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Bob Adelman Photograph Archive, ca. 1950-2000, (bulk 1950-1980)
The Bob Adelman Photograph Archive is comprised of over 541,000 images encompassing an incredible variety of photographic material such the civil rights movement, authors, poets, entertainers, friends, and scenes of poverty, racism, and everyday life in America.
Box: 1 Achebe
Call No.: Adelman-Job 1 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 43 items (B&W Negatives, Contact Sheets)
Summary: Photographs show Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe.
Box: 1 ACLU
Call No.: Adelman-Job 2 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 59 items (B&W Negatives, Color Negatives, Contact Sheets)
Summary: Photographs show an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) gallery exhibition display.
Box: 1 Adelman, Bob
Call No.: Adelman-Job 3 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 198 items (Color Slides)
Summary: Photographs show self-portraits of Adelman.
Box: 1 Adelman, Bob: Book
Call No.: Adelman-Job 4 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 1 item (Album)
Summary: Homemade album of select Adelman black-and-white photographs.
Box: 1 Adelman, Bob: Personal
Call No.: Adelman-Job 5 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 173 items (B&W Negatives, Contact Sheets, Photographic Prints)
Summary: Photographs show self-portraits, friends, and family of Adelman.
See also Adelman Oversize (A size)
Box: 1, 2 African American Duplicates (Over 5)
Call No.: Adelman-Job 6 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 172 items (Photographic Prints)
Summary: Assembled group of select photographs of Black men, women, and children depicted in other groups of Adelman material such as NYC: Harlem, NYC: Bedstuy, Negro Life, and others.
See also Adelman Oversize (A size)
See also Adelman-Job 338
See also Adelman-Job 353
See also Adelman-Job 359
Box: 2 African American MCNY
Call No.: Adelman-Job 7 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 135 items (Photographic Prints)
Summary: Assembled group of select photographs of Black men, women, and children depicted in other groups of Adelman material such as NYC: Harlem, NYC: Bedstuy, Negro Life, and others.
See also Adelman Oversize (A size)
See also Adelman-Job 338
See also Adelman-Job 353
See also Adelman-Job 359
Box: 2, 3 Africatown
Call No.: Adelman-Job 8 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 623 items (Color Negatives, Color Slides, Color Transparencies, Contact Sheets, Photographic Prints)
Summary: Photographs show the descendants of the survivors of the slave ship Clotilda as well as other Africatown, Ala. residents and their community. Subjects include graveyards, pools, and Union Missionary Baptist Church. Also shows the demolition of structures and land being cleared.
Box: 3 Agrinde
Call No.: Adelman-Job 9 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 294 items (B&W Negatives, Contact Sheets, Photographic Prints )
Summary: Photographs show portraits of an unidentified man and family visiting Agrinde Publications trade show booth.
See also Adelman Oversize (A size)
Box: 3, 4, 5 Airstream
Call No.: Adelman-Job 10 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 2,741 items (Color Slides, Color Transparencies, Contact Sheets, Photographic Prints)
Summary: Photographs show scenes of the 1987 Wally Byam Caravan Club International (WBCCI) Airstream rally and its attendees near Rapid City, S.D.
Box: 5 Ali-Frazier Fight
Call No.: Adelman-Job 11 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 163 items (B&W Negatives, Contact Sheets, Photographic Prints)
Summary: Photographs show scenes from the 1971 Madison Square Garden boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Includes photos of an individual identified as "Silky" who appears in the related job titled Gentleman of Leisure.
See also Adelman-Job 197
Box: 5 Alisha Wedding
Call No.: Adelman-Job 12 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 99 items (B&W Negatives, Contact Sheets)
Box: 5 Alphabet
Call No.: Adelman-Job 13 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 76 items (B&W Negatives, Contact Sheets)
Summary: Photographs show an unidentified man posing as letters of the alphabet.
Box: 5 Altman, Carole
Call No.: Adelman-Job 14 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 50 items (B&W Negatives, Contact Sheets, Photographic Prints )
Summary: Photographs show portraits of sex therapist Carole Altman, Ph.D. in her home.
Box: 5 Amen Corner
Call No.: Adelman-Job 15 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 309 items (Color Slides)
Summary: Photographs show actress Rhetta Hughs in costume as Pastor Margaret Alexander from the 1983 Broadway musical titled Amen Corner.
Box: 5 American Artifacts
Call No.: Adelman-Job 16 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 0 items
See also Adelman Oversize (A size)
See also Adelman-Job 199
See also Adelman-Job 248
See also Adelman-Job 309
Box: 5 American Artists NYC, 1964, Esquire
Call No.: Adelman-Job 17 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 218 items (B&W Negatives, Color Slides, Color Transparencies, Photographic Prints)
Summary: Photographs taken for and published in article titled "The American Painter as a Blue Chip" for Esquire magazine in January 1965. Subjects depicted include Jackson Pollock burial site visit along with portraits of Dick Bellamy, Tom Wesselmann, Adolph Gottlieb, Jasper Johns, Marisol, Barnett Newman, Larry Rivers, and Mike Goldberg.
See also Adelman-Job 517
Box: 6 Americana
Call No.: Adelman-Job 18 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 1,777 items (Manuscripts, Other visual materials, Photographic Prints)
Summary: Photographs show selections of Adelman's work from the 1960s to the 1990s for a planned publication titled Americana. Includes publication layouts and manuscript titled "The Wrinkled Egg: A Portrait of Bob Adelman."
See also Adelman Oversize (A size)
See also Adelman Oversize (B size)
Box: 6, 7 Americana: Edits
Call No.: Adelman-Job 19 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 151 items (Color Slides, Manuscripts, Photographic Prints)
Summary: Photographs show selections of Adelman's work from the 1960s to the 1990s for a planned publication titled Americana. Also includes draft text materials for the book.
See also Adelman Oversize (A size)
Box: 6 Amnesia
Call No.: Adelman-Job 20 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 80 items (Color Slides, Photographic Prints)
Summary: Photographs show portraits of an elderly couple taken by Adelman and earlier photographs of their wedding by another photographer.
Box: 7 Archbishop Hickey
Call No.: Adelman-Job 21 (FM -- F size)
Extent: 960 items (B&W Negatives, Contact sheets, Photographic Prints)
Summary: Photographs show Archbishop James Aloysius Hickey, performing duties as the Archbishop of Washington, D.C., in 1985.
See also Adelman Oversize (A size)
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