The
Northeast
Beinecke Rare Book and
Manuscript Library, Digital Images Online The Beinecke Library
houses the Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection as well
as the Langston Hughes Collection and the James Weldon Johnson
Collection. The James Weldon Johnson Collection includes a number of
Van Vechten photographs of important figures from the Harlem
Renaissance. Downloads should not be used for any purpose other than
private study, scholarship, or research. It is not necessary to seek
the Library's permission to publish texts or images (unless the
University is identified as the copyright holder.) The Beinecke Rare
Book and Manuscript Library should, however, be cited as the source.
Excellent download quality.
It's
time to celebrate!! The Charles
'Teenie' Harris Archive has been saved and is now
housed at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. Harris, a
photographer for the Pittsburgh Courier, was one of
the best. Download quality is excellent. The Carnegie requires
permissions however.
Connecticut History Online Images from the
Connecticut Historical Society, the Connecticut State Library, the
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut, Mystic
Seaport, and the New Haven Colony Historical Society. These collections
have a number of excellent portraits of African Americans from the
1860s through the turn of the century. Personal or educational use of
all images found in CHO is permissible. Excellent download quality.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
In addition to
finding information about this valuable section of the New York Public
Library, you will find several online exhibits, which change from time
to time. In Motion: The
African-American Migration Experienceis a particularly good one. The website states that
the images "are presented in the hope that they will at one and the
same time address some of your viewing, research, education and study
needs..." Very good download quality. The main New York Public Library Digital Collection (NYPLDigitalGallery)
is also an excellent site. Searching via this site accesses not only
the images available on DigitalSchomburg, but a number of images from
the Schomburg's Rare Books and Manuscripts collection as well.
