Paul Rogers Harris Collection, 1968-1996

By S. Ivie

Collection Overview

Title:	Paul Rogers Harris Collection, 1968-1996
ID:	01/ AR0831
Extent:	3.0 Boxes
Date Acquired:	09/16/2014

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Paul Rogers Harris (1933-2019), was a Dallas native who studied at North Texas State College (University of North Texas), earning a bachelors and a masters degree during the early 1950s, with a minor in education. Harris taught elementary level and high school art classes from 1954-1960. He pursued graduate work at New York University in 1965 where he also lectured at the Museum of Modern art from 1966-1968. Eventually, he worked with Claus Oldenberg for his solo exhibition at the museum in 1969. Harris then led exhibition programs as curator and later, independent curator in addition to his work in education.

Throughout his curatorial career, Harris has brought attention to the work of many artists in the Dallas Fort Worth metro area as well as the state of Texas. Some of the exhibitions Harris curated are The Texas Printmakers (1940-1965) at the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University and Breaking into the Mainstream: Texas African-American Artists at the Irving Arts Center in 1996. A catalog of the Irving Arts Center exhibit is included along with clippings, papers and photographs which document media coverage and planning for the exhibit. This collection of materials focuses primarily on African-American artists and their impact on the art world since 1966.

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This collection is not restricted.

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Administrative Information

Repository:	University of North Texas Special Collections
Acquisition Source:	Donor
Appraisal Information:	2014-62
Preferred Citation:	Paul Rogers Harris Collection, Univerity of North Texas Special Collections

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Box 1: 1966-1998 Box 2: Clippings, 1970-1971, 1975-1976, 1989-1991, 1994-1995 Box 3: Third World Cinema Poster, undated

Box 1: 1966-1998 Request Reading Room Access

Barcode: 704217
- Folder 1: Breaking into the Mainstream:Texas African American Artists, 1996 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Contains a catalog for the exhibit at the Irving Arts Center which was curated by Paul Rogers Harris.
- Folder 2: Irving Arts Center, Photos, 1996 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
  
  Contains 4X6 color snapshots of the Breaking into the Mainstream: Texas African American Artists exhibit held at Irving Arts Center in 1996. Included are snapshots of artists in their homes and studios.
- Folder 3: Black Artists 1, African American Art Gallery Committee, September 12, 1967 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 4: Black Artists 1, African American Museum Letter, Articles, October 22, 1995, January 12, 1996 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 5: Black Artists 1, Ben Jones and Joe Overstreet, Black Artists on Art, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 6: Black Artists 1, Black Heritage, Waco Creative Art Center, November 1974 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 7: Black Artists 1, Black Renaissance, Time Magazine, October 10, 1994 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 8: Black Artists 1, Clippings, 1989 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 9: Black Artists 1, Clippings, May 1970, June 1970 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 10: Black Artists 1, Clippings, 1994-1995 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 11: Black Artists 1, Correspondence, North Texas State University, Waco Chapter of the Links, 1969, 1977 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 12: Black Artists 1, The Dallas Art Education Association, Announcement, 1977 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 13: Black Artists 1, Excerpts from the Schomburg, May 1970 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 14: Black Artists 1, Exhibition Announcements for the Studio Museum and African American Museum, October 1994 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 15: Black Artists 1, Exhibition Announcements, Dallas Museum of Art, UCLA Center for Afro-American Studies, February 1987 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 16: Black Artists 1, Harlem Cultural Festival, Harlem School of the Arts, 1967-1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 17: Black Artists 1, Harlem on His Back, Eugene Genovese, April 1969 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 18: Black Artists 1, James Ira DeLoache, April 17, 1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 19: Black Artists 1, Kindred Spirits Featuring May Angelou, The Cultural Center Fund Brochure, 1992 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 20: Black Artists 1, Liaison Letters, Annnouncements, The Schomburg Collection, April 1970 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 21: Black Artists 1, Museum of Modern Art Press Release, Bruce Davidson, July 1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 22: Black Artists 1, The Museum of Modern Art, Galleries and Exhibits Information, 1968-1969 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 23: Black Artists 1, The Museum of Primitive Art, September 11, 1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 24: Black Artists 1, Noah Purifoy, The 18th Southwest Black Art Exhibition, September 30, 1997 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 25: Black Artists 1, Photocopy Clippings, 1967-1969 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 26: Black Artists 1, Photocopy Clippings, G. Ray Kerciu, Sam Nitro, April 1963, September 1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 27: Black Artists 1, Research Questions/Study, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 28: Black Artists 1, Resources List, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 29: Black Artists 1, Resources and Exhibition Announcements, 1968-1970 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 30: Black Artists 1, Saturday Review Article, November 15, 1975 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 31: Black Artists 1, "The Shadows Know," Horace Pippin Article, February 12, 1996, June 1994 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 32: Black Artists 1, Two Centuries of Black American Art, 1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 33: Black Artists 1, Yale University News Bureau, February 1969 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 34: Black Artists 2, Clippings, 1975 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 35: Black Artists 2, Clippings, 1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 36: Black Artists 2, Contemporary Crafts, Black Artists, 1971 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 37: Black Artists 2, Contemporary Crafts, Elizabeth Catlett, Samella Lewis, Raymond Saunders, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 38: Black Artists 2, Correspondence - Margaret Hardesty, August 10, 1973 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 39: Black Artists 2, Margaret Hardesty, 1973 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 40: Black Artists 2, A National Conference on Black Museums: Interpreting Humanities, November 1980 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 41: Black Artists 2, "Pinwheels and Ropes" Article, December 11, 1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 42: Black Artists 2, Robert Carter, April 1973 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 43: Black Artists 2, SEMA (Sanders Educational Media Association), Samella Lewis, 1974 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 44: Black Artists 2, Sam Gilliam - New Paintings, December 1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 45: Black Artists 2, Samella S. Lewis, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 46: Black Artists 2, The Sande Webster Gallery, Photos - Artist, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 47: Black Artists 2, William H. Johnson, Amon Carter Museum, 1993-1994 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 48: Orisha, The Charles White Art and Soul Awards Dinner Honoring John Thomas Biggers, November 18, 1983 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 49: Orisha, Clipping, Black Art Show's Goals: Recognition and Buyers, January 31, 1998 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 50: Orisha, Clippings, December 4, 1979 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 51: Orisha, Correspondence - Michele Washington, August 1997 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 52: Orisha, Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements, 1994, 1997 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 53: Orisha, Modern Maturity Clipping - Faith Ringgold, October 1996 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 54: Orisha, National Black Arts Show, Women of Color: a Subtle Journey, 1998 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 55: Orisha, The New Yorker Clipping, November 28, 1977 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 56: Orisha, The Second Annual Black Fine Art Show, January 1998, February 1998 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 57: Orisha, "Viewing the Art of Africa in Context" Article, September 25, 1994 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
- Folder 58: Orisha, Walter F. Cotton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services
Box 2: Clippings, 1970-1971, 1975-1976, 1989-1991, 1994-1995 Request Reading Room Access

Barcode: 642320
Box 3: Third World Cinema Poster, undated Request Reading Room Access

Paul Rogers Harris Collection, 1968-1996

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Box and Folder ListingBrowse by BoxBox 1: 1966-1998Box 2: Clippings, 1970-1971, 1975-1976, 1989-1991, 1994-1995Box 3: Third World Cinema Poster, undated

Box 1: 1966-1998 Request Reading Room Access

Folder 1: Breaking into the Mainstream:Texas African American Artists, 1996 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 2: Irving Arts Center, Photos, 1996 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 3: Black Artists 1, African American Art Gallery Committee, September 12, 1967 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 4: Black Artists 1, African American Museum Letter, Articles, October 22, 1995, January 12, 1996 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 5: Black Artists 1, Ben Jones and Joe Overstreet, Black Artists on Art, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 6: Black Artists 1, Black Heritage, Waco Creative Art Center, November 1974 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 7: Black Artists 1, Black Renaissance, Time Magazine, October 10, 1994 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 8: Black Artists 1, Clippings, 1989 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 9: Black Artists 1, Clippings, May 1970, June 1970 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 10: Black Artists 1, Clippings, 1994-1995 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 11: Black Artists 1, Correspondence, North Texas State University, Waco Chapter of the Links, 1969, 1977 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 12: Black Artists 1, The Dallas Art Education Association, Announcement, 1977 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 13: Black Artists 1, Excerpts from the Schomburg, May 1970 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 14: Black Artists 1, Exhibition Announcements for the Studio Museum and African American Museum, October 1994 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 15: Black Artists 1, Exhibition Announcements, Dallas Museum of Art, UCLA Center for Afro-American Studies, February 1987 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 16: Black Artists 1, Harlem Cultural Festival, Harlem School of the Arts, 1967-1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 17: Black Artists 1, Harlem on His Back, Eugene Genovese, April 1969 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 18: Black Artists 1, James Ira DeLoache, April 17, 1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 19: Black Artists 1, Kindred Spirits Featuring May Angelou, The Cultural Center Fund Brochure, 1992 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 20: Black Artists 1, Liaison Letters, Annnouncements, The Schomburg Collection, April 1970 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 21: Black Artists 1, Museum of Modern Art Press Release, Bruce Davidson, July 1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 22: Black Artists 1, The Museum of Modern Art, Galleries and Exhibits Information, 1968-1969 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 23: Black Artists 1, The Museum of Primitive Art, September 11, 1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 24: Black Artists 1, Noah Purifoy, The 18th Southwest Black Art Exhibition, September 30, 1997 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 25: Black Artists 1, Photocopy Clippings, 1967-1969 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 26: Black Artists 1, Photocopy Clippings, G. Ray Kerciu, Sam Nitro, April 1963, September 1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 27: Black Artists 1, Research Questions/Study, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 28: Black Artists 1, Resources List, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 29: Black Artists 1, Resources and Exhibition Announcements, 1968-1970 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 30: Black Artists 1, Saturday Review Article, November 15, 1975 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 31: Black Artists 1, "The Shadows Know," Horace Pippin Article, February 12, 1996, June 1994 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 32: Black Artists 1, Two Centuries of Black American Art, 1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 33: Black Artists 1, Yale University News Bureau, February 1969 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 34: Black Artists 2, Clippings, 1975 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 35: Black Artists 2, Clippings, 1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 36: Black Artists 2, Contemporary Crafts, Black Artists, 1971 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 37: Black Artists 2, Contemporary Crafts, Elizabeth Catlett, Samella Lewis, Raymond Saunders, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 38: Black Artists 2, Correspondence - Margaret Hardesty, August 10, 1973 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 39: Black Artists 2, Margaret Hardesty, 1973 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 40: Black Artists 2, A National Conference on Black Museums: Interpreting Humanities, November 1980 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 41: Black Artists 2, "Pinwheels and Ropes" Article, December 11, 1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 42: Black Artists 2, Robert Carter, April 1973 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 43: Black Artists 2, SEMA (Sanders Educational Media Association), Samella Lewis, 1974 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 44: Black Artists 2, Sam Gilliam - New Paintings, December 1976 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 45: Black Artists 2, Samella S. Lewis, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 46: Black Artists 2, The Sande Webster Gallery, Photos - Artist, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 47: Black Artists 2, William H. Johnson, Amon Carter Museum, 1993-1994 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 48: Orisha, The Charles White Art and Soul Awards Dinner Honoring John Thomas Biggers, November 18, 1983 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 49: Orisha, Clipping, Black Art Show's Goals: Recognition and Buyers, January 31, 1998 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 50: Orisha, Clippings, December 4, 1979 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 51: Orisha, Correspondence - Michele Washington, August 1997 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 52: Orisha, Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements, 1994, 1997 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 53: Orisha, Modern Maturity Clipping - Faith Ringgold, October 1996 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 54: Orisha, National Black Arts Show, Women of Color: a Subtle Journey, 1998 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 55: Orisha, The New Yorker Clipping, November 28, 1977 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 56: Orisha, The Second Annual Black Fine Art Show, January 1998, February 1998 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 57: Orisha, "Viewing the Art of Africa in Context" Article, September 25, 1994 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Folder 58: Orisha, Walter F. Cotton, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

Box 2: Clippings, 1970-1971, 1975-1976, 1989-1991, 1994-1995 Request Reading Room Access

Box 3: Third World Cinema Poster, undated Request Reading Room Access

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Box and Folder Listing
Box 1: 1966-1998 Box 2: Clippings, 1970-1971, 1975-1976, 1989-1991, 1994-1995 Box 3: Third World Cinema Poster, undated