Robertson, Harold L. (Harold Lloyd), 1918-2012, compiler
Published / Created:
[circa 1920s-1960s]
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 351
Image Count:
168
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Photograph album compiled by Harold L. Robertson, containing over 1000 photographs, circa 1920s-1960s, most undated, many with manuscript annotations on versos. Most photographs are black and white, with a few color images, 1940s-1960s. Photographs are of Robertson; his family, friends, and military colleagues; and images made by Robertson and others documenting his experiences in the United States Army. Family photographs include portraits and informal images relating to his childhood in New York City, 1920s-1930s; Vicki Robertson and their children, many made in Harlem, New York City, 1930s-1960s; and Helena Jaroslawzewa Robertson, their wedding, and her family, in Germany, 1950s. Photographs from Robertson's military career include images of military operations and informal images of soldiers, most in the 10th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Riley Kansas, 1930s, including cavalry drill, and the 547th Engineer Combat Battalion in Darmstadt, Germany, 1950s, including bridge building and other military construction. Other photographs date from military service in Italy and Germany during World War II and postwar administrative work in Washington, D. C. Also present are photographs and documents relating to a German shepherd dog trained by Robertson in Germany, 1950s
Description:
Harold L. Robertson (1918-2012), was born in New York City and served in the United States Army, 1930s-1950s. In the 1930s Robertston enlisted in the 10th Cavalry Regiment, a segregated unit of African Americans known as Buffalo Soldiers, and he was later reassigned to the 547th Engineer Combat Battalion, which was desegregated in 1953. During the 1940s-1950s, Robertson was stationed in Germany, where he trained as a noncommissioned officer and was promoted to Master Sargeant. Robertson married Vicki Robertson, circa 1930; she lived in New York City with their children, Harold L. Robertson, Jr. (1942-), Terry Roberson (circa 1945-), and Ronald Robertson (1947-). Robertson married Helena Jaroslawzewa Robertson, a German, in 1960. They lived in Germany and later in Teaneck, New Jersey, where Robertson died in 2012., Annotations in English., Title devised by cataloger., Date of creation supplied by cataloger., Original album disbound for conservation, and album cover discarded. Accompanied by printed images of album pages, showing original arrangement of photographs., and Box 1: printed images of album pages, showing original arrangement of photographs; photographs from pages [3-55]; Box 2: photographs from pages [56-99]; Box 3: photographs from pages [100-145]; Box 4: photographs from pages [146-161].
Subject (Geographic):
Germany., Germany, United States, United States., Italy, Darmstadt (Germany), Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Kansas, New York (N.Y.), and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):
Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012. (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012 (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1942- (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Helena Jaroslawzewa, Robertson, Ronald, 1947-, Robertson, Terry, approximately 1945-, Robertson, Vicki, active approximately 1930-1950, United States. Army, United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 10th (1866-1950), and United States. Army. Engineer Combat Battalion, 547th
Subject (Topic):
African American officers, African American troops, African American soldiers, Military construction operations, Photographers, African American photographers, African Americans, Segregation, Armed Forces, Non-commissioned officers, German shepherd dog, Training, Interracial marrige, Military bases, Military bridges, Design and construction, Photography, Military, World War, 1939-1945, and History
A salted paper photographic print that documents placer gold mining operations on river bars on the American River, Middle Fork, between Placer County and Eldorado County, California in February 1858. From an elevated position, the view shows mining operations on a wide riverbed running through hills of chaparral. The photograph depicts a viaduct, wooden structures, and water diversion structures, such as sluices, sluice gates, and waterwheels. The image includes mining camps and operations on the Kennebec, Wildcat, Willow, and Hoosier bars
Description:
Charles L. Weed (1824-1903), also known as Charles Leander Weed, was an American photographer and engraver. and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
California, American River Region, American River, Middle Fork, American River Valley, American River, Middle Fork (Calif.), El Dorado County (Calif.), and Placer County (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Weed, Charles L.
Subject (Topic):
Chaparral, Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering), Gold mines and mining, Mines and mineral resources, Mining districts, Placer mining, and Water-wheels
Photographic postcard of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, taken by Lawrence Beitler. Shipp and Smith were murdered by a mob in Marion, Indiana on August 7, 1930
Description:
Lawrence Beitler (1885-1960) was an American studio photographer., Caption in English., Title devised by cataloger., Place and date of creation supplied by cataloger., and Printed caption on verso.
Subject (Geographic):
Indiana, Marion., Marion, Grant County, and Marion (Ind.)
Subject (Name):
Beitler, Lawrence., Shipp, Thomas, 1911-1930, and Smith, Abram, -1930
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, African Americans, Violence against, Lynching, Racism, and Race relations
36 black and white photographs of the Atelier Populaire at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts and scenes of the general strike and student uprisings in Paris, May 1968 by Marc Riboud, Philippe Vermès, and unidentified photographers, Box 1: 18 photographs printed in 8 x 10 inch format depicting multiple stages of poster production at the Atelier Populaire in the printmaking studios of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts. 16 of the photographs were taken by Philippe Vermès and have his and his studio's ink stamps on the versos; many have annotations suggesting a 1998 printing date and linking them to the exhibition "Paris 1968: Posters from the Atelier Populaire", August 31-October 1, 1998 at Aronson Gallery, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York. The remaining two photographs in this group are inscribed on the versos "Philippe Vermès" and "Marc Riboud", and were likely printed circa 1968, and Box 2: 18 photographs printed in 12 x 16 inch format, taken by an unidentified photographer or photographers. The photographs depict scenes from the Paris general strike, student uprisings, and street protests of May 1968, including police dressed in riot equipment, streets barricaded with burning cars, protesters wearing protection against tear gas and standing on street barricades, and student leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit addressing crowds with a megaphone
Description:
The Atelier Populaire ("Popular Workshop") was established in Paris in May 1968 by students from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts to support the ongoing protests and strikes then occuring in France. The members were students, faculty, workers, and artists who used the school's printmaking studios to anonymously produce lithographed and screen-printed political posters that were distributed for free., Marc Riboud (1923-2016) was a French photojournalist., Philippe Vermès (1942-) is a French photographer and one of the co-founders of the Atelier Populaire., Inscriptions in French., From the Johan Kugelberg Collection of Paris May 1968., and Inscriptions and ink stamps on photograph versos.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Paris, and Paris (France)
Subject (Name):
Cohn-Bendit, Daniel, Riboud, Marc., Vermès, Philippe, 1942-, Atelier populaire, and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
Subject (Topic):
Art students, College students, Political activity, General Strike, France, 1968, Labor movements, Lithography, Political posters, French, Political violence, Print workshops, Printmakers, Prints, Technique, Protest movements, Riots, Screen process printing, Serigraphy, and Students
36 black and white photographs of the Atelier Populaire at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts and scenes of the general strike and student uprisings in Paris, May 1968 by Marc Riboud, Philippe Vermès, and unidentified photographers, Box 1: 18 photographs printed in 8 x 10 inch format depicting multiple stages of poster production at the Atelier Populaire in the printmaking studios of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts. 16 of the photographs were taken by Philippe Vermès and have his and his studio's ink stamps on the versos; many have annotations suggesting a 1998 printing date and linking them to the exhibition "Paris 1968: Posters from the Atelier Populaire", August 31-October 1, 1998 at Aronson Gallery, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York. The remaining two photographs in this group are inscribed on the versos "Philippe Vermès" and "Marc Riboud", and were likely printed circa 1968, and Box 2: 18 photographs printed in 12 x 16 inch format, taken by an unidentified photographer or photographers. The photographs depict scenes from the Paris general strike, student uprisings, and street protests of May 1968, including police dressed in riot equipment, streets barricaded with burning cars, protesters wearing protection against tear gas and standing on street barricades, and student leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit addressing crowds with a megaphone
Description:
The Atelier Populaire ("Popular Workshop") was established in Paris in May 1968 by students from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts to support the ongoing protests and strikes then occuring in France. The members were students, faculty, workers, and artists who used the school's printmaking studios to anonymously produce lithographed and screen-printed political posters that were distributed for free., Marc Riboud (1923-2016) was a French photojournalist., Philippe Vermès (1942-) is a French photographer and one of the co-founders of the Atelier Populaire., Inscriptions in French., From the Johan Kugelberg Collection of Paris May 1968., and Inscriptions and ink stamps on photograph versos.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Paris, and Paris (France)
Subject (Name):
Cohn-Bendit, Daniel, Riboud, Marc., Vermès, Philippe, 1942-, Atelier populaire, and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
Subject (Topic):
Art students, College students, Political activity, General Strike, France, 1968, Labor movements, Lithography, Political posters, French, Political violence, Print workshops, Printmakers, Prints, Technique, Protest movements, Riots, Screen process printing, Serigraphy, and Students
Photographs compiled by an unidentified compiler of the Black Butte Mine in Lane County, Oregon, 1910-1920. Depicted are the mining camp and unidentified miners in mines or at mine shaft entrances. The only photograph with a caption is of an illustration done by artist Edward Lange of the Black Butte Mining District
Description:
The Black Butte Mine, a mercury mine in Lane County, Oregon, was in operation from the 1890s until the late 1960s., Caption in English., Title devised by cataloger., and Place of creation and date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Oregon, and Lane County (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Lange, Edward, 1846-1912. and Black Butte Mine.
Subject (Topic):
Mercury, Mercury mines and mining, Miners, Mines and mineral resources, and Mining camps
The collection consists of seven portrait drawings of noted African Americans and Haitians by the artist Amy Einstein Spingarn. The sitters include scientist George Washington Carver (1935) and authors Langston Hughes (1930), Zora Neale Hurston (circa 1935), James Weldon Johnson (undated), René Piquion (undated), George S. Schuyler (1933), and Philippe Thoby-Marcelin (undated). The portrait of Carver is pastel on paper; the others are charcoal and graphite on paper. Each portrait is identified by the artist's inscriptions and signature
Description:
Amy Einstein Spingarn was born in New York on January 29, 1883, the daughter of American businessman and manufacturer David L. Einstein (1839-1909) and Caroline Fatman Einstein (1852-1910). In 1905 she married Joel Elias Spingarn (1875-1939), a Columbia University literature professor and a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In addition to being an artist herself, Amy Einstein Spingarn was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and supported the work of many black artists and writers; she also served on the board of directors of the NAACP for nearly forty years. Spingarn died at her home, Troutbeck, in Amenia, New York, on June 25, 1980., Title devised by cataloger., and Captions in English.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943, Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, Hurston, Zora Neale, Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, Piquion, René, Schuyler, George S. 1895-1977 (George Samuel),, Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980., and Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe, 1904-1975
A portrait of the American academic and editor Norman Holmes Pearson by Deane Keller. The painting is oil on canvas, and is signed at the upper right: "Deane / Keller / 1976." Included in the portrait (hanging on the wall behind Pearson) is a painting titled "Arabella!" by D. H. Lawrence, which was in Pearson's personal collection of art works created by authors; the collection, called by him "Art for the Wrong Reason," is now at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library along with Pearson's papers
Description:
Deane Keller (1901-1992), American artist, academic, soldier, and preservationist. He earned a BA from Yale University in 1923 and a BFA from the Yale School of Fine Arts in 1926. Keller taught for forty years at the Yale School of Fine Arts, and during World War II was an officer with the Allied Forces's Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section., Norman Holmes Pearson (1909-1975, Yale 1932, 1941 PhD), professor of English and American Studies at Yale University and officer in the United States Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Pearson collaborated with Yale University Library curator Donald Gallup to develop the Yale Collection of American Literature, playing an instrumental role in the library's acquisition of the papers of H. D. and Bryher., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Keller, Deane, 1901-1992., Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930. (David Herbert),, and Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975
Two undated crayon drawings by Don Freeman of African American artist Beauford Delaney. Each is signed "DF" at lower right and mounted on a sheet of blue paper. One drawing portrays Delaney seated at a table with a coffee cup and pot; the other is a bust-length portrait
Description:
Don Freeman (1908-1978), New York illustrator., Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), New York artist., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979 and Freeman, Don, 1908-1978.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, Artists, and Illustrators