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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

African American artists

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

African Heroes and Heroines printing plate

 Unprocessed Material — Folder 1: [Barcode: X032762281]
Identifier: ViU-2023-0125

African Heroes and Heroines printing plate by Lois Mailou Jones

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: X032762281]
Identifier: MSS 16828
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1939

Helen Butler papers on Ernie McClintock

 Unprocessed Material — Box ViU2024-0004_001: [Barcode: X032762385]
Identifier: ViU-2024-0004