Scanned still image negatives, 1946-1949

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Access restricted. Original nitrate negatives are closed to use. Digitized copies are available for use. Contact Research Services with questions.

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Extent:
342 items (2 boxes)
Scope and content:

The 342 original safety and nitrate cellulose film negatives in this collection were taken by photojournalist Griff Davis for use in three publication projects. They are almost all black-and-white.

Almost a third of the images, 108 negatives, derive from a photo-essay in Ebony magazine on African American author and New York resident Langston Hughes. Another 124 images document African American student life at the Palmer Memorial Institute preparatory school in Sedalia, N.C., also published in Ebony. Finally, 110 images document African American artists and mural painters Hale Woodruff and Charles Alston at work in their studio on a mural for the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company. There are also a dozen color photographs of Alston's modernist paintings and a sculpture.

All of the negatives were digitally scanned for preservation purposes by library staff; the digital files are viewable through links in this collection guide, or through the Duke University Libraries Digital Collections website.

Related material:

Most of the images in this negatives series are found on contact sheets in the Photographs and Papers series; related materials in that same series include copies of parts of the published articles, correspondence, and other items.

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Collection restrictions:

Access restricted. Original 16mm films are closed to use, but have been digitized. The digitized audiovisual materials require special equipment. Contact Research Services with questions.

Access restricted. Original nitrate negatives are closed to use. Negatives have been digitized and use copies are available. Contact Research Services for more information.

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