Research Catalog

Title

Earl Sydnor photograph collection [graphic].

Author

Sydnor, Earl Lawson, 1907-1989

Publication

[194-?]-[198-]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Beller, Victoria.
• Golby, Bob.
• Jordon, Don.

Found In

p1tc Earl Sydnor papers, 1929-1989 (OCoLC)122430778

Description

• 117 items (6 cu. ft., 2 boxes); 36 x 28 cm. or smaller.
• 22 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
• 51 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
• 26 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
• 8 photographic prints : col. ;

Summary

• The Earl Sydnor Photograph Collection documents aspects of actor and photographer Earl Sydnor's professional career, military activities, and personal life. The collection consists of portraits; publicity photographs documenting his stage and television performances; individual and group portraits and candid shots documenting his U.S. Army career; and views of his home. The collection includes very few photographs taken by Sydnor. There is no documentation of his association with Uncle Ben's rice products in the United States, and limited documentation of his personal life.
• Publicity photographs documenting Sydnor's thespian pursuits show Sydnor in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," "An Evening for Merlin Finch," "Cabin in the Sky," "First Monday in October," "La Ronde," "The Ponder Heart," "Sunday Sinners," and "Two on an Island." Also included are depictions of his television role in the "The Defenders" and in an Uncle Ben's Rice commercial produced and televised in France. Sydnor is shown in military uniform in individual and group portraits and candid shots, including two group portraits with Duke Ellington. Also included are clippings and his Noncommissioned Officer Letter Orders. Collection contains views of Sydnor's home featured in the May 1945 issue of "The American Home," a popular home-decorating magazine.

Alternative Title

• Sunday Sinners
• The Ponder Heart
• Cabin in the Sky
• An Evening for Merlin Finch
• La Ronde
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois
• First Monday in October
• Two on an Island

Subjects

• Group photographs > 1940-1979
• African Americans in the performing arts
• Publicity photographs > 1940-1979
• African American actors
• African Americans in television broadcasting
• Portrait photographs > 1940-1979
• African Americans > Homes and haunts
• African American soldiers
• Sydnor, Earl Lawson, 1907-1989
• Gelatin silver prints > 1940-1979
• Dye coupler prints > 1940-1979

Genre/Form

• Publicity photographs – 1940-1979.
• Portrait photographs – 1940-1979.
• Group photographs – 1940-1979.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1979.
• Dye coupler prints – 1940-1979.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso. Some items bear photographer's name on recto. Some items are mounted on a scrapbook page. One item is inscribed. Some items are mounted; others are cropped. Some items are duplicates.
• Collection contains work by Victoria Beller, Bob Golby, Don Jordan, and Earl Sydnor, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Born in Wayne, Pennsylvania, actor and photographer Earl Sydnor grew up in Orange, New Jersey. He later settled in New York with his wife, Virginia, and landed several parts on Broadway before being called to service in 1943, where he was assigned to make training photographs for the Army. After his discharged he resumed both his acting and photographic careers. He became a familiar face in the United States and France as his image was carried on Uncle Ben's rice products for many years. He later married his second wife, Lucille, and died in New York City in 1989.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Earl Sydnor papers, 1929-1989.

Call Number

Sc Photo Earl Sydnor Collection

OCLC

753705845

Author

Sydnor, Earl Lawson, 1907-1989, collector.

Title

Earl Sydnor photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[194-?]-[198-]

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

Born in Wayne, Pennsylvania, actor and photographer Earl Sydnor grew up in Orange, New Jersey. He later settled in New York with his wife, Virginia, and landed several parts on Broadway before being called to service in 1943, where he was assigned to make training photographs for the Army. After his discharged he resumed both his acting and photographic careers. He became a familiar face in the United States and France as his image was carried on Uncle Ben's rice products for many years. He later married his second wife, Lucille, and died in New York City in 1989.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Earl Sydnor papers, 1929-1989.

Local Note

Sc MG 382

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Added Author

Beller, Victoria. Photographer

Golby, Bob. Photographer

Jordon, Don. Photographer

Sydnor, Earl Lawson, 1907-1989. Photographer

Added Title

First Monday in October

Two on an Island

Found In:

p1tc Earl Sydnor papers, 1929-1989 (OCoLC)122430778

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Earl Sydnor Collection