Research Catalog

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Found in

1. (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A23

Description

1. <195> items (.2 cu. ft., 1 box); 5 x 5 cm.

Summary

1. Photographs, the majority of which are snapshots, documenting mainly private aspects of Gwendolyn Bennett's life with an emphasis on her youth, her period in Paris (1925-26), and her later years.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

1. Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981
2. Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 > Social life > 1950-1969
3. Postcards > 1900-1929
4. Gelatin silver prints > 1900-1969
5. Snapshots > 1900-1979
6. Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 > Homes & haunts > 1960-1979
7. Dye coupler prints > 1950-1979
8. Portrait photographs > 1900-1979
9. Women political activists > United States
10. African American women artists
11. Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 > Childhood & youth > 1900-1919
12. Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 > Travel > 1920-1929
13. African American women poets
14. Group portraits > 1900-1979

Genre/Form

1. Postcards – 1900-1929.
2. Snapshots – 1900-1979.
3. Portrait photographs – 1900-1979.
4. Group portraits – 1900-1979.
5. Dye coupler prints – 1950-1979.
6. Gelatin silver prints – 1900-1969.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Gwendolyn Bennett Collection

Note

1. Some photographs are cropped; one item is matted; some items are mounted.
2. Title taken from Gwendolyn Bennett Papers.

Biography (note)

1. Harlem Renaissance poet, artist, journalist, political activist and, in later years, antiques dealer, 1902-1981.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Gwendolyn Bennett Papers, 1916-1981.

Author

1. Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981.

Title

1. Gwendolyn Bennett photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. [1900?-1975?]

Linking entry

1. Forms part of Gwendolyn Bennett Papers, 1916-1981.

Biography

1. Harlem Renaissance poet, artist, journalist, political activist and, in later years, antiques dealer, 1902-1981.

Local note

1. Sc MG 77

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Found in:

1. (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A23

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Gwendolyn Bennett Collection