{"id":340,"date":"2012-06-12T18:22:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T18:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/?p=340"},"modified":"2016-12-19T21:28:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T21:28:07","slug":"african-american-photograph-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/2012\/06\/12\/african-american-photograph-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"African American Photograph Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>(Source:\u00a0 By Maureen McGavin and Elaine Justice,\u00a0June 1, 2012, Emory University Media Relations, <em>Emory News Center<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>A rare collection of more than 10,000 photographs depicting African American life from the late 19th and early 20th centuries has been acquired by Emory University&#8217;s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL) from photo collector Robert Langmuir of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The images range from the 1840s \u2013 the beginning of photography \u2013 to the 1970s, with most of the photos falling in the post-Civil War to pre-World War II era. They include nearly every format, from daguerreotypes to snapshots, and cover a wide range of subject matter. A number of the photos were taken by African American photographers, a topic in itself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This collection sparkles with intelligent insights into the lives and cultures of the African American experience over many decades,&#8221; says Emory University Provost Earl Lewis, also a professor of history and African American studies. &#8220;Its breadth is incredible, its depth is considerable, and its sheer beauty is breathtaking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Scholars from many disciplines will find this collection to be a treasure trove for peering behind the veil and seeing the inner worlds of life in America,&#8221; says Lewis. &#8220;I am proud that we can add this collection to our library.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Randall K. Burkett, curator of MARBL&#8217;s African American Collections says the collection &#8220;complements virtually every other collection we have, whether it&#8217;s in music, art, literature, dance, business, civil rights \u2013 any aspect of late 19th and 20th century American culture. This is going to be a signature collection for us, and I know it will attract other collections.&#8221;\u00a0 For complete article click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.emory.edu\/stories\/2012\/05\/upress_african_american_photo_collection\/campus.html\" target=\"_blank\">Emory acquires vast African American photo collection.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source:\u00a0 By Maureen McGavin and Elaine Justice,\u00a0June 1, 2012, Emory University Media Relations, Emory News Center) A rare collection of more than 10,000 photographs depicting African American life from the late 19th and early 20th centuries has been acquired by Emory University&#8217;s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL) from photo collector Robert Langmuir of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archival-news","tag-photograph-collection"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}