Diaries: Palmer C. Hayden's Diaries, 1938-1940

Celebrate Black History Month by transcribing the diaries of Palmer C. Hayden, an African American painter from New York, New York. These notebooks document Hayden's every day life through short daily entries. Hayden was among the first African American artists to use African-American subjects and designs in his painting.

View the rest of Palmer C. Hayden's diaries in his fully digitized papers on the Archives of American Art website.