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Urban Arts Corps photograph collection

Title
Urban Arts Corps photograph collection [graphic].
Author
Urban Arts Corps (New York, N.Y.)
Publication
[194-]-[199-]

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Additional Authors
  • Andrews, Bert.
  • Atkin, Jonathan.
  • Bailey, Ed.
  • Beal, Russell.
  • Bishop, Paul.
  • Blackman, Barry M.
  • Crawford, Joseph J.
  • Green, John.
  • Jeffry, Alix.
  • Keull, Steven.
  • McBean, Angus, 1904-
  • Ostertag, Barna.
  • Peiken, Terry.
  • Pillsbury, Garth.
  • Policastro, Frank.
  • Samrock, Carl.
  • Schatt, Roy.
  • Silvestro, Richard.
  • Smith, Vernon L.
  • Swope, Martha.
  • Tupay, P.
  • Willard, Avery, 1921-1999.
  • Wagner International Photos, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
  • Your Image, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
Found In
c2ac Urban Arts Corps (New York, N.Y.) Urban Arts Corps (New York, N.Y.) records, 1968-1983 (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A218
Description
  • 517 items (2.5 lin. ft., 4 boxes); 35 x 26 cm. and smaller.
  • 12 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 8 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 118 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 217 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 5 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 4 photographic prints : col ;
  • 21 photographic prints : col ;
  • 2 contact sheets : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 81 contact sheets : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 32 negatives : b&w
  • 4 slides : col ;
  • 1 portrait drawing : pencil, b&w ;
Summary
The Urban Arts Corps (UAC) Photograph Collection depicts the Corps' activities as well as documents aspects of the professional career of its founder/director, Vinnette Carroll.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Blacks on Stage: African-American Theater Arts Collections Project.
Alternative Title
  • All the kings men.
  • The boogie-woogie rumble of a dream deferred.
  • Bury the dead.
  • But never jam today.
  • Croesus and the witch.
  • Don't bother me, I can't cope.
  • Moon on a rainbow shawl.
  • The ups and downs of Theophilus Maitland.
  • Your arms too short to box with God.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Publicity photographs – 1960-1989.
  • Portrait photographs – 1960-1989.
  • Group portraits – 1960-1989.
  • Gelatin silver prints – 1960-1999.
  • Contact sheets – 1960-1999.
  • Dye coupler prints – 1960-1999.
  • Gelatin silver film negatives.
  • Slides.
  • Pencil works.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Many photographs bear photographer's name and/or address handwritten, handstamped, or on printed labels on verso; some photographs have photographer's name and address printed on recto. Some photographic prints have printed captions on recto and/or handwritten notations on verso. Some photographs have typewritten descriptions attached. A few photographs are mounted; one has a newspaper clipping affixed on verso. A small mounted portrait drawing in pencil is mounted. The collection contains some duplicates.
  • Collection includes work by Bert Andrews, Roy Schatt, Martha Swope and others.
Biography (note)
  • The Urban Arts Corps (UAC), a theater group, was founded by actress-director Vinnette Carroll in l967 who served as the company's artistic director.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Urban Arts Corps Records, 1968-1983.
Call Number
Sc Photo Urban Arts Corps (New York, N.Y.) Collection
OCLC
NYPG99-F995
Author
Urban Arts Corps (New York, N.Y.)
Title
Urban Arts Corps photograph collection [graphic].
Imprint
[194-]-[199-]
Biography
The Urban Arts Corps (UAC), a theater group, was founded by actress-director Vinnette Carroll in l967 who served as the company's artistic director. The Corps emerged as a pilot project of the Ghetto Arts Program which was sponsored by the New York State Council of the Arts. Initially its members were African-American and Puerto Rican youth, but by the third season UAC became multi-racial. Among the objectives of UAC was to stimulate an interest in the arts by providing outdoor performances in under-served urban communities, and to also develop a major repertory company that produced new plays by black playwrights.
During the 1972-1973 season, UAC premiered its most successful musical, "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope." This production was later picked up by Broadway where it was directed by Vinnette Carroll, making her one of the first women to direct a Broadway show. In the 1975-1976 season, UAC produced "Your Arms Too Short to Box with God" which also later moved to Broadway. Both of these plays continue to be performed since they were first introduced more than 25 years ago.
The date of the dissolution of UAC is unknown. Until the late 1990s, Carroll was the artistic director of the Vinnette Carroll Repertory Company, a church affiliated theater built in Carroll's honor and located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Urban Arts Corps Records, 1968-1983.
Local Note
Sc MG 210.
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Local Subject
Black arts movement.
Added Author
Andrews, Bert. Photographer
Atkin, Jonathan. Photographer
Bailey, Ed. Photographer
Beal, Russell. Photographer
Bishop, Paul. Photographer
Blackman, Barry M. Photographer
Crawford, Joseph J. Photographer
Green, John. Photographer
Jeffry, Alix. Photographer
Keull, Steven. Photographer
McBean, Angus, 1904- Photographer
Ostertag, Barna. Photographer
Peiken, Terry. Photographer
Pillsbury, Garth. Photographer
Policastro, Frank. Photographer
Samrock, Carl. Photographer
Schatt, Roy. Photographer
Silvestro, Richard. Photographer
Smith, Vernon L. Photographer
Swope, Martha. Photographer
Tupay, P. Photographer
Willard, Avery, 1921-1999. Photographer
Wagner International Photos, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
Your Image, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
All the kings men.
The boogie-woogie rumble of a dream deferred.
Bury the dead.
But never jam today.
Croesus and the witch.
Don't bother me, I can't cope.
Moon on a rainbow shawl.
The ups and downs of Theophilus Maitland.
Your arms too short to box with God.
Found In:
c2ac Urban Arts Corps (New York, N.Y.) Urban Arts Corps (New York, N.Y.) records, 1968-1983 (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A218
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Urban Arts Corps (New York, N.Y.) Collection
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