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Whitney M. Young portrait collection

Title: Whitney M. Young portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: <1959?-1979?>

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Young, Whitney M. Jr.	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<13> photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
<3> photomechanical prints : b&w ;

Summary

Portraits and views of former dean of the Atlanta University School of Social Work, lecturer, author and former executive director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young. The collection consists of studio and candid portraits of Young; Young in group portraits at National Urban League functions; and views of Young swimming with Senator Edmund Muskie (1971), at an unidentified political event, and during the Selma to Montgomery March (1965). Individuals depicted with Young include Lyndon Johnson, Mrs. Cernoria D. Johnson, Ramon S. Scruggs, Andy Stanfield, Frank Casey, Walter Reuther, Roy Wilkins, James Baldwin, James Foreman, Clarence Farmer, Ina Balin and Joan Baez. The collection also includes a portrait of Young's wife, Margaret, identified as Mrs. Whitney M. Young, Jr., and a photo of a memorial coin issued by the American Negro Commemorative Society struck in Sterling silver. Half, quarter, three-quarter and full-length views available.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Group portraits – 1959-1979.
Portrait photographs – 1959-1979.
Silver gelatin photoprints – 1959-1979.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Collection contains work by Cecil Layne, Robert Sengstacke, and James Gilbert, among others.
Some photographs bear photographer's or news agency's handstamp. Some items bear printed captions on recto; some items bear handwritten captions and/or attached printed captions on verso. Some items are duplicates.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Young, Whitney M. Jr.

OCLC

NYPG087000179-F

Title

Whitney M. Young portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1959?-1979?>

Terms Of Use

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

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives available for some images.

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Added Author

Gilbert, James. Photographer

Sengstacke, Robert A. Photographer

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

Wide World Photos.

United Press International.

Johnson Publishing Company.

Reni Newsphoto Service.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Young, Whitney M. Jr.

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