Research Catalog

Title

[Photographs] / Bertrand Miles.

Author

Miles, Bertrand, 1928-2005

Publication

1954-[1986?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

• 40 items (.2 cubic ft., one box); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.
• 16 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 5 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 19 contact sheets : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

Depictions of African American personalities and lesser-known individuals from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s, consisting of some individual studio portraits and candid shots of prominent figures; group portraits of civil rights activists; and views of a civil rights gathering, a womens' organizational luncheon, and the interior and exterior of a Harlem business. Much of the collection depicts the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Some images are only available as contact sheets. Of note are views of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's speech at the March on Washington; group portraits of civil rights and religious leaders participating in the march at the Lincoln Memorial; and views of the National Council of Negro Women's Brotherhood Luncheon, attended by Mary McLeod Bethune, Eleanor Roosevelt and host Ed Sullivan, at the Hotel Willard, Washington, D.C. (1955).

Subject

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
• African American civil rights workers
• Civil rights leaders > United States
• Civil rights demonstrations > Washington (D.C.)
• African American women > Societies and clubs
• Celebrities > United States
• Luncheons > Washington (D.C.) > 1950-1959
• Restaurants > New York (State) > New York > 1950-1959

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1950-1989.
• Group portraits – 1960-1989.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1950-1989.
• Contact sheets – 1950-1989.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some photographs bear photographer's hand stamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten captions or notations on verso; some items have printed caption labels attached to verso. Some contact sheets bear selection marks on recto. One item is mounted.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Bertrand Miles, 1928-2005, was a photojournalist and freelance photographer. As a young man he worked in Chicago and Atlanta as an assistant to photographer Carl Adair before returning to Chicago to become a freelancer. From 1952 to 1968, Miles was based in New York City, during which time his work appeared in Ebony, Jet, Collier and Life magazines. He also became interested in advertisment photography; photographed the 1963 March on Washington; and served as Nelson Rockefeller's personal photographer during his 1968 presidential campaign. In 1969, Miles stopped doing still photography and worked as a cameraman for CBS News from 1969 to 1977.

Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Miles, B.)

OCLC

1281685092

Author

Miles, Bertrand, 1928-2005, photographer.

Title

[Photographs] / Bertrand Miles.

Production

1954-[1986?]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

Bertrand Miles, 1928-2005, was a photojournalist and freelance photographer. As a young man he worked in Chicago and Atlanta as an assistant to photographer Carl Adair before returning to Chicago to become a freelancer. From 1952 to 1968, Miles was based in New York City, during which time his work appeared in Ebony, Jet, Collier and Life magazines. He also became interested in advertisment photography; photographed the 1963 March on Washington; and served as Nelson Rockefeller's personal photographer during his 1968 presidential campaign. In 1969, Miles stopped doing still photography and worked as a cameraman for CBS News from 1969 to 1977.

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Sc Photo Portfolio (Miles, B.)