Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Campbell, James C.
2. Layne, Cecil.
3. Smith, Archie.
4. Sheffield, Maceo B.
5. Dummett.
6. Warman.
7. Photokraft.
8. United Press International.
9. International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
10. United Nations. Department of Public Information.
11. Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
12. Johnson Publishing Company.

Description

1. <41> items (2 folders); 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Views of scholar, diplomat and author Ralph J. Bunche, from the 1940s to the 1970s. Collection consists of quarter and half-length individual portraits of Bunche; group portraits of Bunche and his family; group portraits of Bunche with various officials, celebrities and academics; and views of Bunche attending lectures, public gatherings, and diplomatic events. Bunche is depicted with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the March to Montgomery; receiving the Spingarn Medal from Indian ambassador Vijaya L. Pandit (1949); with Prof. Walter G. Whitman; greeting Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and United Nations Secretry-General Trygve Lie; with Sylvanus E. Olympio, West African Ewe tribesman; with Mary McLeod Bethune, Vijaya Pandit and President Harry Truman at an unidentified event; and attending a breakfast during an Elks Convention in Buffalo, New York, with Elks officials Hobson R. Renolds and J. Finley Wilson, and two Buffalo city officials. Bunche's wife, Ruth, is also depicted in individual and group portraits. A print of a three-quarter length portrait of Bunche can be found in Portraits - Oversize.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

1. Bunche, Ruth
2. Bunche, Ralph J. 1904-1971
3. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
4. Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955
5. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
6. Pandit, Vijaya Lakshmi, 1900-1990
7. Olympio, Sylvanus, 1902-1963
8. Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
9. Lie, Trygve, 1896-1968
10. United Nations > Officials and employees
11. African American diplomats
12. Statesmen > United States
13. African Americans > Social life and customs > 1940-1960
14. Diplomats
15. Receptions

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1930-1979.
2. Group portaits – 1930-1979.
3. Snapshots – 1930-1979.
4. Photomechanical prints.
5. Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1979.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Bunche, Ralph J.

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Photographers include James C. Campbell, Cecil Layne, Dummett and others.
3. Some photographs bear photographer's, photography studio's or photo agency's handstamp on verso. Some itemes bear either handwritten or printed captions on verso; some items have printed captions attached to verso; some items have printed captions on recto. Some items bear cropping and retiuching marks; some items are cropped. Some items bear inscriptions. One item is mounted.

Terms of use (note)

1. Some photos restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Title

1. Ralph J. Bunche portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. <1939?-1970?>

Terms of use

1. Some photos restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local note

1. Negatives exist for some images.

Connect to:

1. Request Appointment

Added author

1. Campbell, James C. Photographer
2. Layne, Cecil. Photographer
3. Smith, Archie. Photographer
4. Sheffield, Maceo B. Photographer
5. Dummett. Photographer
6. Warman. Photographer
7. Photokraft.
8. United Press International.
9. International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
10. United Nations. Department of Public Information.
11. Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
12. Johnson Publishing Company.

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Bunche, Ralph J.