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May Edward Chinn photograph collection
- Title
- May Edward Chinn photograph collection [graphic].
- Author
- Chinn, May Edward, 1896-
- Publication
- 1896?-1980?
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - In use until 2024-01-26 - Please for assistance. | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo May Edward Chinn Collection | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Found In
- p1tc Chinn, May Edward, 1896- May Edward Chinn collection, 1926-1980 (CStRLIN)NYPW89-A61
- Description
- 17 photoprints : col.; 36 x 28 cm. or smaller.
- 10 photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- Photographs, primarily of May Edward Chinn receiving honorary degrees from Columbia and NYU as well as other awards.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Autographs > 1950-1969
- Audiences > 1930-1939
- Silver gelatin photoprints > 1890-1979
- Rewards & prizes > 1970-1989
- Women physicians > United States
- African American physicians
- Photoprints > Color > 1950-1989
- Group portraits > 1930-1989
- Portrait photographs > 1890-1989
- Chinn, May Edward, 1896-
- Graduation ceremonies > New York (N.Y.) > 1970-1989
- Snapshots > 1950-1989
- Genre/Form
- Snapshots – 1950-1989.
- Group portraits – 1930-1989.
- Portrait photographs – 1890-1989.
- Autographs – 1950-1969.
- Photoprints – Color – 1950-1989.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1890-1979.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Some photographs are autographed.
- Biography (note)
- Physician.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the May Edward Chinn Collection, 1926-1980.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo May Edward Chinn Collection
- OCLC
- NYPG087000326-F
- Author
- Chinn, May Edward, 1896-
- Title
- May Edward Chinn photograph collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- 1896?-1980?
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the May Edward Chinn Collection, 1926-1980.
- Biography
- Physician. May Chinn was the first black woman graduate of Bellvue Hospital Medical College, the first black female intern at Harlem Hospital and the first black woman doctor in Harlem. Chinn was also a pianist who accompanied Paul Robeson for 4 years during the 1920s.
- Local Note
- Sc MG 93
- Connect to:
- Found In:
- p1tc Chinn, May Edward, 1896- May Edward Chinn collection, 1926-1980 (CStRLIN)NYPW89-A61
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo May Edward Chinn Collection