Panelists to discuss Paul R. Jones Collection Nov. 4

12:10 p.m., Nov. 3, 2003--Three University of Delaware professors will speak on “Paul Jones and the Paul R. Jones Collection: Some Challenges and Opportunities for Historians,” from 12:30-1:45 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 4, in 203 Munroe Hall, as part of the History Workshop in Technology, Society and Culture lecture series.

Panelists include Amalia Amaki, curator of the Paul R. Jones Collection and assistant professor of Black American studies, Margaret Andersen, professor of sociology, and Carole Marks, professor of sociology and Black American studies.

The panel will introduce the audience to Jones’ life story and to the collection, with special emphasis on research opportunities that Jones and his collection offer for historians.

The Paul R. Jones Collection, with more than 1,500 pieces, is one of the oldest, largest and most complete holdings of African-American art in the world, and includes works by such noted artists as Charles White, Herman “Kofi” Bailey and David Driskell. Other artists represented include Elizabeth Catlett, Earl Hooks, Leo Twiggs, Stanley White, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, P.H. Polk and Selma Burke, who created the image of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that appears on the dime.

The workshop is free and open to the public. Participants are invited to bring a brown bag lunch. For more information, call 831-2371.

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