Benjamin F. Carruthers photograph collection

Title
  1. Benjamin F. Carruthers photograph collection [graphic].
Published by
  1. 1911-1983.
Author
  1. Carruthers, Ben F.

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Additional authors
  1. Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.
  2. Muster, Bill.
  3. Bachrach.
  4. Weissberg, Will.
  5. Spring, Bob.
  6. Eastern Air Lines.
  7. Fremdenverkehrsverband für Wien.
  8. Pan American World Airways, inc.
  9. Minicam (Havana, Cuba)
  10. Impact Studios (New York, N.Y.)
  11. Diaz & Rogers (New York, N.Y.)
  12. Madrid Rapido (Madrid, Spain)
  13. French Government Tourist Office.
Found in
  1. p1bc Carruthers, Ben F. Benjamin F. Carruthers papers, 1941-1985 (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A53
Description
  1. 2228 items (2.2 lin. ft., 5 boxes); 34 x 23 cm. and smaller.
Summary
  1. The Benjamin Carruthers Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of his personal life and his career as an academic, public relations consultant and travel writer, from the 1910s to the early 1980s.
Subject
  1. Juan Carlos > I, > King of Spain, > 1938-
  2. Halftone photomechanical prints
  3. Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974
  4. Scrapbooks > 1930-1939
  5. Watercolors
  6. Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
  7. Pons, Lily, 1898-1976
  8. South Dakota > Photographs
  9. Sofía, Queen, consort of Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, 1938-
  10. Paul > VI, > Pope, > 1897-1978
  11. Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978
  12. Pencil works
  13. Rockefeller, Nelson A (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
  14. Illustrations
  15. Hand coloring
  16. Caribbean Area > Photographs
  17. Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
  18. Bahia (Brazil : State) > Photographs
  19. Locke, Alain LeRoy, 1886-1954
  20. Rites & ceremonies > 1940-1979
  21. Ink drawings
  22. African Americans > Education
  23. Suárez Rocabruna, Angel
  24. Harris, Patricia, 1924-1985
  25. Portrait photographs > 1910-1989
  26. Ghana > Photographs
  27. Cuba > Cuba > Havana > Photographs
  28. Carruthers, Ben F
  29. African Americans > Social life and customs
  30. Cityscape photographs > 1960-1979
  31. Howard University
  32. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
  33. California > San Diego > Photographs
  34. Baudouin > I, > King of the Belgians, > 1930-1993
  35. Peru > Photographs
  36. United Nations Officials and employees
  37. Spain > Spain > Barcelona > Photographs
  38. Argentina > Argentina > Buenos Aires > Photographs
  39. Anderson, Judith, Dame, 1897-1992
  40. Lincoln Heritage Trail > Photographs
  41. Dye coupler prints > 1960-1989
  42. Glass negatives
  43. Slides
  44. Group portraits > 1930-1989
  45. Height, Dorothy I (Dorothy Irene), 1912-
  46. Dye coupler negatives > 1970-1989
  47. Spain > Spain > Madrid > Photographs
  48. Snapshots > 1930-1989
  49. Landscape photographs > 1960-1979
  50. Albert, King of the Belgians, 1934-
  51. Gelatin silver film negatives > 1950-1979
  52. Postcards
  53. Clippings > 1930-1939
  54. Photographic postcards
  55. Dye diffusion transfer prints > 1960-1979
  56. Guadeloupe > Photographs
  57. Austria > Austria > Vienna > Photographs
  58. Africa, West > Photographs
  59. Public relations consultants
  60. Liberia > Photographs
  61. Panama > Photographs
  62. African American journalists
  63. Wyoming > Photographs
  64. Gelatin silver prints > 1910-1989
  65. Publicity photographs > 1940-1979
  66. France > France > Paris > Photographs
  67. African Americans > Travel
Genre/Form
  1. Portrait photographs – 1910-1989.
  2. Group portraits – 1930-1989.
  3. Snapshots – 1930-1989.
  4. Publicity photographs – 1940-1979.
  5. Landscape photographs – 1960-1979.
  6. Cityscape photographs – 1960-1979.
  7. Photographic postcards.
  8. Postcards.
  9. Scrapbooks – 1930-1939.
  10. Illustrations.
  11. Gelatin silver prints – 1910-1989.
  12. Dye coupler prints – 1960-1989.
  13. Dye diffusion transfer prints – 1960-1979.
  14. Halftone photomechanical prints.
  15. Gelatin silver film negatives – 1950-1979.
  16. Dye coupler negatives – 1970-1989.
  17. Glass negatives.
  18. Slides.
  19. Clippings – 1930-1939.
  20. Ink drawings.
  21. Pencil works.
  22. Watercolors.
  23. Hand coloring.
Call number
  1. Sc Photo Benjamin F. Carruthers Collection
Note
  1. Title devised by cataloger.
  2. Some photographs bear handstamp of either photographer, photography studio, news agency, or corporate body on verso; some photographs have photographer's or photography studio's blind stamp on recto; some images have photographer's or studio's name either handwritten or printed on recto; some items bear address stamp on verso.
  3. Many photographs have either printed, typewritten or handwritten captions on verso and/or recto. Some images are mounted; a group of items are mounted on scrapbook pages. Some items bear inscriptions. Some items are duplicates.
  4. Collection contains work by Ben F. Carruthers, Carl Van Vechten, Bill Muster, Diaz & Rogers, and Eastern Air Lines, among others.
Terms of use (note)
  1. Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography (note)
  1. Benjamin Frederic Carruthers (1911-1985) was a writer, editor, public relations executive and educator.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Benjamin F. Carruthers Papers, 1941-1985.
Author
  1. Carruthers, Ben F.
Title
  1. Benjamin F. Carruthers photograph collection [graphic].
Imprint
  1. 1911-1983.
Terms of use
  1. Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography
  1. Benjamin Frederic Carruthers (1911-1985) was a writer, editor, public relations executive and educator. Raised and educated in Chicago, Carruthers completed college degrees at the University of Wisconsin (B.S., 1932) and the University of Illinois (M.A., 1933, Ph.D., 1941), and was a General Education Board Fellow at the University of Havana, Cuba, in 1940. He also assisted poet Langston Hughes on an English translation of "Cuba Libre" by Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen. Carruthers taught at Tillotson College, in Austin, Texas (1933-1937), and Howard University, in Washington, D.C. (1937-1942), specializing in modern and Romance languages.
  2. From 1942 to 1949, Carruthers was an editor and public relations officer for various organizations, including the Pan American Union, the Office of Inter-American Affairs, the International Broadcast Division of the United States State Department, the Brazilian Government Trade Bureau, and the Republic of Venezuela. In 1949, he was in charge of publicity and education programs for the United Nations, Division of Human Rights, which included UNESCO; performed public relations service for International Services, Inc. and for the Belgian Government during the 1950s; and joined Hilton Hotels International in 1959. Carruthers served as a Vice President for Infoplan International (1962-1968); was travel editor and public relations director at Tuesday Magazine (1968-1973); and joined Essence Magazine, as travel editor, in 1973. He would contribute as a freelance writer to several travel magazines and travel guides throughout the 1970s until his death in 1985.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Benjamin F. Carruthers Papers, 1941-1985.
Local note
  1. Sc MG 433
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Added author
  1. Carruthers, Ben F. Photographer
  2. Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Photographer
  3. Muster, Bill. Photographer
  4. Bachrach. Photographer
  5. Weissberg, Will. Photographer
  6. Spring, Bob. Photographer
  7. Eastern Air Lines.
  8. Fremdenverkehrsverband für Wien.
  9. Pan American World Airways, inc.
  10. Minicam (Havana, Cuba)
  11. Impact Studios (New York, N.Y.)
  12. Diaz & Rogers (New York, N.Y.)
  13. Madrid Rapido (Madrid, Spain)
  14. French Government Tourist Office.
Found in:
  1. p1bc Carruthers, Ben F. Benjamin F. Carruthers papers, 1941-1985 (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A53
Research call number
  1. Sc Photo Benjamin F. Carruthers Collection
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