Research Catalog

Title

Shirley Chisholm portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1960?-1989?>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Thomas, Ricardo P.
• Krementz, Jill.
• United States. Congress. House.

Description

• <4> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm.
• <5> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Portraits of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm ranging from the 1960s to the 1980s. Includes quarter-length portraits and one shot of her campaign poster for the 1972 Democratic Convention. Chisholm is in several group portraits with Mildred Eppe, Assemblyman Thomas R. Jones, Richard Treut and meeting at the White House with Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale as part of the Congressional Black Caucus. Other people present include: Representatives Yvonne Burke, Charles B. Rangel, Charles C. Diggs, Walter F. Fauntroy, Augustus F. Hawkins, John Conyers, Louis Stokes, Harold Ford, William L. Clay, Parren J. Mitchell.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-2019
• Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021
• Presidents > United States
• Women legislators > United States
• Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005
• Treut, Richard
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1960-1989
• Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
• Eppe, Mildred
• Mitchell, Parren J
• Hawkins, Augustus F
• Group portraits > 1960-1989
• Congressional Black Caucus
• Portrait photographs > 1960-1989
• African American politicians
• African American legislators
• Diggs, Charles C
• Jones, Thomas Russell
• Fauntroy, Walter E
• Ford, Harold, 1945-
• Clay, William L
• White House (Washington, D.C.)
• Presidential candidates > United States
• Burke, Yvonne
• Women > Political activity > United States
• Rangel, Charles B
• Stokes, Louis

Genre/Form

• Group portraits – 1960-1989.
• Portrait photographs – 1960-1989.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1960-1989.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some photographs are damaged; some photographs have captions; some photographs include written descriptive information.
• Photographers include Ricardo Thomas, Jill Krementz, U.S. Congress and others.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Chisholm, Shirley

OCLC

NYPG085000761-F

Title

Shirley Chisholm portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1960?-1989?>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Thomas, Ricardo P. Photographer

Krementz, Jill. Photographer

United States. Congress. House.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Chisholm, Shirley