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Additional authors

1. Battey, C.M.
2. Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996.
3. Johnson, E. R.
4. Smith, Roger.
5. United States. Office of War Information.
6. Maxwell Studios (St. Louis, Mo.)
7. Pan-American Photography Service (New York, N.Y.)
8. Scurlock Studios (Washington, D.C.)

Found in

1. p1bc Walton, Lester. Lester Walton papers, 1905-1977 (CstRLIN)NYPW090000007-A

Description

1. 332 items (1 lin. ft., 4 boxes); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.

Summary

1. The Lester A. Walton Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of his personal life and his professional career, mainly as United States diplomat to Liberia, during the period from the 1880s to the 1960s.

Subject

1. Johnson, Mordecai W (Mordecai Wyatt), 1890-1976
2. Ambassadors > United States
3. Tintype
4. Gelatin silver prints > 1880-1969
5. Stettinius, Edward R (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949
6. Werner, Ludlow W
7. Liberia > Foreign relations > United States
8. Walton, Lester A., 1882-1965
9. Bolivar, William C
10. Group portraits > 1880-1969
11. Proofs > 1930-1939
12. Walton, Gladys Odile
13. Negatives > 1940-1949
14. Television stills
15. African American diplomats
16. United States > Foreign relations > Liberia
17. Tubman, William V. S., 1895-1971
18. Portrait photographs > 1880-1969
19. African Americans > Civil rights
20. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
21. Anderson, William
22. Wagner, Robert F (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-
23. Walton, Gladys
24. Barclay, Edwin, 1883-
25. Lescot, Elie, 1883-1974
26. Diplomatic and consular service, American > Liberia
27. Snapshots
28. Walton, Marjorie
29. United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, Calif.)
30. New York (N.Y.) > City Commission on Intergroup Relations
31. Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955
32. Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
33. Photographic postcards > 1900-1929
34. Photomechanical prints
35. Liberia > Social life and customs
36. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
37. Dye coupler prints > 1940-1949
38. Walker, Walter S
39. Payne, Alberta
40. Davis, Benjamin O., 1880-1970

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1880-1969.
2. Group portraits – 1880-1969.
3. Snapshots.
4. Photographic postcards – 1900-1929.
5. Television stills.
6. Gelatin silver prints – 1880-1969.
7. Dye coupler prints – 1940-1949.
8. Photomechanical prints.
9. Proofs – 1930-1939.
10. Negatives – 1940-1949.
11. Tintype.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Lester A. Walton Collection

Note

1. Some photographs have either photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso; some items bear news agency or military censor handstamps on verso. Some photographs have photographer's or photography studio's blind stamp on recto; some items, which are matted or mounted, have photographer's or photography studio's name printed on recto.
2. Some photographs have handwritten notations on either verso or recto; some items bear printed descriptive information on verso; many photographs have press releases attached to verso. Some items bear inscriptions; negatives have typewritten captions on protective sleeves.
3. Some photographs bear cropping marks; some items have damaged edges; three photographs are ripped in half; some items are duplicates.
4. Collection contains work by Scurlock, C.M. Battey, E.R. Johnson, George D. Cowdery, Austin Hansen, M. Smith, E. White, Roger Smith, and Maxwell Studios, among others.

Terms of use (note)

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

Biography (note)

1. Lester Aglar Walton, journalist, entertainment figure and diplomat, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1882.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Lester A. Walton Papers, 1905-1977.

Author

1. Walton, Lester A., 1882-1965.

Title

1. Lester A. Walton photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. [188-?-196-?]

Terms of use

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

Biography

1. Lester Aglar Walton, journalist, entertainment figure and diplomat, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1882. As a journalist, he was a reporter and editor for both black and mainstream newspapers in St. Louis (1902-1907) and New York (1908-1930s), as well as labor arbitrator in a dispute between the Newspaper Guild of New York and the New York Amsterdam News (1957-1959). He also led a 1913 movement for the capitalization of "N" in the spelling of Negro by daily papers and magazines. His contributions to entertainment included managing the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem (1914-1916, 1919-1921); serving as vice president of the Negro Actors Guild; chairing the Coordinating Council for Negro Performers to promote African-Americans in every field of entertainment (1950s); and writing songs throughout his career, including "Jim Crow Has Got to Go."
2. Walton's political career included serving as publicity director of the Colored Division of the Democratic National Campaign Committee (1924, 1928 and 1932). In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Walton United States Ambassador to Liberia, a position he held until 1946 in which he negotiated and concluded treaties between the United States and Liberia (late 1930s) and agreements for establishing a U.S. Army base and a Navy port in Liberia (early 1940s). He would later serve as adviser to the Liberian delegation to the United Nations (late 1940s), and was one of the original members of the New York City Commission on Intergroup Relations (later renamed the City Commission on Human Rights) in 1955. Walton retired from this post in 1964, and died in New York City in 1965.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Lester A. Walton Papers, 1905-1977.

Local note

1. Sc MG 183

Connect to:

1. Request Appointment
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Battey, C.M. Photographer
2. Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996. Photographer
3. Johnson, E. R. Photographer
4. Smith, Roger. Photographer
5. United States. Office of War Information.
6. Maxwell Studios (St. Louis, Mo.)
7. Pan-American Photography Service (New York, N.Y.)
8. Scurlock Studios (Washington, D.C.)

Found in:

1. p1bc Walton, Lester. Lester Walton papers, 1905-1977 (CstRLIN)NYPW090000007-A

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Lester A. Walton Collection