Research Catalog

Title

Lincoln Lynch photograph collection.

Author

Lynch, Lincoln

Publication

[between 1962 and 1966?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cornell, 1902-1993
• Sanderson, Kenneth R.

Found In

p1pc Lynch, Lincoln Lincoln Lynch collection, 1955-1991 (OCoLC)1268936607

Description

• 7 items (one folder); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.
• 4 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 3 photographic prints : color ;

Summary

Collection depicts some activities of Jamaican-born Long Island (N.Y.) CORE official Lincoln Lynch during the 1960s. The collection consists of an undated studio portrait of Lynch (ca. mid-1960s); a view of Lynch delivering a speech, possibly at the NAACP ceremonial dinner for the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, in Garden City, Long Island (1963); a view of Lynch with two CORE workers placing a housing protest sign on the front door of the Suffolk County Center, Riverhead, Long Island (1964); and candid views of Lynch relaxing in the branches of a tree (1965) that were formerly attached to construction paper bearing the words "Our Leader Up a tree -- BUT -- Not out on a limb!" Also included is a studio portrait of an unidentified woman. Depictions of Lynch's personal life, his military career, and his professional activities before and after the early 1960s are not included.

Subjects

• Dye coupler prints > 1960-1969
• Gelatin silver prints > 1960-1969
• Portrait photographs > 1960-1969
• Civil rights workers, Black > New York (State) > Long Island
• Jamaicans > United States
• Congress of Racial Equality
• Lynch, Lincoln

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1960-1969.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1960-1969.
• Dye coupler prints – 1960-1969.

Note

• Title taken from Lincoln Lynch Collection.
• One photograph bears photographer's hand stamp and handwritten caption on verso; one item has printed photo caption label attached to verso. Three small color prints were formerly attached to construction paper.
• Collection contains work by Kenneth R. Sanderson and Cornell.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Lincoln O. Lynch, 1920-2011, was a Jamaican-born civil rights and community activist. As a young man Lynch's family immigrated to the United Kingdom. During World War II he served as a tail gunner in Great Britain's Royal Air Force and was commissioned a flight lieutenant. Lynch moved to the United States in 1951, and was employed as a BOAC flights operations officer at New York International Airport. He became involved with the Long Island chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) where he rose to the ranks of group chairman in 1962. He became the Associate National Director of CORE in 1966. From 1968 to 1970, Lynch was an executive vice president of the New York Urban Coalition. Lynch would later serve as faculty at SUNY Stony Brook; and would be involved in community and youth groups on Long Island and in Manhattan. Lynch died in 2011, age 91.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Lincoln Lynch Collection, 1955-1991.

Call Number

Sc Photo Lincoln Lynch Collection

OCLC

1304331708

Author

Lynch, Lincoln, collector.

Title

Lincoln Lynch photograph collection.

Production

[between 1962 and 1966?]

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

Lincoln O. Lynch, 1920-2011, was a Jamaican-born civil rights and community activist. As a young man Lynch's family immigrated to the United Kingdom. During World War II he served as a tail gunner in Great Britain's Royal Air Force and was commissioned a flight lieutenant. Lynch moved to the United States in 1951, and was employed as a BOAC flights operations officer at New York International Airport. He became involved with the Long Island chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) where he rose to the ranks of group chairman in 1962. He became the Associate National Director of CORE in 1966. From 1968 to 1970, Lynch was an executive vice president of the New York Urban Coalition. Lynch would later serve as faculty at SUNY Stony Brook; and would be involved in community and youth groups on Long Island and in Manhattan. Lynch died in 2011, age 91.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Lincoln Lynch Collection, 1955-1991.

Local Note

SC MG 504

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Added Author

Cornell, 1902-1993, photographer.

Sanderson, Kenneth R., photographer.

Found In:

p1pc Lynch, Lincoln Lincoln Lynch collection, 1955-1991 (OCoLC)1268936607

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Lincoln Lynch Collection