Research Catalog
Roy Wilkins portrait collection
- Title
- Roy Wilkins portrait collection [graphic].
- Publication
- <1930?-1979?>
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | folder 3 | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Wilkins, Roy folder 3 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | folder 2 | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Wilkins, Roy folder 2 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | folder 1 | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Wilkins, Roy folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Description
- <2> photomechanical prints : b&w; 26 x 21 cm.
- <24> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- <22> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- Portraits of civil rights worker and NAACP head Roy Wilkins mainly taken during the 1950s to the 1970s. Among the images are Wilkins speaking at various press conferences; holding a meeting in his office; being interviewed by Nikki Giovanni; walking in a demonstration with Whitney Young; speaking at Medger Evers' memorial service; and giving and receiving awards. Individuals pictured with Wilkins include Clarence Mitchell, Robert C. Weaver, Arthur Spingarn, Dupree White, Guichard Parris, Edward S. Lewis, Earl Brown, Stanley Isaacs, W. Montague Cobb and Samuel Belkin. Full, half and quarter length portraits.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Weaver, Robert C (Robert Clifton), 1907-1997
- Giovanni, Nikki
- White, Dupree
- Silver gelatin photoprints > 1930-1979
- Offices > United States > 1960-1979
- Civil rights workers > United States
- Brown, Earl, 1903-1980
- Mitchell, Clarence M (Clarence Maurice), Jr., 1911-1984
- Meetings > United States > 1960-1969
- Belkin, Samuel
- Rewards & prizes > 1960-1979
- Isaacs, Stanley M (Stanley Myer), 1882-1962
- Young, Whitney M
- Press conferences > United States > 1960-1979
- Group portraits > 1930-1979
- Public speaking > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 1960-1969
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Presidents
- Spingarn, Arthur
- Parris, Guichard
- Lewis, Edward S (Edward Shakespear)
- Portrait photographs > 1940-1979
- Wilkins, Roy, 1901-
- Demonstrations > United States > 1950-1969
- Cobb, W. Montague (William Montague), 1904-
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1940-1979.
- Group portraits – 1930-1979.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1979.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Photographers include Cecil Layne, Ed Bagwell, Wide World Photographs and others.
- Some photographs are duplicates; some have captions; some are airbrushed; some are cropped; some photographs have written descriptive information.
- 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 Wilkins, Roy
- OCLC
- NYPG087000123-F
- Title
- Roy Wilkins portrait collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- <1930?-1979?>
- 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.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Layne, Cecil. PhotographerBagwell, Ed. PhotographerSparrow, Bill. PhotographerWide World Photos.M. Smith (New York, N.Y.)Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)Johnson Publishing Company.United Press International.Yeshiva University.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Wilkins, Roy