Research Catalog

Title

Organizations [graphic] / A. Hansen.

Author

Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996

Publication

[193-?]-1989.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Found In

p1kc Hansen, Austin. Austin Hansen collection (CstRLIN)NYPG95-F8

Description

• ca. 5560 items (15 lin. ft., 38 boxes); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
• ca. 5480 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some col. ;
• ca. 51 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• ca. 29 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

The Organizations series depicts the numerous civic, social, benevolent, fraternal, professional, and other organizations that Hansen recorded, primarily in Harlem, over a fifty year period.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Humanities Resources Access Project.

Subjects

• National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs
• Phi Delta Kappa
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• Tobias, Channing H
• African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Charities
• Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
• Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Inc. (Prince Hall Affiliated)
• Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955
• Jack, Hulan E
• Scottish Rite (Masonic order)
• Cotillions
• African American freemasonry > New York (State) > New York
• Photojournalism > New York (N.Y.) > 1930-1989
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
• Panoramic photographs > 1940-1989
• Silver gelatin photographic prints > 1930-1989
• National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs > New York Club
• African American photographers > New York (State) > New York
• King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
• African Americans > Social life and customs
• Mathis, Johnny
• African-American Day Parade
• Order of the Eastern Star
• African Americans > Clothing & dress > 1930-1989
• Virgin Islands Professional League
• American Virgin Islands Civic Association
• New York State Beauty Culturists Association
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• Negatives > 1930-1989
• Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York > Harlem Branch
• Fraternal organizations > New York (N.Y.)
• Congress of Racial Equality
• Harlem Hospital Center
• National Urban League
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
• African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Political activity
• Portrait photographs > 1930-1989
• Freemasons > Prince Hall Grand Lodge (N.Y.)
• African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Societies, etc
• Photographic prints > 1930-1989
• Fraternities & sororities > New York (N.Y.)
• Virgin Islanders in the United States
• Clubs > New York (State) > New York
• Innis, Roy, 1934-
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
• Clothing & dress > New York (State) > New York > 1930-1989
• Photographic prints > Color > 1940-1989
• Parades & processions > New York (State) > New York > 1940-1989
• Totten, Ashley, 1884-1963
• Group portraits > 1930-1989
• Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
• Associations, institutions, etc > African American membership > New York (State) > New York
• Daughters of Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World
• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
• Grand United Order of Odd Fellows

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1930-1989.
• Group portraits – 1930-1989.
• Photographic prints – 1930-1989.
• Silver gelatin photographic prints – 1930-1989.
• Photographic prints – Color – 1940-1989.
• Panoramic photographs – 1940-1989.
• Negatives – 1930-1989.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Many items have photographer's handstamp on verso; some items have studio blindstamp on recto.
• Some photographs have descriptive information on verso or recto.
• Some photographs are airbrushed; some are cropped; some have cropping marks.
• Negatives exist for some items.

Terms of Use (note)

• Restricted; permission of the photographer is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Austin Hansen, known primarily as a Harlem photographer, has had a career in photography that spans nearly seventy years.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Austin Hansen Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Hansen (Organizations)

OCLC

NYPG95-F58

Author

Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996, photographer.

Title

Organizations [graphic] / A. Hansen.

Imprint

[193-?]-1989.

Terms Of Use

Restricted; permission of the photographer is required for duplication.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Austin Hansen Collection.

Biography

Austin Hansen, known primarily as a Harlem photographer, has had a career in photography that spans nearly seventy years. His photographic record documents the people, places, and events primarily in Harlem, including local organizations, from the 1930s to the late 1980s.

Indexes

Finding aid: folder level control.

Local Subject

African-American Day Parade.

Virgin Islanders in the United States.

Added Author

A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Found In:

p1kc Hansen, Austin. Austin Hansen collection (CstRLIN)NYPG95-F8

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Hansen (Organizations)