Research Catalog
Craig G. Harris photographs.
- Title
- Craig G. Harris photographs.
- Author
- Harris, Craig G.
- Publication
- [between 1990 and 1992?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Craig G. Harris Collection | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Found In
- p1pc Harris, Craig G. Craig G. Harris papers, 1986-1993 (OCoLC)932072794
- Description
- 13 items (one folder); 21 x 26 cm and smaller.
- 9 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
- 4 photographic prints : color ;
- Summary
- Collection primarily depicts Harris's activities as a health educator in New York City, possibly in the late 1980s to 1991, consisting of group portraits showing Harris with friends and colleagues, and views of Harris teaching classes that are probably related to his work with the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC). Also included are a candid shot of Harris with two attendees to a C.A.R.E. presentation (1990); views of Harris's gravesite and his AIDS memorial quilt (1991); a graduation portrait of a youth; and a publicity portrait of an unidentified woman singer (1957).
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Gelatin silver prints – 1980-1999.
- Dye coupler prints – 1990-1999.
- Publicity photographs – 1950-1959.
- Portrait photographs – 1980-1999.
- Group portraits – 1980-1999.
- Note
- Title taken from Craig G. Harris Papers.
- One photograph bears press association handstamp on verso; some items bear handwritten notations on verso; one item bears inscription on verso.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Some items may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Craig G. Harris, 1958-1991, was a gay African American writer, poet, AIDS activist and health educator. He notably co-founded and chaired the National Minority AIDS Council in 1987; was executive-director of the Minority Task Force on AIDS in New York in 1988; and became a consultant and educator for the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) where he remained actively affiliated until his HIV-related death in 1991. During the 1980s, Harris was also a prominent Black gay writer and journalist, published in several journals and literary anthologies.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Craig G. Harris Papers, 1986-1993.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Craig G. Harris Collection
- OCLC
- 1304494253
- Author
- Harris, Craig G., collector.
- Title
- Craig G. Harris photographs.
- Production
- [between 1990 and 1992?]
- 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
- Craig G. Harris, 1958-1991, was a gay African American writer, poet, AIDS activist and health educator. He notably co-founded and chaired the National Minority AIDS Council in 1987; was executive-director of the Minority Task Force on AIDS in New York in 1988; and became a consultant and educator for the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) where he remained actively affiliated until his HIV-related death in 1991. During the 1980s, Harris was also a prominent Black gay writer and journalist, published in several journals and literary anthologies.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Craig G. Harris Papers, 1986-1993.
- Local Note
- Sc MG 900
- Connect to:
- Found In:
- p1pc Harris, Craig G. Craig G. Harris papers, 1986-1993 (OCoLC)932072794
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Craig G. Harris Collection