Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift; Anonymous; 2016, 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:146; DLC/PP-2016:146-2).
Processing History
The Bob Adelman Photograph Archive was processed by Eric Peich, Jacob Stickann, Michelle An, Nicholas Pernot, Erin Ebert, Maya Reid, Libby McKiernan, Tori Scheppele, Eliza Scally, and Brett Carnell in 2018-2023. Finding aid encoded by Eric Peich in 2023.
Folder titles, punctuation, and capitalization were transcribed directly from material as received by the Library and not devised by Library staff.
Folders listed with "0 items" indicates processing staff moved all material to the oversize portion of the collection.
Corresponding contact sheets and negatives: Contact sheets are marked with the following statement to identify corresponding negatives: "Corresponding negatives found in: Adelman Job-[JOB NUMBER], no.[NEGATIVE CALL NUMBER]." This statement may list multiple corresponding negatives within a job as some contact sheets were made from negatives found on multiple rolls of film.
Partial negatives and corresponding contact sheets: Contact sheets are marked with the following statement when not all negatives are present within the job: "Some negatives not present in job." These negatives may appear elsewhere in the collection. Researchers are encouraged to browse and view related materials and subject matter as the negatives may have been removed by the creator and included with other material.
No negatives found with associated contact sheets: Contact sheets are marked with the following statement when contact sheets have no known associated negatives: "Negatives not present in job." Researchers are encouraged to browse and view related materials and subject matter as the negatives may have been removed by the creator and included with other material.
Related Material
Additional materials with photographs by Bob Adelman are described in our Online Catalog and searchable by call number or descriptive words, including the following:
- Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 (Call No.: PH - Adelman, no. 1)
- Selected prints from March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (Call No.: LOT 15609)
Related Material at Other Repositories
While the Library of Congress is the principal repository of the work of Bob Adelman (1930-2016), many other repositories hold portions of his work. A few of these repositories include:
- The New School Archives and Special Collections: Bob Adelman photograph collection
- New-York Historical Society: Bob Adelman photographs
- Smithsonian Institution: Bob Adelman Civil Rights Photographs
Online Content
To see already digitized images from this collection, search our Online Catalog by call number or descriptive words.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bob Adelman Photograph Archive, and item or reproduction number, if available [e.g., Adelman-Job 1, no. 1 or LC-DIG-ppmsca-12345]