Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. McAdams, David, Brother

Found in

1. p1pc Weston, George A. and Maudelle George A. and Maudelle Weston papers, 1919-1979 (OCoLC)122517363

Description

1. 9 items (one folder); 21 x 26 cm and smaller.

Summary

1. Collection depicts aspects of the political and social activities of church minister and Garveyite George A. Weston, from the 1940s to the early 1970s. Weston's wife Maudelle, his personal life and his Garveyite activities are not depicted.
2. Collection consists of views of Weston participating in a debate, with political activists Wilfred A. Domingo and Richard B. Moore, and historian J.A. Rogers, held at the 135th Street Y.M.C.A., in Harlem, New York City (1941); visiting one of his Pro-Lad Paint factories, possibly in New York (ca. 1950s); and giving a lecture at Colton Chapel, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania (1971). Also included is a studio portrait showing Weston with an unidentified child (n.d.); and a studio portrait of Archbishop Reginald Barrow, of the African Orthodox Church, who had ordained Weston.

Subject

1. Weston, George A
2. Domingo, W. A. 1889-1968
3. Moore, Richard B
4. Rogers, J. A. 1880-1966
5. Antiguans > United States
6. Clergy, Black > United States
7. Political activists > United States
8. Debates and debating > New York (State) > New York
9. Paint industry and trade
10. Lectures and lecturing > Pennsylvania > Easton

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1940-1979.
2. Group portraits – 1940-1959.
3. Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1979.

Call number

1. Sc Photo George A. and Maudelle Weston Collection

Note

1. Title taken from George A. and Maudelle Weston Papers.
2. Some photographs bear photographer's hand stamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten captions on verso. One item bears inscription on recto.
3. Collection contains work by Bro. David McAdams.

Terms of use (note)

1. Some items may be restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

1. George A. Weston, 1885-1973, was originally from Antigua. Beginning in 1919, he was an organizer and official within Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) during the 1920s and 1930s, and was later an ordained minister in the African Orthodox Church doing missionary work in his native Antigua for much of the mid-1940s to the late 1960s. Maudelle Bass Weston, 1908-1989, George's second wife, was a professional dancer and model.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the George A. and Maudelle Weston Papers, 1919-1979.

Author

1. Weston, George A. and Maudelle, collector.

Title

1. George A. and Maudelle Weston photograph collection.

Production

1. 1941-1971.

Type of content

1. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Terms of use

1. Some items may be restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

1. George A. Weston, 1885-1973, was originally from Antigua. Beginning in 1919, he was an organizer and official within Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) during the 1920s and 1930s, and was later an ordained minister in the African Orthodox Church doing missionary work in his native Antigua for much of the mid-1940s to the late 1960s. Maudelle Bass Weston, 1908-1989, George's second wife, was a professional dancer and model.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the George A. and Maudelle Weston Papers, 1919-1979.

Local note

1. Sc MG 188

Connect to:

1. Request Appointment

Added author

1. McAdams, David, Brother, photographer.

Found in:

1. p1pc Weston, George A. and Maudelle George A. and Maudelle Weston papers, 1919-1979 (OCoLC)122517363

Research call number

1. Sc Photo George A. and Maudelle Weston Collection