Imhotep Medical Meeting at 15th St. Presbyterian Church, May 1960 cellulose acetate photonegative

Object Details

Photographer: Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Creator: Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)
Names: Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.); Imhotep National Conference on Hospital Integration; Cobb, W. Montague (William Montague), 1904-1990
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: Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans; Washington (D.C.) -- 1960-1970 -- Photographs

Topic: African American churches -- 1960-1970 -- Washington (D.C.).; African American physicians

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: "William Montague Cobb co-founded the Imhotep National Conference on Hospital Integration, sponsored by the National Medical Association's Council on Medical Education and Hospitals, the NAACP's National Health Committee, and the Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia. Named for the early Egyptian physician Imhotep, the conference met annually between 1957 and 1963 to support surveys, publications, and other conferences on the health status of American blacks and to lobby for the passage of legislation, including national health insurance and the Civil Rights Act of 1964" taken from www.answers.com/topic/w-montague-cobb.

Extent: 1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., [4" x 5"].)

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 -- 1960-1970 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Scope and Contents: Posed group of men and two women standing in rows on the exterior steps of 15th St. Presbyterian Church. The men wear pin badge, possible name badges. The man on the left on the top row is thought to be William Montague Cobb. No ink on negative. Ink on envelope: caption and "C/o Dr. Cobb". "KODAK - SAFETY -- FILM" edge imprint. Retouching on faces with New Coccine.

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.