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Additional authors

1. Schott, A.
2. Thompson, Mary Louise.
3. Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios (New York, N.Y.)

Found in

1. p1tc Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981. Kenneth W. Porter papers, 1912-1981 (CStRLIN)NYPW93-A147

Description

1. 67 items (.3 lin. ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.

Summary

1. The Kenneth W. Porter Photograph Collection consists of portraits, field research photographs and photographic reproductions compiled by Porter for his research on Black Seminoles, including the Seminole Negro Indian Scouts, that he conducted during the 1940s to the 1970s.

Subject

1. Black Seminoles
2. Bullis, John L
3. Seminole Negro-Indian Scouts
4. Stats
5. Photographic postcards > 1920-1929
6. Seminole Indians > Mixed descent
7. Snapshots > 1920-1949
8. Cabinet photographs > 1870-1879
9. Black Seminoles > Mexico > Nacimiento
10. Black Seminoles > Texas
11. Sites > Oklahoma > Fort Gibson > 1940-1949
12. Negatives
13. Indians > Kings and rulers
14. Black Seminoles > Structures > Texas > Brackettville > 1940-1949
15. Abraham, Black Seminole Chief
16. Portrait photographs > 1870-1979
17. Black Seminoles > Structures > Mexico > Nacimiento > 1940-1949
18. Gelatin silver prints > 1870-1979
19. Group portraits > 1940-1979
20. Kickapoo Indians > Dwellings
21. Reproductions

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1870-1979.
2. Group portraits – 1940-1979.
3. Snapshots – 1920-1949.
4. Photographic postcards – 1920-1929.
5. Cabinet photographs – 1870-1879.
6. Reproductions.
7. Gelatin silver prints – 1870-1979.
8. Stats.
9. Negatives.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Kenneth W. Porter Collection

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. One image has photographer's name printed on verso and recto; some photographs bear photo processing studio handstamp on verso. Most items bear handwritten notations on verso; some items have printed captions attached to verso; some photographs have printed captions on recto. Some photographs bear cropping marks; some items are duplicates.
3. Collection contains work by Mary Louise Thompson and Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios.

Biography (note)

1. Kenneth Wiggins Porter (1905-1981) was a professor of history at several American colleges, and conducted research on African-American frontiersmen and cowboys, Black Seminoles, and American folklore and folk history, from the 1930s to the 1970s.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Kenneth W. Porter Papers, 1912-1981.

Publications (note)

1. The Black Seminoles: history of a freedom-seeking people / Kenneth W. Porter. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 1996.

Author

1. Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981.

Title

1. Kenneth W. Porter photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. [187-?]-[197-]

Biography

1. Kenneth Wiggins Porter (1905-1981) was a professor of history at several American colleges, and conducted research on African-American frontiersmen and cowboys, Black Seminoles, and American folklore and folk history, from the 1930s to the 1970s. He was also a poet; an active Socialist; published books on United States business history and African-American frontiersmen; and authored several unpublished manuscripts, including his research on Black Seminoles which was published posthumously.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Kenneth W. Porter Papers, 1912-1981.

Publications

1. The Black Seminoles: history of a freedom-seeking people / Kenneth W. Porter. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 1996.

Local note

1. Sc MG 222

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
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Added author

1. Schott, A. Illustrator
2. Thompson, Mary Louise. Photographer
3. Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios (New York, N.Y.)

Found in:

1. p1tc Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981. Kenneth W. Porter papers, 1912-1981 (CStRLIN)NYPW93-A147

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Kenneth W. Porter Collection