Research Catalog

Title

Cheryl Clarke photograph collection.

Author

Clarke, Cheryl, 1947-

Publication

1983-[2005?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Favorito, Marie

Found In

p1pc Clarke, Cheryl, 1947- Cheryl Clarke papers

Description

• 4 items (one folder); 26 x 21 cm
• 3 photogrphic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 1 contact sheet : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

Collection consists of studio portraits of African American lesbian writer, educator and feminist Cheryl Clarke, including a contact sheet of images taken during the same photography session (1983); and a photographic reproduction of the group portrait of Black student leaders from Douglass College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, used for the cover of Clarke's book "After Mecca: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement" (2005). Depictions of Clarke's personal life and her career as a writer, educator and activist are not included.

Subject

• Clarke, Cheryl, 1947-
• Afican American lesbians
• Lesbian authors > United States
• African American women educators
• African American feminists

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1980-1989.
• Group portraits – 2000-2009.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1980-2009.
• Contact sheets – 1980-1989.

Note

• Title taken from Cheryl Clarke Papers.
• All photographs bear handwritten captions on verso, three of which are photographer's copyright information.
• Collection contains work by Marie Favorito.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Cheryl L. Clarke, born in 1947 in Washington, D.C., is a lesbian poet, essayist, educator and a Black feminist community activist. Clarke's work focuses on African-American women's literature, black lesbian feminism, and the Black Arts Movement in the United States. Clarke is the author of five collections of poetry; and had published "After Mecca: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement" (2005), a study of the contributions of Black women to a field that traditionally recognized Black men, and "Days of Good Looks: Prose and Poetry, 1980-2005" (2006), a collection of published writing. Clarke has also served on the editorial collective of Conditions, an early lesbian publication; and has been published in numerous anthologies, periodicals and newspapers.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Cheryl Clarke Papers.

Call Number

Sc Photo Cheryl Clarke Collection

OCLC

1303921862

Author

Clarke, Cheryl, 1947- , collector.

Title

Cheryl Clarke photograph collection.

Production

1983-[2005?]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

Cheryl L. Clarke, born in 1947 in Washington, D.C., is a lesbian poet, essayist, educator and a Black feminist community activist. Clarke's work focuses on African-American women's literature, black lesbian feminism, and the Black Arts Movement in the United States. Clarke is the author of five collections of poetry; and had published "After Mecca: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement" (2005), a study of the contributions of Black women to a field that traditionally recognized Black men, and "Days of Good Looks: Prose and Poetry, 1980-2005" (2006), a collection of published writing. Clarke has also served on the editorial collective of Conditions, an early lesbian publication; and has been published in numerous anthologies, periodicals and newspapers.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Cheryl Clarke Papers.

Local Note

Sc MG 642

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Added Author

Favorito, Marie, photographer.

Found In:

p1pc Clarke, Cheryl, 1947- Cheryl Clarke papers

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Cheryl Clarke Collection