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Kenneth W. Porter photograph collection

Title
Kenneth W. Porter photograph collection [graphic].
Author
Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981.
Publication
[187-?]-[197-]

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Still imageUse in library Sc Photo Kenneth W. Porter CollectionSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Additional Authors
  • Schott, A.
  • Thompson, Mary Louise.
  • Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios (New York, N.Y.)
Found In
p1tc Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981. Kenneth W. Porter papers, 1912-1981 (CStRLIN)NYPW93-A147
Description
  • 67 items (.3 lin. ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
  • 34 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 23 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 1 cabinet card : b&w ;
  • 1 photographic postcard : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 2 stats : b&w ;
  • 6 negatives : col., 1 silver gelatin, b&w ;
Summary
The Kenneth W. Porter Photograph Collection consists of portraits, field research photographs and photographic reproductions compiled by Porter for his research on Black Seminoles, including the Seminole Negro Indian Scouts, that he conducted during the 1940s to the 1970s.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1870-1979.
  • Group portraits – 1940-1979.
  • Snapshots – 1920-1949.
  • Photographic postcards – 1920-1929.
  • Cabinet photographs – 1870-1879.
  • Reproductions.
  • Gelatin silver prints – 1870-1979.
  • Stats.
  • Negatives.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • One image has photographer's name printed on verso and recto; some photographs bear photo processing studio handstamp on verso. Most items bear handwritten notations on verso; some items have printed captions attached to verso; some photographs have printed captions on recto. Some photographs bear cropping marks; some items are duplicates.
  • Collection contains work by Mary Louise Thompson and Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios.
Biography (note)
  • Kenneth Wiggins Porter (1905-1981) was a professor of history at several American colleges, and conducted research on African-American frontiersmen and cowboys, Black Seminoles, and American folklore and folk history, from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Kenneth W. Porter Papers, 1912-1981.
Publications (note)
  • The Black Seminoles: history of a freedom-seeking people / Kenneth W. Porter. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 1996.
Call Number
Sc Photo Kenneth W. Porter Collection
OCLC
NYPG01-F121
Author
Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981.
Title
Kenneth W. Porter photograph collection [graphic].
Imprint
[187-?]-[197-]
Biography
Kenneth Wiggins Porter (1905-1981) was a professor of history at several American colleges, and conducted research on African-American frontiersmen and cowboys, Black Seminoles, and American folklore and folk history, from the 1930s to the 1970s. He was also a poet; an active Socialist; published books on United States business history and African-American frontiersmen; and authored several unpublished manuscripts, including his research on Black Seminoles which was published posthumously.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Kenneth W. Porter Papers, 1912-1981.
Publications
The Black Seminoles: history of a freedom-seeking people / Kenneth W. Porter. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 1996.
Local Note
Sc MG 222
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Added Author
Schott, A. Illustrator
Thompson, Mary Louise. Photographer
Ludovici's Photographic and Crayon Studios (New York, N.Y.)
Found In:
p1tc Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981. Kenneth W. Porter papers, 1912-1981 (CStRLIN)NYPW93-A147
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Kenneth W. Porter Collection
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