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Gwendolyn Bennett photograph collection

Title
Gwendolyn Bennett photograph collection [graphic].
Author
Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981.
Publication
[1900?-1975?]

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(CstRLIN)NYPW89-A23
Description
  • <195> items (.2 cu. ft., 1 box); 5 x 5 cm.
  • <3> slides : col. ;
  • <138> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • <54> photographic prints : col. ;
Summary
Photographs, the majority of which are snapshots, documenting mainly private aspects of Gwendolyn Bennett's life with an emphasis on her youth, her period in Paris (1925-26), and her later years.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  • Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981
  • Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 > Childhood & youth > 1900-1919
  • Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 > Homes & haunts > 1960-1979
  • Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 > Travel > 1920-1929
  • Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 > Social life > 1950-1969
  • African American women poets
  • African American women artists
  • Women political activists > United States
Genre/Form
  • Postcards – 1900-1929.
  • Snapshots – 1900-1979.
  • Portrait photographs – 1900-1979.
  • Group portraits – 1900-1979.
  • Dye coupler prints – 1950-1979.
  • Gelatin silver prints – 1900-1969.
Note
  • Some photographs are cropped; one item is matted; some items are mounted.
  • Title taken from Gwendolyn Bennett Papers.
Biography (note)
  • Harlem Renaissance poet, artist, journalist, political activist and, in later years, antiques dealer, 1902-1981.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of Gwendolyn Bennett Papers, 1916-1981.
Call Number
Sc Photo Gwendolyn Bennett Collection
OCLC
NYPG087000329-F
Author
Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981.
Title
Gwendolyn Bennett photograph collection [graphic].
Imprint
[1900?-1975?]
Linking Entry
Forms part of Gwendolyn Bennett Papers, 1916-1981.
Biography
Harlem Renaissance poet, artist, journalist, political activist and, in later years, antiques dealer, 1902-1981.
Local Note
Sc MG 77
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