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Tapley, Melvin. Archive of approximately 75 pieces,
consisting of pen-and-ink drawings, oil sketches, and architectural renderings, on 4to and smaller format sheets; condition varies. should be seen. Vp, principally 1940s-50s
- Notes: Melvin Tapley, artist and cartoonist, was born in Peekskill. He studied at Columbia University and The Art Students' League. He joined the staff of New York's Amsterdam News in 1942 after submitting a cartoon called "The Brown Family" and continued as staff artist and later Arts and Entertainment editor for 55 years. He was first president of the Peekskillo NAACP, and organized Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to Peekskill to address the subject of racism. He also helped schedule and promote Paul Robeson's ill-fated Peekskill concert. This archive includes an award-winning charcoal sketch which he drew while a senior in high school (1934).
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