Negro Ensemble Company photograph collection [graphic]

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unitid

{"value"=>"532245", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc Photo Negro Ensemble Company Collection", "type"=>"local_call"}

origination

{"value"=>"Negro Ensemble Company", "type"=>"corpname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Negro Ensemble Company photograph collection [graphic]"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"[196-]-[199?]", "type"=>"inclusive"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"919 items (3.0 lin ft., 3 boxes)"}]}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 photographic print"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"silver gelatin, b&w"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"28 x 36 cm"}]}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"260 photographic prints"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"silver gelatin, b&w"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"26 x 21 cm. and smaller"}]}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"136 photographic prints"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"silver gelatin, b&w"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"21 x 26 cm. and smaller"}]}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 photographic prints"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"col"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"26 x 21 cm. and smaller"}]}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"24 photographic prints"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"col"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"13 x 9 cm. and smaller"}]}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"10 photographic prints"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"col"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"9 x 13 cm. and smaller"}]}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"45 contact sheets"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"silver gelatin, b&w"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"21 x 26 cm. and smaller"}]}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"371 slides"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"col"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"7 x7 cm"}]}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"41 negatives"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"b&w"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"25 x 20 cm"}]}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 photomechanical print"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"halftone, b&w"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"32 x 28 cm"}]}

arrangement

{"value"=>"Organized into four series: I. Portraits, l96?-199?; II. Productions, 196?-199?; III. Events, 196?-199?; IV. Miscellaneous, 196?-199?"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Title devised by cataloger</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

{"value"=>"<p>Many photographs bear photographer's printed address label or handstamp on verso; some contact sheets have photographer's name and address printed on recto. Some photographic prints have printed captions on recto and/or handwritten captions on verso. A few photographs have typewritten captions attached. Some publicity portraits have actor resumes attached. Some photographs are duplicates</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

{"value"=>"<p>Photographers include Bert Andrews, Joe Griffith, Gary Schoichet and other</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

userestrict

{"value"=>"<p>Restricted: Permission of copyright holder is required for duplication</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Negro Ensemble Company. Negro Ensemble Company records, l960-1992</p>", "type"=>"host"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) Photograph Collection depicts some of the Company's activities from 1967 through 1992. The collection consists of production scenes; individual and group portraits of actors, playwrights, and other theatrical personalities; views of its seasonal company members and productions including publicity scenes and actors in rehearsal and off-stage; views of award ceremonies, cast parties and other theatrical events; and shots of administrative, technical and artistic staff.</p><p>The Portrait series, comprising most of the collection, consists mainly of publicity photographs with attached resumes of actors who appeared in or may have auditioned for NEC productions including John Amos, Todd Davis, Patti Labelle, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Phylicia Rashad. Also included in the series are individual and group portraits of NEC's founders, Douglas Turner Ward, Robert Hooks, and Gerald Krone; group photos of NEC's first company (1967) and its 1978-1979 troupe; and portraits of playwrights Lonnie Elder III, Charles Fuller, and Leslie Lee. Also included are portraits of two recording executives, one identified as Tony Anderson.</p><p>The Production series consists of performance stills and related candid shots of NEC productions including touring companies, some of which are unidentified. The series consists of mostly photographs, but includes some contact sheets. Among the plays represented are \"Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, \"The River Niger\" and \"A Soldier's Play.\" Images include publicity portraits of performers, performance scenes, rehearsal shots, and group portraits of cast members. Documentation of \"A Soldier's Play\" includes images of three separate productions of the play and a research file containing reproductions of World War II photographs depicting African-American soldiers and airmen which were probably used in planning the production. Also included in this series are images of sets and props for unidentified productions.</p><p>The Events series documents the company's fund-raising benefits, anniversary parties and award ceremonies, and consists of photographs, contact sheets and slides. The series includes views of \"The First Adolph Caesar Performing Arts Awards\" (1987); the presentation of a proclamation to NEC founder Douglas Turner Ward by New York City Mayor Edward Koch and New York City official Carol Bellamy (ca. 1980s); the \"Platinum at the Palladium\" fund-raising event (n.d.); and slides of an unidentified event featuring singer Phyllis Hyman.</p><p>The Miscelleneous series consists of candid and posed portraits of NEC backstage and administrative staff, including Leon Denmark, General Manager of NEC; 41 negatives of identified and unidentifed production scenes and portraits; and shots of NEC advertisements, promotional items and a view of its theater lobby.</p><p>The collection does not document the majority of NEC's productions or other activities.</p>"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Negro Ensemble Company, founded in 1967 in New York City, is considered to be the most influential and successful repertory company of the Black Theater Movement. In its more than 29-year history, the company produced more than 200 plays, both off and on Broadway, winning more than 40 major drama awards and training more than 4,000 men and women in all areas of the theater industry. Among its accomplishments are two Tony awards including Best Play for \"The River Niger (1972), and a Pulitzer Prize for Charles Fuller as author of \"A Soldier's Play\" (1982).</p><p>Initally funded with a grant from the Ford Foundation, the company was founded by actor-director-playwright Douglas Turner Ward, actor-producer Robert Hooks, and actor-director Gerald Krone. In keeping with its founders' vision, the company fostered the development of plays that were relevant to black life and provided training programs for mostly African-American actors, playwrights, designers, technical staff, and theater administrative personnel. Among the performers who have been associated with NEC are Mary Alice, Roscoe Lee Brown, Rosalind Cash, Adolph Ceasar, Samuel L. Jackson, Esther Rolle, Clarice Taylor, and Hattie Winston.</p>"}

extent_statement

919 items (3.0 linear feet, 3 boxes). 1 photographic print : silver gelatin, b&w ; 28 x 36 cm. 260 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 136 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. and smaller. 2 photographic prints : col ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 24 photographic prints : col ; 13 x 9 cm. and smaller. 10 photographic prints : col ; 9 x 13 cm. and smaller. 45 contact sheets : silver gelatin, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. and smaller. 371 slides : col ; 7 x7 cm. 41 negatives : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm. 1 photomechanical print : halftone, b&w ; 32 x 28 cm

prefercite

{"value"=>"Negro Ensemble Company photograph collection [graphic], Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>" The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) Photograph Collection depicts some of the Company's activities from 1967 through 1992. The collection consists of production scenes; individual and group portraits of actors, playwrights, and other theatrical personalities; views of its seasonal company members and productions including publicity scenes and actors in rehearsal and off-stage; views of award ceremonies, cast parties and other theatrical events; and shots of administrative, technical and artistic staff.", "generated"=>true}

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