Object Details
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Creator
Agfa (Firm)
Names
Chicago Defender (newspaper)
Elks (Fraternal order)
International Labor Defense
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Negro Congress
Colman, Louis
Davis, John Preston
Houston, Charles Hamilton, Dr., 1895-1950
Patterson, William L.
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
Rogge, O. John
Wilson, J. Finley
Subseries Creator
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Custom Craft
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Subseries Citation
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Group of five men. No ink on negative. "7 AGFA SAFETY FILM" edge imprint. No Scurlock number.
"A. Phillip Randolph" on original envelope, obviously incorrect. According to Craig Simpson in an e-mail (13 Nov. 2012): "This image is probably misidentified. This appears to be a delegation that called on O. John Rogge, first assistant attorney general of US, to demand Department of Justice action in Georgia peonage cases and South Carolina cases of mob violence by the Ku Klux Klan. Left to right: Louis Colman, New York, assistant national secretary of the International Labor Defense; William L. Patterson, Chicago, vice president of the International Labor Defense; Charles H. Houston, counsel for the National Association for Advancement of Colored People; J. Finley Wilson, grand exalted ruler of the Elks; and John P. Davis, executive secretary of the National Negro Congress. See April 27, 1940 of Chicago Defender, page 4, "National Negro Congress Girds for Third Conference" for photo of what seem to be the same people in the same room (window is the same, shade drawn to the same length and desk is slightly visible, bottom of frame of photo visible in Scurlock photo is also visible in Defender image)." Similar to AC0618.004.0000424.tif.
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Place
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Topic
Civil rights
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Creator
Agfa (Firm)
Culture
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.6: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by client
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.6: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by client / 4.6.1: Black and White Negatives Part 1 / Randolph, A. Phillip
Sponsor
The collection was acquired with assistance from the Eugene Meyer Foundation. Elihu and Susan Rose and the Save America's Treasures program, provided funds to stabilize, organize, store, and create digital surrogates of some of the negatives. Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Extent
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., 4" x 5".)
Condition
Good: discoloration, stain.
Date
undated
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Portraits
Subseries Rights
When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
Portraits -- African American men
Subseries Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
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Record ID
ebl-1564591817151-1564591819026-0