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James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. photograph collection

Title: James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. photograph collection [graphic].
Author: James Weldon Johnson Community Centers (New York, N.Y.)
Publication: [195-?]-[197-?]

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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	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. 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	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. Collection Box 1	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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p1tc James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. records, 1942-1988 (OCoLC)122580862

Description

183 items (.6 cu. ft., 2 boxes); 36 x 28 cm. or smaller.
7 photographic prints : b&w ;
25 photographic prints : b&w ;
151 photographic prints : b&w ;

Summary

The James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. Photograph Collection documents some of the Center's staff and programs for children, teenagers and adults, dating mainly from the mid-1950s through the 1970s.
Most of the collection consists of views of children involved in a wide variety of activities, such as art, music, wood-working, knitting, basket weaving, free-play, day trips, camping, parties, holiday celebrations and theater. Celebrations show costumed Halloween parties and a visit from Santa Claus. Day trips include outings to zoos, beaches and rides on the Staten Island Ferry. Other outdoor activities show children playing in playgrounds and streets, making art projects, running races, playing baseball and informally posing for the camera.
Photos of teenagers depict them posing for informal group portraits, holding discussions, dancing, playing musical instruments, competing in ping-pong and billards, creating art, and participating in award ceremonies. Included is a series of photos documenting a sound-recording program especially created for teens. Adults are shown attending meetings and parties, and engaged in other acivities offered by the Center. Performances are documented by views of audiences and performers singing, dancing, and playing musical instruments. The agency's staff, who are unidentified, are shown in group portraits and in candid shots. The collection also contains a view of Jackie Robinson and James R. Dumpson, then vice chairman of the Narcotics Committee of the Health and Welfare Council, attending a meeting with young people.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1950-1979.
Group portraits – 1950-1979.
Snapshots – 1950-1979.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photographs bear photographer's, photography studio's or agency's handstamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten captions and/or notations on recto and/or verso. Some items are mounted.
Collection contains work by Ed Bagwell, Dick [Richard] Saunders, and the New Voice International, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. was established in 1948 to provide social services to residents of the James Weldon Johnson Houses, a New York City Housing Authority project in the East Harlem area of Manhattan. In the 1950s the agency expanded and offered programs to all East Harlem residents, including day care, English classes, athletics, theater arts, and a mental health clinic. The expansion of cultural programs was a major focus of the agency's work during the 1960s under the direction of Mildred Zucker, executive director of the agency until 1970. Starting in the 1970s, several programs were discontinued or taken over by other agencies. In the mid-1990s the agency offered day care, Head Start, referral services and housed a small library.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. records, 1942-1988.

Call Number

Sc Photo James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. Collection

OCLC

753708525

Author

James Weldon Johnson Community Centers (New York, N.Y.)

Title

James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[195-?]-[197-?]

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. was established in 1948 to provide social services to residents of the James Weldon Johnson Houses, a New York City Housing Authority project in the East Harlem area of Manhattan. In the 1950s the agency expanded and offered programs to all East Harlem residents, including day care, English classes, athletics, theater arts, and a mental health clinic. The expansion of cultural programs was a major focus of the agency's work during the 1960s under the direction of Mildred Zucker, executive director of the agency until 1970. Starting in the 1970s, several programs were discontinued or taken over by other agencies. In the mid-1990s the agency offered day care, Head Start, referral services and housed a small library.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. records, 1942-1988.

Local Note

Sc MG 589

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Bagwell, Ed. Photographer

Saunders, Richard, 1922-1987. Photographer

New York City Housing Authority.

News Voice International.

Found In:

p1tc James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. records, 1942-1988 (OCoLC)122580862

Research Call Number

Sc Photo James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. Collection

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