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Marian Anderson portrait collection

Title: Marian Anderson portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: <1931?-1980.>

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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.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Anderson, Marian	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<133> items (.3 cu. ft., 1 box); 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
<49> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
<76> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
<5> photomechanical prints : b&w ;
<1> photographic print : col. ;
<2> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Views of concert singer Marian Anderson spanning the years 1931-1980. Views include: half-length and full-length studio portraits; the Easter performance at the Lincoln Memorial (1939); performing at various functions and on the radio, including views at state functions and social affairs; being congratulated after concert performances; with U.S. presidents John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter, including one with Kennedy, Vice President Johnson and former Vice President Richard Nixon at the Kennedy inauguration (1961), and with presidential wives Eleanor Roosevelt and Rosalynn Carter; rehearsing with accompianist Franz Rupp and teacher Kurt Johnen; at the christening of the S.S. Booker T. Washington with Mary McLeod Bethune, Booker T. Washington's daughter Portia Pittman, and other dignitaries (1942); her premier performance at the Metropolitan Opera (1955); as a delegate to the United Nations (1958); receiving awards and honorary degrees including those from the Reveille Club of N.Y. (1958), the NAACP's Spingarn Medal (1939), and Order of African Redemption (1943); her farewell cross-country tour (1964-1965); the celebration in her honor at Carnegie Hall (1977); and photographs of portrait paintings of her by Laura Waring and S. Edmund Oppenheim, a mural of the 1939 Easter performance at the Lincoln Memorial and the U.S. Gold Medallion created in her honor.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait paintings – Reproductions.
Portrait photographs.
Group portraits.
Photoprints – Color.
Photomechanical prints – 1930-1979.
Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1979.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photos bear captions and/or handwritten information; some items are duplicates.

Terms of Use (note)

Some photos restricted, permission of photographer required for reproduction.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Anderson, Marian

OCLC

NYPG085000097-F

Title

Marian Anderson portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1931?-1980.>

Terms Of Use

Some photos restricted, permission of photographer required for reproduction.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Palmer. Photographer

Gilbert, James. Photographer

McNeill, Robert H. Photographer

Cordes, Paul. Photographer

Calvacca, Anthony. Photographer

Waring, Laura. Artist

Halsman, Philippe. Photographer

Benners, Aubrey S. Photographer

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

Oppenheim, S. Edmund. Artist

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006. Photographer

Smith, Roger. Photographer

Lochner, Louis. Photographer

Negro Press Photo Service.

Wide World Photo.

A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Camera I (New York, N.Y.)

United Press International.

RCA Victor Records.

Delan (New York, N.Y.)

United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Division of Photography.

Gerlach-Barklow Co. (Joliet, Ill.)

Photokraft (New York, N.Y.)

Associated Publishers.

Friedman-Abeles (New York, N.Y.)

Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Anderson, Marian

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