Research Catalog
Barbara Mae Watson photographs.
- Title
- Barbara Mae Watson photographs.
- Author
- Watson, Barbara Mae, 1918-1983
- Publication
- 1921-1983, bulk 1968 - 1981.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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9 Items
| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | SCP 186089 box 1 | Offsite | |
| box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | SCP 186089 box 2 | Offsite | |
| box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | SCP 186089 box 3 | Offsite | |
| box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | SCP 186089 box 4 | Offsite | |
| box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | SCP 186089 box 5 | Offsite | |
| box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | SCP 186089 box 6 | Offsite | |
| box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | SCP 186089 box 7 | Offsite | |
| box 8 | Mixed material | Supervised use | SCP 186089 box 8 | Offsite | |
| box 9 | Mixed material | Supervised use | SCP 186089 box 9 | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- 3.42 linear feet (9 boxes)
- Summary
- Barbara Mae Watson (1918-1983) was a lawyer, United States diplomat, and the first female and the first Black Assistant Secretary of State, serving under Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter. Watson also co-founded one of the first Black modeling agencies in 1946, served as Executive Director of the New York City Commission to the United Nations from 1964 to 1966, and was Ambassador to Malaysia from 1980 to 1981. Watson's photographs, dated from 1921 to 1983, depict her professional and personal life through prints, negatives, and illustrations.
- Subjects
- Government employees
- Photographs
- Philippines > History
- Malaysia > History > 20th century
- Modeling agencies
- Diplomatic and consular service
- Ambassadors > United States
- African American women diplomats
- African American models
- African American government executives
- United States > Department of State
- United Seamen's Service
- United Nations
- HIAS (Agency)
- Brandford Models, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
- Watson, James S., 1882-1952
- Sangster, Donald, Sir, 1911-1967
- Marcos, Imelda Romualdez, 1929-
- Marcos, Ferdinand E (Ferdinand Edralin), 1917-1989
- Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984
- German, Milagros A
- Carter, Rosalynn
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Source (note)
- Donated by the Watson family, 1991-1992.
- Call Number
- SCP 186089
- OCLC
- 1343726784
- Author
- Watson, Barbara Mae, 1918-1983, creator.
- Title
- Barbara Mae Watson photographs.
- Production
- 1921-1983, bulk 1968 - 1981.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Materials Separated from the Resource: Photographs transferred from Barbara Mae Watson papers in Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center. One poster transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center.
- Source
- Donated by the Watson family, 1991-1992.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Government employees.
- Research Call Number
- SCP 186089