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Langston Hughes portrait collection

Title: Langston Hughes portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: <1928?-1967?>

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Hughes, Langston	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<62> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
<29> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
<7> photomechanical prints : b&w ;
<4> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Portraits of poet, playwright, and songwriter, Langston Hughes. Many individual portraits of Hughes, including Hughes at his typewriter, at Lincoln University, and artist's renderings. Individuals included in group portraits with Hughes are: Jean Blackwell Hutson, Milton Meltzer with a copy of their book, Jessie Fauset, Sophie Arnall Jacobs, Arna Bontemps, James Emanuel, Jay Wright, Sam Allen, Lucy Smith, Calvin Hernton, James Vaughan, David Henderson, Ray Patterson, Robert Abrams, Zora Neale Hurston and Joseph Nwanne. Notable among the group portraits is Hughes posing with Charles S. Johnson, E. Franklin Frazier, Rudolph Fisher and Hubert T. Delany at a party for Hughes held at the 580 St. Nicholas Ave., Harlem, home of Regina Andrews and Ethel Ray Nance in 1924. Other images depict Hughes signing copies of his books; talking with students; with a poster of "Black Nativity"; in group portraits with cast members from the stage productions "Just A Little Simple" (1950) and "The Barrier" (1950), which were based on his work; with cast and crew from Harry Belafonte's 1966 television special "The Strollin' Twenties," which Hughes wrote; and receiving an award. There is also a view of an exhibit of his books willed to the Schomburg. Full, half and quarter length views are included.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portraits.
Group portraits – 1920-1969.
Portrait photographs – 1920-1969.
Photomechanical prints.
Silver gelatin photoprints – 1920-1969.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photographs have captions; some are duplicates; some photographs are inscribed; some have written descriptive information; some photographs have airbrush marks.
Photographers include Cecil Layne, James L. Allen, Henri Cartier-Bresson and others.

Terms of Use (note)

Some photographs are restricted; permission of the photographer required for duplication.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Hughes, Langston

OCLC

NYPG085000492-F

Title

Langston Hughes portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1928?-1967?>

Terms Of Use

Some photographs are restricted; permission of the photographer required for duplication.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Allen, James L. (James Latimer), 1907-1977. Photographer

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.

Jefferson, Louise E. Photographer

Davis, Griffith J. Photographer

Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004. Photographer

Bagwell, Ed. Photographer

Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978. Photographer

Blake, Bod. Photographer

Enis Studio (Benin City)

M. Smith (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Hughes, Langston

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