Indoor portrait of J.H. White at his desk
date: label: Date
content: 1950 - 1971
name: label: Photograph by
content: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Dr. James Herbert White, American, 1903 - 1974
label: Subject of
content: Mississippi Valley State University, American, founded 1950
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of J.H. White sitting at his desk. He is wearing glasses, a light suit, zig-zag patterned tie, a watch on his left hand and a ring on each hand. He is holding a pen upright over a stack of papers on the desk. The name plate on his desk reads "J.H.White/President" and there are numerous pictures scattered on top. Behind him is a coat rack with a clothes hander and a brimmed hat hanging with a striped curtain to the left.
place: label: Place made
content: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.137.6.38
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)