Charles Tignor Duncan cellulose acetate photonegative

Object Details

Exhibitions Note: Reproduction photograph of this image exhibited in "The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise," NMAAHC Gallery, NMAH, January 30 - November 15, 2009; image reproduced in exhibit's companion book.

Photographer: Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Names: Duncan, Charles Tignor, 1925-2004
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

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: Duncan "was a calm and reserved man who is best known for having successfully handled a torrent of legal firestorms, criminal and civil, in his native Washington over several decades. From the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, to which Mr. Duncan contributed a brief, to the drafting of the curfew order quelling the violence in Washington after the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Mr. Duncan was a key lawyer on the scene of some of the city's greatest trials. His service as corporation counsel from 1966 to 1970 officially made him the District's top lawyer..." (from the Washington Post, June 19, 2004.

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.

Genre/Form: Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Scope and Contents: Job Number: 30889; Ink on negative: "Master CharlesTignor 2- 8x10 neg." A portrait of the young Charles Tignor Duncan with his hand in his pocket. No edge imprint.

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.