Research Catalog
Black Academy of Arts and Letters photograph collection
- Title
- Black Academy of Arts and Letters photograph collection [graphic].
- Author
- Black Academy of Arts and Letters
- Publication
- 1970?-1973?
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Picture | Use in library | Sc Photo Black Academy of Arts and Letters Collection | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Found In
- (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A24
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1970-1979.
- Group portraits – 1970-1979.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1970-1979.
- Note
- Most photographs do not contain any written descriptive information; some are duplicates.
- Biography (note)
- Established to "define, preserve, promote, cultivate, foster and develop the arts and letters of black people," 1969-1973.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records
- Local note
- SC-MG58.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Black Academy of Arts and Letters Collection
- OCLC
- NYPG087000310-F
- Author
- Black Academy of Arts and Letters.
- Title
- Black Academy of Arts and Letters photograph collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- 1970?-1973?
- Description
- 14 contact sheets : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.30 photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.1. Black Academy of Arts & Letters; 2. Black Academy activities & members.
- Summary
- Photographs documenting some of the official functions of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (BAAL) during the early 1970s. Includes views of the induction of Leopold Senghor into BAAL by C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence Reddick; Lincoln, Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee conferring; people socializing, eating and drinking at unidentified Academy functions, one possibly being an exhibit opening; and various individual portraits.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records
- Biography
- Established to "define, preserve, promote, cultivate, foster and develop the arts and letters of black people," 1969-1973.
- Local Note
- SC-MG58.
- Connect to:
- Found In:
- (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A24
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Black Academy of Arts and Letters Collection