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Paul Robeson portrait collection

Title: Paul Robeson portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: <1920?-1989?>

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Not available - In use until 2024-01-26 - Please for assistance.	box 2	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Robeson, Paul box 2	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Request Appointment Not available - In use until 2024-01-26 - Please for assistance.	box 1	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Robeson, Paul box 1	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<117> items (.5 cu. ft., 2 boxes); 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
<105> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
<3> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
<1> photographic print : col. ;
<8> photomechanical prints : b&w ;

Summary

Portraits of actor, singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. Collection includes images of Robeson singing in concert or for radio broadcasts, often accompanied by Lawrence Brown, and views of his audience; stills of films such as "Sanders of the River" with co-star Nina Mae McKinney, "Showboat", "Big Fella," and of theatrical productions: "Taboo," "Othello" with co-stars Uta Hagen and Jose Ferrer, "John Henry" with Alexander Gray; campaigning for W.E.B. Du Bois; picketing in civil rights demonstrations with Earl Robinson; at a restaurant with Clarence Muse and Lawrence Brown; in his football uniform at Rutgers; signing autographs; as well as several portraits of Robeson done by artists such as Betsy Graves and Winold Reiss. Individuals pictured with Robeson include Marian Anderson, Bill Robinson, Joe Louis, Olivia De Havilland, Mary Church Terrell, Larry Parks, Vincent Sheean, Robeson's wife Eslanda Goode Robeson and their son, Paul Jr. Full, half and quarter length portraits are included.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Paintings – Reproductions.
Postcards – 1920-1949.
Motion picture stills – 1920-1949.
Portrait photographs – 1910-1969.
Group portraits – 1920-1969.
Portraits – 1920-1949.
Autographs – 1940-1949.
Photomechanical prints – 1930-1969.
Dye coupler prints – 1960-1969
Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1989.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographers include Edward Steichen, Rapid News Photo and others.
Some photographs have captions; some are duplicates; some are autographed.

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 Robeson, Paul

OCLC

NYPG087000368-F

Title

Paul Robeson portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1920?-1989?>

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.

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Potter, G. Photographer

Edwards, Sonny. Photographer

Ramson, Llewellyn. Photographer

Paul, Bernard. Photographer

Georges, S. Photographer

Lazarus, Julius, 1918- Photographer

Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953.

Graves, Betsy.

Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973. Photographer

Muray, Nickolas, 1892-1965. Photographer

Harris, D. A. Photographer

Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965. Photographer

Raphael. Photographer

Debenham, J. W. Photographer

Johnson, F. G. Photographer

Davidoff, Bob, 1926-2004. Photographer

Johnson, Fred M. Photographer

Borowide Photos (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)

Associated Publishers.

Metropolitan Musical Bureau.

London News Agency.

Lucas & Monroe Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Dobson Studios (Liverpool, England)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Robeson, Paul

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