Prof. Kelly Miller (in Garden) # 106 cellulose acetate photonegative with contact print

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85d039a38-a793-402b-8e29-ad0c09b05972

Photographer

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

Names

Miller, Kelly, 1863-1939

Subseries Creator

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994

Custom Craft

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005

Place

Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans

Topic

Gardening -- Washington (D.C.)

Photographer

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

Culture

African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)

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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives

Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives / 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin negatives

Sponsor

The collection was acquired with assistance from the Eugene Meyer Foundation. Elihu and Susan Rose and the Save America's Treasures program, provided funds to stabilize, organize, store, and create digital surrogates of some of the negatives. Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Biographical / Historical

Miller was Head, Dept. of Education, College of Liberal Arts, and Dean of the Graduate School, Howard University. His residence was the southeast corner of Third and Bryant St., N.W. (the house existed until ca. 1960). (From Ivary L. Doles, 11/17/05.)

Extent

2 Items

Medium

Negative: Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, 8 x 10".

Contact print: Silver gelatin on paper, 8" x 10".

Date

[ca. 1909]

Container

Box 88

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

Subseries Citation

Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution

Subseries Rights

When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Scan

Scan: 618ns0227103-01pm.tif

Bibliography

In checklist for Corcoran exhibition, 1976, item 70.

Reproduced in Deborah Willis, Black: A Celebration of a Culture, Irvington, N.Y.: Hylas, 2004, p. 93, with identifying caption.

Genre/Form

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Existence and Location of Originals

Same image as 1998.0011.070.

Scope and Contents

Additional prints in Box 1.1.A4, one of which has caption, "Prof. Kelly Miller in his garden on Howard Place, N.W."

Subseries Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.

Record ID

ebl-1562600449806-1562600450140-2