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Archives of American Art
Alexander family papers relating to Henry Ossawa Tanner
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.alexande
- Creators:
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Alexander family
- Dates:
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1912-1985
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Microfilm reel
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This microfilm collection consists of the Alexander family papers relating to African American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner. The collection includes correspondence between Tanner and Raymond Alexander (1924-1937) and court documents concerning Tanner's legal action against the Bethel A.M.E Church. Included in the Sadie Aleander materials are personal letters from Tanner; correspondence from museums discussing exhibition loans and the discovery of Tanner paintings; printed material, including catalogs and clippings; and materials related to the Tanner commemorative stamp.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Raymond Pace Alexander (1897-1974) and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1898-1989) were prominent African American lawyers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sadie Alexander was Henry Ossawa Tanner's niece. Raymond Alexander represented Tanner in his legal suit against the Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia regarding nonpayment for a bust of Richard Allen.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 4399 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in University of Pennsylvania Archives.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilmed in 1990 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. Only those parts of the Alexander family papers relating to Henry Ossawa Tanner were filmed; the entire collection is available at the University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center (Alexander Family Papers, 1817-2005).
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Related Materials
Related Materials
The Archives of American Art also holds the Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978; the Henry O. Tanner letters to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1885-1909; and the Marcia M. Mathews papers relating to Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1937-1969. The Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library holds the Henry Ossawa Tanner collection, 1907-1937.
More Information
Other Finding Aids
Other Finding Aids
A finding aid to the Alexander family papers prepared by the lender is available on microfilm reel 4399 and at the University of Pennsylvania Archives.
Keywords
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Expatriate painters -- France -- Paris | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
African American artists | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Artists' contracts | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Alexander, Raymond Pace, 1898-1974 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell, 1898-1989 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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