Research Catalog

Title

James Weldon Johnson photograph collection [graphic].

Publication

[1911]-[1972]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Baker, Walter B.
• Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.
• Wakefield, Rowan A., 1919-
• Abertus-Yale News Bureau.
• Allied News Photo (New York, N.Y.)
• Roe (New York, N.Y.)
• Underwood & Underwood.

Found In

p1pc Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. James Weldon Johnson collection, 1930-1998 (CstRLIN)NYPW02-A313

Description

• 34 items (.2 lin. ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
• 16 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 18 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

The collection depicts aspects of James Weldon Johnson's personal life, as well as the personal lives of his wife, Grace, and her family, the Nails, from around 1911 to the 1970s.

Subject

• Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
• Johnson, J. Rosamond 1873-1954
• Johnson, Grace Nail, 1885-1976
• Babb, James T. 1899-1968
• Haynes, George Edmund, 1880-1960
• Nail, John B
• Sims, Ollie Jewel
• Nail family
• African American authors
• African American political activists
• African American composers
• African American families
• Dwellings > Massachusetts > Great Barrington

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1910-1939.
• Group portraits – 1930-1979.
• Snapshots – 1930-1939.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1910-1979.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some items bear photographer's or photo agency's handstamp on verso; some items have news agency or organizational name printed on recto; one item has photography studio blind stamp on photo mount. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso; one item has typewritten photo caption attached to verso. Some photographs are duplicates.
• Collection includes work by Carl Van Vechten, Rowan A. Wakefield and Underwood & Underwood, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

• James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was a writer, journalist, lyricist, educator, diplomat, civil rights activist and a prominent official in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of: James Weldon Johnson Collection, 1930-1998.

Call Number

Sc Photo James Weldon Johnson Collection

OCLC

NYPG02-F191

Title

James Weldon Johnson photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[1911]-[1972]

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was a writer, journalist, lyricist, educator, diplomat, civil rights activist and a prominent official in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: James Weldon Johnson Collection, 1930-1998.

Local Note

SC MG 698

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Added Author

Baker, Walter B. Photographer

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Photographer

Wakefield, Rowan A., 1919- Photographer

Abertus-Yale News Bureau.

Allied News Photo (New York, N.Y.)

Roe (New York, N.Y.)

Underwood & Underwood.

Found In:

p1pc Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. James Weldon Johnson collection, 1930-1998 (CstRLIN)NYPW02-A313

Research Call Number

Sc Photo James Weldon Johnson Collection