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Rosa Guy photographs.

Title
  1. Rosa Guy photographs.
Published by
  1. 1920s-2000s, bulk 1960 - 1999.
Format
  1. Archival mix
Author
  1. Guy, Rosa

Collection information

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Details

Description
  1. 1.08 linear feet (3 boxes); 1,024 photographs; 1,011 photographic prints; 10 photographs; 3 photographic slides
Summary
  1. Rosa Guy (1922-2012) was a Trinidadian American award-winning author and an active member of the Harlem community. The Rosa Guy photographs date from the 1920s to 2000s and consist of portraits of Guy and her family and friends, professional events, personal gatherings, and candid pictures from Guy's travels. The collection holds mostly photographic prints, as well as some negatives, slides, ephemera, expired passports, photograph albums, and a scrapbook.
Subject
  1. Angelou, Maya.
  2. Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
  3. Beasley, Phoebe, 1943-
  4. Burgie, Irving.
  5. Meriwether, Louise.
  6. Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.
  7. Sandler, Joan.
  8. Angelou, Maya.
  9. Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
  10. Beasley, Phoebe, 1943-
  11. Burgie, Irving.
  12. Meriwether, Louise.
  13. Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.
  14. African American women authors.
  15. Authors, Black.
  16. Authors, Caribbean.
  17. Trinidadians -- United States.
  18. African American women authors.
  19. Authors, Black.
  20. Authors, Caribbean.
  21. Trinidadians.
  22. Trinidad and Tobago.
  23. United States.
Genre/Form
  1. Albums (Books)
  2. Photographs.
Call number
  1. Sc Photo Rosa Guy Collection
Language
  1. English
Source (note)
  1. Purchased from the Estate of Rosa Guy, 2013.
Author
  1. Guy, Rosa, creator.
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. sheet
Location of other archival materials
  1. Materials Separated from the Resource: See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Book Division for the Rosa Guy papers, Sc MG 903.
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Occupation
  1. Authors.
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