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

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.