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Photo, Print, Drawing Photographs of news events and people from the papers of journalist Ethel L. Payne

About this Item

Title

  • Photographs of news events and people from the papers of journalist Ethel L. Payne

Summary

  • Photographs show national and international news events, meetings, and people in the news. Includes Payne and other African American journalists attending press club meetings and a Black Press Seminar in New York City; United Nations meetings; White House ceremonies with Presidents Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy; U.S. Presidents and politicians including, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Adam Clayton Powell, and Walter Washington. Also includes color and black-and-white photographs of Payne's 1990 visit with Nelson and Winnie Mandela at their home in Soweto, S.A.; some general views of South Africa; other photographs relating to various news events in Africa, including World Bank activities in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria; activities and people of the Namibia South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO); Henry Kissinger meeting with leaders in Liberia and Senegal; Payne interviewing Somalian President, Siad Barre; the 1985 United Nations Decade for Women World Conference at Nairobi, Kenya; photographs from the 1975 International Women's Year Tribune in Mexico; snapshots from Payne's 1973 trip to China; images of Chinese workers and students, a few distant views of the Great Wall. Also formal and informal portraits of Payne (including a press pass); Payne's family and acquaintances; one portrait sketch of a girl (sitter unidentified).

Created / Published

  • ca. 1911-1991, bulk 1958-1990.

Headings

  • -  Payne family
  • -  Mandela, Nelson,--1918-2013
  • -  Mandela, Winnie
  • -  African Americans--Communication--1950-1990
  • -  African Americans--Women--1950-1990
  • -  Government officials--1950-1990
  • -  Politicians--United States--1950-1990
  • -  Journalists--1950-1990
  • -  Journalism--1950-1990
  • -  Women--Employment--1950-1990
  • -  Politics & government--Africa--1950-1990
  • -  People--China--1950-1960
  • -  International relations--1950-1960
  • -  Women--Meetings--Kenya--Nairobi--1980-1990
  • -  Women--Meetings--Namibia--1950-1980
  • -  South Africa--1990
  • -  China--1970-1980

Format Headings

  • Drawings--1950-1990.
  • Gelatin silver prints--1910-1990.
  • Portrait photographs--1910-1990.
  • Snapshots--1970-1980.

Genre

  • Portrait photographs--1910-1990
  • Gelatin silver prints--1910-1990
  • Snapshots--1970-1980
  • Drawings--1950-1990

Notes

  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Photographs are from various commercial, private, and government sources.
  • -  Color photocopies of the 161 original color photographs in the LOT are provided in place of the originals.
  • -  Transfer; Manuscript Division (Ethel L. Payne papers); 1996 (DLC/PP-1996:104).
  • -  Forms part of: Ethel L. Payne papers.

Medium

  • 325 photographic prints : chiefly gelatin silver, b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
  • 161 photographic prints : color ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
  • 1 drawing : graphite, b&w ; 19.5 x 12.5 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13486 (F) (G) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Payne, Ethel L. Ethel L. Payne papers

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00651931

Rights Advisory

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Chicago citation style:

Photographs of news events and people from the papers of journalist Ethel L. Payne. South Africa Africa United States Namibia Nairobi Kenya China, ca. 1911. to 1991, Bulk 1958 to 1990. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00651931/.

APA citation style:

(ca. 1911) Photographs of news events and people from the papers of journalist Ethel L. Payne. South Africa Africa United States Namibia Nairobi Kenya China, ca. 1911. to 1991, Bulk 1958 to 1990. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00651931/.

MLA citation style:

Photographs of news events and people from the papers of journalist Ethel L. Payne. to 1991, Bulk 1958 to 1990. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/00651931/>.