Research Catalog

Title

Kenn Freeman photograph collection [graphic].

Author

Freeman, Kenn, 1917-

Publication

[192-?]-[1985]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Coleman, B.
• Dummett, L. St. Clair.
• Kriegsmann, James J.
• McBean, Agnus, 1904-1990.
• Rogers, Houston.
• Russell, Houston.
• Tucker, Lorenzo.
• Bloom (Chicago, Ill.)
• Chidnoff (New York, N.Y.)
• Coleman's Atomic Photos (San Mateo, Calif.)
• Elcha (New York, N.Y.)
• Gashion (Chiswick, London)
• Ship's Service Studio (San Francisco, Calif.)
• Yvonne (London, U.K.)

Found In

p1tc Freeman, Kenn, 1917-1991 Kenn Freeman papers, 1930-1988 (CStRLIN)NYPW02-A106

Description

• 575 items (.7 lin. ft., 2 boxes); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
• 79 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 32 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 104 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-col. ;
• 97 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-col. ;
• 114 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 45 photographic prints : col. ;
• 30 dye diffusion transfer prints : col. ;
• 2 instant camera photographs : b&w ;
• 7 photographic postcards : b&w ;
• 1 halftone photomechanical print : b&w ;
• 1 news clipping : halftone, b&w ;
• 3 postcards : col. ;
• 2 photo matchbooks : b&w ;
• 1 pamphlet : halftone, b&w ;
• 1 drawing : pastel and pencil, col. ;
• 16 negatives : col. ;
• 40 negatives : b&w ;

Summary

The Kenn Freeman Photograph Collection mainly depicts some aspects of his personal life and his career as an actor and entertainer, from around the 1920s to the mid-1980s.

Subject

• Freeman, Kenn, 1917-
• Freeman, Bee, 1899-1986
• Allen, Roy
• Banks, Eddie
• Bowman, Laura, 1881-1957
• Burke, Georgia, 1906-
• Coleman, Warren
• Davis, Ossie
• Dee, Ruby
• Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989
• Fenderson, Reginald
• Glanville, Maxwell, 1918-1992
• Haynes, Betty, actress
• Hayton, Lennie, 1908-1971
• Heyward, Sammy, 1904-
• Horne, Lena
• Hyman, Earle, 1926-2017
• Jay, Claire
• Kingslow, Janice
• Leyba, Claire
• Machen, Yvonne
• McNeil, Claudia
• Meeres, Paul
• O'Neal, Frederick, 1905-1992
• Patterson, Massie
• Proctor, John, actor
• Silvera, Frank, 1914-1970
• Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994
• Tate, John
• Tucker, Lorenzo
• Turner, Anita
• Wallace, Emmett Babe, 1909-2006
• Whiteman, Edith
• Negro Actors Guild
• African American actors
• African American actresses
• African Americans in the performing arts
• Theatrical productions > United States > 1940-1959
• Theatrical productions > United Kingdom > 1940-1959
• African Americans > Performances & portrayals > 1940-1959
• African American musicians
• African American sailors
• African American soldiers
• African Americans > Social life > 1920-1989
• Receptions > 1940-1989
• Soldiers > 1940-1949

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1920-1989.
• Group portraits – 1930-1989.
• Snapshots – 1920-1989.
• Publicity photographs – 1940-1979.
• Photographic postcards.
• Erotica.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1989.
• Dye coupler prints – 1950-1989.
• Dye diffusion transfer prints – 1970-1989.
• Instant camera photographs – 1960-1969.
• Halftone photomechanical prints.
• Inscriptions.
• Pastel drawings.
• Gelatin silver film negatives.
• Dye coupler negatives.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's hand stamp on verso, and/or blindstamp on recto; some images have photography studio name printed on recto. Some items bear handwritten or printed notations on verso; some images have handwritten captions or inscriptions on recto. Some images are cropped; some items are attached to photo album pages; some photographs are duplicates.
• The collection contains work by L. St. Clair Dummett, Bloom Studio, Yvonne of London, Coleman's Atomic Photos, and Elcha, New York, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some items are restricted; permission of copyright holder needed for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Kenneth James Freeman, actor, dancer and director, was born in 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of: Kenn Freeman Papers, 1930-1988.

Call Number

Sc Photo Kenn Freeman Collection

OCLC

NYPG00-F384

Author

Freeman, Kenn, 1917-

Title

Kenn Freeman photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[192-?]-[1985]

Terms Of Use

Some items are restricted; permission of copyright holder needed for duplication.

Biography

Kenneth James Freeman, actor, dancer and director, was born in 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother was actress and model Bee Freeman, known as the "Sepia Mae West," who introduced him to acting. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Freeman joined the 1946-1947 national touring company of the Broadway production of "Anna Lucasta," subsequently joining later productions of the play, as cast member, stage manager or director, during the late 1940s to the 1950s. During this time, he also acted or directed in various Off Broadway and British-based theatrical productions; appeared in motion pictures and television; did a series of singing and dancing nightclub appearances; and, through the 1980s, served as historian for the Negro Actors Guild in New York. After a long illness, Freeman died at an Actors Fund nursing home in New Jersey in 1991.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: Kenn Freeman Papers, 1930-1988.

Local Note

Sc MG 262

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Added Author

Coleman, B. Photographer

Dummett, L. St. Clair. Photographer

Kriegsmann, James J. Photographer

McBean, Agnus, 1904-1990. Photographer

Rogers, Houston. Photographer

Russell, Houston. Artist

Tucker, Lorenzo. Photographer

Bloom (Chicago, Ill.)

Chidnoff (New York, N.Y.)

Coleman's Atomic Photos (San Mateo, Calif.)

Elcha (New York, N.Y.)

Gashion (Chiswick, London)

Ship's Service Studio (San Francisco, Calif.)

Yvonne (London, U.K.)

Found In:

p1tc Freeman, Kenn, 1917-1991 Kenn Freeman papers, 1930-1988 (CStRLIN)NYPW02-A106

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Kenn Freeman Collection