Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Reiss, Sam.
2. Layne, Cecil.
3. Campbell, James C.
4. Smith, Morgan, 1910-1993.
5. Mieth, Hansel, 1909-
6. Bachrach.
7. Dummett.
8. Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
9. G.G.G. Photo Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. 87 items (.3 lin. ft., 1 box); 21 x 26 cm. and smaller.

Summary

1. The Negro Labor Committee Photograph Collection depicts some of the organization's officials and members, as well as some of the Committee's events and activities, from the 1930s to the early 1960s.

Subject

1. Labor leaders > United States
2. Labor > New York (State) > New York
3. Negro Labor Committee
4. African American labor leaders
5. Archibald, Julius A
6. Group portraits > 1930-1969
7. Meetings > New York (State) > 1930-1959
8. African Americans > Civil rights
9. Crosswaith, Frank Rudolph, 1892-1965
10. Portrait photographs > 1930-1969
11. African Americans > Societies, etc > New York (State) > New York
12. Totten, Ashley, 1884-1963
13. African Americans > Meetings > New York (State) > New York > 1930-1959
14. McLaurin, Benjamin F., 1906-1989
15. La Guardia, Fiorello H (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947
16. Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
17. Halftone photomechanical prints > 1940-1959
18. Clippings > 1940-1959
19. Gelatin silver prints > 1930-1969
20. Andrews, William T., 1898-1984
21. Tobias, Channing H
22. Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968
23. White, Walter, 1893-1955
24. Walter, Noah C. A
25. Overton, L. Joseph
26. Harlem Labor Center

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1930-1969.
2. Group portraits – 1930-1969.
3. Gelatin silver prints – 1930-1969.
4. Halftone photomechanical prints – 1940-1959.
5. Clippings – 1940-1959.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Negro Labor Committee Collection

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Most photographs have photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso; one photograph has photographer's name printed on recto; some items have organization's handstamp on verso.
3. Many photographs have handwritten notations on verso; some items have handwritten captions on recto; one photograph bears typewritten captions; two photographs have notes attached to verso. Some items bear cropping marks; some photographs are duplicates.
4. Collection contains work by Sam Reiss, Morgan Smith, Cecil Layne, James C. Campbell and G.G.G. Photo Studio, among others.

Terms of use (note)

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

Biography (note)

1. The Negro Labor Committee was founded in 1935 to organize black workers into unions, end discriminatory practices against blacks in labor and management, and establish solidarity between black and white workers.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Negro Labor Committee Records, 1925-1969.

Author

1. Negro Labor Committee.

Title

1. Negro Labor Committee photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. [193-?]-1962.

Terms of use

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

Biography

1. The Negro Labor Committee was founded in 1935 to organize black workers into unions, end discriminatory practices against blacks in labor and management, and establish solidarity between black and white workers. One of the Committee's organizers, labor activist Frank R. Crosswaith, served as chairman for many years. The Committee also opened the Harlem Labor Center, at 312 West 125th Street, as labor's home in Harlem.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Negro Labor Committee Records, 1925-1969.

Local note

1. Sc MG 17

Connect to:

1. Request Appointment
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Reiss, Sam. Photographer
2. Layne, Cecil. Photographer
3. Campbell, James C. Photographer
4. Smith, Morgan, 1910-1993. Photographer
5. Mieth, Hansel, 1909- Photographer
6. Bachrach. Photographer
7. Dummett. Photographer
8. Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
9. G.G.G. Photo Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Negro Labor Committee Collection