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Photo, Print, Drawing NAACP photographs of branch meetings, fundraising activities, officers and members

About this Item

Title

  • NAACP photographs of branch meetings, fundraising activities, officers and members

Summary

  • Includes group portraits of PANCAS--members honored for having secured the largest number of memberships for their branch. Portraits of membership committees, branch officers, and membership campaign workers. Some images of NAACP executive staff at branch meetings, including Roy Wilkins at a Denver, Colo., meeting; one photo of Ella Baker at the New York State Conference of branches, taken in 1945 during her service as the National Director of Branches; one photo of Daisy Lampkin, Field Secretary, speaking at a Montgomery, Ala., benefit dance in 1939; a 1917 group portrait of the Atlanta, Ga., branch showing a young Walter White as one of its members; some photos of Gloster Current serving as Detroit, Mich., branch president in the early 1940s. One handbill announcing an Evansville, Ind., program and meeting in honor of Harry T. Moore, NAACP executive secretary for Florida, who was killed in December 1951 for voter registration activities.

Created / Published

  • 1917-ca. 1963, bulk 1942-1948.

Headings

  • -  Baker, Ella,--1903-1986
  • -  Current, Gloster B.--(Gloster Bryant),--1913-1997
  • -  Lampkin, Daisy E.--(Daisy Elizabeth),--1882-1965
  • -  White, Walter,--1893-1955
  • -  Wilkins, Roy,--1901-1981
  • -  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Meetings--United States--1910-1970
  • -  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Branches, chapters, etc.--United States--1910-1970
  • -  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--People--United States--1910-1970
  • -  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Recruiting & enlistment--United States--1910-1970
  • -  African Americans--Organizations--United States--1910-1970

Format Headings

  • Gelatin silver prints--1910-1970.
  • Group portraits--1910-1970.
  • Halftone photomechanical prints--1910-1970.
  • Handbills--1950-1960.
  • Photographic postcards--1910-1970.
  • Portrait photographs--1910-1970.

Genre

  • Portrait photographs--1910-1970
  • Group portraits--1910-1970
  • Handbills--1950-1960
  • Gelatin silver prints--1910-1970
  • Halftone photomechanical prints--1910-1970
  • Photographic postcards--1910-1970

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by state and thereunder by city.
  • -  Collection finding aid available.
  • -  Images available on microfilm (including finding aid); Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
  • -  Some images bear original handwritten or typed identifications on versos.
  • -  The following prominent photographers each have a few photos scattered throughout the LOT: Cecil Layne, Addison Scurlock, Scurlock Studio, G. Marshall Wilson.
  • -  Some images cropped or otherwise marked for publication.
  • -  Includes an envelope addressed to the NAACP New York Office from the Chester, Pa., Branch. This is housed in the Prints & Photographs Division Supplementary Archives.
  • -  Forms part of: Visual materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records (Library of Congress).
  • -  Lot title devised.

Medium

  • 129 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; various sizes, most are 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
  • 4 photomechanical prints : halftone ; 26 x 36 cm. or smaller, most are 8 x 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13075 (F and H) USE MICROFILM [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Visual materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 95514446

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Visual Materials from the NAACP ...," http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/086_naa.html
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  • Call Number: LOT 13075 (F and H) USE MICROFILM [P&P]
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Chicago citation style:

NAACP photographs of branch meetings, fundraising activities, officers and members. United States, ca. 1963. 1917-, Bulk 1942 to 1948. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/95514446/.

APA citation style:

(ca. 1963) NAACP photographs of branch meetings, fundraising activities, officers and members. United States, ca. 1963. 1917-, Bulk 1942 to 1948. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/95514446/.

MLA citation style:

NAACP photographs of branch meetings, fundraising activities, officers and members. 1917-, Bulk 1942 to 1948. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/95514446/>.