Buckner, Wm. N. (Mr.)

Object Details

Scope and Contents note
Job Number: 29593
Type
Archival materials
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.
Subseries Citation
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution

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  • Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.2: Black and white negatives in freezers arranged by job number
    Scope and Contents note
    The vast majority of the negatives are individual portrait sittings but there are some family and group portraits. The box numbers in the finding aid are the old freezer box numbers and are not reflective of the physical number of boxes; when the negatives were rehoused, the physical number of boxes were reduced and the old freezer box numbers were retained in combination on boxes. The beginning and end of a freezer box is demarcated by blue dividers inside the new boxes.
    Biographical/Historical note
    The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). More...
    Date
    1931-1971
    Extent
    320 Boxes
    The materials in the subseries are black and white silver gelatin negatives.
    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.
    Citation
    Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
    Type
    Collection descriptions
    Archival materials
    Studio portraits
    Photographs
    Dye transfer process
    Color separation negatives
    Matrices, color separation
    Topic
    Commercial photography -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C)
    African Americans -- History -- 20th century
    African American photographers
    Segregation
    Portraits -- 20th century
    Politicians -- 20th century
    Photography -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C.)
    African American entertainers -- 20th century
    Place
    Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
    Shaw (Washington, D.C.)
    Washington (D.C.) -- Small business -- 20th century
    Identifier
    NMAH.AC.0618.S04.02
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