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Claudia Jones Memorial photograph collection

Title: Claudia Jones Memorial photograph collection [graphic].
Author: Manchanda, Claudia.
Publication: [1939?]-[1989?]

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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.	box 2	Picture	Use in library	Sc Photo Claudia Jones Memorial Collection box 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.	box 1	Picture	Use in library	Sc Photo Claudia Jones Memorial Collection box 1	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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p1tc Manchanda, Claudia Claudia Jones Memorial collection, 1935-1998 (CStRLIN)NYPW02-A164

Description

308 items (.54 cubic ft., 2 boxes); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
67 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
182 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
13 photographic prints : col. ;
4 photomechanical prints : b&w, one col. ;
1 photographic postcard : silver gelatin, b&w ;
41 negatives : b&w ;

Summary

The collection (1955-1964) depicts the activities of political activist and communist Claudia Jones after her deportation from the United States to Great Britain.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1930-1989.
Group portraits – 1950-1969.
Snapshots – 1950-1969.
Gelatin silver prints – 1930-1989.
Dye coupler prints – 1950-1969.
Photomechanical prints – 1950-1969.
Gelatin silver film negatives – 1950-1969.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photographs bear photographer's handstamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso; some items bear printed captions on recto; some items bear printed or typewritten captions attached to verso. Some photographs are cut and taped together to form panoramic group photographs; some items are cropped or bear cropping marks. Some items are duplicates.
Collection includes work by Inge Hardison, Henry O. Oduyoye and R. A. Sertimer, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

Claudia Jones (1915-1964), Trinidadian-born political activist, communist and newspaper editor, was active in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Claudia Jones Memorial Collection, 1935-1998.

Call Number

Sc Photo Claudia Jones Memorial Collection

OCLC

NYPG05-F10000

Author

Manchanda, Claudia. Collector

Title

Claudia Jones Memorial photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[1939?]-[1989?]

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

Claudia Jones (1915-1964), Trinidadian-born political activist, communist and newspaper editor, was active in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. She was one of the Smith Act defendants in 1948, and, after a couple of arrests and imprisonments during the early 1950s, was deported to Great Britain in 1955. There she continued her activism, founded two newspapers, and helped to organize the Notting Hill Carnival. She died in London in 1964.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Claudia Jones Memorial Collection, 1935-1998.

Local Note

Sc MG 692

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Added Author

Hardison, Inge. Photographer

Montano, Ken. Photographer

Oduyoye, Henry O. Photographer

Sertimer, R. A. Photographer

Squires, L. Q. Photographer

C. Studio (London, England)

Found In:

p1tc Manchanda, Claudia Claudia Jones Memorial collection, 1935-1998 (CStRLIN)NYPW02-A164

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Claudia Jones Memorial Collection

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