Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Anderson, Bill.
2. Mallory, Oscar.
3. Yearwood, Lloyd.

Description

1. 45 items (.2 cubic ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.

Summary

1. Collection depicts libraries and library services to African Americans, mainly in New York City, from the 1930s to the 1980s with the bulk of the collection dating from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Subject

1. New York Public Library
2. Libraries and minorities
3. Libraries > 1930-1989
4. Branch libraries
5. Ground breaking ceremonies > 1930-1989
6. Books > 1930-1989
7. New York Public Library > Countee Cullen Branch
8. Brooklyn Public Library
9. Libraries and students
10. Public libraries
11. Reading rooms > 1930-1989
12. Bookmobiles > 1930-1989
13. Gelatin silver prints > 1930-1989
14. Library exhibits
15. Children's rooms
16. African Americans and libraries
17. Book talks > 1930-1989

Genre/Form

1. Gelatin silver prints – 1930-1989.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Libraries

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Some photographs bear photographer's hand stamp on verso. Some images bear handwritten notations on verso. Some photos bear cropping marks.
3. Collection includes work by Bill Anderson, Oscar Mallory and Lloyd Yearwood, among others.

Terms of use (note)

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

Title

1. Libraries [graphic].

Imprint

1. [193-]-[198-]

Terms of use

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

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2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Anderson, Bill. Photographer
2. Mallory, Oscar. Photographer
3. Yearwood, Lloyd. Photographer

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Libraries