Object Details
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Names
Lawson, Belford Vance, Jr., 1909-1985
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
Subject/Sitter: Lawon, Belford Vance
Copy negative of a print of Belford Vance Lawson, Jr. No ink on negative. No edge imprint.
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Place
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Occupation
Lawyers
Topic
African American lawyers
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Culture
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
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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.
Biographical / Historical
Belford Vance Lawson, Jr. was an attorney. He received his J.D. from Howard University Law School in 1932. In 1933 he founded the New Negro Alliance in Washington D.C., an organisation that campaigned against, and won a legal case regarding, discrimiatory hiring practices.
Extent
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., 5" x 4".)
Condition
Good.
Date
1936?
Container
Box 29
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Portraits
Photographs
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.
Scan
Scan: ACO618.004.0001092
Genre/Form
Portraits -- African American men
Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
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
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