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Benjamin F. Carruthers photograph collection

Title: Benjamin F. Carruthers photograph collection [graphic].
Author: Carruthers, Ben F.
Publication: 1911-1983.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 5	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Benjamin F. Carruthers Collection box 5	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 4	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Benjamin F. Carruthers Collection box 4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 3	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Benjamin F. Carruthers Collection box 3	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 2	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Benjamin F. Carruthers Collection box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 1	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Benjamin F. Carruthers Collection box 1	Offsite

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p1bc Carruthers, Ben F. Benjamin F. Carruthers papers, 1941-1985 (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A53

Description

2228 items (2.2 lin. ft., 5 boxes); 34 x 23 cm. and smaller.
194 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-col. ;
224 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-col. ;
499 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
239 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
71 photographic prints : col. ;
48 photographic prints : col. ;
2 contact sheets : silver gelatin, b&w ;
4 dye diffusion transfer prints : col. ;
12 photographic postcards : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-col. ;
13 postcards : col., some b&w ;
4 photomechanical prints : halftone, b&w ;
1 program : halftone photomechanical, b&w ;
1 illustration : watercolor ;
1 illustration : pencil, b&w ;
1 illustration : pencil, ink, b&w ;
1 photocopy : col. ;
50 slides : col. ;
3 negatives : b&w ;
194 negatives : b&w ;
647 negatives : b&w ;
16 negatives : col. ;
3 glass negatives ;

Summary

The Benjamin Carruthers Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of his personal life and his career as an academic, public relations consultant and travel writer, from the 1910s to the early 1980s.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1910-1989.
Group portraits – 1930-1989.
Snapshots – 1930-1989.
Publicity photographs – 1940-1979.
Landscape photographs – 1960-1979.
Cityscape photographs – 1960-1979.
Photographic postcards.
Postcards.
Scrapbooks – 1930-1939.
Illustrations.
Gelatin silver prints – 1910-1989.
Dye coupler prints – 1960-1989.
Dye diffusion transfer prints – 1960-1979.
Halftone photomechanical prints.
Gelatin silver film negatives – 1950-1979.
Dye coupler negatives – 1970-1989.
Glass negatives.
Slides.
Clippings – 1930-1939.
Ink drawings.
Pencil works.
Watercolors.
Hand coloring.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photographs bear handstamp of either photographer, photography studio, news agency, or corporate body on verso; some photographs have photographer's or photography studio's blind stamp on recto; some images have photographer's or studio's name either handwritten or printed on recto; some items bear address stamp on verso.
Many photographs have either printed, typewritten or handwritten captions on verso and/or recto. Some images are mounted; a group of items are mounted on scrapbook pages. Some items bear inscriptions. Some items are duplicates.
Collection contains work by Ben F. Carruthers, Carl Van Vechten, Bill Muster, Diaz & Rogers, and Eastern Air Lines, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

Benjamin Frederic Carruthers (1911-1985) was a writer, editor, public relations executive and educator.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Benjamin F. Carruthers Papers, 1941-1985.

Call Number

Sc Photo Benjamin F. Carruthers Collection

OCLC

NYPG99-F448

Author

Carruthers, Ben F.

Title

Benjamin F. Carruthers photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

1911-1983.

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

Benjamin Frederic Carruthers (1911-1985) was a writer, editor, public relations executive and educator. Raised and educated in Chicago, Carruthers completed college degrees at the University of Wisconsin (B.S., 1932) and the University of Illinois (M.A., 1933, Ph.D., 1941), and was a General Education Board Fellow at the University of Havana, Cuba, in 1940. He also assisted poet Langston Hughes on an English translation of "Cuba Libre" by Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen. Carruthers taught at Tillotson College, in Austin, Texas (1933-1937), and Howard University, in Washington, D.C. (1937-1942), specializing in modern and Romance languages.

From 1942 to 1949, Carruthers was an editor and public relations officer for various organizations, including the Pan American Union, the Office of Inter-American Affairs, the International Broadcast Division of the United States State Department, the Brazilian Government Trade Bureau, and the Republic of Venezuela. In 1949, he was in charge of publicity and education programs for the United Nations, Division of Human Rights, which included UNESCO; performed public relations service for International Services, Inc. and for the Belgian Government during the 1950s; and joined Hilton Hotels International in 1959. Carruthers served as a Vice President for Infoplan International (1962-1968); was travel editor and public relations director at Tuesday Magazine (1968-1973); and joined Essence Magazine, as travel editor, in 1973. He would contribute as a freelance writer to several travel magazines and travel guides throughout the 1970s until his death in 1985.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Benjamin F. Carruthers Papers, 1941-1985.

Local Note

Sc MG 433

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Added Author

Carruthers, Ben F. Photographer

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Photographer

Muster, Bill. Photographer

Bachrach. Photographer

Weissberg, Will. Photographer

Spring, Bob. Photographer

Eastern Air Lines.

Fremdenverkehrsverband für Wien.

Pan American World Airways, inc.

Minicam (Havana, Cuba)

Impact Studios (New York, N.Y.)

Diaz & Rogers (New York, N.Y.)

Madrid Rapido (Madrid, Spain)

French Government Tourist Office.

Found In:

p1bc Carruthers, Ben F. Benjamin F. Carruthers papers, 1941-1985 (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A53

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Benjamin F. Carruthers Collection

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