Research Catalog
John B. Russwurm portrait collection
- Title
- John B. Russwurm portrait collection [graphic].
- Publication
- <1950?-1989?>
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| Status | 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. | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Russwurm, John B. | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Description
- <2> photomechanical prints : b&w; 14 x 11 cm. or smaller.
- <1> photoprint : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- <6> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- Portraits of early college graduate, abolitionist, founder of the Negro press, colonist and governor of Liberia John B. Russwarm. Included is a view of a plaque commemorating Russwurm. There is also a picture of Samuel E. Cornish.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- African American journalists
- Governors > Liberia
- Abolitionists > United States
- Portraits > 1820-1859
- Silver gelatin photoprints > 1970-1989
- Photomechanical prints > 1950-1979
- African Americans in the newspaper industry
- African American college graduates
- Russwurm, John Brown, 1799-1851
- Cornish, Samuel E
- Plaques > 1960-1969
- Colonists > American
- Genre/Form
- Portraits – 1820-1859.
- Photomechanical prints – 1950-1979.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1970-1989.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Some photographs have captions.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Russwurm, John B.
- OCLC
- NYPG087000374-F
- Title
- John B. Russwurm portrait collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- <1950?-1989?>
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
- Local Note
- Negatives exist for some images.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Russwurm, John B.