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Ed Clark papers, 1923-2017

Contents and Arrangement

The collection is arranged as eight series.

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Series 1: Biographical Material , 1943-2016
0.5 Linear feet
Boxes 1, 10

Included in the biographical material series are passports and other identification documentation; biographies, resumes, and chronologies; material related to Ed Clark's aunt, Dorothy Rivers' estate; material related to Ed Clark's divorces; certificates and awards; contact information and business cards; address books; an answering machine recording; a calendar; and a transcript of an interview with Ed Clark.
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Ed Clark Passports, 1956-2016
1
1
Identification Cards and Documents, 1943-1991
1
2
Biographies, Resumes, and Chronologies, circa 1969-2007, undated
1 Electronic discs (CD)
Includes one CD, possibly containing a digital copy of Ed Clark's resume.
1
3
Material Related to Dorothy Rivers Estate, Ed Clark's Aunt, 1987-1996
1
4
Material Related to Divorces, 1956-1963, 1986-1990
1
5
Ecole Normale Superieure de Saint-Cloud Attestation, 1967
1
6
Certificates and Awards, 1988-1994
1
7
Morgan State University Distinguished Achievement Award, 1994
10
1
Oversize Certificates and Awards, 1941, 1994
10
2
Address Books, undated
1
8-9
Contact Information and Business Cards, 1987-1997, undated
1
10
Business Cards, undated
1
11
Answering Machine Recording, 1990s
1 Sound cassette
1
12
Calendar, 2005
1
13
Transcript, Ed Clark Interview, undated
1
14
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Series 2: Correspondence , 1926, circa 1943-2016
2.1 Linear feet
Boxes 1-3

This series consists primarily of correspondence Ed Clark received from family, friends, galleries, and other institutions. Some letters sent by Clark are also represented in the series. Notable correspondents include Peg Alston, Cinque Gallery, Reginald Gammon, Herbert Genry, Bill Hutson, Ted Joans, Alitash Kebede Gallery, Reginald and Loida Lewis, and the G.R. N'Namdi Gallery. Also included in this series (folder 23) is a 1959 letter from Brata gallery indicating that they are unable to locate Ed Clark's work, Composition.
Description Container Select
Alston, Peg, 1971-1980, 2005
1
15
Auerbach, Herb, 1980-1981, 1993-2016
1
16
A, 1969-2013
1
17
Barreto, Roberto, 1983-circa 1992
1
18
Beatty, Arthur, 1984, 1998, undated
1
19
Bowers, Chuck, 1978-2005
1
20
Bradley, Lorna "Punky" and Vernon, 2000-2009
1
21
Branch, Winston, 1999-2004, undated
1
22
B, 1955-1959, 1969, 1977-2014, undated
1
23-24
Cinque Gallery, 1980-1995, 2004
1
25
Cité Internationale des Arts, 1981-1993, 2009-2010
1
26
Clark, Ed, 1951-1952, 1961-2011
1
27
Clark, Melanca, 1987-2012
1
28
Cotinaud, Danyelle/Danielle, 1985, 1996-2006
1
29
Creuze, Raymond, 1955-1965
1
30
C, 1966-2014, undated
1
31
da Silva, Angelica Maria, 1988-1999
1
32
Dockery, Louise, 1977-1983, undated
1
33
D, 1966, 1977-2014, undated
1
34
Edwards, Mel, 1978, 1985-2011
2
1
E, 1975-1987, 2000-2004
2
2
Family, 1966-1968, 1987-1988, 2002, 2010
2
3
Family, Correspondence Related to Tourist Visa for Xiping An, Liping/Lily's Sister, 2002
2
4
Feldman, Anita, 1973-2011, undated
2
5
First Names, 1957, 1967-2010, undated
2
6-9
First Names and Unidentified Senders, 1957-1963, 1977-2004, undated
2
10
Franklin & Marshall, 2004-2005, 2011
2
11
F, 1965, 1980-1991, 2000-2007, undated
2
12
Gammon, Reginald, 1970-1971, 1985-1995
2
13
Gentry, Herbert, 1978-1993, undated
2
14
Gibson, Richard, 1974-2007
2
15
G, 1973-2005, 2012-2014, undated
2
16
Hanks, Roze (Married Name Pye), 1986-1987, 2007, undated
2
17
Hoard, Adrienne, 1980-1994, circa 2002, undated
2
18
Horton, David, 1989, 1999-2007, undated
2
19
Hutson, Bill, 1969-2005, undated
2
20
H-I, 1965-2017
2
21
Jessen, Hans, 2006, 2011
2
22
Joans, Ted, 1984-2000
2
23
J, 1957, 1964, 1981-2014
2
24
Kebede, Alitash and Alitash Kebede Gallery, 1983-2008
2
25
Kingsley, April, 1980, 2000-2001, undated
2
26
Koren, Gabriel, 1997-2015
2
27
Kumabe, Shigeko, 1997-1999
2
28
K, 1966-2012, undated
2
29
Lewis, Reginald, Loida, and Family, 1987-2015
2
30-31
Louisiana State University, 1977-1978, 1990, 2010
2
32
L, 1969-2013
2
33
Mattox, Thelma, 1977, undated
3
1
Mayhew, Richard, 1998-2013
3
2
Miller, Harold/Hal, 1997-2005, undated
3
3
Miyasato, Bob Shiego, 1994-2009, undated
3
4
Montalgo, Robert H., 1985-1996
3
5
Morgan State College/University, 1969, 2003, 2011
3
6
M, 1957, 1970-2014, undated
3
7-8
N'Namdi Family and G. R. N'Namdi Gallery, 1993-2011, undated
3
9
Nugent, Chris, 1979, 1987, undated
3
10
N, 1980-2013, undated
3
11
Olugebefola, Ademola, 2003-2009
3
12
O, 1972-2008, undated
3
13
Parish, Norman and Parish Gallery, 2005-2011
3
14
Parker, Jim, 1980-2011
3
15
Printmaking Workshop, 1980-1988, 1997
3
16
P-Q, 1964-2015
3
17
Robichaux, Jolyn H., 1994-2006
3
18
Romano, Sal and Connie Robins, 1966-1968, 1985-1988, 2003-2011, undated
3
19
R, 1979-2014, undated
3
20
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1973, 1991, 2013
3
21
Smith, Vincent, 1983, 2002, undated
3
22
Speaks, Almeta, 1986-1999
3
23
S, 1943, 1970-2014, undated
3
24-25
T, 1986-2014
3
26
U, 1973-1986, 2009-2012
3
27
Vaz, Mimi, 1995-2003
3
28
V, 1978-2005, undated
3
29
Whitney Museum of Art, 1972-1980, 1996, 2010
3
30
W, 1926, 1964-1965, 1983-2014
3
31
Yatziv, Irit, 1976-1989
3
32
Y-Z, 1987, 2000-2007
3
33
Unmatched Envelopes, 1943-2013, undated
3
34
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Series 3: Writings , 1955, 1980-2006, 2015, undated
0.7 Linear feet
Boxes 3-4, 10

The writings series includes writings and statements by Ed Clark, as well as writings by others. Also included are a draft of Ed Clark and the Abstract Shaped Canvas: A Memoir by Anita Feldman, transcripts of an interview with Ed Clark and Quincy Troupe, and proofs of the book Edward Clark: For the Sake of the Search.
Description Container Select
Certification Questions Submitted for Degree of Doctor of Education by Brenda Delany John, 1995
3
35
Ed Clark Writings and Statements, circa 1996-2003
3
36
Edward Clark: The Fulfillment of a 'Grand' Talent by Corinne Robins, circa 1997
3
37
A Lament on the Passing of Time: the Center of the Black World by Edmond D. Jones, 1993
3
38
Notes and Notebook, undated
3
39
Poetry by Others, 1980-1990
3
40
Quiet as it's Kept by Geoffrey Jacques, 2002
3
41
Seeing the World With Left-Eyed Clarity by Robert Samuel Bates, Jr. — Excerpts, 1993
3
42
Student Gallery Reviews, Fine Art Seminar, 2006
3
43
Writings by Others, 1955, 1996, 2005, 2015, undated
3
44
Edward Clark: For the Sake of the Search
Ed Clark and the Abstract Shaped Canvas: A Memoir by Anita Feldman, circa 1997
3
45
Ed Clark Interview with Quincy Troupe Transcript, 1993
Transcripts contained in each file may represent different versions or edits. Not all copies are complete.
4
1-6
Ed Clark Interview with Quincy Troupe Excerpts and Poem, 1990, 1993
4
7
Material Related to Ed Clark Interviews, 1992-1997
4
8
Edward Clark: For the Sake of the Search Cover and Page Proofs, 1997
10
3-4
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Series 4: Personal Business Records , 1953, 1966-2015
0.9 Linear feet
Boxes 4, 10

Included in the personal business records series are consignment, sales, and gift records, as well as invoices and receipts, and tax information. Material related to Ed Clark's loft lease and studio expenses are also included.
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Consignment, Sales, and Deeds of Gift, circa 1953, 1973-2015, undated
4
9
Consignment, Sales, and Deeds of Gift, circa 1953, 1973-2015, undated
4
10
Declaration of American Artists Form, 1953
4
11
Donation of David Hammons' Too Obvious to Studio Museum in Harlem, 2002-2004
4
12
Jack and Jill Foundation of America Donation, 2004
4
13
Invoices and Receipts, 1966-1989, 2000-2014, undated
4
14-16
Invoices, Receipts, and Lists of Expenses Related to Mexico Trip, 2001
4
17
Invoices, Receipts, and Lists of Expenses Related to Paris Trip, 2001
4
18
Invoices for Legal Fees, Immigration Lawyer, 2000
4
19
Taxes and Tax Information, 1974-2003
4
20-25
Material Related to Loft Lease and Property, 1977-2009
4
26
Oversize Material Related to Loft Lease and Property, 1972
10
2
Notebooks with Lists of Expenses, 1996-2001
4
27
Studio Expenses, 2004-2007, undated
4
28
Studio Expenses, "Lily's Time Sheet", 2004-2005
4
29
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Series 5: Professional Activities , circa 1954-2016
0.7 Linear feet
Boxes 4-5, 10

Professional activities include exhibition and project files, gallery files, teaching files, fellowship and grant applications, and professional organization files.
Description Container Select
Gallery Files, Jazzonia Gallery, 1981-1985
4
30
Gallery Files, Shifflet Gallery, 1985-1988
4
31
Gallery Files, Manhattan East Gallery of Fine Arts/ Julia Hotton, 1988-circa 1996
4
32
Gallery Files, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Deaccession of Pink Top (1972), 2003
4
33
Graduate School and Fellowship Recommendations for Others, 1982-1993
4
34
Grants, Fellowships, Awards, Etc., 1972-1997
5
1
Guest Book and Melanca Clark Notebook, 1979, 1985
5
2
Guest Book, 1st Annual Ruby G. Allen Reading Awards, 1983
5
3
Guest List, The Friends of Education Ed Clark Studio Visit RSVP, 2009
5
4
Nova Gallery Group, Motions and Minutes, 1959
5
5
Organization of Independent Artists — Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, Financial Reports, Etc., 1983-1984
5
6
Projects and Exhibitions
Lists, Including Price and Slide Lists, 1954, 1969, 2001-2013, undated
5
7
Agreements, Contracts, Releases, and Exhibition Planning, Labels, and Statements, 1975-2016, undated
5
8
Edward Clark: A Complex Identity (1980) Exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem, 1979-1982
5
9
Exhibition at Contemporary Arts Center (1980), New Orleans, LA, 1980
5
10
Abstract Expressionism: The Missing Link (1989) Exhibition at Jamaica Arts Center, 1988-1989
5
11
Cité Internationale des Arts, 1984, 1992, 2009-2010
5
12
Explorations in the City of Light: African-American Artists in Paris, 1945-1965 (1996-1997) Touring Exhibition and Symposium - Correspondence, 1995-1997
Includes one sound cassette containing a recorded interview.
5
13
Explorations in the City of Light: African-American Artists in Paris, 1945-1965 (1996-1997) Touring Exhibition and Symposium, 1995-1997
5
14
Art in Embassies Program, 1996
5
15
Something to Look Forward to (2004) Touring Exhibition and Symposium at Franklin & Marshall and Other Institutions, 2004-2006
5
16
Persistence of Vision Documentary by Dirk Eitzen Accompanying Something to Look Forward to Exhibition, 2004
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
One VHS of footage from the documentary.
5
17
Energy/Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction, 1964-1980 (2006) Exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem, 2005-2006
5
18
Driven to Abstraction (2006) Exhibition at the New York State Museum, 2006
5
19
Remembering Joan Mitchell Symposium, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, 2010
5
20
Louisiana Roots: Ed Clark Returns Home (2012) Exhibition Agreement with Stella Jones Gallery, 2012
5
21
Blues for Smoke (2013) Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 2012-2013
5
22
Teaching Files and Class Rosters, 1970-1979
5
23
Oversize Teaching Files, 1978
10
2
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Series 6: Printed Material , 1923-1926, 1950-2017, undated
3.3 Linear feet
Boxes 5-8, 10, OV 11-14

Printed material includes clippings; exhibition announcements, invitations, and catalogs related to Ed Clark and others; magazines, newsletters, and other publications; a newspaper from the day Ed Clark was born; posters; and assorted other printed material, including a map of China with notes.
Researchers should note that all oversize clippings related to both Ed Clark and other individuals can be found in OV 11-13, arranged by year.
Description Container Select
Clippings, 1950-1997
5
24
Clippings, 1998-2014
5
25
Clippings (Undated), circa 1950-circa 2014
5
26
Oversize Clippings, 1964-1996
11
Oversize Clippings, 1997-2010
12
Oversize Clippings, 2011-2015, undated
13
Ed Clark Compiled Printed Material and Press Coverage, 1955-2009
5
27
Ed Clark Exhibition Invitations, Book 1 — Compiled Printed Material Related to Ed Clark, 1956, 1966-1997
5
28
Ed Clark Studio — Review Excerpts, Press Coverage, and Biographical Information, circa 2006-2009
5
29
Ed Clark Studio Booklet, A Time To Remember Ed Clark: Works On Canvas, 2002
5
30
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Etc. Related to Ed Clark, 1955-1992
5
31
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Etc. Related to Ed Clark, 1993-2014, undated
6
1-3
Exhibition and Event Catalogs Related to Ed Clark, 1977-2014, undated
Oversize Exhibition Catalog Related to Ed Clark, 1992
10
5
Exhibition and Event Catalogs Related to Ed Clark, Photocopies and Excerpts, 1955, 1981-1992, undated
6
6
Exhibition Announcement/Catalog Design Proofs, 1993
6
7
Exhibition and Event Press Packet, Diggs Gallery Vivacious!! II (2004) Exhibition and Contemporary Art Symposium, 2004
6
8
Exhibition and Event Press Packet, Inventing Downtown: Artist-Run Galleries in New York City, 1952-1965 (2017) Exhibition at Grey Art Gallery, 2017
6
9
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Charles Alston, 1990-2004
6
10
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Benny Andrews, 1997-2006
6
11
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Romare Bearden, 1976, 1986-1994, 2004
6
12
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Arthur Beatty, 1976-1989, 2004
6
13
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Robert Blackburn, 1997-2005
6
14
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Frank Bowling, 1994-2006, 2012-2013
6
15
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Nanette Carter, 1992-2005
6
16
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Robert Colescott, 1986-1992, 2000-2009
6
17
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Beauford Delaney, 1991-1994, 2005, undated
6
18
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Melvin Edwards, 1981, 1992-2005
6
19
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Herbert Gentry, 1977-1978, 1991-2014
Includes transcript of an interview with Herbert Gentry conducted by Camille Billops and Ed Clark, 1977 (folder 20).
6
20-21
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Dick Griffin, 2000-2010
6
22
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Jacob Lawrence, 1986-1995, 2001
6
23
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Yun Gee and Li-Lan, 1980-1991, 2001
6
24
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Norman Lewis, 1979-1998
6
25
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Reginald Lewis, Lewis Family, and TLC Beatrice, 1987-2002, 2010, undated
6
26
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — James Little, 2003-2011
6
27
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Al Loving, 1993-2005, 2012
6
28
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Richard Mayhew, 1997-2009
6
29
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Ealy Mays, 2010, undated
6
30
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Jay Milder, 1987-2004
6
31
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Jean Miotte, 1988-1998
6
32
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Charles Searles, 1990-1993, 2004-2006, undated
6
33
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Danny Simmons, 1997-2004
6
34
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Vincent Smith, 1982-2005
6
35
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others — Jack Whitten, 1989, 2007-2013
6
36
Exhibition and Event Announcements, Invitations, Catalogs, Clippings, Etc. Related to Others, 1953-2016, undated
7
1-13
Magazines, Newsletters, Brochures, and Other Publications
1978-1988: 10 Anos de Luta Contra o Racismo, 1988
7
14
Afro-American Abstraction by April Kingsley, 1980
7
15
American Artists in Photographic Portraits From the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection Compiled and Written by Joan Stahl, 1995
7
16
BOMB Magazine, 2011
7
17
Oversize BOMB Magazine, 1994
10
6
Black Heritage Resource Guide and History 109A Syllabus and Reading, 1975, 1995
7
18
Black Renaissance, 2007-2010
7
19
Bulletin de la Galerie Raymond Creuze, 1955-1956, circa 1961
8
1
Critical: A Review of Art and Criticism, 1960
8
2
The Negroes Among Us by Albert Q. Maisel from Reader's Digest, 1955
8
3
Poetry Books and Pamphlets, 1923, 1984-1989, undated
8
4
Photocopy, Loner in Paris: Archibald J. Motley Jr., 1929-1930 Chapter in New Negro Artists in Paris by Theresa Leininger-Miller, circa 2001
8
5
Richard Wright's "Island of Hallucination" and the "Gibson Affair" by Richard Gibson, 2005
8
6
Studio: The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine, 2009-2013
8
7
Magazines, Newsletters, and Brochures, 1975-2013, undated
8
8-10
Oversize Magazines, Newsletters, and Brochures, 1955, 1973-1998, 2005
10
6
Newspaper from the Day of Ed Clark's Birth, 1926 May 6
10
7
Other Assorted Printed Material, 2003-2006, undated
8
11
Oversize Map of China, Including Marks and Notations, undated
14
Paris Profile for Brother Ed Clark, Printed Material and Lists Related to Food, Wine, Shopping, and Attractions in Paris, 1992-1999
8
12
Posters, 1955-2008
10
8
Press Releases, 1975-2014
8
13
Printed Reproductions of Ed Clark Works of Art, undated
8
14
Social Security Reform Summary and Legal Brief, Prepared In Part by Melanca Clark, 2005, undated
8
15
United Nations Centre Against Apartheid Register of Entertainers, Actors and Others Who Have Performed in Apartheid South Africa, 1988
8
16
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Series 7: Photographic Material , 1928, 1952-2014, undated

Photographic material includes photographs, snapshots, photograph albums, and transparencies documenting Ed Clark, his work, and exhibitions. Also included are photos documenting family, friends, pets, and travel.
Description Container Select
Photographs of Ed Clark with Works of Art, 1956, 1988-2010, undated
8
17
Photograph of Ed Clark with Works of Art, circa 1956
8
18
Oversize Photographs of Ed Clark with Works of Art, 1977, undated
10
2
Photographs of Ed Clark, Other Individuals, and Animals, 1960-2012, undated
1 Electronic discs (CD)
Includes one CD containing one digital photograph.
8
19
Photographs, Snapshots, and Transparencies of Works of Art by Ed Clark and Others, 1958-2014, undated
8
20
Oversize Photographs of Works of Art by Ed Clark and Others, circa 1955, 1991, undated
10
2
Photographs, Snapshots, and Designs for Lewis Family and TLC Beatrice International Holdings, circa 1988-1997
8
21
Oversize Photographs and Designs for Lewis Family and TLC Beatrice International Holdings, circa 1988-circa 1997
10
2
Photographs of Exhibitions and Events, circa 1991, 2000-2008, undated
8
22
Digital Prints, 2001-2014
8
23
Oversize Digital Prints, undated
10
2
Photograph Album, Family Photographs, circa 1928, 1950-1954, undated
8
24
Photograph Album Pages, Paris, 1952-1985
8
25
Photograph Album, Event Related to Edward Clark: For the Sake of the Search Book, circa 1997
8
26
Photograph Albums, Works of Art, Studio, Events, and Travel Snapshots, 1985-circa 2000s, undated
8
27
Photograph Album, Event/Exhibition, undated
9
1
Photograph Album, Event/Exhibition, undated
9
2
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Series 8: Artwork , 1977-1997, undated

Artwork in this series includes sketches, designs, and collages by Ed Clark and other individuals.
Description Container Select
Works of Art and Designs by Ed Clark and Others, 1977-1997, undated
9
3
Oversize Works of Art and Designs by Ed Clark and Others, undated
10
2
Construction Permit Drawings, 1995
14

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