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MISCELLANEOUS, 1920-1963 (continued)
Art, Art Collections, Exhibits, Models, and Artists and Their Studios, 1924-1963, bulk 1940-1950. (continued)
Art, Art Collections, Exhibits, Models, and Artists and Their Studios, 1924-1963, bulk 1940-1950. (continued)
Photos showing art, art collections, exhibits, models, and artists and their studios. Artists whose work is represented include Paul Arlt, Richmond Barthé, Anne Beadenkopf, Peter Cohen, John O'Hara Cosgrave II, Allan Rohan Crite, Lee Hill, Melvin Gray Johnson, William H. Johnson, Horace Pippin, Caroline S. Rohland, Vandercook (possibly), Ali Warren, and Ellis Wilson. Includes photos of portrait paintings of NAACP officials, including Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Thurgood Marshall, Walter White, and Roy Wilkins. Also includes photographs of portraits of prominent African American scientists and entertainers. Includes two sets of prints issued by the Harmon Foundation: "Sculpture by Richmond Barthé," and "Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin, Painted by Two Women Artists: Betsy Graves Reyneau and Laura Wheeler Waring." Also includes photographs of artifacts in African art collections. 94 photographic prints; 41 photomechanical prints; 1 cyanotype. Organized into four subject categories: Art reproductions; Sculpture reproductions; Miscellaneous; Miscellaneous illustrations.
Art reproductions
General subjects
Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 1-13, (F)
General subjects
Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 14-15 (H)
Portraits
Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 16-41 (H)
Portraits
Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 42-52 (F)
Sculpture reproductions
General
Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 53-68 (F)
African
Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 69-114 (F)
Richmond Barthé reproductions published by the Harmon Foundation
Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 115-128 (H)
Miscellaneous, 1940-1948
Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 129-131 (F)
Miscellaneous illustrations (unidentified artists)
Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 132-136 (H)
Youth Organizations and Activities, 1943-1954.
Call No.: LOT 13121 (F)
Photos showing youth groups and activities. Includes photos of Boy Scouts, 4-H Club groups, and the Stokowski Youth Orchestra. Includes photographs of Leopold Stokowski. 23 photographic prints. Organized into four subject categories: Boy Scouts; 4-H Club; National Youth Administration/Stokowski Youth Orchestra; Miscellaneous.
Boy Scouts
Call No.: LOT 13121, nos. 1-4 (F)
4-H Club
Call No.: LOT 13121, nos. 5-10 (F)
National Youth Administration/Stokowski Youth Orchestra
Call No.: LOT 13121, nos. 11-22 (F)
Miscellaneous
Call No.: LOT 13121, nos. 23 (F)
Miscellaneous or Unidentified Subjects, 1938-ca. 1950.
Call No.: LOT 13122 (F) (H)
Includes publicity photos showing New York State historic documents displayed on the "Freedom Train," a traveling exhibit on freedom in the United States; reproduction of a map of the underground railroad in Indiana; office interior and printing presses at unidentified location; NAACP staff Daniel E. Byrd at unidentified location, talking with woman identified as Selma Taylor; seven prints from original negatives found in an envelope marked "Bequest, Edward S. Kimbrough," which show an unidentified man standing alone in a street; reproduction of a scene in the House of Representatives after passage of the amendment abolishing slavery in 1865; illustration page from a German periodical reproducing photos of lynchings and riots in the United States and a portrait of Franklin Roosevelt with a balloon caption in German: "I can hardly believe this kind of thing can happen in civilized society in the 20th century." 31 photographic prints; 11 prints. Organized into five subject categories: Freedom Train; Identified miscellaneous; Unidentified; Oversize; John F. Kennedy.
Freedom Train
Call No.: LOT 13122, nos. 1-7 (F)
Identified miscellaneous subjects, 1935-1946
Call No.: LOT 13122, nos. 8-12 (F)
Unidentified (no. 13 is in color)
Call No.: LOT 13122, nos. 13-28 (F)
Oversize (no. 32 is in color)
Call No.: LOT 13122, nos. 29-33 (H)
John F. Kennedy
Call No.: LOT 13122, no. 35 (H)
EXHIBIT MATERIALS, ca. 1940-ca. 1960
Call No.: LOT 13123
Panels used as exhibit materials, ca. 1940-ca. 1960. Primarily photographs and photomechanical prints of NAACP staff, campaigns, and events, mounted on heavy board and used for exhibit purposes. Photos represent a broad range of NAACP administrative and civil rights activities. Mounted portraits of NAACP executive staff, civil rights leaders, and defendants in civil rights and criminal cases; some fundraising, and life membership campaign activities. 75 photographic prints. Organized into five subject categories: Individual portraits; Unidentified portraits; Group portraits; Campaigns; Miscellaneous.
Individual portraits
Belafonte, Margurite
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 1 (H)
Bunche, Ralph
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 2 (H)
Current, Gloster
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 3 (H)
Evers, Medgar
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 4 (H)
Hurley, Ruby
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 5 (H)
Jones, Madison
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 6 (H)
Kaplan, Kivie
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 7 (H)
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 8 (H)
Lampkin, Daisy
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 9 (H)
Laws, C.A.
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 10 (H)
Luper, Clara
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 11 (OSE)
Marshall, Thurgood
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 12 (H)
Mays, Benjamin
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 13 (H)
McKissick, Floyd D.
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 14 (OSE)
Mills, Herbert
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 15 (H)
Mitchell, Clarence
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 16 (H)
Mitchell, Clarence
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 17 (OSE)
Moon, Henry
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 18 (H)
Morsell, John
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 19 (H)
Posey, Barbara Ann
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 20 (OSE)
Raul, Joseph
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 21 (H)
Reuther, Walter
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 22 (H)
Robinson, Jackie
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 23 (H)
Spingarn, Arthur
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 24 (H)
Spingarn, Arthur
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 25 (OSE)
Spottswood, Stephen Gill
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 26 (OSE)
Till, Emmett
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 27 (H)
Tobias, Channing
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 28 (H)
Wilkins, Roy
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 29 (H)
Wilkins, Roy
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 30 (OSE)
Williams, Franklin
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 31 (H)
Wright, Herbert
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 32 (H)
Unidentified portraits
Unidentified portraits
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 33-35 (H)
Group Portraits
Protest, High Point, N.C.
Call No.: LOT 13123, no. 36 (OSE)
General
Call No.: LOT 13123, nos. 37-38 (H)
Freedom Fund, general fundraising (Jackie Robinson)
Call No.: LOT 13123, nos. 39-40 (H)
Life membership
Call No.: LOT 13123, nos. 41-43 (H)
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