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| Series 3: Graphic materials (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Subseries A: Still images | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 101/1 | Jewish Legion: Palestine, 1919 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH001-019 | |||||||||||||
| 19 photographic prints : black and white, silver process ; 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Photos of Korson, some of his friends, and the men with whom he served. Portraits plus photos of work activity. See photo album for related images. All images have been printed to be used as postcards. Five images are inscribed on the verso by Korson and his friends. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 101/2 | Oak Hill colliery, Minersville, Pennsylvania, March 9, 1924 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH020-023 | |||||||||||||
| 4 photographic prints : black and white, silver process ; 4 in. x 5 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| See box-folder 95/1 for two similar images. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 101/3 | Pennsylvania Folk Festival, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH024-036 | |||||||||||||
| 13 photographic prints : black and white, gelatin ; 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| 12 photos plus one duplicate (PH030). PH028 and PH029 are copies of PH027. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 101/4 | Pennsylvania Folk Festival, undated | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH037-059 | |||||||||||||
| 23 photographic prints : black and white, gelatin ; 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 101/5 | Pennsylvania Folk Festival: Gimbels window display, 1949 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH060-072 | |||||||||||||
| 15 photographic prints : black and white, gelatin ; 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Window display in Gimbels department store, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All photos but one are black and white; the color photo has faded. Three copies of PH061. See box-folder 94/5 for related images. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 101/6 | Library of Congress: Pennsylvania field trip, 1946 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH073-094 | |||||||||||||
| 24 photographic prints : black and white ; 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Most of the photos have descriptions handwritten or typed on the verso, and are credited to Skippy Adelman, Black Star (photo agency). PH080 and PH084 have two copies each. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 101/7 | Folklore Institute of America, Indiana University (Bloomington, IN), July 18, 1958 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH095-096 | |||||||||||||
| 2 photographic prints : black and white, gelatin ; 3 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Photos taken at a picnic lunch. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 101/8 | Korson receives service ribbon, November 5, 1965 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH097-099 | |||||||||||||
| 3 photographic prints : black and white, gelatin ; 8 in. x 10 in. | |||||||||||||
| The event took place at the Israeli embassy, in Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 101/9 | American Red Cross (1 of 2), circa 1946-1954 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH100-201 | |||||||||||||
| 145 photographic prints : black and white ; 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Two copies each of PH156, PH174, and PH176-177. Most photos have descriptions written on the verso. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 101/10 | American Red Cross (2 of 2), circa 1946-1954 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH202-232 | |||||||||||||
| 19 photographic prints : black and white ; 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Two copies each of PH213, and PH218-220, and three copies each of PH207 and PH216-217. Most photos have descriptions written on the verso. See box-folder 94/10 for a similar image to PH232. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 101/11 | George Korson, circa 1913-1962 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH233-265 | |||||||||||||
| 44 photographic prints : 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Includes studio portraits and publicity-oriented photos of Korson. Two color photos; the rest are black and white. PH245 and PH251 have four copies, PH258 and PH261 have three copies, and PH262 has two copies. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 101/12 | George Korson and family members, circa 1920s-1956 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH266-310 | |||||||||||||
| 49 photographic prints : black and white, 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Primarily Korson and his family, but also includes photos of friends and associates as well. Two copies each of PH277, PH292, PH308, and PH310. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 102/1 | Informants, circa 1920s-1957 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH311-329 | |||||||||||||
| 23 photographic prints : black and white, 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Photos of people Korson recorded for his research. Three copies of PH313, and two copies each of PH316 and PH318. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 102/2 | Miners, performers, and scenes, circa 1937-1950s | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH330-354, PH359-366 | |||||||||||||
| 38 photographic prints : black and white, 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Laborers, singers, dancers, scenery, collieries, folk art, and related images. Two copies each of PH331, PH341, PH360-361, and PH363. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 102/3 | Coal sculptures, circa 1950s | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH355-358 | |||||||||||||
| 7 photographic prints : black and white, 8 in. x 10 in. | |||||||||||||
| Includes Photos of Korson holding the coal sculpture in this collection. Two copies each of PH355-357. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 102/4 | Photos from manuscript materials (1/2), circa 1880s | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH367-374 | |||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : albumen silver, 7 in. x 3 1/2 in. or smaller; 6 photographic prints : silver gelatin developed-out, 4 in. x 3 1/2 in. or smaller; 1 photographic print (postcard) ; 3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. or smaller. | |||||||||||||
| Photos include Mr. and Mrs. Caspar Weis at their home, and photos of other people in and around Minnequa, Pennsylvania. The stereo images are mounted on a card; the other photos are unmounted. Photos from box-folder 46/2. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 102/5 | Photos from manuscript materials (2/2), circa June 7, 1937; 1962 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH375; PH484-486 | |||||||||||||
| 4 photographic prints ; gelatin; 3 black and white and 1 color ; 8 in x 10 in. and smaller | |||||||||||||
| Students at Trevorton (Pennsylvania) High School pose in front of a table of coal or coal objects. The class was taking a course in coal carving, taught by Charles H. Horner (veteran miner) and sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The second, smaller photo (3 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.) is of Helga Sandburg posed to play guitar. This photo was found in the book Measure My Love, received with the collection from King's College. Another copy of the same photo of Helga, plus a photo of her father Carl Sandburg (also posed to play guitar) were found in the book Best poems of 1961, also received with the collection from King's College | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 102/6 | Korson speaking with miners in a coal mine | ||||||||||||
| 1 contact sheet (12 frames) : black and white ; 8 in. x 10 in. | |||||||||||||
| Photo credit: Skippy Adelman. Items are unnumbered. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 102/7 | Negatives | ||||||||||||
| 15 negatives : black and white ; various sizes | |||||||||||||
| Copy negatives and a two-frame piece of 35mm still image film. The copy negatives were created by AFC for various publications and presentations. Items are unnumbered. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 102/8 | Palestine (printouts with AFC ID numbers) | ||||||||||||
| See Box 102, sub-box 1 for the photo album. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 102/sub-box 1 | Palestine, 1919 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: PH376-483 | |||||||||||||
| 108 photographic prints : black and white ; 7 1/4 x 10 in. 1 in. (album) and 3 in. 2 in. or smaller (photographs) | |||||||||||||
| Annotated photo album with images from Korson's time in Palestine while he served with the British Fusiliers. It is assumed he took the photos, which include scenes of daily life (men, women, and children), a Jewish cemetery, architecture, animals, transportation, and executions. See accompany document with printouts of photographed scrapbook pages, which have the ID numbers assigned at AFC. | |||||||||||||
| Subseries B: Oversize materials and unframed items (photographs and mixed media) | |||||||||||||
| Items that arrived at AFC in frames were unframed and treated by Library of Congress Conservation staff. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/1 | Unframed photo 1, possibly circa 1947 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| The photo depicts items in a glass display case (Songs and Ballads of the Anthracite Miners and a price of $3 appears on a sign in the case), with copies of the book plus photos and artifacts arranged on a table. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/2 | Unframed photo 2, June 21, 1957 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 7 in. x 9 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat) | |||||||||||||
| Matted photo of Korson and Alfred M. Gruenther, then president of the American Red Cross. The photo is inscribed to Korson, on the day of Korson's retirement from the Red Cross. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/3 | Unframed photo 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : color ; 6 3/4 in. x 9 in. or smaller (excluding the mat) | |||||||||||||
| Matted photo of items in a window display ("Coal Souvenirs" appears on a sign in the display). The colors in the photo have faded. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/4 | Unframed photo 4, May 1935 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 10 1/2 in. x 13 1/4 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Mounted photo of miners in work clothing and helmets, in Chattanooga, TN. A typed caption is incorporated into the image beneath the photo (probably via copy negative). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/5 | Unframed photo 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 7 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat) | |||||||||||||
| The photo depicts items in a Gimbel's display window, to celebrate Pennsylvania week. This was the location of Gimbels (department store) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/6 | Unframed photo 6, 1950-1959 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 7 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat) | |||||||||||||
| Left to right: Korson, Arthur Kaufmann (who signed the photo), and a man holding Frank Warner's autographed banjo (which Korson also signed). Korson and Kaufman each hold a book. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/7 | Unframed photo 7, circa 1950-1959 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 8 in. x 10 in. | |||||||||||||
| Head shot of Korson (studio portrait). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/8 | Unframed photo 8, May 1935 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 6 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in. | |||||||||||||
| Similar to #4 but smaller and without the caption. Image is cracked and has emulsion damage due to several creases. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/9 | Unframed photo 9, 1919 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 4 1/2 in. x 6 in. | |||||||||||||
| Korson and fellow soldiers posed near a plane in a hangar, in Palestine. Writing on the photo, including a small arrow mark, possibly in grease pencil. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/10 | Unframed photo 10, October 22, 1954 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 9 1/4 in. x 7 1/4 in. (excluding the mat) | |||||||||||||
| Matted photo with text affixed to mat in paper strips. The event was the dedication of the Boochever Library, at the American National Red Cross headquarters. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/11 | Unframed photo 11, circa April 29, 1957 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat) | |||||||||||||
| Matted photo with two newsprint clippings affixed to the mat. The image shows Korson (incoming president of the Pennsylvania Folklore Society) shaking hands with Henry W. Shoemaker (retiring president). The clippings are from The Evening News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/12 | Unframed photo 12, October 12, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 9 1/2 in. x 7 in. or smaller (excluding the mat) | |||||||||||||
| Matted photo with caption typed on paper and affixed to mat. Korson appears in a group photo, on the day of a luncheon in his honor. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/13 | Unframed photo 13, September 1965 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat) | |||||||||||||
| Matted photo with caption typed on paper and affixed to mat. Left to right: Mary Barrett, Rev. Lane D. Kilburn, and Korson, on the event of his donation of his fieldwork and collections to King's College. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/14 | Unframed photo 14, July 18, 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 1 photographic print : black and white ; 7 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat) | |||||||||||||
| Matted photo and caption. Left to right: Richard M. Dorson, Korson, R.D. Jameson, Vance Randolph, Archer Taylor, and Stith Thompson. Photo taken at a picnic in Brown County, Indiana, part of the Folklore Institute of America. Also in the folder: a sheet of paper noting that the item was (at that time) on loan to the Library of Congress (October 27, 1958) and program for the Folklore Institute of America (June 11-August 8, 1958). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 103/15 | Unframed photo 15, May 5, 1955 | ||||||||||||
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