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Additional authors

1. Hewitt, John H.

Description

1. 2

Summary

1. The collection contains Hewitt's writings on Black artists including Hale Woodruff, Ernest Crichlow, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, and Haitian artist Luce Turnier. Also included are Hewitt's historical pieces on the lives of largely unknown, but accomplished 19th-century African American New Yorkers, such as Thomas Downing and Elizabeth Jennings, along with writings on African American Episcopalians and St. Philip's Church in New York City.

Subject

1. Hewitt, John H
2. Jennings, Elizabeth
3. Hollingsworth, Alvin C
4. Turnier, Luce
5. Downing, Thomas
6. Woodruff, Hale, 1900-1980
7. Crichlow, Ernest, 1914-2005
8. St. Philip's Church (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
9. Arts, Black
10. Art, Haitian
11. African American Episcopalians
12. Art -- Collectors and collecting -- African American
13. Art objects -- Collectors and collecting -- African American
14. African American artists
15. Artists -- United States
16. Authors -- History -- New York State
17. Espiscopalians -- New York (State) -- New York
18. New York -- History

Call number

1. Sc MG 612

Source (note)

1. Hewitt, John H.

Biography (note)

1. Born in 1924 in New York City, John H. Hewitt was a writer, editor, instructor, and a collector of Black art. Born in 1924, in New York City, Hewitt attended Harvard College and New York University. He taught English at Morehouse College and he was a medical staff writer for the journals "Frontiers of Psychiatry" and "Emergency Medicine". He also was an associate editor for the newspaper "Medical Tribune" and a managing editor of "Hospital Practice", a monthly magazine. Hewitt held memberships in professional organizations including the American Medical Writer Association and National Association of Science Writers, and he was a trustee with the Manhattan Country School and The Schomburg Corporation. In 1994, Hewitt was awarded the New York Association’s Kerr History Prize for his article, “Mr. Downing and His Oyster House”.

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Author

1. Hewitt, John H., 1924-

Title

1. John H. Hewitt writings, 1818-1997.

Biography

1. Born in 1924 in New York City, John H. Hewitt was a writer, editor, instructor, and a collector of Black art. Born in 1924, in New York City, Hewitt attended Harvard College and New York University. He taught English at Morehouse College and he was a medical staff writer for the journals "Frontiers of Psychiatry" and "Emergency Medicine". He also was an associate editor for the newspaper "Medical Tribune" and a managing editor of "Hospital Practice", a monthly magazine. Hewitt held memberships in professional organizations including the American Medical Writer Association and National Association of Science Writers, and he was a trustee with the Manhattan Country School and The Schomburg Corporation. In 1994, Hewitt was awarded the New York Association’s Kerr History Prize for his article, “Mr. Downing and His Oyster House”.

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Added author

1. Hewitt, John H.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 612