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Archibald J. Motley, Jr. papers and photographs

Descriptive Summary

Repository
Chicago History Museum
Research Center
1601 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60614-6038
Creator
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., 1891-1981, Valerie Gerrard Browne
Bib number
00064579
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr. papers and photographs
Dates
1894-2004
Predominant Dates
1920-1990
Quantity
7.5 linear feet (18 boxes), 17 sound cassettes (original), 1 VHS cassette (original)
Call number
MSS Lot M
Call number
OMM 87
Language
English French

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Terms governing use

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Provenance statement

Materials were a gift of Valerie Gerrard Browne (2013.0001.1).

Please cite this collection as

Archibald J. Motley, Jr., papers and photographs collection (Chicago History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.

Collection Summary

Correspondence, publications, manuscripts, photocopies of sketches and sketchbooks, photographs, sound recordings, and a videocassette related to the life and work of Archibald J. Motley, Jr., a painter known for his portraiture and scenes of urban life. Included are his handwritten manuscript "The Negro in Art," documentation of his numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Foundation grant, items related to exhibitions in which he participated, and photographs. Mr. Motley and his wife and son resided in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago for many years. The collection includes a letter from the Englewood Property Restriction Association in 1928 asking the Motley family to sign a restrictive covenant.

Biographical/historical note

Archibald J. Motley, Jr. (1891-1981) was a painter who became noted for his portraiture. He was one of the first African American artists to graduate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (graduating in 1918). He was honored over the years with such awards as a Guggenheim Fellowship, recognition from the White House for his artistic influence, and numerous prizes in Chicago, where he resided for most of his life. In 1928, he was the first African American artist to have a solo exhibition in a New York gallery. Motley also painted genre scenes depicting folk culture and urban life, a trend perhaps influenced by his work in the 1930s and 1940s with several New Deal public works programs. Motley continued to be active as an artist until his death in 1981.

Related material

Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Motley family photograph collection (1981.0068), the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters certificate of membership issued to Archibald J. Motley, 1929; the published book that accompanied a retrospective exhibition of Motley paintings organized by Chicago Historical Society in 1991, and other materials.

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Indexed Terms

Organization and Arrangement of Collection

The collection is arranged in seven series.

Series 1. Honors and awards, 1916-1980 (box 1-2)

Series 1 contains honors and awards related to the work of Archibald J. Motley, Jr., including his Honorary Doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and awards from the Guggenheim and Harmon foundations.

Series 2. Personal and family documents, 1894-2004 (box 2-8)

Series 2 contains documents relating to the personal life of Archibald and the Motley family. Materials include his handwritten manuscript "The Negro in Art", his handwritten autobiography, papers documenting his travel to Paris, France, as part of his Guggenheim Foundation award, and correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues.

Series 3. Published materials and other documents, 1914-1981 (box 9-11)

Series 3 contains newspaper clippings related to Motley, his art, reviews of his exhibitions, and other topics.

Series 4. Exhibition documents, 1921-1991 (box 12-14)

Series 4 contains catalogs, correspondence, articles, and reviews of exhibitions in which the art of Motley appeared. Of particular note are documents related to his solo and group exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Series 5. Sketch copies and miscellaneous materials, 1933-1974 (box 15)

Series 5 contains photocopies of sketches created by Archibald Motley, Jr.

Series 6. Photographs, 1882-1980 (box 16-17)

Series 6 includes originals and photocopies of photographs documenting the Motley family. The majority of photographs relate to Archibald Motley and his immediate family, and other photographs in the series document his friends, travel, and work.

Series 7. Audio-visual materials, 1971-1976 (box 18)

Series 7 includes sound recordings of interviews of Motley and a video of a television broadcast.

Detailed list of contents of the collection

Series 1. Honors and awards
1916-1980
Box 1
Title
Honors and awards
Dates
1916-1980
Folder 1
Title
Guggenheim Foundation documents and correspondence, 1927-1980
Folder 2
Title
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship correspondence, 1929-1930
Folder 3
Title
Correspondence with the Harmon Foundation, 1928-1931
Folder 4
Title
Correspondence with the Harmon Foundation, 1932-1977
Folder 5
Title
Honor Award, National Conference of Artists, 1972
Folder 6
Title
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, undated
Folder 7
Title
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1961-1962
Folder 8
Title
Directory of Fellows, 1925-1974, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1975
Folder 9
Title
Honorable Mention Certificate for Excellence in the Department of Junior Composition, Art Institute of Chicago, 1916
Folder 10
Title
Honorable Mention Certificate for Excellence in the Department of Life Study, Art Institute of Chicago, 1917
Folder 11
Title
Gold Medal for Fine Art and Harmon Foundation, 1928
Folder 12
Title
Elder of Distinction award and African-American Art History Conference, 1970
Folder 13
Title
Certificate of Merit, National Conference of Artists, 1971
Folder 14
Title
Special Citation, National Conference of Artists, 1972
Box 2
Title
Honors and awards and personal and family documents
Dates
1894-1980
Folder 1
Title
Jurisart Award to Black Elders of Visual Arts, 1980
Folder 2
Title
Jurisart Award, Washington Bar Association, 1980
Folder 3
Title
White House Reception Honoring Ten African American artists, 1980
Folder 4
Title
Honorary Doctorate, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1980
Series 2. Personal and family documents
1894-2004
Box 2
Title
Honors and awards and personal and family documents
Dates
1894-1980
Folder 5
Title
Baptismal certificate, Edith Elizabeth Granzo, 1894
Folder 6
Title
Birth certificate, Archibald John (Archie) Motley III, 1934
Folder 7
Title
Death certificate, Edith Granzo Motley, 1948
Folder 8
Title
Miscellaneous documents, 1939-1945, 1968-1974
Folder 9
Title
Obituary, Archibald J. Motley, Sr., 1935; funeral program, Edith Granzo Motley, 1948
Folder 10
Title
Obituaries, 1981
Folder 11
Title
Medical certificate of death, State of Illinois, 1981
Folder 12
Title
Medical certificate of death, State of Illinois (photocopy), 1981
Folder 13
Title
Funeral documents, 1981
Folder 14
Title
Autobiography, handwritten manuscript, 1968-1971
Folder 15
Title
Autobiography, handwritten manuscript (photocopy), 1968-1971
Folder 16
Title
Resume (photocopy), 1940
Folder 17
Title
Notebook and ledger, 1899-1945
Folder 18
Title
Notebook and ledger (photocopy), 1899-1945
Folder 19
Title
Englewood High School final exams, 1914
Folder 20
Title
Englewood High School final exam (photocopies), 1914
Folder 21
Title
Englewood High School graduation program, 1914
Folder 22
Title
Englewood High School graduation program (photocopy), 1914
Box 3
Title
Personal and family documents
Dates
1918-1997, undated
Folder 1
Title
"The Negro in Art", handwritten draft for the Harmon Foundation, undated
Folder 2
Title
"The Negro in Art" (photocopy), undated
Folder 3
Title
"The Negro in Art", Chicago Defender, 1918
Folder 4
Title
Correspondence to and from Archie Motley, 1994-1997
Folder 5
Title
Paris diary (photocopy), 1930
Folder 6
Title
Paris diary (photocopy), 1930
Folder 7
Title
Art of Today: Chicago, 1933, undated
Folder 8
Title
The Art Digest, 1928
Folder 9
Title
The Art Digest, 1928
Folder 10
Title
"How I Solve My Painting Problems", 1948
Folder 11
Title
"Six Pairs of Stockings", 1952
Folder 12
Title
Poem written to "Max", 1968
Folder 13
Title
Correspondence and statements with student Belisa Rodriguez, 1969-1971
Folder 14
Title
Notes, receipt, partial will, undated
Folder 15
Title
Miscellaneous notes, receipts, and calendars, 1974-1980
Folder 16
Title
Address books and contact information, undated
Folder 17
Title
Interview by Fannia Weingartner, 1978
Folder 18
Title
Interview notes with Fannia Weingartner, 1978
Folder 19
Title
Interview by and correspondence with Dennis Barrie, 1978-1979
Folder 20
Title
Correspondence with Elaine Woodall, 1972-1979
Box 4
Title
Personal and family documents
Dates
1893-1990
Folder 1
Title
Correspondence with Lisa E. Farrington-Martin, 1976-1977
Folder 2
Title
Correspondence with Harold Cureau and Professor Robert Winkler, 1979
Folder 3
Title
Correspondence with Harry Henderson, 1972-1990
Folder 4
Title
Correspondence with Harold Cureau, 1975-1989
Folder 5
Title
Barbara Bernstein documentary film "Silver Lining," 1975-1976
Folder 6
Title
Correspondence with Lisa Farrington-Martin, 1976-1977
Folder 7
Title
Correspondence between Archie Motley and the Art Institute of Chicago, 1994-1997
Folder 8
Title
Articles and other documents, 1933-1995
Folder 9
Title
Biography by Willard Motley, 1964
Folder 10
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., by Amy Mooney, 2004
Folder 11
Title
Correspondence, bills, and other documents from Paris, 1929-1930
Folder 12
Title
Abstract of Title, 1911
Folder 13
Title
Restrictive Covenant, 1928
Folder 14
Title
Contracts, bills, and correspondence, 1943-1948
Folder 15
Title
Apartment lease and correspondence, 1976-1978
Folder 16
Title
Deed to Lot 441, Mount Olivet Cemetery, 1918
Folder 17
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1893, 1926-1927
Box 5
Title
Personal and family documents
Dates
1929-1997
Folder 1
Title
Harmon Foundation correspondence and pamphlets, 1929-1947
Folder 2
Title
Bills and receipts, 1930-1932
Folder 3
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1931-1939
Folder 4
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1940-1949
Folder 5
Title
Correspondence with Willard Motley, 1948-1964 and miscellaneous documents, 1949-2000
Folder 6
Title
Correspondence between Archie Motley and CommonQuest magazine, 1997, and CommonQuest, Volume 1, Number 1, 1996, and Volume 1, Number 2, 1996
Folder 7
Title
Correspondence between Archie Motley and Steven Diamond, 1996-1997
Folder 8
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1950-1952
Folder 9
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1953
Folder 10
Title
Mexico postcards, undated
Folder 11
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1954-1959
Folder 12
Title
Correspondence with Cedric Dover, 1959-1962
Folder 13
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1961-1969
Folder 14
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1970
Folder 15
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1970-1971
Folder 16
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1971-1972
Folder 17
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1973-1975
Folder 18
Title
Correspondence and "Studies in the Literary Imagination", Georgia State University, 1974
Box 6
Title
Personal and family documents
Dates
1929-1980
Folder 1
Title
Medical bills and miscellaneous documents, 1974-1980
Folder 2
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1976-1977
Folder 3
Title
French identity card of Archibald J. Motley, Jr., and passport of Edith E. Motley, 1930
Folder 4
Title
Paris housing documents, 1929-1930
Folder 5
Title
Travel documents, 1929-1930
Folder 6
Title
Miscellaneous documents, 1929-1930
Folder 7
Title
Correspondence between Archie Motley and Amy Mooney, 1996
Folder 8
Title
Correspondence between Archie Motley and Michael Rosenfeld, 1994-1997
Folder 9
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1978-1980
Folder 10
Title
Correspondence and other documents, undated
Folder 11
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1974-1981
Folder 12
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1975-1980
Folder 13
Title
Correspondence with Goldie Brock and other documents, 1974-1975
Folder 14
Title
Correspondence with Margaret Burroughs and other documents, 1975-1980
Box 7
Title
Personal and family documents
Dates
1929-1981
Folder 1
Title
Correspondence with Eileen Coan, 1976-1978
Folder 2
Title
Correspondence with Eldzier Cortor, 1977
Folder 3
Title
Correspondence with Judge Norma Dotson, 1976-1980
Folder 4
Title
Correspondence with Charlotte Duplessis, 1970-1980
Folder 5
Title
Correspondence with Norma LaMonte, 1970-1980
Folder 6
Title
Correspondence with Flossie Motley Moore, 1970-1981
Folder 7
Title
Correspondence with Archie Motley and Valerie Gerrard Browne, 1981
Folder 8
Title
Correspondence with Max and Francis Reynolds, 1975-1980
Folder 9
Title
Correspondence with Beatrice Sibrie, 1970-1980
Folder 10
Title
Miscellaneous envelopes and postcards, 1972-1980
Folder 11
Title
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Reports of the Secretary and Treasurer, 1929-1930
Folder 12
Title
Postcards by various artists, undated
Folder 13
Title
Greeting cards from Frederica Westbrooke, circa 1970-1980
Folder 14
Title
Greeting cards, correspondence, and photographs relating to Cathy Winkler, 1972-1974
Folder 15
Title
Correspondence from Cathy Winkler, 1975
Box 8
Title
Personal and family documents and published materials
Dates
1914-2001
Folder 1
Title
Greeting cards, correspondence, and other documents from Cathy Winkler, 1975-1976
Folder 2
Title
Greeting cards and correspondence from Cathy Winkler, 1977
Folder 3
Title
Greeting cards, correspondence, and clippings from Cathy Winkler, 1977-1978
Folder 4
Title
Greeting cards from Robert Winkler, 1975-1979
Folder 5
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1981-1985
Folder 6
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1986-1995
Folder 7
Title
Correspondence and other documents, 1996-2001
Folder 8
Title
Luther's Got Class by Brumsic Brandon, Jr., signed by Ramon Price, undated
Folder 9
Title
Correspondence with South Side Community Art Center, 1980; Art Institute of Chicago and Archie Motley, 1997, and Oxford University Press and Archie Motley, 1997
Folder 10
Title
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1973-1997
Folder 11
Title
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1969-1998
Folder 12
Title
Clippings, 1914-1929
Folder 13
Title
"Revue du Vrai et du Beau" (No. 53), 1925
Folder 14
Title
"The Crisis", 1925
Folder 15
Title
Clippings and reviews, 1928
Series 3. Published Materials and other documents
1914-1981
Box 9
Title
Published materials and other documents
Dates
1925-2000
Folder 1
Title
"Chicago Tribune Magazine", 1993
Folder 2
Title
"Reader's Digest", 1978 and "Chicago History", Volume 8, Number 1, 1979
Folder 3
Title
Miscellaneous clippings and articles (photocopies), 1936-1990
Folder 4
Title
Miscellaneous newspapers, articles (photocopies), and exhibition pamphlets, 1989-1991
Folder 5
Title
Miscellaneous clippings, articles (photocopies), exhibition pamphlets, 1933-1988 and The New Yorker, 1928
Folder 6
Title
Ebony article, 1953
Folder 7
Title
Miscellaneous clippings, articles (photocopies), and exhibition pamphlets, 1972-1998 and Archives of American Art Journal, Volume 29, Numbers 3 and 4, 1989
Folder 8
Title
Miscellaneous clippings, articles (photocopies), and exhibition pamphlets, 1951-2000
Box 10
Title
Published materials and other documents
Dates
1925-2000
Folder 1
Title
Clippings, 1930-1971
Folder 2
Title
Survey Graphic, 1931
Folder 3
Title
Clipping of "Mending Socks", Chicago Daily News, 1925
Folder 4
Title
Washington Post clipping, 1987
Folder 5
Title
National Conference of Arts, 1980
Folder 6
Title
Negro Art: Past and Present, 1936
Folder 7
Title
Survey Graphic, 1939
Folder 8
Title
"Afro-American Artists: Yesterday and Now," The Humble Way, 1968
Folder 9
Title
Clippings, 1972-1975
Folder 10
Title
Clippings, 1976-1980
Folder 11
Title
The New Art Examiner, Vol. 7, No. 9, 1980
Folder 12
Title
Ebony, 1953
Folder 13
Title
Correspondence, South Shore Cultural Center, 1997
Folder 14
Title
Clippings, 1986, 1994-1996
Folder 15
Title
Clippings, 1997
Folder 16
Title
Clippings: Museums, 1991, 2000
Folder 17
Title
Clippings: Museums, 2000
Folder 18
Title
Clippings: Museums, 2000-2001
Folder 19
Title
Clippings: Museums, 2001-2002
Folder 20
Title
Clippings: On-Line Exhibitions, 2000
Box 11
Title
Published materials, exhibition documents, and other documents
Dates
1921-2001
Folder 1
Title
Clippings, 1999-2001
Folder 2
Title
Clippings, 1927-1933
Folder 3
Title
Clippings, 1981
Folder 4
Title
Clippings, 1928-1935 and 1956-1990
Folder 5
Title
Clippings and photographs, 1993-2001
Folder 6
Title
Clippings, 1984-1987
Folder 7
Title
Clippings, 1990-2000
Folder 8
Title
Twenty-Fifth Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, 1921
Folder 9
Title
Twenty-Seventh Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, 1923
Folder 10
Title
Twenty-Ninth Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, 1925
Folder 11
Title
Exhibition announcement, Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists, 1927
Folder 12
Title
Review, Illinois Academy of Fine Arts, 1927
Folder 13
Title
Exhibition catalog and review, 1927
Folder 14
Title
Correspondence and contract with New Gallery, 1928
Folder 15
Title
Exhibition catalog and sales checklist, New Gallery, 1928
Folder 16
Title
Review, New Gallery, 1928
Folder 17
Title
Review, New York Times Magazine, 1928
Folder 18
Title
Review, The New Yorker, 1928
Folder 19
Title
Exhibition catalog: Illinois Academy of Fine Arts, 1928
Folder 20
Title
Clipping and booklet, Harmon Foundation and Commission on the Church and Race Relations, Federal Council of Churches, "Third Annual Exhibit of Fine Arts, Work of Negro Men and Women," 1930
Folder 21
Title
Thirty-Fourth Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, 1930
Folder 22
Title
Clipping, New York Sun, 1930
Folder 23
Title
Exhibition catalog and invitation, Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, 1930
Folder 24
Title
Exhibition catalog: Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Paintings by Chicago Artists, 1931
Folder 25
Title
Thirty-Sixth Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, 1932
Folder 26
Title
Thirty-Seventh Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, 1933
Folder 27
Title
Chicago Woman's Club, 1933
Folder 28
Title
Exhibition catalog: Whitney Museum of American Art, Paintings and Prints by Chicago Artists, 1933
Folder 29
Title
Exhibition catalog: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1933
Folder 30
Title
Clipping (photocopy), Hyde Park Herald, 1933
Folder 31
Title
The New Art Examiner, 1980
Folder 32
Title
Arthur B. Davies obituary, 1929
Folder 33
Title
Chicago Evening Post clipping, 1931
Series 4. Exhibition documents
1921-1991
Box 12
Title
Exhibition documents
Dates
1933-1985
Folder 1
Title
Exhibition catalog: A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, 1933
Folder 2
Title
Program, Darkest Africa, A Century of Progress, 1933
Folder 3
Title
Exhibition catalog: National Gallery of Art, Exhibition of Works by Negro Artists, 1933
Folder 4
Title
Exhibition catalog: Corcoran Gallery, National Exhibition of Art by the Public Works of Art Project, 1934
Folder 5
Title
Exhibition catalog: Toledo Museum of Art, 1934
Folder 6
Title
Thirty-Ninth Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, 1935
Folder 7
Title
Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1934
Folder 8
Title
Exhibition catalog: Davis Store Galleries, 1935
Folder 9
Title
Progress of the Negro in Texas, Charles E. Hall, undated
Folder 10
Title
Exhibit of Arts Relating to the Dance, 1937
Folder 11
Title
Exhibition catalog: Baltimore Museum of Art, Contemporary Negro Art, 1939
Folder 12
Title
Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro, 1851-1940, Tanner Art Galleries, 1940
Folder 13
Title
Exhibition catalog: South Side Community Art Center, Opening Exhibition of Paintings by Negro Artists of Illinois Art Project, Works Project Administration, 1940
Folder 14
Title
Exhibition catalog: Art Institute of Chicago, The Chicago Newspaper Guild's Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings of the Newspaper Industry, 1946
Folder 15
Title
Fifty-Third Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, 1949
Folder 16
Title
Exhibition catalog: Illinois State Museum, Fifth Annual Exhibition, North Mississippi Valley Artists, 1949
Folder 17
Title
Review: Chicago Public Library Art Department, One-Person Show, 1953
Folder 18
Title
Review: Invisible Americans: Black Artists of the '30s, New York Times, 1968
Folder 19
Title
Correspondence, loan agreement, review, 1971-1972
Folder 20
Title
Correspondence and loan agreements, 1976-1977
Folder 21
Title
Review, Chicago Tribune, 1976
Folder 22
Title
Review, Chicago Sun-Times, 1977
Folder 23
Title
Correspondence, loan agreement, review, Arts of the Midwest, 1977
Folder 24
Title
Catalog and review, Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Works Project Administration and the Black Artist, Chicago and New York, 1978
Folder 25
Title
Corcoran Gallery, National Conference of Artists Honors 10 African-American Artists, 1980
Folder 26
Title
Public Works of Art Project, Report of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to Federal Emergency Relief Administrator December 8, 1933-June 30, 1934 (photocopy) and receipt, 1933-1934
Folder 27
Title
Correspondence with public works section of Painting and Sculpture, 1935
Folder 28
Title
Exhibition catalog and correspondence: Illinois State Museum, After the Great Crash: New Deal Art in Illinois, 1983
Folder 29
Title
Exhibition catalog and press release: Hofstra University, A Blossoming of New Promises: Art in the Spirit of the Harlem Renaissance, 1984
Folder 30
Title
Exhibition catalog, correspondence, and brochure: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Collector’s Choice: Treasures from the Schomburg Center, 1985
Folder 31
Title
Clipping (photocopy), "Art auction set for Sauer's Cafe," Chicago Defender, 1985
Folder 32
Title
Exhibition catalog, correspondence, and invitation: Atlanta University, Afro-American Paintings and Prints from the Collection of Judge Irvin C. Mollison, A Gift to the Atlanta University Art Collections, 1985
Folder 33
Title
Correspondence and loan documents: Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Harlem Renaissance, 1985
Box 13
Title
Exhibition documents
Dates
1985-1991
Folder 1
Title
Exhibition catalog, correspondence, and loan documents: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dance, 1986
Folder 2
Title
Correspondence, reviews, and other documents, 1985-1988
Folder 3
Title
Correspondence and report: California Afro-American Museum, The Portrayal of the Black Musician in American Art, 1986-1990
Folder 4
Title
Correspondence, invitation, and loan documents: Museum of Science and Industry, Collectors' Art Show, 1988
Folder 5
Title
Loan documents, 1988-1991
Folder 6
Title
Exhibition catalog and other documents: Kenkeleba Gallery, Three Masters: Eldzier Cortor, Hughie Lee-Smith, Archibald John Motley, Jr., 1988
Folder 7
Title
Reviews and other documents: Kenkeleba Gallery, Three Masters: Eldzier Cortor, Hughie Lee-Smith, Archibald John Motley, Jr., 1988
Folder 8
Title
The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism, Washington Project for the Arts National Tour, 1989
Folder 9
Title
Invitations and other documents: The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism, 1989-1990
Folder 10
Title
Exhibition catalog: The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism, 1989
Folder 11
Title
Reviews: The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism, 1989
Folder 12
Title
Pamphlets, newsletter, and catalogs relating to the Washington Project for the Arts, 1986-1989
Folder 13
Title
Pamphlets and catalogs relating to Facing History: the Black Image in American Art, 1710-1940, Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Brooklyn Museum, 1987
Folder 14
Title
Against the Odds: African-American Artists and the Harmon Foundation, Newark Museum, 1990
Folder 15
Title
Postcards, 1990
Folder 16
Title
Exhibition catalog, Art of Archibald J. Motley, Jr., 1991
Box 14
Title
Exhibition documents
Dates
1988-1999
Folder 1
Title
Reviews: Art of Archibald J. Motley, Jr., 1992
Folder 2
Title
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Art in Chicago, 1945-1995, 1996
Folder 3
Title
Reviews, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Art in Chicago, 1945-1995, 1996
Folder 4
Title
Loan documents, Columbus Museum of Art, 1996-1997
Folder 5
Title
Documents: Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, 1997-1999
Folder 6
Title
Documents: Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, 1997
Folder 7
Title
Documents: Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, 1997
Folder 8
Title
Documents: Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, 1997
Folder 9
Title
Loan documents, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Seeing Jazz, 1997
Folder 10
Title
Whitney Museum of American Art, The American Century, Part I: 1900 to 1950, 1999
Folder 11
Title
Meeting memoranda and minutes, Art of Archibald Motley, Jr., 1991
Folder 12
Title
Memoranda and correspondence, Art of Archibald Motley, Jr., 1991
Folder 13
Title
Project documents, Art of Archibald Motley, Jr., 1991
Folder 14
Title
Miscellaneous documents, Jontyle Theresa Robinson, 1984-1986
Folder 15
Title
Articles and other documents, American Visions, 1987
Folder 16
Title
Miscellaneous documents: Jontyle Theresa Robinson, 1988
Folder 17
Title
Miscellaneous documents: Jontyle Theresa Robinson, 1989
Folder 18
Title
Loan documents, Jontyle Theresa Robinson, 1990
Folder 19
Title
Grant documents, National Endowment for the Arts, Jontyle Theresa Robinson, 1990
Folder 20
Title
Exhibition documents and correspondence, Jontyle Theresa Robinson, 1991
Series 5: Sketch copies and miscellaneous materials
1933-1974
Box 15
Title
Exhibition documents, sketch copies, and miscellaneous materials
Dates
1892-1975, undated
Folder 1
Title
Loan agreements and other documents, 1989-1991
Folder 2
Title
Loan documents, Art Institute of Chicago, 1991
Folder 3
Title
Exhibition documents, Henry Ossawa, 1991
Folder 4
Title
Miscellaneous documents, African American Art, 1986-1990
Folder 5
Title
Chicago Documentation Project, Archives of American Art, 1989, 1991
Folder 6
Title
Sketchbook (photocopy), 1933-1934
Folder 7
Title
Sketch, "Carnival" (photocopy), undated
Folder 8
Title
Sketchbook (photocopy), 1947-1948
Folder 9
Title
"Mexican" sketchbook number one (photocopy), 1953-1954
Folder 10
Title
"Mexican" sketchbook number two (photocopy), 1953-1954
Folder 11
Title
Receipt and sketches (photocopies), 1974
Folder 12
Title
Sketch, "Sam" (photocopy), undated
Folder 13
Title
Sketchbook (photocopy), circa 1920
Series 6: Photographs
1882-1980, undated
Box 16
Title
Photographs
Dates
1882-1980, undated
Folder 1
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Sr., circa 1890
Folder 2
Title
Mary Huff (Mae) Motley, undated
Folder 3
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., undated
Folder 4
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, circa 1914
Folder 5
Title
Edith Granzo Motley circa. 1920 and 1935, and Edith, her brother Art, and his wife Marge, undated
Folder 6
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., with Edith Motley in Paris, 1929, and Archibald with his son Archie, 1935 and 1961
Folder 7
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., with his parents, circa 1920 and 1930, and with his mother, Willard, and Rita, circa 1920
Folder 8
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., 1929
Folder 9
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., 1950
Folder 10
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., in Mexico, 1950
Folder 11
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., at home, 1961
Folder 12
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., at his eighty-eighth birthday party, 1979; Archibald J. Motley, Jr., in a hospital bed (slide), 1980; Archibald J. Motley, Jr., with Sharon Scott and Victor Sorell, undated; Archibald J. Motley, Jr., with palette and paintings, 1960
Folder 13
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., with family members and Gertrude Abercrombie, 1971
Folder 14
Title
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., with Margaret Burroughs, 1975
Folder 15
Title
Motley family members, circa 1882
Folder 16
Title
Barbeque and Archibald J. Motley, Jr., with unknown woman (photocopy), undated
Folder 17
Title
Mary Huff (Mae) Motley, Flossie Motley, and others, circa 1890
Folder 18
Title
Photo album, Motley family, circa 1920
Folder 19
Title
Motley family, circa 1920
Folder 20
Title
Motley family including photocopies, 1890-1950
Folder 21
Title
Motley family, circa 1930-1950
Folder 22
Title
Willard Motley (negatives), undated
Folder 23
Title
Motley family home, undated
Folder 24
Title
Motley family friends, 1890-1950
Box 17
Title
Photographs
Dates
1922-1977, undated
Folder 1
Title
Trains and train accident, undated
Folder 2
Title
Traveling across the Atlantic, circa 1929
Folder 3
Title
Ethel Waters with autograph, undated
Folder 4
Title
Margaret Burroughs with autograph, 1976
Folder 5
Title
Bill Cosby with autograph, 1977
Folder 6
Title
African-American Bishop, undated
Folder 7
Title
Documentation of Uganda Woman's Dream
Folder 8
Title
Documentation, negatives, and transparencies of paintings, 1922-1937
Folder 9
Title
Color slides and transparencies of paintings, 1933-1960
Folder 10
Title
Documentation and negatives of paintings, undated
Folder 11
Title
Styletone, circa 1950
Folder 12
Title
Model and Dancing Negress statue, undated
Folder 13
Title
Unidentified family and friends, Chicago, undated
Folder 14
Title
Unidentified family and friends, Chicago, undated
Folder 15
Title
Unidentified family and friends, Louisiana, undated
Folder 16
Title
Unidentified family and friends, undated
Folder 17
Title
Unidentified family and friends, undated
Folder 18
Title
Unidentified family and friends, undated
Audio-Visual materials
1971-1976, undated
Box 18
Title
Audio-visual materials
Dates
1971-1976, undated
Physical Location
0MM.87
Folder 1
Title
Interview by Warner Saunders, "The Last Leaf: A Profile of Archibald Motley," WMAQ-TV (5 audio cassettes), 1971
Folder 2
Title
Interview by LaDonna Tittle (Master and copy, 2 audio cassettes), 1971
Folder 3
Title
Interviews by Elaine Woodall (7 audio cassettes), 1972
Folder 4
Title
Interview by Margaret Burroughs (4 audio cassettes), 1976
Folder 5
Title
Broadcast (1 video cassette), unidentified, undated