Research Catalog
Klytus Smith collection
- Title
- Klytus Smith collection [graphic].
- Author
- Smith, Klytus, photographer.
- Publication
- 1960-1995.
Items in the Library & Off-site
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3 Items
| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 3 | Picture | Use in library | Sc Photo Klytus Smith Collection box 3 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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 Klytus Smith Collection box 2 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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 Klytus Smith Collection box 1 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Description
- 159 items (.73 cu. ft., 3 boxes); 41 x 51 cm. and smaller.
- 8 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
- 121photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
- 27 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
- 3 photographic prints : col. ;
- Summary
- The collection (1960-1995) depicts cultural and social movements reflecting black pride and black nationalism in Harlem during the 1960s, and prominent African Americans, including Harlem personalities, and other persons of African descent in New York City during the early to mid-1990s.
- Subjects
- Black people > Race identity > New York (State) > New York
- Musicians, Black > New York (State) > New York
- Streets > New York (State) > New York
- Gelatin silver prints > 1960-1999
- Grandassa Models
- Signs and signboards > New York (State) > New York
- Group portraits > 1960-1999
- Dye coupler prints > 1960-1969
- Demonstrations > New York (State) > New York
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York
- African Jazz-Art Society and Studios
- African Nationalist Pioneer Movement
- African American models > New York (State) > New York
- Olatunji, Babatunde
- Portrait photographs > 1960-1999
- Social movements > New York (State) > New York
- Diplomats > Africa
- Meetings > New York (State) > New York
- Small business > New York (State) > New York
- Theaters > New York (State) > New York
- African Americans > Rites and ceremonies
- African American political activists
- City and town life > New York (State) > New York
- African American civic leaders
- Cityscapes > New York (State) > New York > 1960-1999
- Parades > New York (State) > New York
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Yoruba Temple (New York, N.Y.)
- X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
- Cooks, Carlos A., 1913-1966
- African Americans > Religion
- Black Muslims
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1960-1999.
- Group portraits – 1960-1999.
- Cityscapes – New York (State) – New York – 1960-1999.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1960-1999.
- Dye coupler prints – 1960-1969.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- All photographs bear either photographer's handstamp or signature on verso. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso; some items bear handwritten captions on recto. Some items bear cropping marks.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Klytus Smith was born in Harlem in 1940.
- Publications (note)
- Harlem cultural/political movements, 1960-1979: from Malcolm X to "Black is beautiful." New York : Gumbs & Thomas, 1995.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Klytus Smith Collection
- OCLC
- NYPG05-F10502
- Author
- Smith, Klytus, photographer.
- Title
- Klytus Smith collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- 1960-1995.
- Terms Of Use
- Restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography
- Klytus Smith was born in Harlem in 1940. He began his career as a photographer in 1960 when, as an amateur photojournalist, he started documenting the black pride, black arts and black nationalist movements occurring in Harlem. His work has been used by several publishers, including Harper Collins and Viking; has been published in newspapers, such as the New York Amsterdam News and the Beacon; and has been used in commercial and documentary films. Smith exhibited his work at the International Center for Photography, New York, in 1993.
- Publications
- Harlem cultural/political movements, 1960-1979: from Malcolm X to "Black is beautiful." New York : Gumbs & Thomas, 1995.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Klytus Smith Collection