Research Catalog

Title

Negro Labor Committee photograph collection [graphic].

Author

Negro Labor Committee.

Publication

[193-?]-1962.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Reiss, Sam.
• Layne, Cecil.
• Campbell, James C.
• Smith, Morgan, 1910-1993.
• Mieth, Hansel, 1909-
• Bachrach.
• Dummett.
• Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
• G.G.G. Photo Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Description

• 87 items (.3 lin. ft., 1 box); 21 x 26 cm. and smaller.
• 59 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 13 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 7 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 3 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 4 clippings : halftone photomechanical, b&w ;
• 1 program : halftone photomechanical, b&w ;

Summary

The Negro Labor Committee Photograph Collection depicts some of the organization's officials and members, as well as some of the Committee's events and activities, from the 1930s to the early 1960s.

Subject

• Crosswaith, Frank Rudolph, 1892-1965
• Andrews, William T., 1898-1984
• Archibald, Julius A
• La Guardia, Fiorello H. 1882-1947
• McLaurin, Benjamin F., 1906-1989
• Overton, L. Joseph
• Randolph, A. Philip 1889-1979
• Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968
• Tobias, Channing H
• Totten, Ashley, 1884-1963
• Walter, Noah C. A
• White, Walter, 1893-1955
• Negro Labor Committee
• Harlem Labor Center
• African American labor leaders
• Labor leaders > United States
• Labor > New York (State) > New York
• African Americans > Civil rights
• African Americans > Meetings > New York (State) > New York > 1930-1959
• Meetings > New York (State) > 1930-1959
• African Americans > Societies, etc. > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1930-1969.
• Group portraits – 1930-1969.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1930-1969.
• Halftone photomechanical prints – 1940-1959.
• Clippings – 1940-1959.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Most photographs have photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso; one photograph has photographer's name printed on recto; some items have organization's handstamp on verso.
• Many photographs have handwritten notations on verso; some items have handwritten captions on recto; one photograph bears typewritten captions; two photographs have notes attached to verso. Some items bear cropping marks; some photographs are duplicates.
• Collection contains work by Sam Reiss, Morgan Smith, Cecil Layne, James C. Campbell and G.G.G. Photo Studio, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some items are restricted; permission of the photographer or copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• The Negro Labor Committee was founded in 1935 to organize black workers into unions, end discriminatory practices against blacks in labor and management, and establish solidarity between black and white workers.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Negro Labor Committee Records, 1925-1969.

Call Number

Sc Photo Negro Labor Committee Collection

OCLC

NYPG98-F902

Author

Negro Labor Committee.

Title

Negro Labor Committee photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[193-?]-1962.

Terms Of Use

Some items are restricted; permission of the photographer or copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

The Negro Labor Committee was founded in 1935 to organize black workers into unions, end discriminatory practices against blacks in labor and management, and establish solidarity between black and white workers. One of the Committee's organizers, labor activist Frank R. Crosswaith, served as chairman for many years. The Committee also opened the Harlem Labor Center, at 312 West 125th Street, as labor's home in Harlem.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Negro Labor Committee Records, 1925-1969.

Local Note

Sc MG 17

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Added Author

Reiss, Sam. Photographer

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

Campbell, James C. Photographer

Smith, Morgan, 1910-1993. Photographer

Mieth, Hansel, 1909- Photographer

Bachrach. Photographer

Dummett. Photographer

Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)

G.G.G. Photo Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Negro Labor Committee Collection