Research Catalog

Title

William Stanley Braithwaite photograph collection [graphic].

Author

Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962.

Publication

[18--?]-1978.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Battey, C.M.
• Chickering, Elmer.
• Platt-Lynes, George.
• J.E. Purdy & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
• Vantine & Vantine (Boston, Mass.)
• White Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Found In

p1tc Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. William Stanley Braithwaite papers, 1898-1976 (CStRLIN)NYPW90-A51

Description

• 206 items (.6 lin. ft., 2 boxes); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
• 101 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-col. ;
• 34 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 2 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, one hand-col.;
• 6 photographic prints : col. ;
• 13 card photographs : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 3 tintypes : b&w ;
• 4 photomechanical prints : halftone, b&w ;
• 2 photographic postcards : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 1 drawing : pencil, b&w ;
• 24 negatives : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 14 negatives : col. ;
• 2 slides : col. ;

Summary

The William Stanley Braithwaite Photograph Collection consists mainly of individual and group portraits and snapshots of Braithwaite, his family, friends and colleagues, from around the late 1800s to the late 1970s.

Subjects

• Cabinet photographs
• Halftone photomechanical prints
• Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972
• Authors, Americans
• African American families
• Cartes de visites
• Dye coupler prints > 1950-1979
• Publicity photographs > 1920-1939
• Harrison, Richard B
• Photographic postcards > 1910-1929
• Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962
• Beebe, Lucius, 1902-1966
• Tintypes
• Widdemer, Margaret
• Poets, American
• Gelatin silver prints > 1880-1969
• Group portraits > 1890-1979
• Snapshots > 1930-1979
• African American poets
• Sullivan, A. M (Aloysius Michael), 1896-
• Film stills > 1940-1949
• Hayes, Roland, 1887-1977
• Graphite drawings > 1950-1959
• African American authors
• Morton, David, 1886-1957
• Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
• Portrait photographs > 1880-1979
• Millikin, Virgil Stanley
• Torrence, Ridgely, 1875-1950

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1880-1979.
• Group portraits – 1890-1979.
• Snapshots – 1930-1979.
• Film stills – 1940-1949.
• Publicity photographs – 1920-1939.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1880-1969.
• Dye coupler prints – 1950-1979.
• Cartes de visites.
• Cabinet photographs.
• Tintypes.
• Halftone photomechanical prints.
• Graphite drawings – 1950-1959.
• Photographic postcards – 1910-1929.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Many photographs have photographer's or photography studio's name printed on either verso or recto; some matted items have names printed on recto of matte; some items bear photography studio blind stamp; two items bear studio handstamp. Some images are mounted; some photographs bear inscriptions; some items are damaged; some items are duplicates.
• Collection includes work by C.M. Battey, Elmer Chickering, George Platt-Lynes, J.E. Purdy and Co., Vantine and Vantine, and White Studio, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

• No photocopying of original items permitted.

Biography (note)

• William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite (1878-1962), was an African-American essayist, poet, literary critic, editor and anthologist.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of: William Stanley Braithwaite Papers, 1898-1976.

Call Number

Sc Photo William Stanley Braithwaite Collection

OCLC

NYPG02-F34

Author

Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Compiler

Title

William Stanley Braithwaite photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[18--?]-1978.

Terms Of Use

No photocopying of original items permitted.

Biography

William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite (1878-1962), was an African-American essayist, poet, literary critic, editor and anthologist. He was also a literature professor at Atlanta University from 1935 to 1945, and won the N.A.A.C.P. Spingarn Award in 1918.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: William Stanley Braithwaite Papers, 1898-1976.

Local Note

Sc MG 84

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Added Author

Battey, C.M. Photographer

Chickering, Elmer. Photographer

Platt-Lynes, George. Photographer

J.E. Purdy & Co. (Boston, Mass.)

Vantine & Vantine (Boston, Mass.)

White Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Found In:

p1tc Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. William Stanley Braithwaite papers, 1898-1976 (CStRLIN)NYPW90-A51

Research Call Number

Sc Photo William Stanley Braithwaite Collection