James Baldwin Archive
date: label: Date
content: 1935-1988
name: label: Subject of
content: James Baldwin, American, 1924 - 1987
label: Photograph by
content: Frank Dandridge, American, born 1938
notes: label: Caption
content: See more about this collection in the Smithsonian Online Virtual Archive (SOVA) here: https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAAHC.A2017.47 or contact NMAAHC Archives at nmaahc-archivalcollection@si.edu.
label: Description
content: The James Baldwin Collection provides insight into Baldwin's life as a writer and activist. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, and awards. A significant portion of the collection are photographs by photojournalist Frank Dandridge. The collection focuses on Baldwin's grade school educational career, his writing process, as well as his thoughts about social equality and civil rights.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Identity
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content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
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content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: Theatre
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Archival Collections
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2017.47
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: The NMAAHC Archives can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes.
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Dimensions
content: Archives (linear): 4.29 ft