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Edouard Plummer collection.

Title: Edouard Plummer collection.
Author: Plummer, Edouard, 1928-
Publication: [between 1950 and 2003?]

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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 Eduoard Plummer 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 Eduoard Plummer Collection Box 1	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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217 items (.4 cubic ft., 2 boxes); 28 x 36 cm or smaller.
105 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white, some items tinted ;
15 photographic prints : color ;
42 photographic prints : inkjet, black and white ;
28 photographic prints : inkjet, color ;
2 scrapbooks ;
4 photomechanical prints : halftone, black and white ;
3 notecards : halftone, black and white ;
1 photocopy : color ;
11 clippings : color, some black and white ;
6 ephemera ;

Summary

The collection primarily depicts the career and activities of singer and actress Lena Horne, collected by friend and fan Edouard Plummer from the 1950s to the 2000s. The collection consists of studio portraits of Horne, many used for publicity purposes; group portraits showing Horne with other performers and celebrities; candid shots of Horne with family, friends, celebrities and fans; views of Horne in performance and participating at events; and stills from Horne's films and television appearances. Plummer is depicted mainly in group portraits with Horne.
Of note are group portraits showing Horne with Plummer and some of his students at Wadleigh High School (1994); views of Horne's performance with Count Basie and his Orchestra at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England (1979); and views of dancer and actress Chita Rivera performing at The Palladium, London, England (1980). Also included are clippings, playbills, and programs related to Horne's career.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1950-2009.
Group portraits – 1950-2009.
Scrapbooks – 1950-2009.
Photograph albums – 1950-2009.
Gelatin silver prints – 1950-2009.
Dye coupler prints – 1950-2009.
Inkjet prints – 1990-2009.
Clippings – 1950-2009.
Reproductions – 1950-2009.

Note

Title based on collector's labels and hand stamps.
Some photographs bear photographer's or news agency's handstamp on verso. Some items bear photographer's name printed on recto. Some items bear collector's address or name labels on verso; some items bear collector's handstamp on verso.
Some photos bear either handwritten or printed captions on either verso or recto; some items bear inscriptions. Some items are composite photographs. One photograph is attached to glass.
Many items are compiled into scrapbooks, both entitled "A Legend."
Collection contains work by James C. Bland, Carol Friedman, David Le Shay, Michael Martin, and Photo Simonis, among others.
Audio cassette transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Terms of Use (note)

Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

Edouard Elmer Plummer, an educator, was born in 1928 and raised in West Virginia. After attending West Virginia State University in the late 1940s, Plummer joined the military, then later moved to Paris on the G.I. Bill. He eventually moved to New York City and, in 1959, began a 40 year career as a teacher and guidance counselor at Wadleigh Secondary School in Harlem. In 1964, he started the Wadleigh Scholars Program, one of the first initiatives to send minority youths to select preparatory schools. A half-century later, he still administers the program.
Plummer, self-described as both a devoted fan and personal friend of Lena Horne, started collecting material on Horne in 1942 after seeing her in the film "Panama Hattie." He met her in 1944 through a relative, and they were friends until her death in 2010. He traveled throughout the United States and abroad to see her perform and accompanied her to many events. Plummer met Chita Rivera when she was in dance school, and in the years since he has followed her career and become a personal friend.

Call Number

Sc Photo Eduoard Plummer Collection

OCLC

1286477719

Author

Plummer, Edouard, 1928- , collector.

Title

Edouard Plummer collection.

Production

[between 1950 and 2003?]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Edouard Elmer Plummer, an educator, was born in 1928 and raised in West Virginia. After attending West Virginia State University in the late 1940s, Plummer joined the military, then later moved to Paris on the G.I. Bill. He eventually moved to New York City and, in 1959, began a 40 year career as a teacher and guidance counselor at Wadleigh Secondary School in Harlem. In 1964, he started the Wadleigh Scholars Program, one of the first initiatives to send minority youths to select preparatory schools. A half-century later, he still administers the program.

Plummer, self-described as both a devoted fan and personal friend of Lena Horne, started collecting material on Horne in 1942 after seeing her in the film "Panama Hattie." He met her in 1944 through a relative, and they were friends until her death in 2010. He traveled throughout the United States and abroad to see her perform and accompanied her to many events. Plummer met Chita Rivera when she was in dance school, and in the years since he has followed her career and become a personal friend.

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Bland, James C., photographer.

Friedman, Carol, photographer.

Le Shay, David, photographer.

Martin, Michael, photographer.

Riddick, V., photographer.

Gilbert Pictorial Enterprise (New York, N.Y.), photographer.

Photo Simonis (Vienna, Austria), photographer.

Movie Star News.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Eduoard Plummer Collection

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