University of Maryland, College Park (The Driskell Center)

The Driskell Center will increase accessibility of three of its archival collections from African American artists. The collections contain the papers of artist Alonzo Davis, focusing on Davis’ personal art career and public art commissions; interviews, field notes, and photographic prints of artist and scholar Michael D. Harris, focusing on Harris’ study in Ile-Ife, Nigeria; and the documents of artist Robin Holder pertaining to the artist’s career in printmaking, public art, and art education in New York City. For the project, staff will train and work with eight paid graduate students from the University’s Library and Information Science program to catalog and digitize the collection for online public access. Project staff will rehouse objects in archival storage containers to improve long-term preservation of the collection.