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Creator
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Call number
Sc Photo Demonstrations
Physical description
1.3 linear feet. 442 photographic prints
Language
English
Material specific details
Some photographs bear photographer's or news agency's handstamp on verso. Many items bear handwritten notations on verso; some items have printed or typewritten capitons attached to verso; some images have printed captions on recto. Some images bear cropping or retouching marks; some items are duplicates.
Preferred Citation
Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Demonstrations, Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Repository
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.

The collection, compiled by the Schomburg Center, mainly depicts some aspects of the civil rights, labor and social movements in the United States during the twentieth century, mostly from the 1940s to 1960s.

Scope and arrangement

Collection includes work by James C. Campbell, Dummett, International News Photos, M Associates, Nicols, W. Smith and United Press International, among others.

The Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Demonstrations are arranged in four series:

Administrative information

Revision History

Updates made by Jack Patterson when transferring inventory to ArchivesSpace. (2024-09-19)

Processing information

Dates and other information added by the processor in square brackets.

Using the collection

Location

Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Photographs and Prints Division Reading Room