Research Catalog

Title

Franklin Williams photograph collection.

Author

Williams, Franklin, 1917-1990

Publication

[bewteen 1920 and 1991?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Layne, Cecil
• McAdams, David, Bro.
• Richards, John N., Sr.
• Yette, Samuel F.
• Black Star (Picture agency), photographer.
• Ghana. Information Servies Dept., photographer.
• Ghana Star Photo Works (Accra, Ghana), photographer.
• Marie & Tamas du Kun (Bethesda, Md.), photographer.
• United States Information Service (Rangoon, Burma), photographer.

Found In

p1tc Williams, Franklin, 1917- Franklin Williams papers, 1917-1990 (OCoLC)122465909

Description

• 756 items (1.7 cubic ft, 6 boxes); 21 x 26 cm and smaller.
• 581 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 16 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 37 photographic prints : color ;
• 5 instant camera photographic prints : color ;
• 1 photographic postcard : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 1 photomechanical print : color ;
• 2 illustrations : ink and charcoal on paper, black and white ;
• 3 clippings : halftone, black and white ;
• 1 montage : photomechanical, color, inscriptions, mounted on cardboard ;
• 1 film negative : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

• Depictions of aspects of the life and career of civil rights lawyer, diplomat and foundation president Franklin H. Williams from the 1920s through the 1980s, primarily on his activities as United States Ambassador to Ghana from 1965 to 1968, as well as his tenure as a Peace Crops official (early-1960s) and as President of the Phelps-Stokes Fund during the 1970s. Depictions of Williams's personal life, his work at the NAACP, the California Department of Justice, and the United Nations Economic and Social Council, as well as his activities during the 1980s, are limited.
• The collection consists of individual portraits of Williams; candid shots of Williams with family and friends; group portraits showing Williams with military personnel and attorneys; candid shots and views with Williams at public events, ceremonies, tours and meetings; candid shots and views of Williams's wife Shirley attending public and official functions; studio portraits of government officials and public figures; group portraits and views of visiting dignitaries and guests, volunteer groups, military personnel and Ghanaian civilians during public events; renderings and models for a memorial; illustrations for editorial cartoons; and aerial views of a hydro-electric plant dedication.
• Of note are views of the 1957 NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner at the Hotel Roosevelt, New York City, that include Williams, baseball players Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron, and NAACP Director Roy Wilkins; Williams, often depicted with Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver, during missions to Italy, Burma and West Africa (1961-1963); Williams presenting his ambassadorial credentials to Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah in Accra (1966); the opening ceremonies of the Ghana International Trade Fair, in Accra (1967); Williams, in tribal chieftain attire, being carried aloft by Ghanaian villagers (1968); and Williams, with other travelers, during the Phelps-Stokes Fund's "Distinguished Visitors to Africa" tour of West Africa (1977).
• Among other individuals depicted with Williams include Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, and Ghanaian head of state Joseph Arthur Ankarh.

Subjects

• United States > Foreign relations
• Dye diffusion transfer prints > 1970-1979
• Dye coupler prints > 1960-1989
• Gelatin silver prints > 1920-1999
• Inscriptions > 1950-1999
• Snapshots > 1920-1989
• Group portraits > 1920-1999
• Portrait photographs > 1920-1999
• Ghana > Officials and employees
• United States > Officials and employees
• Award presentations
• Rites and ceremonies
• Meetings
• Ghana > Politics and government > 1957-1979
• United States > Foreign relations > Ghana
• Diplomatic and consular service, American > Ghana
• African Americans > Civil rights
• African Americans > Politics and government
• African American lawyers
• African American diplomats
• Williams, Franklin, 1917-1990

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1920-1999.
• Group portraits – 1920-1999.
• Snapshots – 1920-1989.
• Inscriptions – 1950-1999.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1999.
• Dye coupler prints – 1960-1989.
• Dye diffusion transfer prints – 1970-1979.

Note

• Title taken from the Franklin Williams Papers.
• Some photographs bear either photographer's, photography studio's, or photo agency's hand stamp on verso.
• Some items bear printed or typewritten captions attached to either verso or recto; some items bear handwritten captions on either verso or recto; some items bear inscriptions on recto.
• Some items are mounted; some items are attached to binder pages or scrapbook pages. Some items are duplicates.
• Collection contains work by Cecil Layne, David McAdams, the Ghana information services, and the United States Information Service, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Franklin Hall Williams, born 1917 in Flushing, New York, was an African American lawyer, diplomat and educator who was active in civil rights issues and building better relations between the United States and Africa. Williams served as Western Regional Director for the NAACP (1951-1956); California State Assistant Attorney General (1959-1961); Special Assistant in the Peace Corps (1961-1963); U.S. Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the UN (1963-1965); U.S. Ambassador to Ghana (1965-1968); Director of the Columbia University Urban Center (1968-1970); and President of the Phelps-Stokes Fund (1970-1990). Williams died in New York City in 1990.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Franklin Williams Papers, 1917-1990.

Call Number

Sc Photo Franklin Williams Collection

OCLC

1287090933

Author

Williams, Franklin, 1917-1990 , collector.

Title

Franklin Williams photograph collection.

Production

[bewteen 1920 and 1991?]

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

Franklin Hall Williams, born 1917 in Flushing, New York, was an African American lawyer, diplomat and educator who was active in civil rights issues and building better relations between the United States and Africa. Williams served as Western Regional Director for the NAACP (1951-1956); California State Assistant Attorney General (1959-1961); Special Assistant in the Peace Corps (1961-1963); U.S. Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the UN (1963-1965); U.S. Ambassador to Ghana (1965-1968); Director of the Columbia University Urban Center (1968-1970); and President of the Phelps-Stokes Fund (1970-1990). Williams died in New York City in 1990.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Franklin Williams Papers, 1917-1990.

Local Note

Sc MG 378

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Added Author

Layne, Cecil, photographer.

McAdams, David, Bro., photographer.

Richards, John N., Sr., photographer.

Yette, Samuel F., photographer.

Black Star (Picture agency), photographer.

Ghana. Information Servies Dept., photographer.

Ghana Star Photo Works (Accra, Ghana), photographer.

Marie & Tamas du Kun (Bethesda, Md.), photographer.

United States Information Service (Rangoon, Burma), photographer.

Found In:

p1tc Williams, Franklin, 1917- Franklin Williams papers, 1917-1990 (OCoLC)122465909

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Franklin Williams Collection