Research Catalog
Claude and Alma Jones photograph collection
- Title
- Claude and Alma Jones photograph collection [graphic].
- Author
- Jones, Claude, 1901-1962.
- Publication
- 1889?-1976?
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| Status | Container | 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. | box 2 | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Claude and Alma Jones Collection box 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. | box 1 | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Claude and Alma Jones Collection box 1 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Jones, Alma.
- Description
- 1 photomechanical print : b&w; 26 x 20 cm.
- 2 photoprints : col. ;
- 109 photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- Photographs representing both the professional and personal lives of Claude and Alma Jones, most notably scenes and people from Jones' musical career.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subject
- Jones, Claude, 1901-1962
- Jones, Alma
- Jazz musicians > United States
- African American musicians
- African American teachers
- Women teachers > United States
- Trombones > 1920-1949
- Orchestras > 1920-1949
- Concerts > 1920-1949
- African American actors
- African American actresses
- African American singers
- Audiences > United States > 1900-1929
- Children > United States > 1950-1979
- Genre/Form
- Snapshots – 1950-1969.
- Publicity photographs – 1930-1949.
- Portrait photographs – 1880-1959.
- Group portraits – 1910-1979.
- Cabinet card photographs – 1880-1909.
- Autographs – 1930-1949.
- Photomechanical prints – 1940-1959.
- Photoprints – Color – 1970-1979.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1880-1959.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Some photographs have written descriptive information; one photograph is torn in half; some are autographed.
- Biography (note)
- Claude Jones was a jazz trombonist who played with musicians Fletcher Henderson, Don Redmond, Cab Calloway, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington, and Alma Jones was the first African-American public school teacher in Massillon, Ohio.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Claude and Alma Jones Collection
- OCLC
- NYPG087000341-F
- Author
- Jones, Claude, 1901-1962.
- Title
- Claude and Alma Jones photograph collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- 1889?-1976?
- Biography
- Claude Jones was a jazz trombonist who played with musicians Fletcher Henderson, Don Redmond, Cab Calloway, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington, and Alma Jones was the first African-American public school teacher in Massillon, Ohio. Claude Jones later worked as a steward on the S.S. United States.
- Local Note
- Negatives exist for some images.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Jones, Alma.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Claude and Alma Jones Collection