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| Ralph Ellison Family Albums, 1890-1996 | |||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: ca. 401 items : chiefly color and black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs show portraits of Ralph Ellison, his wife Fanny Ellison, as well as other family members and associates. Images also depict Ellison's domestic life and public appearances. LOT includes newspaper clippings and other ephemera collected by the Ellison family. | |||||||||||||
| Materials are organized into LOT subdivisions by album. Items inside the albums were removed from the album and kept in their current order. Concordance and original housing documentation in the collection are created by Library staff and show the page layout of the album prior to being disassembled for long-term storage. LOT 15600-H remains in the original album format and is not disassembled. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 1 | Concordance and Original Housing Documentation | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-A (F) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 2 | Ralph Ellison: Family Album | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-A, no. 1 to 37 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 37 items : color photographs, black and white photographs, documents. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 3 | Concordance and Original Housing Documentation | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-B (F) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 4 to 6 | Ralph and Fanny Ellison: Family and Associates Album | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-B, no. 1 to 95 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 95 items : color photographs, black and white photographs, black and white contact sheets, documents, letters, ribbon badge. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 7 | Concordance and Original Housing Documentation | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-C (F) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 8 to 9 | Ralph Ellison: Family and Associates Album | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-C, no. 1 to 58 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 58 items : black and white photographs, tintype, newspaper clippings, documents. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 10 | Concordance and Original Housing Documentation | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-D (F) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 11 to 12 | Fanny Ellison: Family and Associates Album | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-D, no. 1 to 70 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 70 items : black and white photographs, newspaper clippings, documents. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 1 | Concordance and Original Housing Documentation | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-E (F) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 2 to 4 | Ralph Ellison: Still Lifes, Family and Associates Album | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-E, no. 1 to 120 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 120 items : color photographs (chiefly instant photographs), black and white photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, cards. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 5 | Concordance and Original Housing Documentation | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-F (F) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 6 | Ralph Ellison: Associates Album | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-F, no. 1 to 7 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 7 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 7 | Concordance and Original Housing Documentation | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-G (F) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 8 | Ralph Ellison: 80th Birthday Celebration Album | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-G, no. 1 to 13 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 13 items : color photographs, documents. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 9 | Concordance and Original Housing Documentation | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-H (F) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 10 | Fanny Ellison: Snapshots Album | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15600-H, no. 1 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 item : album containing 8 black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Service Advisory: Bound Album | |||||||||||||
| Ralph Ellison, Family, Associates, and Events, 1890-1996 | |||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601 (F) (H) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: ca. 4,380 items : chiefly black and white photographs and contact sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs and contact sheets show Ralph Ellison, his wife Fanny Ellison, their family, associates, and events. The primarily black and white photographs depict portraits, snapshots of domestic life, travel, Ellison's studies at Tuskegee Institute (now University), New York City, public events, professional activities, as well as Ellison's home and personal art collection. | |||||||||||||
| Materials are organized by category: portraits, subjects and themes, snapshots, and contact sheets. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 1 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 1 to 78 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 78 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 2 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 79 to 99 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 21 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 3 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 100 to 113 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 14 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 4 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 114 to 123 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 10 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 5 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 124 to 135 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 12 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 6 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 136 to 159 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 24 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Photographers include Bob Adelman, Jon Atkins, Sevedra Barnum, Chris Corpus, and Nancy Crampton. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 7 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 160 to 177 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 18 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Photographers include Fanny Ellison, David Gahr, Bernard Gotfryd, and Chester Higgins. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 8 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 178 to 199 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 22 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Photographers include Pan-American Photo Service, Layle Silbert, Edward Wilson, and Richard Wright. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 9 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 200 to 219 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 20 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Photographers include Gordon Parks, Bern Schwartz, and Harold Strauss. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 10 | Portraits of Fanny Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 220 to 313 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 94 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 11 | Portraits of Fanny Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 314 to 333 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 20 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 12 | Portraits of Fanny Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 334 to 344 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 11 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 13 | Portraits of Fanny Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 345 to 356 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 12 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 14 | Portraits of Fanny Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 357 to 382 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 26 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Photographers include David Gahr. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 15 | Portraits of Fanny Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 383 to 396 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 14 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 FOLDER 16 | Portraits of Ralph and Fanny Ellison | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 397 to 428 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 32 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Photographers include David Gahr and Chester Higgins. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 1 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison Family Members | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 429 to 431 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 3 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Photographs show Alfred Lewis Ellison, Lewis Alfred Ellison, and Eddie Ellison. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 2 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison Family Members | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 432 to 441 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 10 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Photographs show Herbert Ellison and family, James Ellison, and Robert H. Ellison. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 3 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison Family Members | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 442 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 item : black and white photograph on frame. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Photograph shows Lucretia "Creesy" "Aunt Teat" Brown as well as her children and their spouses: Frances Brown Davis, Otella Brown, Maybell Dewitt, John Dewitt. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 4 | Portraits of Ralph Ellison Family Members | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 443 to 447 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 5 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Photographs show Annie Millsap and Ida "Brownie" Millsap. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 FOLDER 5 | Portraits of Fanny Ellison Family Members | ||||||||||||
| Call Number: LOT 15601, no. 448 to 471 (F) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 24 items : black and white photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Photographs show Willie Mae Brock, George Warren, Eliza Waugh, Ada Worix Warren, Priscilla Landers Warren, and Fanny's parents with Ralph Ellison. | |||||||||||||
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