Object Details
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Creator
Defender (film manufacturer)
Names
Conference of Church Workers Among Colored People
Episcopal Church
Subseries Creator
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Custom Craft
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
Subseries Citation
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Scan Number: AC0618.004.0001333.tif
Posed group of men and women seated and standing in rows on the lawn in front of a building, possibly a church. Amongst the group are nuns and members of the clergy. Ink on negative: caption and "Scurlock Photo". "DEFENDER SAFETY BASE" edge imprint.
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Place
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Washington (D.C.) -- 1930-1950 -- Photographs
Topic
African American nuns
African American clergy -- 1930-1940
African American churches -- 1930-1940 -- Washington (D.C.).
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Creator
Defender (film manufacturer)
Culture
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.12: Banquet Negatives
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.12: Banquet Negatives / 4.12: Banquet Negatives
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
Founded as the Convocation of the Colored Clergy by John Peterson, the Conference of Church Workers Among Colored People, as it was later known, worked to stop segregation in the Episcopal Church and to promote African American religious participation and education. The Conference continued until the mid-1960s. "The Black Experience within the Episcopal Church. A Chronological Study with Recommendations for Growth", Kathleen A. McAdams, MDiv Candidate, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, September 1998.
Extent
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., [10" x 20"].)
Condition
Fair; acetate odor, tape on negative, fingerprints, two spots of discoloration
Date
1935 October 9-11
Container
Box 14, Folder 33
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Banquet camera photographs
Panoramas
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 -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
Banquet camera photographs -- 1930-1940
Panoramas
Subseries Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Series 8: Business Records, Subseries 8.1: Studio Session Registers are restricted. Digital copies available for research. See repository for details.
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-1510070417401-1510070417479-3