Layne, CecilOverview
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Cecil Layne
Sidney Poitier portrait collection
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in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide Portraits of actor and director Sidney Poitier. Collection includes stills from movies such as "A Raisin in the Sun" with Claudia McNeil, "Uptown Saturday Night" with Bill Cosby, "Longtitude '49," "The Defiant Ones" with Tony Curtis, one of Rock Hudson, and promotional stills, one where Poitier is directing Richard Pryor in "Stir Crazy" and another from behind the camera. There are also views of Poitier with his wife Juanita Hardy stepping off an airplane, one of her with Cecelia Marshall, receiving an award from Leigh Whipper, holding the Oscar with Ruby Dee and others, attending Canada Lee's funeral, in a restaurant and at the Schomburg Center. Full, half and quarter length portraits are included.
George Schuyler portrait collection
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Portraits of journalist and author George Schuyler. Collection includes views of Schuyler participating in a WLIB broadcast, at the Harlem Business Men's Club dinner with David and Mrs. Doles, with Max Yeargen and his wife, and entertaining guests with daughter Philippa. Also views of Josephine Schuyler with guests and talking to Katherine Dunham. Full, half and quarter length portraits are included.
Jackie Robinson portrait collection
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Full, half, and quarter-length portraits of baseball player Jackie Robinson.
Count Basie portrait collection
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Views of Count Basie: half-length studio portraits (some publicity stills); group portraits with other people and jazz musicians including some taken while performing; views of Catherine Basie primarily at social functions.
Sherman Hibbit portrait collection
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Portraits of civic leader Sherman Hibbit, known as the unofficial "Mayor of Harlem" during the 1940s. Collection consists of quarter, three-quarter and full-length portraits. Hibbit is also depicted in group portraits with Otis Staples, Ted Stanford, Augusta Stroud, Johnny Matthews, Gloria Preston, Edna Dixon, Reuben Patton, Edgar Rouzeau, Patricia Wesley, Marjorie Harris, Cecil Brathwaite, James Dawson, Louise McKenzie, Alvira Spriggs, Robert Taylor, editor of the Pittsburgh Courier, Lloyd V. Blaine, Frederick S. Weaver, Jack Caldwell, producer of Harlem-USA, and with his wife, Marie Hibbit.
Radio
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Collection depicts African American radio personalities from the 1940s to 1970s, and African American-operated radio stations and radio broadcasts, mostly New York-based, from the 1940s and 1950s.
Music
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Collection (1820s-1930s) consists mainly of photographic reproductions of sheet music covers, as well as some reproductions of musical arrangements, broadsides and music book title pages, of musical works either composed by African Americans, such as James Reese Europe, "Blind Tom" Bethune, and Eubie Blake, or composed for minstrel and vaudeville shows.
Housing
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide The Housing collection depicts residential buildings, urban renewal projects and housing conditions, mostly in Harlem, New York, from the 1940s to the 1950s.
Jesse Alexander photograph collection
by Jesse N Alexander
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide The Jesse Alexander Photograph Collection documents the history of the African-American and Non-White YMCAs.
Philippa Schuyler portrait collection
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Individual and group portraits of concert pianist and composer Philippa Schuyler. Collection consists of individual studio and candid portraits of Schuyler (ca. 1940s-1960s); a photographic reproduction of the cover for the sheet music to "Five Little Pieces" (ca. 1938); two undated group portraits of Schuyler with her parents George and Josephine Schuyler; some views of Schuyler during concerts and meeting with well-wishers (1947, 1954, n.d.); a view of Schuyler with composer Deems Taylor during a CBS radio interview on "We the People!" (1946); an undated view of Schuyler with Everett Lee after finishing a radio broadcast with the Buenos Aires Symphony Orchestra; views of Schuyler arriving or departing at airports (n.d.); and group portraits and views of Schuyler attending various social functions, parties, and award presentations (ca. 1947-1966). Individuals depicted with Schuyler include actresses Hattie McDaniel and Hilda Simms, journalist Thelma Berlack Boozer, Nigerian sculptor Ben Enwonwu, photographer Carl Van Vechten, Haitian President Paul E. Magloire, conductor Dean Dixon, and baritone William Warfield.
Joe Louis portrait collection
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Portraits of heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis. Includes views of Louis boxing and meeting with other boxers such as Max Schmeling and Tony Galento. Also images of Louis in army uniform, attending army sports events, and other official functions as well as various promotional events. Among the many individuals included in portraits with Louis are Eleanor Roosevelt, Delores Parker, Juanita Hall, Lena Horne and his mother, Lillie Barrow Brooks. Also included are views of Louis at the Cotton Club, at various restaurants, and being interviewed on CBS radio by Bill Leonard, as well as a portrait of Louis by Betsy Graves, and a copy of the front page of a newspaper announcing his knockout of Schmeling. Quarter, half and full length portraits are included.
The Malcolm X collection: photographs
by Malcolm X
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide The collection (1950s to mid-1960s) consists of personal photographs of Malcolm X and family, documents many of Malcolm X's activities with the Nation of Islam, and also documents some of the activities of the Nation of Islam, from the 1950s to the mid-1960s.
Ralph J. Bunche photograph collection
by Ralph J Bunche
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide The Ralph J. Bunche Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of his personal life and his professional career as an academic researcher and diplomat, from the late 1800s to the 1980s.
Church buildings
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide The collection depicts various church buildings, mainly in Harlem and other parts of New York City, from the late nineteenth century to the early 1960s.
NAACP photographs of freedom fund activities and general fundraising campaigns and programs
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide NAACP staff and board members accepting donations from members, representatives from charities, clubs, and labor organizations; one photo of NAACP national staff meeting in 1953 to plan the "Fight for Freedom" fundraising campaign--an effort to raise one million dollars annually until 1963, the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Includes some branch activities to raise money for the Freedom Fund campaign, a Freedom Fund poster, and one sheet of Freedom Fund Christmas seals. NAACP staff depicted include, Lucille Black, Charles Houston, Thurgood Marshall, Jackie Robinson, Arthur Spingarn, Roy Wilkins, and Walter White. Other prominent people include: Lena Horne and Charles Houston.
Roy Wilkins portrait collection
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Portraits of civil rights worker and NAACP head Roy Wilkins mainly taken during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Among the images are Wilkins speaking at various press conferences, holding a meeting in his office, being interviewed by Nikki Giovanni, walking in a demonstration with Whitney Young, speaking at Medger Evers memorial service, and giving and receiving awards. Individuals pictured with Wilkins include Clarence Mitchell, Robert C. Weaver, Arthur Spingarn, Farrow and Mrs. Allen, Dupree White, Guichard Parris, Edward S. Lewis, Earl Brown, Stanley Isaacs, Edmund Muskie, W. Montague Cobb, Samuel Belkin and wife Aminda Wilkins. Full, half and quarter length portraits.
Harry Belafonte portrait collection
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Views of singer, actor and producer Harry Belefonte which include studio portraits, production stills and publicity stills taken mostly during the 1960s; includes shots taken during tv and stage performances; group portraits taken at a variety of fund-raising events, award ceremonies and other social occasions; views of Belafonte wives, Marquerite and Julie and unidentified children.
Willie Mays portrait collection
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Views of baseball player Willie Mays taken between 1950 and the late 1970's. Includes views of Mays in New York Giants, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets uniforms, on and off the field, alone and in group portraits. Mays also seen exercising in a gym, playing basketball, at home in Harlem eating dinner, doing a radio talk show and after church. Individuals identified in group portraits include Yogi Berra, Bob Skinner, Jackson Harris, Buddy Bowser, Ruben Gomez and Monte Irvin. Half- and full-length views are included.
Ike and Mamie Eisenhower portrait collection
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Views of former president Dwight O. Eisehower and wife Mamie taken approximately between 1950 and 1964. Collection includes half and three-quarter length portraits; also views of Mr. & Mrs. Eisenhower after winning the 1952 presidential election.
Sammy Davis Jr. portrait collection
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Portraits of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. ranging from the 1940s to the 1980s. Collection includes promotional stills of Davis and one film still with Dorothy Dandridge from "Porgy and Bess." Davis is seen singing alone and with Trini Lopez, Waylon Jennings, Tom Jones and dancing with Eddie Cantor. Other images show Davis returning from a vacation in Europe, and, on a separate occassion, arriving with Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford and a TWA stewardess. Also included are views of Davis campaigning with Richard Nixon and Bobby Kennedy. Davis is seen at various functions with James Egert Allen, Brittekland, Hal Jackson, receiving an award from the Negro Actors Guild with will Mastin and Howard Robinson, talking with Stanley Siegel on "The Stanley Siegel Show." There is also one portrait of Altovise Gove, Davis' Wife. Quarter, half and full-length views are included. more
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Africa African American actors African American actresses African American athletes African American authors African American baseball players African American boxers African American businesspeople African American clergy African American dancers African American entertainers African American executives African American families African American journalists African American lawyers African American motion picture actors and actresses African American musicians African American politicians African Americans African American singers African Americans in radio broadcasting African Americans in the performing arts African Americans--Social life and customs African Americans--Societies, etc. African American women Bethune, Mary McLeod,--1875-1955 Carter, Jimmy,--1924- Civil rights workers Delany, Hubert T Dunham, Katherine Employees Horne, Lena Kennedy, John F.--1917-1963 Louis, Joe,--1914-1981 Marshall, Thurgood,--1908-1993 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People New York (State) New York (State)--New York Pianists Powell, Adam Clayton,--1908-1972 Presidents Robinson, Jackie,--1919-1972 Roosevelt, Eleanor,--1884-1962 Schuyler, George S.--1895-1977 Tobias, Channing H United States White, Walter Francis,--1893-1955 Wilkins, Roy,--1901-1981 WLIB (Radio station : New York, N.Y.) Women singers
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