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Harlem On My Mind exhibition collection.

Title: Harlem On My Mind exhibition collection.
Publication: [1969]

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Status	Container	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 4	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Harlem On My Mind Exhibition Collection Box 4	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 3	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Harlem On My Mind Exhibition Collection Box 3	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 2	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Harlem On My Mind Exhibition 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 Harlem On My Mind Exhibition Collection Box 1	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Description

642 items (.7 cubic ft., four boxes); 11 x 9 cm and smaller.
272 instant camera prints : black and white ;
370 instant camera prints : black and white ;

Summary

Collection consists of photographic reproductions of the photographic panels used in the 1969 "Harlem On My Mind" exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City. The images trace the history of persons of African descent in New York City from the colonial 17th century to the mid-1960s, and focus primarily on the growth and development of Harlem as the center of Black culture in the United States during the 20th century. Images depict both prominent and lesser-known individuals; views of residences and businesses; street life; social life; religious gatherings; living conditions; political, social and cultural events; athletics; and artistic, literary and entertainment achievements. Of note, many of the images used for the exhibition were by Harlem photographer James VanDerZee, which would introduce his work to the general public.

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Genre/Form

Instant camera prints – 1960-1969.
Reproductions – 1960-1969.

Note

Title taken from archival box labels.
Many items bear Schomburg Collection property hand stamp on verso. All items bear handwritten captions on verso; some items bear handwritten captions on recto. All items are encapsulated with handwritten pagination on recto. Some items bear hand drawn outlines on images. Some items encapsulated with handwritten table of contents notes on recto. Three images are cropped and encapsulated together as a combination print.
Collection depicts work originally by Brown Brothers, Leroy Lucas, Gordon Parks, Aaron Siskind, and James VanDerZee, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

"Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America 1900-1968" was a photographic and multi-media exhibition, organized by author/historian Allon Schoener, that was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, in 1969. Intended as a demonstration of how the African American community in Harlem made major contributions to mainstream American culture, it instead provoked major criticism from different quarters. Criticism included the cultural elite's objection to the use of multi-media technology and the display of African American culture at the Met; the objection by African American painters and sculptors to the exclusion of their work from the exhibition; and the charges of anti-Semitism leveled at an essay written for the exhibition's catalogue, which later resulted in the catalogue being withdrawn. Despite the controversy, the exhibition was well attended during its three month run.

Call Number

Sc Photo Harlem On My Mind Exhibition Collection

OCLC

1015686346

Title

Harlem On My Mind exhibition collection.

Production

[1969]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

"Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America 1900-1968" was a photographic and multi-media exhibition, organized by author/historian Allon Schoener, that was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, in 1969. Intended as a demonstration of how the African American community in Harlem made major contributions to mainstream American culture, it instead provoked major criticism from different quarters. Criticism included the cultural elite's objection to the use of multi-media technology and the display of African American culture at the Met; the objection by African American painters and sculptors to the exclusion of their work from the exhibition; and the charges of anti-Semitism leveled at an essay written for the exhibition's catalogue, which later resulted in the catalogue being withdrawn. Despite the controversy, the exhibition was well attended during its three month run.

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Charles, Don Hogan, photographer.

Heyman, Ken, photographer.

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer.

Layne, Cecil, photographer.

Lucas, Leroy, photographer.

Maisel, Jay, 1931- , photographer.

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, photographer.

Siskind, Aaron, photographer.

Van Der Zee, James, 1886-1983, photographer.

Yearwood, Lloyd, photographer.

Brown Brothers (New York, N.Y.), photographer.

Culver Pictures Inc., collector.

New York Amsterdam News (Firm), photographer.

New York Daily News (Firm), photographer.

Underwood & Underwood, photographer.

United Press International, photographer.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Harlem On My Mind Exhibition Collection

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