Harmon Foundation Collection. 1922 - 1967. The Harmon Foundation Collection: Kenneth Space Photographs of the Activities of Southern Black Americans

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Harmon Foundation Collection. 1922 - 1967. The Harmon Foundation Collection: Kenneth Space Photographs of the Activities of Southern Black Americans

1936-1937

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/559211

This series consist of photographs taken by Kenneth F. Space, a photographer hired by the Harmon Foundation. The majority of the photographs document the educational, social and recreational activities of students at several historically black colleges and universities in the southern United States. The institutions of higher learning represented are Atlanta, Dillard, Fisk, Hampton, Howard, Shaw, Talladega, Tuskegee, Virginia Union and Xavier. In addition to pictures of students and professors at the school, several images show campus buildings. Many well-know educators, researchers and artists who were instructors or administrators in the schools are also represented in this series, including Mary McLeod Bethune, George Washington Carver, Lois Mailou Jones, Dr. Mordecai Johnson, Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, James Weldon Johnson, Hale Woodruff, and Ralph Metcalf. There are also a few photographs of students at the Calhoun School in Calhoun, Alabama, the Penn School in South Carolina, and the Jones School and Hoffman School in New Orleans, Louisiana. These are apparently primary or secondary schools. Also included in the series are photographs documenting rural life and social institutions in Alabama, and to a lesser extent Virginia. Shown are farm workers, children, houses, schools, churches, and townlife. Other subjects covered in the series include pictures of a swimming pool for African Americans in Washington, DC, an art exhibit at Dillard University, scenes of black-life in New Orleans, and workers at the African-American-owned Atlanta Life Insurance Company. C. C. Spaulding, the company's president is also pictured.

2 linear feet, 10 linear inches

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