Research Catalog
Riverdale Children's Association photograph collection
- Title
- Riverdale Children's Association photograph collection [graphic].
- Author
- Riverdale Children's Association (New York, N.Y.)
- Publication
- 1950-1952.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 Riverdale Children's Association Collection | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Additional Authors
- Found In
- c2bc Riverdale Children's Association (New York, N.Y.) Records, 1889-1957 (CstRLIN)NYPW088000021-A
- Description
- 13 items (.2 cu. ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
- 13 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- The Riverdale Children's Association Photograph Collection consists of group portraits and views taken at association gatherings and television appearances during the early 1950s.
- Subjects
- Receptions > New York (State) > New York > 1950-1959
- African American families
- Foster home care > New York (State) > New York > 1950-1959
- Foster parents > New York (State) > New York
- Andrews, William T., 1898-1984
- Children > Institutional care > New York (State) > New York
- Awards > New York (State) > New York
- Group portraits > 1950-1959
- Silver gelatin prints > 1950-1959
- Riverdale Children's Association (New York, N.Y.)
- WJZ-TV (Television station : Baltimore, Md.)
- Rites and ceremonies > New York (State) > New York > 1950-1959
- Craig, Nancy
- Genre/Form
- Group portraits – 1950-1959.
- Silver gelatin prints – 1950-1959.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Many items have photographer's handstamp on verso; many items have typewritten descriptive information on labels attached to verso.
- Collection contains work by Jerry Darvin and Llewellyn Ransom.
- Biography (note)
- The Riverdale Children's Association was founded in 1836 as the Colored Orphan Asylum, in New York City, by a group of Quakers.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Riverdale Children's Association Records, 1889-1957.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Riverdale Children's Association Collection
- OCLC
- NYPG97-F71
- Author
- Riverdale Children's Association (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Riverdale Children's Association photograph collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- 1950-1952.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Riverdale Children's Association Records, 1889-1957.
- Biography
- The Riverdale Children's Association was founded in 1836 as the Colored Orphan Asylum, in New York City, by a group of Quakers. It was the first institution in the United States dedicated to the care of African-American children. In 1863, during the Draft Riots, the asylum's building at 43rd Street and Fifth Ave. was burned down by a mob. The asylum was rebuilt in 1867 at 143rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue. By 1907, facilities were built in Riverdale, in the Bronx, and in 1944, the asylum was renamed the Riverdale Children's Association. In 1946, the orphanage discontinued institutional care, shifted its focus to foster home placement, and, by 1968, established a program of family services. The name was later changed to the Westside Center for Family Services, which, in 1988, merged with Harlem-Dowling Children's Services.
- Local Note
- Sc MG 300
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Darvin, Jerry. PhotographerRansom, Llewellyn. Photographer
- Found In:
- c2bc Riverdale Children's Association (New York, N.Y.) Records, 1889-1957 (CstRLIN)NYPW088000021-A
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Riverdale Children's Association Collection