- unitid
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{"value"=>"186362", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc Photo Reveille Club of New York Collection", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b23447207", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1917-1999", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1917/1999"}
{"value"=>"1950-1999", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1950/1999"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Reveille Club of New York photographs"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6 boxes, 1 oversize folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.67 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Reveille Club of New York is a Manhattan-based organization for Black war veterans that was founded in 1932. The Reveille Club of New York photographs, dating from 1917 to 1999 (bulk dates 1950 to 1999), document the Club's annual dinners and other formal events with prints, color slides, contact sheets, and negatives. The collection also contains portraits of Club members."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Reveille Club of New York", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Reveille Club of New York was founded in 1932 by Black veterans of World War I to celebrate their accomplishments and maintain friendship through regular social gatherings. Veterans of other conflicts later joined the Club, which is still in existence as of 2024.</p> <p>Throughout its history, the Club has advocated at the local and state level for benefits and equal treatment for Black veterans. The Club also provides scholarships and legal assistance for veterans, and played an active role in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.</p> <p>Since its inception, the Club has hosted annual dinners during the month of June for active members, where it honors distinguished (usually non-member) citizens for their achievements. Past honorees include boxer Joe Louis, labor activist A. Philip Randolph, and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. In addition, the Club holds parties, dances, and other social functions throughout the year.</p> <p>Notable members of the Reveille Club have included David Dinkins, Alvin C. Hudgins, Bernard Hampton Jackson, Earl A. Rawlins, Francis A. Turner, Warren Walters, and E.T. Williams.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Reveille Club of New York photographs, dating from 1917 to 1999 (bulk dates 1950 to 1999), chronicle the Club's annual dinners and other events held throughout the year. The collection mostly contains prints, along with some contact sheets, negatives, and slides. It is arranged chronologically by topic into: Annual Dinners, Other Events, and Member Portraits.</p> <p>The collection features images of nineteen Reveille Club annual dinners from 1950 to 1999. There are group portraits of all members in attendance for dinners held during the 1950s and 1960s; most of these portraits contain accompanying event programs that list the evening's proceedings and current membership. Candid photographs are present for the later dinners. A significant number of images are from the 1991 dinner where Club member and then-New York City Mayor David Dinkins was honored. Dinkins is in photographs from other dinners during the 1990s.</p> <p>Photographs of other events depict Club meetings, parties, and retreats. There are photographs of several formal Christmas parties from 1971 to 1996, as well as various meetings during the 1980s. Of special interest are photographs of Club member Francis A. Turner's 1957 certification ceremony as Assistant Superintendent of Schools for New York City. Additionally, there are two photographs depicting members of the Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Kappa dating from 1917. The fraternity was founded by John T. Clark to work on projects for the National Urban League; some individuals in these photographs later joined the Reveille Club, such as Francis A. Turner.</p> <p>Member portraits date from 1965 to 1982, and are mostly candid shots of individual members at formal and informal Reveille Club gatherings. Prints and slides are present here, along with a set of negatives from 1982 used for a fiftieth anniversary Reveille Club album. Some portraits identify member names, specifically those from the 1960s and 1970s.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by E.T. Williams in 1993.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Photographs transferred from the Reveille Club of New York collection in Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Nathan Evans</span> in <span class=\"date\">2024</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1917
- keydate
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1917
- date_end
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1999
- date_inclusive_start
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1917
- date_inclusive_end
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1999
- date_bulk_start
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1950
- date_bulk_end
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1999
- extent_statement
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1.67 linear feet (6 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Reveille Club of New York photographs, Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library"}