{"value"=>"<p>The Organizations series depicts the numerous civic, social, benevolent, fraternal, professional, and other organizations that Hansen recorded, primarily in Harlem, over a fifty-year period. Among the organizations represented are the New York Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Congress of Racial Equality, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defence Fund, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Portrers, the Virgin Islands Professional League, and the Harlem Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association. Also represented are a number of fraternal groups including the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine, Inc. (Prince Hall Affiliated), the Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge (N.Y) and its affiliated local lodges, the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World, the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, and the Scottish Rite Masonic order. A number of local chapters of fraternities and sororities are also represented including Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Delta Kappa, and Kappa Alpha Psi, among others.</p> <p>Depicted are individual and group portraits of officers and membership; dedications and installations; guests attending organizational gatherings; interior and exterior views of lodges and meeting halls; views of meetings, conventions, and other assemblies; assorted luncheons, dinners, and award presentations; cotillions and dances; beauty contests; parties; parades and processions; and fund raising and community service events. Some of this work appeared in African American newspapers and organizational publications.</p> <p>Events depicted include the First Annual Scholarship and Awards Cotillion held by the New York Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs at the Americana Hotel in February 1971; views of guests and \"Mock O' Jumbie\" performer John Magnus Farrell at an annual Christmas party given by the American Virgin Islands Civic Association at the Rockland Palace Ballroom, ca. 1950s; the Freedom Fund Dinner held by the N.A.A.C.P. at the Hotel Roosevelt in November, 1957; and views of the annual Beaux-Arts Ball sponsored by the Urban League Guild, as well as pre-Ball planning activities.</p> <p>The Harlem Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association is represented by several hundred images taken from the 1950s to the mid-1980s. Included are views of various Black Achievers Award banquets from the early 1980s; depictions of different athletic teams and sporting events; numerous award presentations; the dedication of the Jackie Robinson Building; and \"A Royal Salute\" to Johnny Mathis held at the Savoy Ballroom in June 1958.</p> <p>The fraternal organizations photographs include individual and group portraits of group members attired in ceremonial dress; group portraits of the individual men's lodges and women's chapters that formed parts of larger organizations, such as the Elks and Freemasons; and portraits of group officers and exalted rulers. Some of the events relating to the various fraternal organizations include the cornerstone laying for Williams Institutional C.M.E. Church, on October 25, 1953, by members of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; processions of the 16th Patriarchy Regiment of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America; and various group portraits and events from the 43rd Annual Grand Lodge Convention of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, held in Philadelphia, August 23-29, 1942.</p>"}