Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church Exterior, February 1964 cellulose acetate photonegative

Container

Box 110

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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.

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)

Biographical / Historical

In 1873 Mt. Jezreel was born out of Vermont Avenue Baptist Church by a group of people tired of walking across town to church. 1879 Mt. Jezreel relocated to 7th near L Street, S.E. to a site known as the old "Meat House". In 1882 the Church voted to purchase the lot on the southeast corner of E Street at 5th, S.E. and in 1883 the cornerstone was laid at 5th & E Streets, S.E. In 1996, after several further moves, the Church relocated to 420 University Boulevard East, in Silver Spring, Maryland where it remains. Taken from Church's website: www.mtjezreel.com .

Date

February 1964

Extent

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

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.

Scan

Scan: AC0618.004.0001670.tif

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Exterior of church on street corner with sign across doorway reading, "Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church". Noticeboard in grounds reads, "Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church Sun February 2 9:30 Church School 11:00am Preaching Follow Jesus He is the way Rev L. T. Hughes Pastor". There are houses down the street and cars parked in the road. No ink on negative. Ink on envelope: caption and "1 glossy". "KODAK - SAFETY -- FILM" edge imprint. No Scurlock number

Genre/Form

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

Culture

African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)

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.

Condition

Good; slight discoloration, slight warping, fingerprints, residue on surface.

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)

Names

Mount Jezreel Baptist Church (Washington, D.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

Topic

Automobiles -- 1960-1970

African American churches -- 1960-1970 -- Washington (D.C.).

Church buildings -- Washington (D.C.)

Place

Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans

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

Subseries Citation

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

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Record ID

ebl-1562600449806-1562600450198-6

Usage

CC0