Research Catalog
Paul Robeson photograph collection
- Title
- Paul Robeson photograph collection [graphic].
- Author
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
- Publication
- 1930-1970.
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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 Paul Robeson Collection | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Lazarus, Julius, 1918-
- Found In
- p1bc Robeson, Paul, Collection (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A185.
- Description
- 41 items (1.2 lin. ft., 1 box); 21 x 26 cm. and smaller.
- 41 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- The Paul Robeson Photograph Collection gives a glimpse of his personal life and captures a few of his civil rights activities. Personal photographs include portraits of Robeson during his mid-life and later years (1930-1960), and several portraits of Paul Robeson Jr. during his youth. The bulk of general photographs document the third annual convention of the National Negro Labor Council, Chicago Ill. (1953). Images capture delegations from across the nation, convention speakers, and signs with slogans that emphasize the Conference's issues. Additional collection photographs document civil rights demonstrations and protest activities. The collection includes a few unidentified photographs that may relate to Robeson's career as a performer. The Collection does not include images of Robeson's early years and family life (except for Paul Robeson Jr.). Absent are images that adequately represent the numerous civil rights activities in which Robeson participated and images that document his concert and stage career.
- Subjects
- Silver gelatin photographic prints > 1920-1959
- Portrait photographs > 1920-1959
- African Americans > Political activity
- Young, Coleman A
- Segregation
- Handy, W. C (William Christopher), 1873-1958
- African Americans > Societies, etc
- Chicago (Ill.)
- National Negro Labor Council (U.S.) (3rd : 1953 : Chicago, Ill.)
- Descrimination
- Group portraits > 1920-1959
- Civil Rights
- African Americans > Civil rights
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
- Race descrimination
- Robeson, Paul, Jr., 1927-2014
- Photographic prints > 1920-1959
- National Negro Labor Council (U.S.)
- Genre/Form
- Group portraits – 1920-1959.
- Portrait photographs – 1920-1959.
- Photographic prints – 1920-1959.
- Silver gelatin photographic prints – 1920-1959.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Biography (note)
- Paul Robeson was a singer, actor, and civil rights activist.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Paul Robeson Collection 1925-1956, bulk dates 1943-1956.
- Call Number
- SC Photo Paul Robeson Collection
- OCLC
- NYPG93-F328
- Author
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
- Title
- Paul Robeson photograph collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- 1930-1970.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Paul Robeson Collection 1925-1956, bulk dates 1943-1956.
- Biography
- Paul Robeson was a singer, actor, and civil rights activist.
- Local Note
- SC MG 46
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Lazarus, Julius, 1918- Photographer
- Found In:
- p1bc Robeson, Paul, Collection (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A185.
- Research Call Number
- SC Photo Paul Robeson Collection