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Letter from Haygood to unknown addressee introducing Elizabeth Catlett and Charles White as distinguished and outstanding artists, respectively.

Catlett writes to Haygood with plans to travel to Mexico City and inquires about regional contacts. She has just received news of her renewal and is planning a show at the A.C.A. Gallery in New York.

Catlett writes of her experience with the Taller de Graficos Popular and plans for shows and distribution of her work in the fall. She also proposes that the Rosenwald Fund circulate her work at 5-10 schools, with a priority for George Washington…

Catlett informs Haygood of the urgent change in fellowship plans is the result of a personal reason (separation from husband). She has moved location to Washington D.C. and shares requests for the allocation of the remaining amount in her grant.…

Catlett writes updates of travel plans for her and her husband, Charles White, and states that she will be completing her project in New York and the Southern US and spending less time in Mexico than expected.

Catlett's 1946 acceptance of Rosenwald fellowship renewal via Western Union telegram

William G. Haygood informs Elizabeth Catlett that the committee is offering her a renewal of $2,484 to complete artistic work on the role of the Negro woman in America.

Correspondence from Dorothy Elvidge to Elizabeth Catlett to ask for change of address and inform that the fellowship is not taxable.

Elizabeth Catlett posing against a white background wearing a sweater and necklace. This photo was attached to her 1946 Rosenwald fellowship application for renewal.

These are the original, handwritten letters of reference in support of Elizabeth Catlett's 1946 renewal of her Rosenwald fellowship.