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John Henrik Clarke photograph collection

Title
John Henrik Clarke photograph collection [graphic].
Author
Clarke, John Henrik, 1915-1998.
Publication
[191-?]-[1996?]

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Additional Authors
  • Barboza, Anthony, 1944-
  • Bell, Willis E.
  • Cameron, Denis.
  • Casset, S.N.
  • DeCarava, Roy.
  • Griffith, Christopher.
  • Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996.
  • Higgins, Chester.
  • Johnson, Newell.
  • Tekelewold, Feleke.
  • Williams, Larry Obadele.
  • Babs Photos (Ibadan, Nigeria)
  • British Information Services.
  • Ghana. Information Services Department.
  • Scurlock Studios (Washington, D.C.)
  • Senegal Photo (Dakar, Senegal)
  • Studio Gora Seck (Dakar, Senegal)
Found In
p1tc Clarke, John Henrik, 1915- John Henrik Clarke papers, 1937-1996 (CStRLIN)NYPW00-A12
Description
  • 339 items (3 boxes, 1 lin. ft.); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
  • 52 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 83 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 46 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 68 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 6 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 1 photographic print : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 16 photographic prints : col. ;
  • 33 photographic prints : col. ;
  • 13 photomechanical prints : halftone, b&w ;
  • 12 negatives : b&w, one col. ;
  • 1 transparency : col. ;
  • 3 polaroid prints : b&w ;
  • 3 photographic postcards : b&w ;
  • 2 computer printouts : b&w ;
Summary
The John Henrik Clarke Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of his personal life and his career as an academic and black studies advocate from the 1910s to the 1990s.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1940-1999.
  • Group portraits – 1940-1999.
  • Snapshots – 1940-1999.
  • Publicity stills – 1970-1979.
  • Film stills – 1950-1959.
  • Television stills – 1970-1979.
  • Photographic postcards.
  • Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1999.
  • Dye coupler prints – 1960-1999.
  • Instant camera photographs – 1960-1969.
  • Halftone photomechanical prints.
  • Negatives.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Collection contains work by Roy DeCarava, Christopher Griffith, Willis Bell, Anthony Barboza, Feleke Tekelewold and the British Information Service, among others.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Some items are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography (note)
  • John Henrik Clarke, historian, educator and advocate of African heritage and black studies programs, was born a sharecropper's son in Union Springs, Alabama, in 1915.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the John Henrik Clarke Papers, 1937-1996.
Call Number
Sc Photo John Henrik Clarke Collection
OCLC
NYPG00-F248
Author
Clarke, John Henrik, 1915-1998.
Title
John Henrik Clarke photograph collection [graphic].
Imprint
[191-?]-[1996?]
Terms Of Use
Some items are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography
John Henrik Clarke, historian, educator and advocate of African heritage and black studies programs, was born a sharecropper's son in Union Springs, Alabama, in 1915. Raised in Georgia and forced to drop out of school to help support his family, Clarke came to New York City in 1933 where he trained himself to study history. He would eventually write, edit or contribute to some 30 books; write short stories, articles and essays; co-found the Harlem Quarterly (1949-1951); was an associate editor of Freedomways Magazine (1962-1982); would lecture extensively; and would conduct research in most of Africa. During the 1960s, he was the Heritage Teaching Program director for HARYOU-ACT (Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited); was consultant and coordinator for the 1968 CBS television series "Black Heritage"; and was an associate professor of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, New York (1969-1986). After his retirement, he would continue to support black studies programs and criticize social injustice for the rest of his life. Clarke died in New York in 1998.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the John Henrik Clarke Papers, 1937-1996.
Local Note
Sc MG 572
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Added Author
Barboza, Anthony, 1944- Photographer
Bell, Willis E. Photographer
Cameron, Denis. Photographer
Casset, S.N. Photographer
DeCarava, Roy. Photographer
Griffith, Christopher. Photographer
Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996. Photographer
Higgins, Chester. Photographer
Johnson, Newell. Photographer
Tekelewold, Feleke. Photographer
Williams, Larry Obadele. Photographer
Babs Photos (Ibadan, Nigeria)
British Information Services.
Ghana. Information Services Department.
Scurlock Studios (Washington, D.C.)
Senegal Photo (Dakar, Senegal)
Studio Gora Seck (Dakar, Senegal)
Found In:
p1tc Clarke, John Henrik, 1915- John Henrik Clarke papers, 1937-1996 (CStRLIN)NYPW00-A12
Research Call Number
Sc Photo John Henrik Clarke Collection
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