Research Catalog

Title

Jane Bolin photograph collection [graphic].

Author

Bolin, Jane M. (Jane Matilda), 1908-2007.

Publication

186-?]-1994.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Allen, James L. (James Latimer), 1907-1977.
• DeMarsico, Dick.
• Smith, Morgan, 1910-1993.
• E.L. Jenkins & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

Found In

p1ac Bolin, Jane Matilda Jane Matilda Bolin papers, 1943-1993 (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A34

Description

• 26 items (.3 cu. ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
• 14 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 9 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 1 photographic print : col. ;
• 1 card photograph : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 1 tintype : b&w ;

Summary

The Jane Bolin Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of her personal life and her career as a New York City judge, mainly from the 1930s to 1978.

Uniform Title

Daily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920)

Subjects

• Mizelle, Ralph E
• Gelatin silver prints > 1920-1979
• Women judges > New York (State) > New York
• Portrait photographs > 1920-1979
• African American judges > New York (State) > New York
• Tintypes > 1860-1869
• Bolin, Gaius C
• Offutt, Walter P
• Domestic Relation Court (New York, N.Y.)
• Lindsay, John V (John Vliet)
• Bolin, Jane M (Jane Matilda), 1908-2007
• Dye coupler prints > 1990-1999
• Group portraits > 1940-1969
• Judges > New York (State) > New York
• Cabinet photographs > 1880-1889

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1920-1979.
• Group portraits – 1940-1969.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1979.
• Dye coupler prints – 1990-1999.
• Cabinet photographs – 1880-1889.
• Tintypes – 1860-1869.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio handstamp on verso; one item bears photography studio's name on recto. Most photographs bear handwritten notations on verso; one item has handwritten caption on recto; one item has stamped caption on verso; one item has typewritten caption attached to recto; one item has handwritten notations attached to verso. Some items are mounted. Two photographs have damaged edges.
• Collection contains work by James L. Allen, Morgan Smith, Dick DeMarsico and E.L. Jenkins & Co.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Jane Matilda Bolin, judge, was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1908.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Jane Matilda Bolin Papers, 1943-1993.

Call Number

Sc Photo Jane Bolin Collection

OCLC

NYPG99-F989

Author

Bolin, Jane M. (Jane Matilda), 1908-2007.

Title

Jane Bolin photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

186-?]-1994.

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

Jane Matilda Bolin, judge, was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1908. She was the first black female graduate of Yale Law School (1931); the first black woman to join the New York bar (1932); and became the first black woman judge in the United States when she was named a justice of the New York City Domestic Relations Court (later renamed the New York Family Court) in 1939. She would remain on the court until her retirement in 1978, and would also work in civil rights and child-care issues. Judge Bolin died in Queens, New York, in 2007.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Jane Matilda Bolin Papers, 1943-1993.

Local Note

Sc MG 83

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Added Author

Allen, James L. (James Latimer), 1907-1977. Photographer

DeMarsico, Dick. Photographer

Smith, Morgan, 1910-1993. Photographer

E.L. Jenkins & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Daily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920)

Found In:

p1ac Bolin, Jane Matilda Jane Matilda Bolin papers, 1943-1993 (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A34

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Jane Bolin Collection