Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)

Name/Title

Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)

Description

A handwritten note to Lewis H. Latimer from his friend the African American educator and diplomat Richard T. Greener, criticizing fellow civil rights activists William Monroe Trotter and Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and asking that Latimer’s daughter Louise might try her hand in depicting him for an illustration.

Subject

Letter with Artistic Instructions for Louise Latimer

Context

Friction between civil rights activists, and Instructions on the depiction of an elderly man in an artwork.

Collection

Latimer Family Papers (1870-1996 ) [QPL Full Collection], Items 1880 ca., (1910, 1990-1995)[ Sub-Series]

Location

Folder

376/14

Box

376

Archival Collection

Latimer Family Papers (1870-1996 ) QPL Collection

Library

Queens Borough Public Library

City

Jamaica, Queens

State

New York, USA

Continent

North America

Country

United States