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Whitney M. Young portrait collection

Title
Whitney M. Young portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1959?-1979?>

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Additional Authors
  • Gilbert, James
  • Sengstacke, Robert A.
  • Layne, Cecil
  • Wide World Photos
  • United Press International
  • Johnson Publishing Company
  • Reni Newsphoto Service
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  • Young, Whitney M
  • Wilkins, Roy, 1901-
  • Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
  • Baez, Joan
  • Forman, James, 1928-2005
  • Farmer, Clarence
  • Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-
  • Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
  • National Urban League > Presidents
  • Civil rights workers > United States
  • African American authors
  • African American executives
  • African Americans > Political activity > 1959-1979
  • Demonstrations > United States > 1960-1969
  • Commemorative coins > United States
Genre/Form
  • Group portraits – 1959-1979.
  • Portrait photographs – 1959-1979.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1959-1979.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Collection contains work by Cecil Layne, Robert Sengstacke, and James Gilbert, among others.
  • Some photographs bear photographer's or news agency's handstamp. Some items bear printed captions on recto; some items bear handwritten captions and/or attached printed captions on verso. Some items are duplicates.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local note
  • Negatives available for some images.
Call Number
Sc Photo Young, Whitney M. Jr.
OCLC
NYPG087000179-F
Title
Whitney M. Young portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1959?-1979?>
Description
<13> photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
<3> photomechanical prints : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Summary
Portraits and views of former dean of the Atlanta University School of Social Work, lecturer, author and former executive director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young. The collection consists of studio and candid portraits of Young; Young in group portraits at National Urban League functions; and views of Young swimming with Senator Edmund Muskie (1971), at an unidentified political event, and during the Selma to Montgomery March (1965). Individuals depicted with Young include Lyndon Johnson, Mrs. Cernoria D. Johnson, Ramon S. Scruggs, Andy Stanfield, Frank Casey, Walter Reuther, Roy Wilkins, James Baldwin, James Foreman, Clarence Farmer, Ina Balin and Joan Baez. The collection also includes a portrait of Young's wife, Margaret, identified as Mrs. Whitney M. Young, Jr., and a photo of a memorial coin issued by the American Negro Commemorative Society struck in Sterling silver. Half, quarter, three-quarter and full-length views available.
Terms Of Use
Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local Note
Negatives available for some images.
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Added Author
Gilbert, James. Photographer
Sengstacke, Robert A. Photographer
Layne, Cecil. Photographer
Wide World Photos.
United Press International.
Johnson Publishing Company.
Reni Newsphoto Service.
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Young, Whitney M. Jr.
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