Palmer Memorial Institute students visiting Associated Publishers, October 1963 cellulose acetate photonegative

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8968b9b43-cd13-4b6c-94b8-98fa6ce196e5

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)

Names

Associated Publishers

Palmer Memorial Institute (Sedalia, N.C.)

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

Washington (D.C.) -- 1960-1970 -- Photographs

Topic

African American students -- 1960-1970

African American schools

Publishers and publishing

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)

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

Associated Publishers was the publishing arm of the National Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, later the National Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Founded by Carter Godwin Woodson in 1922 it is oldest African American publishing company in the United States (taken from LOC authority heading).

Extent

1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., 4" x 5".)

Condition

Good; slight warping, slight discoloration, fingerprints

Date

October 1963

Container

Box 109

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

Retouching

New coccine (or crocein scarlet) dye

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: AC0618.004.0001640.tif

Genre/Form

Photographs -- 1960-1970 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Retouching -- Dye

New Coccine (or Crocein Scarlet) dye

Scope and Contents

Group of young men and women in school uniform, standing in an office. A woman and one of the young men are both holding a piece of paper, possibly a check. There are framed portraits on the wall behind them. No ink on negative. Ink on envelope: caption and "7 glossy ea". "KODAK - SAFETY -- FILM" edge imprint. Retouching on faces and hands with New Coccine.

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-1562600449806-1562600450197-0