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African Heroes and Heroines printing plate by Lois Mailou Jones .04 Cubic Feet 1 folder (legal)

Jones, Lois Mailou

This collection contains a steel printing plate mounted on a block for the dust jacket of Dr. Carter G. Woodson's "African Heroes and Heroines," published by Woodson's publishing imprint Associated Publishers, Inc. in 1939. The cover illustration was created by Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998), who illustrated many projects of Woodson, and the block has her name, "Lois M. Jones," in the plate's lower right corner.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Helen Butler papers on Ernie McClintock .2 Cubic Feet 1 document box (half-letter)

This collection contains the papers of Helen Butler, arts educator, actress, and writer, on Ernie McClintock, American director, teacher, and theatre artist. The collection contains professional correspondence, memos, pamphlets, brochures, flyers, reports, newsletters, clippings, obituaries, Articles of Incorporation of the Jazz Theater and the Afro-American Heritage Society, as well as By-Laws for Jazz theater, and a headshot of Ernie McClintock. Also included is an album of the Afro-American Studio, which consists of an essay by Barbara Lewis on the theater's history as well as fliers, clippings, and correspondence related to the Afro-American Studio.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Pamphlet for poem "The Negro Mother" by Langston Hughes inscribed and signed by author with illustration by Charles White .01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Hugh Havilon Gordon Cultural Center (Los Angeles, California)
Bifold pamphlet for poem "The Negro Mother" by Langston Hughes inscribed and signed by the author with illustration by Charles White created for the "Make History Live Series" by the Hugh Havilon Gordon Cultural Center.
  1. George Mason University

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