Research Catalog

Title

Walter White portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1925?-1955?>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Graves, Betsy.
• Ransom, Llewellyn.
• Stovall, Harold R.
• Johnson Publishing Company.
• Underwood & Underwood.
• Blackstone Studios (New York, N.Y.)
• United States. Navy.
• Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Description

• <2> photomechanical prints : b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
• <5> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• <11> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Collection consists of individual studio and candid portraits of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) executive and author Walter White (ca. 1920s to 1950s), and group portraits of White with other individuals at various gatherings (ca. 1940s).

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Fund raising > 1940-1949
• Portrait photographs > 1920-1959
• Publicity photographs > 1940-1959
• Meetings > New York (State) > New York > 1940-1949
• Inscriptions > 1920-1939
• Photomechanical prints > 1930-1959
• Gelatin silver prints > 1920-1959
• Group portraits > 1940-1949
• Bell, William Y (William Yancy), 1887-1962
• Civil rights workers > United States
• Spingarn, Arthur
• Offices > New York (State) > New York > 1940-1949
• African American authors
• Du Bois, W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
• White, Walter, 1893-1955
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Presidents
• Woodard, Isaac
• Willkie, Philip

Genre/Form

• Group portraits – 1940-1949.
• Portrait photographs – 1920-1959.
• Publicity photographs – 1940-1959.
• Inscriptions – 1920-1939.
• Photomechanical prints – 1930-1959.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1959.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Photographers include Harold R. Stovall, Llewellyn Ransom, Blackstone Studios, Underwood & Underwood and others.
• Some photographs bear captions; some are inscribed; some are cropped, or bear cropping and retouching marks; some are duplicates.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some photographs are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo White, Walter

OCLC

NYPG087000120-F

Title

Walter White portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1925?-1955?>

Terms Of Use

Some photographs are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Graves, Betsy. Artist

Ransom, Llewellyn. Photographer

Stovall, Harold R. Photographer

Johnson Publishing Company.

Underwood & Underwood.

Blackstone Studios (New York, N.Y.)

United States. Navy.

Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo White, Walter