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Negro Ensemble Company photograph collection

Title: Negro Ensemble Company photograph collection [graphic].
Author: Negro Ensemble Company.
Publication: [196-]-[199?]
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Status	Vol/Date	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.	box 1	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Negro Ensemble Company Collection box 1	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 2	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Negro Ensemble Company Collection box 2	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 3	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Negro Ensemble Company Collection box 3	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 4	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Negro Ensemble Company Collection box 4	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 5	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Negro Ensemble Company Collection box 5	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 6	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Negro Ensemble Company Collection box 6	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 7	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Negro Ensemble Company Collection box 7	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 8	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Negro Ensemble Company Collection box 8	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Found In

c2ac Negro Ensemble Company. Negro Ensemble Company records, l960-1992 (CStRLIN)NYPW89-A93

Description

940 items (3.0 lin ft., 3 boxes); 28 x 36 cm.
1 photographic print : silver gelatin, b&w ;
281 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
136 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
2 photographic prints : col. ;
24 photographic prints : col. ;
10 photographic prints : col ;
45 contact sheets : silver gelatin, b&w ;
371 slides : col. ;
41 negatives : b&w ;
1 photomechanical print : halftone, b&w ;

Summary

The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) Photograph Collection depicts some of the Company's activities from 1967 through 1992.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Blacks on Stage: African-American Theater Arts Collections Project.

Alternative Title

Blackbody blues.
Black sunlight.
The Brownsville raid.
Ceremonies in dark old men.
Here in my father's house.
Home.
House of shadows.
Jonah and the wonder dog.
Livin' fat.
Louie and Ophilia.
Nevis mountain dew.
Old phantoms.
Pieces of a dream.
The river Niger.
A soldier's play.
Two can play.
The war party.
Weep not for me.
West Memphis Mojo.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Publicity photographs – 1960-1989.
Portrait photographs – 1960-1989.
Group portraits – 1960-1989.
Gelatin silver prints – 1960-1999.
Contact sheets – 1960-1999.
Dye coupler prints – 1960-1999.
Gelatin silver film negatives – 1960-1999.
Slides – 1960-1999.
Halftone photomechanical prints – 1960-1999.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Many photographs bear photographer's printed address label or handstamp on verso; some contact sheets have photographer's name and address printed on recto. Some photographic prints have printed captions on recto and/or handwritten captions on verso. A few photographs have typewritten captions attached. Some publicity portraits have actor resumes attached. Some photographs are duplicates.
Photographers include Bert Andrews, Joe Griffith, Gary Schoichet and other.

Terms of Use (note)

Restricted: Permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

The Negro Ensemble Company, founded in 1967 in New York City, is considered to be the most influential and successful repertory company of the Black Theater Movement.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of: Negro Ensemble Company records, 1960-1992.

Call Number

Sc Photo Negro Ensemble Company Collection

OCLC

NYPG99-F979

Author

Negro Ensemble Company.

Title

Negro Ensemble Company photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[196-]-[199?]

Terms Of Use

Restricted: Permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

The Negro Ensemble Company, founded in 1967 in New York City, is considered to be the most influential and successful repertory company of the Black Theater Movement. In its more than 29-year history, the company produced more than 200 plays, both off and on Broadway, winning more than 40 major drama awards and training more than 4,000 men and women in all areas of the theater industry. Among its accomplishments are two Tony awards including Best Play for "The River Niger (1972), and a Pulitzer Prize for Charles Fuller as author of "A Soldier's Play" (1982).

Initally funded with a grant from the Ford Foundation, the company was founded by actor-director-playwright Douglas Turner Ward, actor-producer Robert Hooks, and actor-director Gerald Krone. In keeping with its founders' vision, the company fostered the development of plays that were relevant to black life and provided training programs for mostly African-American actors, playwrights, designers, technical staff, and theater administrative personnel. Among the performers who have been associated with NEC are Mary Alice, Roscoe Lee Brown, Rosalind Cash, Adolph Caesar, Samuel L. Jackson, Esther Rolle, Clarice Taylor, and Hattie Winston.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: Negro Ensemble Company records, 1960-1992.

Local Note

Sc MG 345

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Finding aid

Local Subject

Black arts movement.

Added Author

Andrews, Bert. Photographer

Astorga, Mario. Photographer

Cole, Juanita. Photographer

de Jesus, Carmen L. Photographer

Farmer, Sharon C. Photographer

Freddy, Al. Photographer

Friedman, Steve. Photographer

Griffith, Joseph. Photographer

Kolnik, Paul. Photographer

Schoichet, Gary. Photographer

Schwartz, Craig. Photographer

Yoscary, Bill. Photographer

Added Title

Blackbody blues.

Black sunlight.

The Brownsville raid.

Ceremonies in dark old men.

Here in my father's house.

Home.

House of shadows.

Jonah and the wonder dog.

Livin' fat.

Louie and Ophilia.

Nevis mountain dew.

Old phantoms.

Pieces of a dream.

The river Niger.

A soldier's play.

Two can play.

The war party.

Weep not for me.

West Memphis Mojo.

Found In:

c2ac Negro Ensemble Company. Negro Ensemble Company records, l960-1992 (CStRLIN)NYPW89-A93

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Negro Ensemble Company Collection

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