richard J. Powell Artwork

Photocopy: "Bon Voyage/Part Art Sale Invitation" (1984), photo-silkscreen: "Studies for Richard Wright Series" (1976), and ink on board: "Before/After" (1980)

54Richard J. Powell Artwork

"Richard Wright Series #2: The Long Dream" (1976), "Richard Wright Series #3: Subjugation of a Petty Bourgeois Degenerate" (1976), and "Petfood: Death of a Queen" (1981)

54Richard J. Powell Artwork

"Makeshift Ricky-Ayarn" (undated) and Untitled (undated)

54Richard J. Powell Artwork

"Richard Wright Series #4: Suspended over a Void" (1975) and "Richard Wright Series #10: The Man is Deranged, Life has Not Changed" (1977)

54Richard J. Powell Artwork

Ink on board: Untitled (1977) and ink/collage on board: "Lost in Music" (1979)

54Richard J. Powell Artwork

Ink on paper: Untitled (1983) and ink/collage on paper: "Drawing for Petfood Boogie" (1981)

54Richard J. Powell Artwork

Ink and pencil on paper: "Barry Series I" (1981) and "Barry Series II" (1981)

55Richard J. Powell Artwork

Ink and pencil on paper: "Barry Series III" (1981) and "Barry Series IV" (1981)

55Richard J. Powell Artwork

Watercolor on paper: "Question What Would you Buy If You had some Money?" (1983) and ink/collage on paper: "Self-Portrait as Tarzan" (1983)

55Richard J. Powell Artwork

Ink/collage on paper "Drawing for Petfood Revenge" (Undated)

55Mieke Smith and Aden Hatchman

Includes "My Country's Tears of Thee" (1996) and "Songe Vivant-For my mentor and cherished friend, Rick" (1982)

56Photographs of Spartanburg, SC Train Wreck

Four mounted 19th century photographs

56Calvin Reid

Untitled mounted photograph (1976) with dedication to Rick Powell on verso

56Cynthia Haack and Aden Hachman

Includes woodcut print: "Crab" (Undated), "Duke II" (1977), and "Black Girl IV" (1976)

56Sam Shaw, Frank Stewart, and Rory Lawrence

Includes b/w photograph: "Romare Bearden, Blackout, St. Martin" (ca. 1980), photography proof sheet: "Romare Bearden and Nude Model in Studio, Harlem NY" (ca. 1946), and pen/ink: Untitled (undated)

56Aden Hachman, Jay Anderson, and DiLucco

Includes color print: "Brother on the Block" (1977), photograph: "The African American Dance Ensemble" (undated), and ink/crayon on paper: Untitled (1985)

57Johannes Larsen

Untitled wood engraving (Head of a Rabbit) (undated, Early 20th c.)

57Richard J. Powell and Others

"Stone Souvenirs" lithograph series (1977)

57Richard J. Powell and Others

"Church Street" folios, etchings (1978)

57Johannes Larsen

Untitled woodcuts (Undated)

57Aden Hachman

"Brother on the Block" (1976)

57Aden Hachman

"Black Girl III" (1976)

57Unknown Artist

Untitled watercolor and pastel sketch (undated)

57Janet ?

Untitled collage and marker (undated)

57Frank Stewart

Photograph: "Romare Bearden" (ca. 1980)

57Unknown Artist

Untitled work on paper (Egyptian Scene) (undated)

57Mark H. Montgomery

"M.H.M." (undated)

57Richard J. Powell Artwork

Artist's Proof: "Jacob Lawrence" (1983)

57Richard J. Powell Artwork

Woodcut: "Rick Powell is Graduating…" (1975)

57Richard J. Powell Artwork

Woodcut on handmade paper: "Poodles: Fido" (1979)

57Richard J. Powell Artwork

Crayon sketch: Untitled (1991)

57Richard J. Powell Artwork

Crayon sketch: Untitled (1991)

Audio, 1984-1999 (1 box)

The Audio Series contains cassette tapes of recorded conversations and interviews with artists such as Jacob Lawrence and Martin Puryear. The series also includes audio from events at the National Center for the Humanities and the Museum of Modern Art.

The cassettes are organized by title and date when possible, although most are undated.

58Museum of Modern Art: "Situation Critical? African-American Writers on African-American Artists: Tape 1," March 16, 1999 58Museum of Modern Art: "Situation Critical? African-American Writers on African-American Artists: Tape 2," March 16, 1999 58Fay Mitchell Henderson: "Black Culture and Modernism," March 22, 1990 58William H. Johnson: "Afro-American Music of the 1930s and 40s-Vol. 1," Undated 58William H. Johnson: "Afro-American Music of the 1930s and 40s-Vol. 2," Undated 58Soundings from the National Humanities Center: "Afro-American Culture, Literature, and Social Order-Parts 1-2," Undated 58Soundings from the National Humanities Center: "Afro-American Culture, Literature, and Social Order -Parts 3-4," Undated 58Soundings from the National Humanities Center: "Afro-American Culture, Literature, and Social Order -Parts 5-6," Undated 58Soundings from the National Humanities Center, Michael Valdez Moses & Richard Powell, "Race and Representation," Undated 58Soundings from the National Humanities Center: "Shakespeare's 'Green-ey'd Monster', and 'The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare Then and Now'," 1986 58Vivian Browne: "Funeral of Norman Lewis," Undated 58Unknown: "Interview of Etherbert Halle (?)" 58Unknown: "Jacob Lawrence Interview," June 20, 1984 58Unknown, "Jake Lawrence Lecture: 'Moten Swing,' 'I Will Move on up a Little Higher,' & 'Chains on Me," Undated 58Unknown, "Martin Puryear-Tape 1" Meeting in Accord, NY, Undated