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Alex Haley photograph collection.

Title
  1. Alex Haley photograph collection.
Published by
  1. [between 1968 and 1984?]
Author
  1. Haley, Alex

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Additional authors
  1. Braun, Werner
  2. Morelli, Patrick
  3. Ross Photo (Jerusalem, Israel), photographer.
Found in
  1. p1pc Haley, Alex Alex Haley papers, 1967-1990 (OCoLC)122597731
Description
  1. 71 items (2 cubic ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm or smaller.
Summary
  1. The collection mainly depicts aspects of the professional life of author Alex Haley from the late 1960s to the 1980s, consisting of studio portraits of Haley, probably used for publicity purposes; group portraits and candid shots showing Haley at events; views of Haley's visit with Israeli President Ephraim Katzir, in Jerusalem (1977); and publicity photographs for the television series "Roots: the Next Generations" (1979). Haley's personal life is limited to a friend's family snapshots.
  2. Also included are contact sheets of football player/actor Jim Brown probably used for Haley's 1968 Playboy interview of Brown; studio portraits and contact sheets of a teenage girl and fan (Tanya Turtle?) possibly used for an acting resume (1983); candid shots of Haley associate Anthony Dessalines meeting Haitian leader Jean-Claude Duvalier (ca. early 1980s); and a view of Patrick Morelli's 1978 sculpture "Behold," based on the infant raising scene from "Roots." Of note are composite images of Haley's ancestors and the actors portraying them in "Roots: the Next Generations,"
Alternative title
  1. Roots: the next generations.
Subject
  1. Contact sheets > 1960-1989
  2. Snapshots > 1970-1989
  3. Publicity photographs > 1970-1989
  4. Dye coupler prints > 1970-1989
  5. Gelatin silver prints > 1960-1989
  6. Group portraits > 1970-1989
  7. Portrait photographs > 1970-1989
  8. Meetings > Israel > Jerusalem > 1970-1979
  9. Television programs > United States > 1970-1979
  10. African American actors and actresses
  11. African American families
  12. African American authors
  13. Haley, Alex
Genre/Form
  1. Portrait photographs – 1970-1989.
  2. Group portraits – 1970-1989.
  3. Gelatin silver prints – 1960-1989.
  4. Dye coupler prints – 1970-1989.
  5. Publicity photographs – 1970-1989.
  6. Snapshots – 1970-1989.
  7. Contact sheets – 1960-1989.
Call number
  1. Sc Photo Alex Haley Photograph Collection
Note
  1. Title taken from the Alex Haley Papers.
  2. Some photographs bear photography studio's handstamp on verso. Some items bear both photographer's signature on recto and address label attached to verso. Some images bear handwritten captions on verso; some items bear typewritten caption labels attached verso. Two items are inscribed. Some items are composite photographs; some items are duplicates.
  3. Collection contains work by Werner Braun and Ross Photo.
Terms of use (note)
  1. Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography (note)
  1. Alex Haley, 1921-1992, was an African American writer best known as the author of "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" (1976) and for interviewing and collaborating with Malcolm X on "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," published in 1965.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Alex Haley Papers, 1967-1990.
Author
  1. Haley, Alex, collector.
Title
  1. Alex Haley photograph collection.
Production
  1. [between 1968 and 1984?]
Type of content
  1. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. sheet
Terms of use
  1. Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography
  1. Alex Haley, 1921-1992, was an African American writer best known as the author of "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" (1976) and for interviewing and collaborating with Malcolm X on "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," published in 1965.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Alex Haley Papers, 1967-1990.
Local note
  1. Sc MG 695
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Added author
  1. Braun, Werner, photographer.
  2. Morelli, Patrick, sculptor.
  3. Ross Photo (Jerusalem, Israel), photographer.
Added title
  1. Roots: the next generations.
Found in:
  1. p1pc Haley, Alex Alex Haley papers, 1967-1990 (OCoLC)122597731
Research call number
  1. Sc Photo Alex Haley Photograph Collection
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