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Items View of researchers using the Schomburg Collection, when it was the 135th Street Branch Library Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints, as it looked in 1938, with Catherine A. Latimer, reference librarian of the collection, in left background.

View of researchers using the Schomburg Collection, when it was the 135th Street Branch Library Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints, as it looked in 1938, with Catherine A. Latimer, reference librarian of the collection, in left background.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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  • Publicity photograph of poet, publisher and performance artist Assotto Saint, circa 1991
  • Portrait of Mrs. Frances Anne Rollin Whipper
  • Portrait of Black Woman Holding White Child
  • Banquet in honor of Charles D.B. King, Secretary of State and President-elect of Liberia, held at Anderson's Assembly Rooms, in New York City, on September 22, 1919. In attendance are bibliophile Arthur A. Schomburg, journalist John E. Bruce and writer Maritcha Lyons.
  • Saint John's Methodist Church Sexton, Peter Williams, 1801
  • Portrait of James Baldwin
  • Funeral procession for a Ku Klux Klan member, held in Cold Spring, Putnam County, New York, 1920s.
  • Elease Perkins (second from left) with other teachers at the Harlem Academy
  • W.C. Handy with his wife Irma Louise Logan, and Dizzy Gillespie and an unidentified man
  • Edna Thomas as Lady Macbeth
  • Portrait of a man wearing patterned bowtie
  • Portrait of a woman, Bahia, Brazil
  • Benguela/ Angola/ Congo/ Monjolo
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Schomburg Center photograph collection

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View of researchers using the Schomburg Collection, when it was the 135th Street Branch Library Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints, as it looked in 1938, with Catherine A. Latimer, reference librarian of the collection, in left background.
Collection

Schomburg Center photograph collection

Series III: Researchers, Visitors, and Volunteers

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Dates / Origin
Date Captured: 1938
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Schomburg Center Collection
Topics
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
New York Public Library. 135th Street Branch
Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History
Latimer, Catherine
Public libraries -- New York (State)
Africana libraries -- reference services
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Handwritten caption on verso: The Schomburg Collection as it looked in 1938 when Mr. Schomburg died. At the desk in the left background is Mrs. Catherine A. Latimer, librarian of the collection from 1925 to 1945.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 25 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23286257
MSS Unit ID: 186412
Archives EAD ID: 3487596
Photo Order: 53676
Photo Order: 65211
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c64856e0-4cc0-0132-f328-58d385a7b928
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1938: Captured
  • 2024: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "View of researchers using the Schomburg Collection, when it was the 135th Street Branch Library Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints, as it looked in 1938, with Catherine A. Latimer, reference librarian of the collection, in left background." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aa57e130-d233-013b-21b0-0242ac110002

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "View of researchers using the Schomburg Collection, when it was the 135th Street Branch Library Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints, as it looked in 1938, with Catherine A. Latimer, reference librarian of the collection, in left background." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aa57e130-d233-013b-21b0-0242ac110002

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. View of researchers using the Schomburg Collection, when it was the 135th Street Branch Library Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints, as it looked in 1938, with Catherine A. Latimer, reference librarian of the collection, in left background. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aa57e130-d233-013b-21b0-0242ac110002

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aa57e130-d233-013b-21b0-0242ac110002 | title= (still image) View of researchers using the Schomburg Collection, when it was the 135th Street Branch Library Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints, as it looked in 1938, with Catherine A. Latimer, reference librarian of the collection, in left background.|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

View of researchers using the Schomburg Collection, when it was the 135th Street Branch Library Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints, as it looked in 1938, with Catherine A. Latimer, reference librarian of the collection, in left background.