The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division

101 Independence Ave. SE
Room LM 337, Madison Bldg.
Washington, District of Columbia 20540

Fax: 202-707-6647

Phone: 202-707-6394

Repository URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/

Repository code: dlc

Repository description (CRHP): The division also includes audio materials separated from collections from the Manuscript Division.

Repository description (extant): Unique in their scope and richness, the picture collections number more than 14 million images. These include photographs, historical prints, posters, cartoons, documentary drawings, fine prints, and architectural and engineering designs. While international in scope, the collections are particularly strong in materials documenting the history of the United States and the lives, interests, and achievements of the American people.

Repository type: Federal Repository

Collections:

Visual materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records
New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper photograph collection