Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Sanderson, Kristina

Found in

1. p1pc Allegra, Donna Donna Allegra papers, 1981-2002 (OCoLC)943226361

Description

1. 5 items (one folder); 15 x 10 cm

Summary

1. Studio portraits of African American lesbian writer and dancer Donna Allegra from the mid to late-1990s, consisting of half-length and head shots. Depictions of Allegra's personal life and professional activities are not included.

Subject

1. Dye coupler prints > 1990-1999
2. Gelatin silver prints > 1990-1999
3. Portrait photographs > 1990-1999
4. African American women dancers
5. Lesbian authors
6. African American lesbians
7. African American women authors
8. Allegra, Donna

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1990-1999.
2. Gelatin silver prints – 1990-1999.
3. Dye coupler prints – 1990-1999.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Donna Allegra Collection

Note

1. Title taken from Donna Allegra Papers.
2. All photographs bear handwritten photographer's credit on verso.
3. Contains work by Kristina Sanderson.

Terms of use (note)

1. Collection may be under copyright; permission of copyright holder required for duplication.

Biography (note)

1. Donna Allegra is an African American lesbian writer, poet, essayist and dancer. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Allegra was an early member of the Jemima Writers Collective, the first Black lesbian writing group in New York City. She has been published in over thirty lesbian and feminist anthologies and numerous Black and lesbian journals and magazines; and, in 2001, published her first book, "Witness to the League of Blonde Hip Hop Dancers," a collection of stories about Black lesbian dancers. Allegra is also an African folklore and jazz dancer.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Donna Allegra Papers, 1981-2002.

Author

1. Allegra, Donna, collector.

Title

1. Donna Allegra photograph collection.

Production

1. 1995-1998.

Type of content

1. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Terms of use

1. Collection may be under copyright; permission of copyright holder required for duplication.

Biography

1. Donna Allegra is an African American lesbian writer, poet, essayist and dancer. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Allegra was an early member of the Jemima Writers Collective, the first Black lesbian writing group in New York City. She has been published in over thirty lesbian and feminist anthologies and numerous Black and lesbian journals and magazines; and, in 2001, published her first book, "Witness to the League of Blonde Hip Hop Dancers," a collection of stories about Black lesbian dancers. Allegra is also an African folklore and jazz dancer.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Donna Allegra Papers, 1981-2002.

Local note

1. Sc MG 792

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1. Request Appointment

Added author

1. Sanderson, Kristina, photographer.

Found in:

1. p1pc Allegra, Donna Donna Allegra papers, 1981-2002 (OCoLC)943226361

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Donna Allegra Collection