Box 6
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Magazine and newspaper clippings, 1960s-1993
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Articles about Nero's career before and after working for Design Works of Bedford Stuyvesant. Clippings related to DWBS and Nero's role there can be found in Series II.
Dates:
1960s-1993
Periodicals and books, 1900-1904, 1958-1975
File — Multiple Containers
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Consists of a set of publications retained by Nero for personal value or artistic reference. Notably, includes materials Nero saved from her trips to Africa, including an instructional book for the Hausa language and a copy of the Ghanaian Times, dated 1975. Also included are copies of National Geographic magazine, most of which date from the early 1900s, a list of reference books, and three issues of the official newspaper of...
Dates:
1900-1904; 1958-1975
Photographs of Sherl Nero, circa 1940-2006
File — Multiple Containers
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Photographs of Nero throughout her career, including many of her working at Design Works of Bedford Stuyvesant. Includes photographs by Bert Andrews and Konstantin. A photograph of Nero as a baby included here was previously framed.
Dates:
circa 1940-2006
Assorted design materials, circa 1971-1978
File — Multiple Containers
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Contains designs by Design Works of Bedford Stuyvesant that have not been identified with a specific line. Some unidentified pieces were placed in this series based on stylistic similarity to the Design Works aesthetic, but might be from another stage of Nero's career. Some pieces may be the work of other designers. A design study for the "fish scales" pattern included here, for example, was created for Design Works by Calister Thomas.The design studies included here utilize a...
Dates:
circa 1971-1978
Tropical Palm Tropical Jungle fabric sample and photographs, 1978
File — Box: 6, Folder: 11
Dates:
1978