Prof. Kelly Miller (in Garden) # 106 cellulose acetate photonegative with contact print
Object Details
- Photographer
- Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
- Names
- Miller, Kelly, 1863-1939
- Subseries Creator
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
- Custom Craft
- Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
- Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
- Place
- Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
- Topic
- Gardening -- Washington (D.C.)
- Photographer
- Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
- Culture
- African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
- See more items in
- Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives
- Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives / 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin negatives
- Sponsor
- The collection was acquired with assistance from the Eugene Meyer Foundation. Elihu and Susan Rose and the Save America's Treasures program, provided funds to stabilize, organize, store, and create digital surrogates of some of the negatives. Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
- Biographical / Historical
- Miller was Head, Dept. of Education, College of Liberal Arts, and Dean of the Graduate School, Howard University. His residence was the southeast corner of Third and Bryant St., N.W. (the house existed until ca. 1960). (From Ivary L. Doles, 11/17/05.)
- Extent
- 2 Items
- Medium
- Negative: Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, 8 x 10".
- Contact print: Silver gelatin on paper, 8" x 10".
- Date
- [ca. 1909]
- Container
- Box 88
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Subseries Citation
- Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
- Subseries Rights
- When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scan
- Scan: 618ns0227103-01pm.tif
- Bibliography
- In checklist for Corcoran exhibition, 1976, item 70.
- Reproduced in Deborah Willis, Black: A Celebration of a Culture, Irvington, N.Y.: Hylas, 2004, p. 93, with identifying caption.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
- Existence and Location of Originals
- Same image as 1998.0011.070.
- Scope and Contents
- Additional prints in Box 1.1.A4, one of which has caption, "Prof. Kelly Miller in his garden on Howard Place, N.W."
- Subseries Restrictions
- Collection is open for research. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562600449806-1562600450140-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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