Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives
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Object Details
- Scope and Contents
- Subseries 4.1 includes black and white silver gelatin negatives. The majority of the negatives, not all, have been scanned.
- Summary
- The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, DC from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Subseries 4.1 includes black and white silver gelatin negatives. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records
- 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.
- Arrangement note
- The negatives are not arranged in a clear order, and the negatives document clients and subjects. Researchers will need to look in two different box sizes for negatives of different sizes that were originally housed together in freezer boxes but are now housed separately according to size. A number of freezer boxes are missing, this is the reason for box number gaps, and contain varying numbers of negatives. The physical number of boxes was condensed during rehousing but the original freezer box numbers were retained in combination on the new boxes. The beginning and end of a freezer box are indicated inside the new box by blue dividers.
- Biographical/Historical note
- The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, DC. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). More...
- 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
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Genre/Form
- Photographs -- 20th century
- Matrices, color separation
- Dye transfer process
- Studio portraits
- Color separation negatives
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.01
- 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
- Names
- Howard University -- 20th century
- DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Matrices, color separation
- Dye transfer process
- Studio portraits
- Color separation negatives
- Extent
- 320 Boxes
- Place
- Washington (D.C.) -- Small business -- 20th century
- Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
- Shaw (Washington, D.C.)
- Citation
- Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
- Forms Part Of
- Subseries 4.1 forms part of Series 4, within the Scurlock Studio Records group. Scurlock Studio Records Series 1: Black and White Photographs Series 2: Color Photographs Series 3: Framed Prints Series 4: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives Series 5: Color Negatives Series 6: Color Transparencies, Slides, and Other Formats Series 7: Black-and-White Color Separation Negatives and Matrices Series 8: Scurlock Studio Business Records Series 9: Custom Craft Business Records Series 10: Capitol School of Photography Series 11: Washington Stock Series 12: Background Materials and Publications
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- Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 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.
- Topic
- African Americans -- History -- 20th century
- Commercial photography -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C)
- Segregation
- Photography -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C.)
- Portraits -- 20th century
- Politicians -- 20th century
- African American photographers
- African American entertainers -- 20th century
- Date
- undated
- 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.
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