Research Catalog

Title

Portraits of Authors [graphic].

Publication

[192-?]-[198-?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Harris, Doug.
• Gotfryd, Alex.
• Krementz, Jill.

Description

• 178 items (1 box, .3 cu. ft.); 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
• 84 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
• 94 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;

Summary

• Portraits and candid shots of authors, dating from the 1920s to the 1980s, with the bulk of the photographs dating from the 1950s, depicting African Americans writers, as well as Africans and others. Most of the items are studio portraits, many used for dust jackets and/or publicity purposes. Among the authors depicted are Rashida Abu-Bakr, Kofi Awooner, Jayne Cortez, Paula Gidding, June Jordan, Ronald Milner, Haki Madhubuti, and Michael Weaver [Afaa M. Weaver]. Early authors include Walter H. Brooks, Daniel Webster Davis, John Willis Menard, Charles Lewis Reason, George Clinton Rowe and Austin Stewart. Included in the collection are views of a Federal Writers' Project (N.Y.) workshop and exhibition.
• Photographs of many of the major writers from the Harlem renaissance may be found in the Portrait Collection as well as other photograph collections.

Subjects

• Gelatin silver prints > 1920-1989
• Jordan, June, 1936-2002
• Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942-
• Rowe, George Clinton, 1853-1903
• Reason, Charles Lewis, 1818-1893
• Weaver, Afaa M (Afaa Michael), 1951-
• Abu-Bakr, Rashida
• Steward, Austin, 1794-1860
• African American authors
• Portrait photographs > 1920-1989
• African American poets
• Brooks, Walter H (Walter Henderson), 1851-
• Cortez, Jayne
• Milner, Ron
• Giddings, Paula
• Davis, D. Webster (Daniel Webster), 1862-1913
• Federal Writers' Project (N.Y.)
• Awoonor, Koli, 1935-
• Publicity photographs > 1920-1989
• African American women authors
• Menard, John Willis, 1838-1893

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1920-1989.
• Publicity photographs – 1920-1989.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1989.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some items bear photographer's handstamp on verso. Some items bear printed and/or handwritten captions on recto and/or verso. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso. A few items are duplicates.
• Collection contains work by Doug Harris, Alex Gotfryd, and Jill Krementz, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Call Number

Sc Photo Portraits of Authors

OCLC

773613692

Title

Portraits of Authors [graphic].

Imprint

[192-?]-[198-?]

Terms Of Use

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

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Added Author

Harris, Doug. Photographer

Gotfryd, Alex. Photographer

Krementz, Jill. Photographer

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Portraits of Authors