African American photograph album
Scope and Contents
Small photograph album with the name W.G. McNeil (April 11, 1928) on the inside cover. Includes b&w (sepia) snapshots of unidentified African-Americans, ca. 1918-1928. Lake Michigan is noted on one photograph. Candid and posed snapshots , some with first names (Marie, Willie, etc.). Loose pictures from inside the album are housed in two envelopes, one with 11 small photographs, the other with 6 larger snapshots. Two handwritten notes mention the Grahl and Wilcox surnames with family information and Morristown, Tenn. connections. Larger photograph album of African-Americans includes tinted 8”x10” portrait of unidentified man; small photo of unidentified men in Navy and Army uniforms; snapshots of children, houses; 8”x10” photograph of unidentified group of women; 8”x10” pictures of casket at cemetery; 3 negatives in 1959 Hollywood Studio #2 (Knoxville, Tenn.) envelope (name on envelope ?Gordon?)
Dates
- 1918 - 1928
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
English
General
Album identified by seller as possibly belonging to Harper family of Bristol, Tenn./Va.
- African Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bristol (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bristol (Va.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dwellings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Grahl Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Group portraits Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Harper Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military personnel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Morristown (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Portraits Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Uniforms Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wilcox Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
