Name/Title
Printed material: art exhibitions, school events, and African American cultural activities.Scope and Content
Includes newspaper clippings, printed invitations, and exhibition programs.Context
Highlights Latimer's participation in or support of cultural and educational institutions.Collection
Latimer Family Papers (1870-1996 ) [QPL Full Collection]Archive Items Details
Title
Exhibition and Festival DocumentsDescription
Printed materials related to art exhibitions, school events, and African American cultural activities. Among them are documents relating to Pratt Institute, Louise Latimer’s alma mater; Lincoln House (also known as Stillman House), a settlement house serving the primarily Black population of Manhattan’s San Juan Hill neighborhood; a newspaper clipping about the Old Powder House in Somerville, Massachusetts, a landmark depicted in a sketch by a young Lewis Latimer; and a handwritten transcription of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s short poem, “First Fig.”Location
Folder
372h/3Box
372Archival Collection
Latimer Family Papers (1870-1996 ) QPL CollectionLibrary
Queens Borough Public LibraryCity
Jamaica, QueensState
New York, USAContinent
North AmericaCountry
United States
