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Collection History

This digital compilation was developed in support of the NYPL website, "The African American Migration Experience," a sweeping 500-year historical narrative from the transatlantic slave trade to the Western migration, the colonization movement, the Great Migration, and the contemporary immigration of Caribbeans, Haitians, and sub-Saharan Africans.

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NYPL. "In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience."(2005) <http://www.inmotionaame.org>

Collection Data

Description: The Military collection documents primarily the military activities of African Americans in the United States armed forces, dating from before the American Revolution to the mid-1980s. The collection, which depicts mostly the wartime activities of the United States military and is strongest for the period from World War II (1940s) to the mid-1950s, includes single and group portraits of enlisted personnel and officers; views of battles and troop movements; views of military encampments near battle sites or in foreign lands; and views of military bases and training camps, depicting daily military life and basic training, mainly from the 1940s to the mid-1950s. The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps are the most represented branches of the armed services. Images from the 1700s, the 1800s, the Korean War and Vietnamese Conflict, and the late-1950s to the 1890s are limited. Images depicting civilians employed in the war industries during World War II are filed separately. There are some depictions of foreign troops, mainly during World War II.
Names: Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996 (Photographer); Layne, Cecil (Photographer); DeMille, Arnold C. (Photographer); Smith, Roger (Photographer); United States. Office of War Information (Sponsor); United States. Army. Signal Corps (Sponsor)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1755 - 1989 (Approximate)
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division; Shelf locator: Sc Photo Military
Topics: African Americans; African-American soldiers; African American officers; Military personnel; Armed Forces -- United States; Salem, Peter, 1750-1816; Europe, James Reese, 1881-1919; Horne, Lena; Mulzac, Hugh, 1886-1971; Davis, Benjamin O., 1880-1970; Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-2002; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; United States. Army; United States. Navy; United States. Air Force; United States. Coast Guard; United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd; United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve; United States. Army. Army, 5th; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; National Maritime Union of America; United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865); United States. Army. Cavalry, 9th; United States. Army. Cavalry, 10th; Soldiers, Black; African American sailors; African American air pilots; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Spanish-American War, 1898; Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.); Military bases, American; Military camps; Military life; Military training camps; Military education; Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Great Lakes, Ill.); Ships; Liberty ships; Navy-yards and naval stations; Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775; Photojournalism; Harlem Servicemen's Center; Portrait photographs
Genres: Photographs; Portraits; Illustrations
Physical Description: Gelatin silver prints; Photographic postcards; Photomechanical prints; Extent: 3531 items (9.9 linear feet, 39 boxes); 2900 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 237 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm. and smaller. 181 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 13 x 11 cm. and smaller. 18 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 36 x 28 cm. and smaller. 104 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 16 x 8 cm. and smaller. 3 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 46 x 23 cm. and smaller 23 photographic prints : col. ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 24 photomechanical prints : b&w, some col., some hand-col. ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 40 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm. and smaller. 1 photomechanical print : b&w ; 36 x 28 cm.
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13049857; RLIN/OCLC: NYPG96-F156; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 75b72d10-c645-012f-1555-58d385a7bc34

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