thanks sara. we communicated a long time ago. the pyramic club address i
have is very different from your temple address. i expect the origianal
pyramid club disappeared many years ago. i found my original 3x5 card on it
today but it didn't say where i'd seen the catalog. i can only say more or
less what early typewriter i had at the time! but thanks for your help. lynn
igoe
----- Original Message -----
From: Sara J. MacDonald <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: Pyramid Club
> In the Philadelphia telephone book there is a Pyramid Temple listed at
1521
> W. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19130-1698, telephone number
215-232-2250.
> The number for the "Illustrious Recorder" is 215-763-6872.
> --
> Sara J. MacDonald, Public Services Librarian
> The University of the Arts - University Libraries
> 320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia PA 19102 USA
> Voice: 215-717-6282 Fax: 215-717-6287
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>
> > From: lynn moody igoe <[log in to unmask]>
> > Reply-To: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 23:43:17 EDT
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Pyramid Club
> >
> > i have looked in bibliofind on line and found nothing. david brigham and
i
> > have pretty much gone through all the likely possibilities of where i
saw
> > the catalogs, though of course acquiring them is another matter. if
steven
> > jones in philly doesn't know of a course, i'd say it's a pretty dead end
> > issue. steve has been dealing in af-am books for many years and
certainly
> > knows the philly scene. has anybody tried the archives of american art?
i'm
> > trying to think deeply here and might wonder if artists had copies of
the
> > catalogs that were copied.
> >
> > the one citation i have is this:
> >
> > Author | Pyramid Club
> > Title | You Are Cordially Invited to Attend the Second Annual Fall
Review of
> > Paintings and Sculpture, 1956--New York, Washington and Philadelphia at
the
> > Pyramid Club, 1517 W. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, from October 26,
1956,
> > through November 26, 1956
> > Date | 1956
> > Comment | . Philadelphia. Exhibition catalog. Exhibition list includes
18
> > black artists; illus. by Romare Bearden, Humbert Howard; Bearden
biography
> > and statement, "The Artistic Imagination"; Edwin Earl Lewis,
"Conversation";
> > awards list mentions Bearden, Lewis; Pyramid Club Officers' list
mentions
> > Humbert Howard, Dox Thrash; sponsors include Hale Woodruff; Pyramid
> > Committee on Fine Arts includes Howard, Samuel Curtis, Thrash.
> >
> > so it might be possible that any of the artists mentioned might have
> > something in their files at the archives of american art or have you
asked
> > the smithsonian american art museum if they have a file for pyramid?
they
> > have some pretty awesome vertical files. one of the problems in finding
> > these things is that they are probably too little to bind and so get
> > relegated to vertical files. all of the SAAM librarians are great
helpers.
> > best of luck.
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> > lynn igoe
> > african american art documentation
> > 204 cottage lane
> > chapel hill, nc 27514
> > phone: 919-942-2042
> > fax: 919-968-2517
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jolene deVerges <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 11:37 AM
> > Subject: Pyramid Club
> >
> >
> >> Dear Colleagues,
> >> Our curator of American art has asked me to locate copies of
> > annual
> >> exhibition catalogs of the Pyramid Club, a black social club in
> > Philadelphia
> >> that sponsored exhibitions during the 1940' and 1950's of African
American
> >> artists. He has 1941,43,46,52,55 and 57. Most useful to him is the
1945
> >> issue. The titles are "Catalogue of the Third Exhibition...", etc.
> >>
> >> Separate from the annual exhibition catalogs is "The Pictorial Album,"
a
> >> kind of year book that summarized all functions at the Pyramid Club; He
> >> would like to find October 1941, 1942-43 and 1945.
> >>
> >> I would welcome any suggestions or assistance you could give to me. I
> > have
> >> only been able to locate the Fourth Annual (1944).
> >>
> >> Thank you!!!
> >>
> >> Jolene
>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > --
> >> ----------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >> Jolene de Verges.
> >> V-WAM Project Coordinator
> >> Worcester Art Museum
> >> 55 Salisbury Street
> >> Worcester, MA 01609-3196
> >> 508-799-4406, x3136
> >> 508-798-5646 (fax)
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