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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing [Ralph Ellison family albums]

About this Item

Title

  • [Ralph Ellison family albums]

Summary

  • Photographs show portraits of Ralph Ellison, his wife Fanny Ellison, as well as other family members and associates. Images also depict Ellison's domestic life and public appearances. LOT includes newspaper clippings and other ephemera collected by the Ellison family.

Names

  • Ellison, Ralph, collector

Created / Published

  • [between 1890 and 1996]

Contents

  • Ralph Ellison - family album (LOT 15600-A) -- Ralph and Fanny Ellison - family and associates album (LOT 15600-B) -- Ralph Ellison - family and associates album (LOT 15600-C) -- Fanny Ellison - family and associates album (LOT 15600-D) -- Ralph Ellison - still lifes, family and associates album (LOT 15600-E) -- Ralph Ellison - associates album (LOT 15600-F) -- Ralph Ellison - 80th birthday celebration album (LOT 15600-G) -- Fanny Ellison - snapshots album (LOT 15600-H)

Headings

  • -  Ellison, Fanny McConnell
  • -  Johnson, James Weldon,--1871-1938
  • -  Ellison family
  • -  McConnell family
  • -  African Americans--United States--1890-2000
  • -  Families--United States--1890-2000
  • -  Authors--1890-2000

Headings

  • Ephemera--1890-2000.
  • Photograph albums--1890-2000.
  • Photographic prints--1890-2000.
  • Portrait photographs--1890-2000.
  • Tintypes--1890-2000.

Genre

  • Portrait photographs--1890-2000
  • Photograph albums--1890-2000
  • Photographic prints--1890-2000
  • Tintypes--1890-2000
  • Ephemera--1890-2000

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Materials are organized into LOT subdivisions by album. Items inside the albums were removed from the album and kept in their current order. Concordance and original housing documentation in the collection are created by Library staff and show the page layout of the album prior to being disassembled for long-term storage. LOT 15600-H remains in the original album format and is not disassembled.
  • -  Title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1998, 2010; (DLC/PP-1998:061, DLC/PP-2010:045).
  • -  Finding aid is available online https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp023006

Medium

  • ca. 401 items : chiefly color and black and white photographs.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 15600 (F) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Ellison, Ralph. Visual materials from the Ralph Ellison papers

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023640883

Rights Advisory

Access Advisory

  • A reference viewing copy (digital print) was made by Library staff for negatives and transparencies without an original contact sheet.

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

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  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Ralph Ellison, Rights and Restrictions Information" https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.588.elli
  • Reproduction Number: ---
  • Call Number: LOT 15600 (F) [P&P]
  • Access Advisory: A reference viewing copy (digital print) was made by Library staff for negatives and transparencies without an original contact sheet.

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Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Ellison, Ralph, Collector. Ralph Ellison family albums. United States, None. [Between 1890 and 1996] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023640883/.

APA citation style:

Ellison, R. Ralph Ellison family albums. United States, None. [Between 1890 and 1996] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023640883/.

MLA citation style:

Ellison, Ralph, Collector. Ralph Ellison family albums. [Between 1890 and 1996] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023640883/>.