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Kenneth W. Porter photograph collection

Title: Kenneth W. Porter photograph collection [graphic].
Author: Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981.
Publication: [187-?]-[197-]

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Request Appointment 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 Kenneth W. Porter Collection	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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p1tc Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981. Kenneth W. Porter papers, 1912-1981 (CStRLIN)NYPW93-A147

Description

67 items (.3 lin. ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
34 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
23 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
1 cabinet card : b&w ;
1 photographic postcard : silver gelatin, b&w ;
2 stats : b&w ;
6 negatives : col., 1 silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

The Kenneth W. Porter Photograph Collection consists of portraits, field research photographs and photographic reproductions compiled by Porter for his research on Black Seminoles, including the Seminole Negro Indian Scouts, that he conducted during the 1940s to the 1970s.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1870-1979.
Group portraits – 1940-1979.
Snapshots – 1920-1949.
Photographic postcards – 1920-1929.
Cabinet photographs – 1870-1879.
Reproductions.
Gelatin silver prints – 1870-1979.
Stats.
Negatives.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
One image has photographer's name printed on verso and recto; some photographs bear photo processing studio handstamp on verso. Most items bear handwritten notations on verso; some items have printed captions attached to verso; some photographs have printed captions on recto. Some photographs bear cropping marks; some items are duplicates.
Collection contains work by Mary Louise Thompson and Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios.

Biography (note)

Kenneth Wiggins Porter (1905-1981) was a professor of history at several American colleges, and conducted research on African-American frontiersmen and cowboys, Black Seminoles, and American folklore and folk history, from the 1930s to the 1970s.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of: Kenneth W. Porter Papers, 1912-1981.

Publications (note)

The Black Seminoles: history of a freedom-seeking people / Kenneth W. Porter. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 1996.

Call Number

Sc Photo Kenneth W. Porter Collection

OCLC

NYPG01-F121

Author

Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981.

Title

Kenneth W. Porter photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[187-?]-[197-]

Biography

Kenneth Wiggins Porter (1905-1981) was a professor of history at several American colleges, and conducted research on African-American frontiersmen and cowboys, Black Seminoles, and American folklore and folk history, from the 1930s to the 1970s. He was also a poet; an active Socialist; published books on United States business history and African-American frontiersmen; and authored several unpublished manuscripts, including his research on Black Seminoles which was published posthumously.

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