Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Thomas, Ricardo P
2. Krementz, Jill
3. United States. Congress. House

Description

1. <4> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm.

Summary

1. Portraits of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm ranging from the 1960s to the 1980s. Includes quarter-length portraits and one shot of her campaign poster for the 1972 Democratic Convention. Chisholm is in several group portraits with Mildred Eppe, Assemblyman Thomas R. Jones, Richard Treut and meeting at the White House with Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale as part of the Congressional Black Caucus. Other people present include: Representatives Yvonne Burke, Charles B. Rangel, Charles C. Diggs, Walter F. Fauntroy, Augustus F. Hawkins, John Conyers, Louis Stokes, Harold Ford, William L. Clay, Parren J. Mitchell.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

1. Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005
2. Jones, Thomas Russell
3. Eppe, Mildred
4. Treut, Richard
5. Carter, Jimmy, 1924-2024
6. Burke, Yvonne
7. Rangel, Charles B
8. Diggs, Charles C., Jr
9. Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021
10. Fauntroy, Walter E
11. Stokes, Louis
12. Ford, Harold, 1945-
13. Clay, William L
14. Mitchell, Parren J
15. Hawkins, Augustus F
16. Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-2019
17. Congressional Black Caucus
18. White House (Washington, D.C.)
19. African American legislators
20. Women legislators -- United States
21. Presidential candidates -- United States
22. Women -- Political activity -- United States
23. African American politicians
24. Presidents -- United States

Genre/Form

1. Group portraits – 1960-1989.
2. Portrait photographs – 1960-1989.
3. Silver gelatin photoprints – 1960-1989.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Chisholm, Shirley

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Some photographs are damaged; some photographs have captions; some photographs include written descriptive information.
3. Photographers include Ricardo Thomas, Jill Krementz, U.S. Congress and others.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Title

1. Shirley Chisholm portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. <1960?-1989?>

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local note

1. Negatives exist for some images.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Request Appointment

Added author

1. Thomas, Ricardo P. Photographer
2. Krementz, Jill. Photographer
3. United States. Congress. House.

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Chisholm, Shirley