Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bagwell, Ed.
2. Blanche, Wil
3. Hamilton, E. C.

Found in

1. p1tc Union Settlement Cultural Center records, 1904-1977 (OCoLC)122615797

Description

1. 383 items (.9 cu. ft., 3 boxes); 28 x 24 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. The Union Settlement Cultural Center Collection, dating from the 1950s to the 1970s, consists of individual and group portraits of its staff and participants and documents its activities including programs in art and music. Also included are publicity portraits of Burt Lancaster and Ossie Davis as well as film stills from "The Scalp Hunter" which feature them. As a child, Lancaster frequented the Center and later became a donor. Photographs prior to the 1950s are sparse as is documentation of the Center's dance and drama programs. There are no photographs documenting Lancaster's childhood involvement in the Center.
2. The collection contains individual portraits of the Center's founder, Gaylord S. White, and its other directors, Thelma Hall and H. Blake Hobbs. Hobbs is also pictured in candid shots playing various musical instruments. Photographs of the Center's music activities depict children and adults playing instruments in music classes, on stage and outdoors, and in a marching band; and adults singing in a choir. Schoolchildren are shown learning to play the recorder and subsequently giving performances at P.S. 108, East Harlem, New York City (1960). Included are photos of singer/drummer George Bragg and cellist Ronald Lipscomb.
3. The Center's art activities are documented by photographic reproductions of artwork and indoor and outdoor art shows. One photograph depicts older adults working on art projects. In an unidentified classroom, young children are shown drawing, listening to stories, taking care of a caged pet, as well as playing in a playground. The collection contains photographs of the new Union Settlement Building constructed in 1965, as well its ground-breaking ceremony with then New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner.

Alternative title

1. The Scalp Hunters.

Subject

1. Hobbs, H. Blake, 1911-1973
2. White, Gaylord S. (Gaylord Starin), 1864-1931
3. Union Settlement Cutural Center (New York, N.Y.)
4. Union Settlement Association (New York, N.Y.)
5. African American children -- New York (State) -- New York
6. African American boys -- New York (State) -- New York
7. African American girls -- New York (State) -- New York
8. African American youth -- New York (State) -- New York
9. African American musicians -- New York (State) -- New York
10. African Americans -- Social life and customs
11. Children -- Services for -- New York (State) -- New York
12. African Americans -- Music -- 1910-1979
13. African Americans -- Performances & portrayals -- 1910-1979
14. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1910-1979.
2. Group portraits – 1910-1979.
3. Snapshots – 1910-1979.
4. Postcards – 1910-1979.
5. Dye coupler prints – 1940-1979.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Union Settlement Cultural Center Collection

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Some photographs bear photographer's handstamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten, typewritten or printed captions and/or notations on recto and/or verso. Some items are mounted on scrapbook pages. Some items are duplicates
3. Collection contains work by Ed Bagwell, Wil Blanche and E. C. Hamilton, among others.

Terms of use (note)

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

Biography (note)

1. A division of Union Settlement, an East Harlem, New York City, settlement house, the Union Settlement Cultural Center, founded in 1917 and closed in 1977, offered music, art, drama and dance programs for children and adults, as well as exhibition and storage space for artists.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Union Settlement Cultural Center records, 1904-1977.

Local note

1. Sc MG 181

Author

1. Union Settlement Cultural Center (New York, N.Y.)

Title

1. Union Settlement Cultural Center photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. [192-?]-[1973?]

Terms of use

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

Biography

1. A division of Union Settlement, an East Harlem, New York City, settlement house, the Union Settlement Cultural Center, founded in 1917 and closed in 1977, offered music, art, drama and dance programs for children and adults, as well as exhibition and storage space for artists.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Union Settlement Cultural Center records, 1904-1977.

Connect to:

1. Request Appointment

Added author

1. Bagwell, Ed. Photographer
2. Blanche, Wil. Photographer
3. Hamilton, E. C. Photographer

Added title

1. The Scalp Hunters.

Found in:

1. p1tc Union Settlement Cultural Center records, 1904-1977 (OCoLC)122615797

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Union Settlement Cultural Center Collection