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Gwendolyn Brooks portrait collection

Title
  1. Gwendolyn Brooks portrait collection [graphic].
Published by
  1. <1945?-1988?>

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FormatStill imageAccessUse in libraryCall numberSc Photo Brooks, GwendolynItem locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Additional authors
  1. Carson, Margaret.
  2. DuCree, Richard.
  3. Price, Bill.
  4. Dummett.
  5. Burress, Clifford J.
  6. Johnson Publishing Company.
  7. United Press International.
  8. Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)
Description
  1. <3> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm.
Summary
  1. Views of poet Gwendolyn Brooks dating between 1945 and 1988. Includes half-length portraits, some of which are promotional stills; also Brooks receiving an award from Mademoiselle Magazine; also, a photo of her book Riot. Individuals identified in group portraits include Barbara Bel Geddes, Leona Woods Marshall and Betsy Talbot Blackwell.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  1. Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000
  2. Bel Geddes, Barbara
  3. Marshall, Leona Woods
  4. Blackwell, Betsy Talbot
  5. African American women poets
  6. African American authors
  7. Rewards & prizes > 1940-1949
  8. Public speaking > United States > 1980-1989
Genre/Form
  1. Portrait photographs – 1940-1989.
  2. Group portraits – 1940-1949.
  3. Publicity photographs – 1940-19
  4. Photomechanical reproductions – 1950-1959.
  5. Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1989.
Call number
  1. Sc Photo Brooks, Gwendolyn
Note
  1. Title devised by cataloger.
  2. Photographers include Margaret Carson, Richard DuCree, Bill Price and others; some images published by Johnson Publishing Company.
  3. Some photos have written descriptive information, some have captions; some have airbrush marks; some images are duplicates.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Title
  1. Gwendolyn Brooks portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
  1. <1945?-1988?>
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local note
  1. Negatives available for some images.
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Added author
  1. Carson, Margaret. Photographer
  2. DuCree, Richard. Photographer
  3. Price, Bill. Photographer
  4. Dummett. Photographer
  5. Burress, Clifford J. Photographer
  6. Johnson Publishing Company.
  7. United Press International.
  8. Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)
Research call number
  1. Sc Photo Brooks, Gwendolyn
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