Group of civil rights strategists cellulose acetate photonegative

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f488b741-dafd-4bde-843b-8d4d4f1a1de4

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Agfa (Firm)

Names

Chicago Defender (newspaper)

Elks (Fraternal order)

International Labor Defense

Ku Klux Klan (1915- )

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Negro Congress

Colman, Louis

Davis, John Preston

Houston, Charles Hamilton, Dr., 1895-1950

Patterson, William L.

Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979

Rogge, O. John

Wilson, J. Finley

Subseries Creator

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

Custom Craft

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

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

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Place

Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans

Topic

Civil rights

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Agfa (Firm)

Culture

African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)

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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.6: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by client

Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.6: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by client / 4.6.1: Black and White Negatives Part 1 / Randolph, A. Phillip

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.

Extent

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

Condition

Good: discoloration, stain.

Date

undated

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

Portraits

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.

Genre/Form

Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Portraits -- African American men

Scope and Contents

Group of five men. No ink on negative. "7 AGFA SAFETY FILM" edge imprint. No Scurlock number.

"A. Phillip Randolph" on original envelope, obviously incorrect. According to Craig Simpson in an e-mail (13 Nov. 2012): "This image is probably misidentified. This appears to be a delegation that called on O. John Rogge, first assistant attorney general of US, to demand Department of Justice action in Georgia peonage cases and South Carolina cases of mob violence by the Ku Klux Klan. Left to right: Louis Colman, New York, assistant national secretary of the International Labor Defense; William L. Patterson, Chicago, vice president of the International Labor Defense; Charles H. Houston, counsel for the National Association for Advancement of Colored People; J. Finley Wilson, grand exalted ruler of the Elks; and John P. Davis, executive secretary of the National Negro Congress. See April 27, 1940 of Chicago Defender, page 4, "National Negro Congress Girds for Third Conference" for photo of what seem to be the same people in the same room (window is the same, shade drawn to the same length and desk is slightly visible, bottom of frame of photo visible in Scurlock photo is also visible in Defender image)." Similar to AC0618.004.0000424.tif.

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-1564591817151-1564591819026-0