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Dean Dixon photograph collection

Title: Dean Dixon photograph collection [graphic].
Author: Dixon, Dean, 1915-1976
Publication: [193-?]-[197-]

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment 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 Dean Dixon Collection Box 1	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Request Appointment 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 Dean Dixon Collection Box 2	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Request Appointment 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 Dean Dixon Collection Box 3	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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p1tc Dixon, Dean Dean Dixon papers, 1939-1979 (OCoLC)122517335

Description

347 items (.9 cu. ft., 3 boxes); 30 x 24 cm. or smaller.
14 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
88 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
201 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
12 photographic prints : col. ;
19 contact sheets : gelatin silver, b&w ;
3 photographic postcards : gelatin silver, b&w ;
3 photograph albums
4 slides : col. ;
2 clippings : b&w ;
1 drawing : col. ;

Summary

The Dean Dixon Photograph Collection mostly depicts Dixon's professional career as an orchestral conductor from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1940-1979.
Publicity photographs – 1940-1979.
Group portraits – 1940-1979.
Snapshots – 1940-1979.
Postcards – 1940-1979.
Photograph albums – 1940-1979.
Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1979.
Dye coupler prints – 1940-1979.
Slides – 1940-1979.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso; some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's name on recto. Some items bear handwritten, typewritten or printed captions and/or notations on recto and/or verso. Some items are mounted on scrapbook pages. Some items are inscribed. One album is unbound. Some items are duplicates.
Collection contains work by J. Abresch, Kurt Behtke, H. Blume, Gordon G. Clarke, Klaus Hennch, Werner Neumeister, Evelyn Richter, Wolfgang Sievers and Studio Deux Soeurs, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

Dean Dixon was the first African-American orchestral conductor to acquire an international reputation. Mainly conducting in Europe, he also guest-conducted many leading orchestras on four continents.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Dean Dixon Papers, 1939-1979.

Call Number

Sc Photo Dean Dixon Collection

OCLC

730237702

Author

Dixon, Dean, 1915-1976, collector.

Title

Dean Dixon photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[193-?]-[197-]

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

Dean Dixon was the first African-American orchestral conductor to acquire an international reputation. Mainly conducting in Europe, he also guest-conducted many leading orchestras on four continents.

Linking Entry