Carol Brice at microphone, leading crowd in singing, at Lincoln Memorial, with Pres. Harry Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt standing nearby: black-and-white photonegative,

Object Details

Photographer: Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Creator: Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)
Names: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Brice, Carol, 1916-1985; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Subseries Creator: Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.); Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994; Custom Craft; Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964; Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005

Place: Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.); Washington (D.C.) -- 1930-1950 -- Photographs

See more items in: Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives; Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives / 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin negatives

Sponsor: The collection was acquired with assistance from the Eugene Meyer Foundation. Elihu and Susan Rose and the Save America's Treasures program, provided funds to stabilize, organize, store, and create digital surrogates of some of the negatives. Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Biographical / Historical: Carol Brice was a leading contralto on the Broadway, concert, and recital stages. She led the crowd in singing "God Be with You 'til We Meet Again" at the closing session.

Subseries Citation: Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution

Subseries Rights: When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Bibliography: Published without attribution in Gloster B. Current, "The Impact of NAACP Conventions on Race Relations," The Crisis, Aug./Sept. 1984, vol. 91, no. 7, p. 54.

Genre/Form: Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Scope and Contents: Subject ident. by Dave Haddock, 2012 (see: http://tinyurl.com/c8nsfvw). Others standing nearby include Walter White and Tom Clark (ident. by Ellen David, Sept. 18, 2008). No caption on negative. Note on original enclosure: "NAACP Mass Meeting (Lincoln Memorial--Harry Truman address, Mrs. Roosevelt--38th annual NAACP Conference; from envelope); item #4 of 4.

Subseries Restrictions: Collection is open for research. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.