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Sara Lou Harris portrait collection [graphic].

Still image

<1947?-1960?>

1947-1960

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Harris, Sara LouItem locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.

Black elegance presents model guide.

Text

New York, NY : Starlog Group, 1997-

1997-present

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc Ser.-M .M6375 premiere issue (Dec. 1997)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

Veronica Webb-sight : adventures in the big city / Veronica Webb.

Text

New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion, c1998.

1998

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc D 98-1745Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Is modeling for you? : the handbook and guide for the young aspiring black model / by Yvonne Rose and Tony Rose.

Text

Los Angeles, CA : Amber Books, c1997.

1997

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc D 98-2505Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Skin deep : inside the world of Black fashion models / Barbara Summers.

Text

New York : Amistad Press ; New York : Distributed by St. Martins Press, c1998.

1998

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc G 98-127Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Texas passion / Leah Guild.

Text

Los Angeles, Calif.: Holloway House, 1983.

1983

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc C 98-515Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Mahogany : a novel / by Burton Wohl ; based on an original screenplay by John Byrum, story by Toni Ambler.

Text

New York : Bantam Books, c1975.

1975

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc C 98-519Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Black and beautiful : how women of color changed the fashion industry / Barbara Summers; foreword by Harriette Cole.

Text

New York : Amistad Press, c2001.

2001

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc F 02-290Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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SoulStyle : Black women redefining the color of fashion / [author/designer] Duane Thomas ; [editor, Gena Pearson].

Text

New York : Universe, 2000.

2000

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc F 02-790Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Virginia Girvin papers, 1902-1975.

Mixed material

1902-1975

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSc MG 639 Box 1Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives. See the finding aid for details.

I'll cry tomorrow : a novel / by Pamela M. Johnson.

Text

San Francisco : Macavelli Press, 2003.

2003

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc D 06-532Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

Klytus Smith collection [graphic].

Still image

1960-1995.

1960-1995

3 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Klytus Smith Collection box 3Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Klytus Smith Collection box 2Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Klytus Smith Collection box 1Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.

Smooth girl.

Text

New York, NY : Star Media

unknown-present

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc Ser.-M .S6265 no. 46 (winter 2005)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

Fashion [graphic].

Still image

[194-]-[198-]

198-198

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Fashion box 2Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Fashion box 1Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Frederick D. Murphy papers, 1970-1992 (bulk 1970-1980).

Mixed material

1970-1992

8 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSc MG 651 Box 8Item locationOffsite
FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSc MG 651 Box 7Item locationOffsite
FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSc MG 651 Box 6Item locationOffsite

From the ashes / Kathleen Suzanne & Jeanne Sumerix.

Text

Columbus, Miss. : Love Spectrum, c2000.

2000

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc C 07-96Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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A black issue / [direttore editoriale, Franca Sozzani].

Text

Milano : Edizioni Condé Nast, 2008.

2008

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc F 08-557Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Tyra Banks / Karen Schweitzer.

Text

Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2009.

2009

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc E 09-315Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Tyra Banks / by Susan K. Mitchell.

Text

Pleasantville, NY : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2008.

2008

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc E 09-676Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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One + one = three / Sasha James.

Text

New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.

2009

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc D 10-1204Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Back in the day / by Deardria A. Nesbitt.

Text

Atlanta, Ga. : GateWay, c1996.

1996

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc D 10-244Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Photographs [graphic] / Kwame Brathwaite.

Still image

1958-[1995]

1958-1995

4 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Portfolio (Brathwaite, K.) Box 4Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Portfolio (Brathwaite, K.) Box 3Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Portfolio (Brathwaite, K.) Box 2Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Beauty and fashion : the Black Portrait Symposium : April 2-3, 2011 / New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Institute of African-American Affairs; Harvard University, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research.

Text

[New York : New York University, 2011]

2011

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc D 11-1470Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Beyond Black : celebrity and race in Obama's America / Ellis Cashmore.

Text

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.

2012

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc E 13-189Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Judd Jones papers, 1952-2011.

Mixed material

1952-2011

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSc MG 846 Box 2Item locationOffsite
FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSc MG 846 Box 1Item locationOffsite

Nanette Bearden papers, 1949-1996.

Mixed material

1949-1996

3 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSc MG 867 box 3Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSc MG 867 box 2Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSc MG 867 box 1Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Grandassa Models collection, 1963-1968.

Mixed material

1963-1968

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSc MG 822 folder 1Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

Black girl in Moscow : a memoir / Jacqueline Clay Chester.

Text

Bloomington, Ind. : AuthorHouse LLC, 2014.

2014

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc E 14-1590Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Fashion designers 1980-1990: clippings.

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatCall numberSc VF: Part 3 Part 2Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference - Desk

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FormatCall numberItem location
FormatCall numberSc VF: Part 3 Part 1Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference - Desk

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Black models : television news program.

Moving image

[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [1987]

1987

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMoving imageCall numberSc Visual DVD-1217Item locationSchomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

Chocolate cheesecake : celebrating the modern black pin-up / Earnest L. Cox, PhD.

Text

Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2015.

2015

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc+ G 16-37Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Hip hop honeys / Brian Finke ; [foreword by Abigail Covington].

Text

Brooklyn, NY : Powerhouse Books, 2018.

2018-2018

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc+ F 18-319Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Wild Child to Couture Style : the Shailah Edmonds Story : a memoir / written by: Shailah Edmonds with Chester Fultz.

Text

[United States] : Lyons Publishing, Ltd., 2018.

2018

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc E 18-1010Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Posing modernity : the black model from Manet and Matisse to today / Denise Murrell.

Text

New Haven : Yale University Press ; New York : in association with The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University in the City of New York, [2018]

2018-2018

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc+ F 19-218Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberJQF 19-770Item locationSchwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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Perfect is boring : 10 things my crazy, fierce mama taught me about beauty, booty, and being a boss / Tyra Banks and Carolyn London.

Text

New York, New York : TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]

2018

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc D 20-58Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The new black vanguard : photography between art and fashion / [curated] by Antwaun Sargent.

Text

New York, NY : Aperture Foundation, 2019.

2019-2019

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc F 19-530Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

Supreme models : iconic black women who revolutionized fashion / Marcellas Reynolds ; foreword by Veronica Webb.

Text

New York, NY : Abrams, 2019.

2019

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc+ G 20-20Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Straight stuntin magazine.

Text

[United States] : published by Keith Grayson

unknown-present

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc Ser.-M .S7595 ino. 33-34 (summer-fall 2014)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

Just wanna testify : a novel / Pearl Cleage.

Text

New York : One World Ballantine Books, c2011.

2011

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc E 12-31Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

The face that changed it all : a memoir / Beverly Johnson with Allison Samuels ; foreword by Andre Leon Talley.

Text

New York : Atria Books, 2015.

2015

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc E 15-1488Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Walking with the muses : a memoir / Pat Cleveland, with Lorraine Glennon.

Text

New York : 37 INK, ATRIA, [2016]

2016

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc E 16-1656Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Chocolate cheesecake 2 : a second serving of modern black pinups / Earnest L Cox, PhD.

Text

Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, [2016]

2016

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc G 21-41Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

Not your average size : an aspiring model's manifesto into the industry & beyond / Porcilla "Ziggy" Charlton.

Text

United States : Porcilla "Ziggy" Charlton, 2020.

2020

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc E 23-1456Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

Not available - - In use until 2024-06-17 - Please for assistance.

Maurice Hunter scrapbooks.

Still image

[1926?]-1966.

1925-1966

2 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Maurice Hunter Scrapbooks Box 2Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Maurice Hunter Scrapbooks Box 1Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Friday Foster : the Sunday strips / Jim Lawrence ; illustrated by Jorge Longaron.

Text

Portland, OR : Ablaze, [2021]

2021-2021

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc+ E 22-1115Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

Frederick D. Murphy photograph collection.

Still image

[between 1940 and 1989?]

198-198

10 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Frederick D. Murphy Collection Box 10Item locationOffsite

Not available - Please for assistance.

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Frederick D. Murphy Collection Box 9Item locationOffsite

Not available - Please for assistance.

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatStill imageCall numberSc Photo Frederick D. Murphy Collection Box 8Item locationOffsite

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Barbara Mae Watson photographs.

Mixed material

1921-1983, bulk 1968 - 1981.

1921-1983

9 items

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSCP 186089 box 9Item locationOffsite
FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSCP 186089 box 8Item locationOffsite
FormatCall numberItem location
FormatMixed materialCall numberSCP 186089 box 7Item locationOffsite

Gloria / Gloria Hendry.

Text

[Bloomington, IN] : Xlibris Corp., 2008.

2008

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc F 23-176Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

The essential RuPaul : herstory, philosophy & her fiercest queens / John Davis ; illustrations by Libby VanderPloeg.

Text

Melbourne, Australia : Smith Street Books, 2016.

2016

1 item

FormatCall numberItem location
FormatTextCall numberSc C 23-200Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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