Research Catalog

Title

Edward Lewis photograph collection [graphic].

Author

Lewis, Edward S. (Edward Shakespear)

Publication

[193-?-194-?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Baker, Walter B.
• Henderson, Paul.
• Brown's Studio (Baltimore, Md.)
• Daily News (New York, N.Y. : 1920)

Description

• 17 items (2 folders); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
• 17 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

The Edward Lewis Photograph Collection depicts some of the events and activities of the Baltimore and New York chapters of the Urban League, mainly from the 1940s.

Subject

• Lewis, Edward S
• Granger, Lester B. 1896-1976
• Weston, M. Moran, 1910-2002
• Baltimore Urban League (Md.)
• New York Urban League
• African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Societies, etc
• African Americans > Maryland > Baltimore > Societies, etc
• Housing > New York (State) > New York
• Receptions > 1930-1949

Genre/Form

• Group portraits – 1930-1949.
• Silver gelatin prints – 1930-1949.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Many items have photographer's handstamp on verso; some items have photographer's blind stamp on recto; many items have handwritten descriptive information on verso; one item has typewritten New York Urban League address label on verso.
• Collection contains work by Walter B. Baker, Paul Henderson, Brown's Studio (Baltimore, Md.), and the New York Daily News.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some items restricted; permission of photographer is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Edward S. Lewis (1901-1986) was a social work executive and educator who served as executive-secretary of the Kansas City (Mo.) Urban League (1927-1931), the Baltimore Urban League (1931-1943), and executive-director of the Urban League of Greater New York (1943-1960s).

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Edward Lewis Papers.

Call Number

Sc Photo Edward Lewis Collection

OCLC

NYPG97-F79

Author

Lewis, Edward S. (Edward Shakespear)

Title

Edward Lewis photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[193-?-194-?]

Terms Of Use

Some items restricted; permission of photographer is required for duplication.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Edward Lewis Papers.

Biography

Edward S. Lewis (1901-1986) was a social work executive and educator who served as executive-secretary of the Kansas City (Mo.) Urban League (1927-1931), the Baltimore Urban League (1931-1943), and executive-director of the Urban League of Greater New York (1943-1960s). He also served on several boards and commissions for labor, housing, social work, and welfare issues, and was, during his later years, Dean and Assistant to the President of the Borough of Manhattan Community College.

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Added Author

Baker, Walter B. Photographer

Henderson, Paul. Photographer

Brown's Studio (Baltimore, Md.)

Daily News (New York, N.Y. : 1920)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Edward Lewis Collection