Found 33 collections related to Photographs
Filtering on: x1901 - 1950 xPhotographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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Davis, Ossie
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Collection
4.62 linear feet (12 boxes)
Ossie Davis (1917-2005) and Ruby Dee (1922-2014) were American actors, writers, and activists whose careers spanned the mediums of theater, film, television, radio, and print. The Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee photographs, dating from the 1940s to...
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Feelings, Tom
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Tom Feelings Collection
2.33 linear feet (6 boxes)
Tom Feelings (1933-2003) was an American children's book illustrator and author, cartoonist, teacher, and activist who sought to educate people of color through his artwork, books, and lectures. The Tom Feelings photographs largely chronicle...
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McClendon, Ernestine, 1913-1991
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Ernestine McClendon Photographs Collection
1.38 linear feet (4 boxes)
Ernestine McClendon was an actress and comedian who was best known as the first Black theatrical agent in New York City. She started her agency, McClendon Enterprises, after a one-woman 1960 letter writing campaign to acting agencies and product...
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Roberts, John Storm
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo John Storm Roberts Collection
1.87 linear feet (5 boxes)
John Storm Roberts (1936-2009) was a British-born, American-based writer, record producer and distributor, and ethnomusicologist whose work explored the influences of African and Latin American music on that of the United States. His photographs...
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Reveille Club of New York
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Reveille Club of New York Collection
1.67 linear feet (6 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
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...
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Wadleigh High School Alumni Association
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Wadleigh High School collection
0.67 linear feet (2 boxes)
The Wadleigh High School photographs depict the students, teachers, and alumni of the New York City school. Originally an all-girls school, it reopened in 1956 as a co-educational school to a majority Black student body after white flight from...
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Herskovits, Jean
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Jean Herskovits collection
0.42 linear feet (1 box)
Jean Frances Herskovits (1935-2019), was a historian of African history. The Jean Herskovits photographs, dating from 1950 to 2000, depict friends, colleagues, political leaders, and Herskovits' travels.
Christmas, June Jackson
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo June Jackson Christmas Collection
1.5 linear feet (4 boxes)
Dr. June Jackson Christmas was an American psychiatrist and served as New York City's Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services. These photographs document key moments in her professional and personal life from 1941 through...
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Guy, Rosa
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Rosa Guy Collection
1.08 linear feet (3 boxes). 1,024 photographs. 1,011 photographic prints. 10 photographs : negatives. 3 photographic slides
Rosa Guy (1922-2012) was a Trinidadian American award-winning author and an active member of the Harlem community. The Rosa Guy photographs date from the 1920s to 2000s and consist of portraits of Guy and her family and friends, professional...
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Lynch, Hollis Ralph, 1935-
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Hollis R. Lynch Collection
0.67 linear feet (2 boxes). 369 photographic prints
Hollis Lynch (born 1935) is a Tobagonian scholar of African history and professor emeritus at Columbia University. Lynch's photographs, dating from 1945 to the 2000s, chronicle his personal and professional life with images of his family and...
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De Veaux, Alexis, 1948-
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Alexis De Veaux Collection
3.69 linear feet (7 boxes). 1267 photographic prints. 649 photographic slides. 62 photographs : : contact sheets. 92 photographs : : negatives (rolls of film)
Alexis De Veaux (born 1948) is a writer, poet, and playwright. Her photographs, which date from 1946 to 2020, reflect her personal life and professional career. The Alexis De Veaux photographs includes studio portraits of De Veaux and others,...
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St. Philip's Church (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo St. Philip’s Church Collection
3.17 linear feet (8 boxes). 1,073 photographic prints. 6 photographic slides. 10 photographs : : negatives. 13 photographs : : contact sheets
The St. Philip's Church is an Episcopal Christian church that was established in Harlem, New York in 1819. The St. Philip's Church photographs, which dates from 1908 to 2009 (bulk dates 1940s-1980s), holds over 1,100 photographs. Images in the...
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Watson, Barbara Mae, 1918-1983
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Barbara Mae Watson Collection
3.42 linear feet (9 boxes)
Barbara Mae Watson (1918-1983) was a lawyer, United States diplomat, and the first female and the first Black Assistant Secretary of State, serving under Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter. Watson also co-founded one of the first Black...
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Jeannette, Gertrude, 1914-
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Gertrude Hadley Jeannette Collection
10.17 linear feet (23 boxes)
Gertrude Hadley Jeannette (1914-2018) was a Black actor, playwright, director, and theatre producer. She began writing plays in 1950 and founded the Harlem-based HADLEY Players company in 1979. The collection dates from 1928 to 2018, and depicts...
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Redd, Everett
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Everett Redd Collection
1.46 linear feet (4 boxes)
Everett Redd (1924-2006) was a Black motorcycle enthusiast and member of the Chosen Few Motorcycle Club. The photographs in this collection contain images of Redd's life, particularly his membership in motorcycle clubs in Los Angeles, California....
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McLaurin, Benjamin F., 1906-1989
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Benjamin F. McLaurin Collection
2.79 linear feet (6 boxes)
Benjamin F. McLaurin (1906-1989) was a Black labor leader and civic worker who held leadership positions within the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) during the 1920s and 1930s. He worked with A. Philip Randolph throughout the Civil...
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Cumbo, Clarissa W.
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Marion and Clarissa Cumbo Collection
1.79 linear feet (5 boxes)
Marion and Clarissa Cumbo were a Black married couple based in New York City who worked as musicians and arts fundraisers. The collection, dated from the 1890s to the 1980s, contains photographs depicting the Cumbos' music careers, their work with...
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Crouch, Stanley
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Stanley Crouch Collection
1.05 linear feet (3 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Stanley Crouch (1945-2020) was a Black American music and cultural critic, syndicated columnist, and biographer. Crouch's photographs date from 1928 to 2012 (bulk dates 1940s-2012) and contain prints, negatives, and slides that primarily depict...
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Oliver, Elizabeth Murphy
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Elizabeth Murphy Oliver Collection
6.92 linear feet (17 boxes)
Elizabeth Murphy Oliver was a Black American journalist and author best known for her work with the Baltimore-based newspaper, The Afro-American. The Elizabeth Murphy Oliver photographs date from 1903 to 1997 and cover...
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Angelou, Maya
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Maya Angelou Collection
3.0 linear feet (10 boxes). 10.4 megabytes (5 computer files)
The Maya Angelou photographs, dating from the 1920s to 2009, document the life and legacy of Maya Angelou (1928-2014), poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, dancer, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. The...
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Ashe, Bernard, 1936-2023
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Bernard F. Ashe collection
1 linear foot (4 boxes). approximately 500 photographic prints
Bernard F. Ashe (1936-2023) was an African American labor lawyer who served as General Counsel to New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), a federation of labor unions, for twenty-five years. Ashe's photographs, dating from the 1930s to 2006,...
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The Modern School (New York, N.Y.)
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo The Modern School collection
2.0 linear feet (6 boxes)
The Modern School was a private elementary school founded by Mildred Johnson (1914-2007) that operated from 1934 to 2007. The school, located in Harlem, offered Black students an independent, progressive education. The collection includes images...
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Layne, Cecil
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Portfolio (Layne, C.)
18.5 linear feet (35 boxes). 4,030 items : negative sleeves. 220 photographic prints
Cecil Layne (1911-1990) was a professional photographer based in Harlem. The Cecil Layne photographs, which primarily date from 1948 to 1960, reflect Layne's work as a commercial photographer and freelance photojournalist. The majority of the...
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Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924-2017
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Jewel Plummer Cobb Collection
5.13 linear feet (22 boxes). Approximately 2,500 photographic prints. Approximately 500 photographs : negatives (rolls of film). Approximately 50 photographic slides. 6 photograph albums
Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924-2017) was a Black scientist, educator, and advocate for Black women entering the scientific field. The collection holds prints, slides, negatives, and scrapbooks that illustrate her professional life, family, and friends....
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Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Bill Gunn Collection
1.75 linear feet (5 boxes)
Bill Gunn (1934-1989) was a Black writer, actor, and director. The Bill Gunn photographs collection primarily contains pictures of his family, from the 1880s through 1989, as well as some photos related to his career. Bill Gunn's mother, Louise...
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Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Austin Hansen Collection
124.2 linear feet (262 boxes, ca. 530,484 items). 21,679 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-colored ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 3,038 photographic slides : silver gelatin, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm. and smaller. 460 photographic prints : col ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 4514 photographic prints : col ; 13 x 10 cm. and smaller. 529 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-colored ; 36 x 28 cm. and smaller. 225 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-colored ; 52 x 42 cm. and smaller. 39 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 34 x 66 cm. and smaller. approximately 500,000 photographic prints : negatives, b&w and some color
The Austin Hansen photograph collection primarily documents the people, places, and events in Harlem during the period from approximately the 1930s to the late 1980s.
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection
6.5 linear feet (15 boxes)
Melville J. Herskovits, anthropologist and Africanist, was the founder of the first African Studies Program in the United States established at Northwestern University in 1948. Frances S. Herskovits, who taught African Literature, was also a close...
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Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Jean Blackwell Hutson Collection
3.0 linear feet (10 boxes)
The Jean Blackwell Hutson photographs, dated 1890s to 1990s, were compiled by Jean Blackwell Hutson (1914-1998), a librarian who served as curator of the Schomburg Collection from 1948 to 1972, then chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in...
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Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Nineteenth and Early Twentieth century Caribbean
8.86 linear feet (21 boxes). 680 photographic prints. 11 photograph albums
The Schomburg Center nineteenth and early twentieth-century Caribbean photographs collection, which dates from about 1855 to 1930, consists of approximately 680 photographic prints and 11 photograph albums. Images in this collection depict...
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Morgan and Marvin Smith (Photographers)
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Morgan and Marvin Smith Collection
12.12 linear feet (47 boxes.). Approximately 26,000 photographic prints. Approximately 50 photographs : 35mm negatives (rolls of film). Approximately 2,000 photographic slides : 35mm color. Approximately 1,500 photographs : medium format black and white negatives. Approximately 60 photographs : color transparencies. 1 Photograph Album
Morgan (1910-1993) and Marvin Smith (1910-2003) were Black photographers who ran a photography studio in New York City. Their collection contains prints, slides, negatives, and transparencies of their creative output as artists and photographers....
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