Research Catalog

Title

Harry E. Jones photograph collection.

Author

Jones, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1897-

Publication

[1940?]-1977.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Long, Ben
• Roseberry, O. Zane

Found In

p1pc Jones, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1897- Harry E. Jones papers, 1941-1968 (OCoLC)122615621

Description

• 32 items (one folder); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.
• 10 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white, one hand-colored ;
• 21 photographic prints : color ;
• 1 photographic print : dye diffusion, black and white ;

Summary

Depictions of some of the activities of professional keyboardist and Boy Scout scout master Harry E. Jones from the 1940s to the 1970s, consisting of studio portraits and performance shots of Jones, probably used for publicity purposes (ca. 1950s-1970); group portraits showing Jones with his wife (ca. 1959), his wife and another couple (ca. 1959), and Boy Scout officials (1960, 1967); and candid shots of Jones at Boy Scout camps (Troop 29, New Brunswick, New Jersey), with youth baseball teams, and during an undated club appearance by Count Basie and his Orchestra (ca. 1950s-1960s).

Subject

• Jones, Harry E. 1897-
• Basie, Count, 1904-1984
• Scout leaders > New Jersey
• African American musicians > New Jersey
• Boy Scouts > New Jersey
• Afican American youth > Societies, etc
• Scouting (Youth activitiy) > New Jersey
• Concerts > New Jersey
• Events > 1950-1979

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1940-1979.
• Group portraits – 1940-1979.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1979.
• Dye coupler prints – 1950-1979.
• Instant camera photograph.
• Snapshots – 1940-1979.

Note

• Title taken from Harry E. Jones Papers.
• Two photographs bear both photographer's hand stamp on verso and signature on recto; two items bear photographer's blind stamp; one item bears photography studio's hand stamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso. One item has adhesive tape along fold on both recto and verso of print.
• Collection contains work by Ben Long and O. Zane Roseberry.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Harry Edward Jones, born in 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was an African American professional keyboardist and a scout master for the Boy Scouts of America. In 1936, Jones founded the first Boy Scout troop for African Americans, Troop 29, based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Harry E. Jones Papers, 1941-1968.

Call Number

Sc Photo Harry E. Jones Collection

OCLC

1066241088

Author

Jones, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1897- , collector.

Title

Harry E. Jones photograph collection.

Production

[1940?]-1977.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

Harry Edward Jones, born in 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was an African American professional keyboardist and a scout master for the Boy Scouts of America. In 1936, Jones founded the first Boy Scout troop for African Americans, Troop 29, based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Harry E. Jones Papers, 1941-1968.

Local Note

Sc MG 246

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Added Author

Long, Ben, photographer.

Roseberry, O. Zane, photographer.

Found In:

p1pc Jones, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1897- Harry E. Jones papers, 1941-1968 (OCoLC)122615621

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Harry E. Jones Collection