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James Reese Europe photograph collection

Title: James Reese Europe photograph collection [graphic].
Author: Europe, James Reese, 1881-1919.
Publication: [1915?]-1995.

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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 - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	folder 2	Picture	Use in library	Sc Photo James Reese Europe Collection folder 2	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	folder 1	Picture	Use in library	Sc Photo James Reese Europe Collection folder 1	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Description

37 items (2 folders); 21 x 26 cm. and smaller.
12 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
4 photographic prints : col. ;
1 scanned photographic print : b&w ;
2 photocopies : b&w, one mounted ;
6 negatives : b&w ;

Summary

The James Reese Europe Photograph Collection mainly depicts some aspects of his career as a musician and conductor from the early 1900s to the 1950s.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1910-1999.
Group portraits – 1910-1999.
Publicity photographs.
Gelatin silver prints – 1910-1999.
Dye coupler prints – 1950-1999.
Snapshots – 1910-1959.
Photocopies.
Gelatin silver film negatives.
Reproductions.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photographs bear news agency handstamps on verso; some images have photography studio name printed on recto. Some images have handwritten notations on verso and/or recto; some photographs have printed captions on recto. Some items are duplicates.
Collection contains work by R.E. Mercer, White Studios, International News Photo, and United Press International, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

James Reese Europe, composer and conductor, was born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1881.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of: James Reese Europe Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo James Reese Europe Collection

OCLC

NYPG00-F399

Author

Europe, James Reese, 1881-1919.

Title

James Reese Europe photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[1915?]-1995.

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

James Reese Europe, composer and conductor, was born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1881. Raised in Washington, D.C., he moved to New York City, in 1903, where he established himself as a leading composer and director in black musical theater. In 1910, Europe helped to organize the Clef Club, a union and booking agency that helped to improve conditions for black musicians in New York. He also conducted the Clef Club, later the Tempo Club, orchestra which earned the reputation as a prestigious black symphonic orchestra. Overseas during World War I, Europe formed and conducted the acclaimed 369th Regiment Band which was lauded for its mix of blues, ragtime and jazz in its arrangements. In 1919, after returning to the United States hailed as America's "jazz king," Europe died from a stab wound in Boston after a backstage altercation with a deranged band member.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: James Reese Europe Collection.

Local Note

Sc MG 616

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Added Author

Mercer, R. E. Photographer

Thompson, Paul. Photographer

Green (New York, N.Y.)

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)

Moffett (Chicago, Ill.)

New York Times Company.

United Press International.

White Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo James Reese Europe Collection

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