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Civil Rights Congress photograph collection

Title: Civil Rights Congress photograph collection [graphic].
Author: Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)
Publication: 1935?-1955?

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 4	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection box 4	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 3	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection box 3	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 2	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection box 2	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 1	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection box 1	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Found In

(CstRLIN)NYPW89-A62

Description

490 items (.7 cu. ft., 4 boxes); 29 x 22 cm. or smaller.
4 broadsides ;
4 drawings : b&w ;
1 photoprint : col. ;
17 photomechanical prints : b&w ;
464 photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Photographs recording the activities, causes and individuals connected with the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) during the period of its existence, 1946-1955 as well as a few posters, fact sheets and photo album.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Photograph albums – 1950-1959.
Posters – 1950-1959.
Snapshots – 1940-1959.
Portrait photographs – 1940-1959.
Group portraits – 1940-1959.
Postcards – 1940-1959.
Contact sheets – 1940-1959.
Photomechanical prints – 1940-1959.
Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1959.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photographs are duplicates; some bear written descriptive information.

Biography (note)

National organization established in 1946 to among other things, "combat all forms of discrimination against ... labor, the Negro people and the Jewish people, and racial, political, religious, and national minorities." The organization folded in 1955 under pressure from the United States Attorney General and the House Un-American Activities Committee, which accused the organization of being subversive.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Civil Rights Congress Records.

Call Number

Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection

OCLC

NYPG087000330-F

Author

Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)

Title

Civil Rights Congress photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

1935?-1955?

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Civil Rights Congress Records.

Biography

National organization established in 1946 to among other things, "combat all forms of discrimination against ... labor, the Negro people and the Jewish people, and racial, political, religious, and national minorities." The organization folded in 1955 under pressure from the United States Attorney General and the House Un-American Activities Committee, which accused the organization of being subversive.

Local Note

SC MG7.

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Found In:

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Research Call Number

Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection

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