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William Saunders Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Saunders, William, American, born 1935
- Interviewed by
- Taylor, Kieran Walsh
- Subject of
- Jenkins, Esau, American, 1910 - 1972
- Highlander Folk School, American
- Charleston Hospital Workers Movement, American, 1968 - 1969
- Date
- June 9, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:23:43
- Description
- The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.27.1a, 2011.174.27.1b, 2011.174.27.1c, and 2011.174.27.1d.
- William Saunders remembers his childhood on Johns Island, South Carolina, and working with Esau Jenkins, a local civil rights leader. He recalls serving in the army during the Korean War, attending the Highlander Folk School, and working at a mattress factory. He also discusses founding the Lowcountry Newsletter, helping the workers in the Charleston Hospital Strike of 1969, and running unsuccessfully for the state senate.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0027
- Place collected
- Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Johns Island, Charleston+County"&op=Search">Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Civil rights
- Education
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Labor
- Mass media
- Politics (Practical)
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.27.1a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Euvester Simpson Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Simpson, Euvester, American, born 1946
- Interviewed by
- Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Hamer, Fannie Lou, American, 1917 - 1977
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Council of Federated Organizations, founded 1962
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
- Date
- March 12, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:34:46
- Description
- The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.72.1a, 2011.174.72.1b, 2011.174.72.1c, 2011.174.72.1d, 2011.174.72.1e, 2011.174.72.1f, and 2011.174.72.1g.
- Euvester Simpson discusses her childhood in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and she describes her parents' decision to send her to Racine, Wisconsin, to attend high school because they were fed up with segregated public schools in Mississippi. For her last year of high school, Simpson returned to Mississippi, and she became active in the Civil Rights Movement. She describes attending a citizenship school in Charleston, South Carolina, going to mass meetings, and being arrested with a group of women, including Fannie Lou Hamer. She also discusses her involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Council of Federated Organizations, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Simpson ends the interview by discussing the legacy of the movement.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0072
- Place collected
- Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Itta Bena, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Racine, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
- Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Mississippi Freedom Summer
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Resistance
- Segregation
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.72.1a-g
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- McCray, Frank, American, 1906 - 1955
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 10 x 16 in. (25.4 x 40.6 cm)
- H x W (Image): 15 13/16 x 11 1/8 in. (40.2 x 28.3 cm)
- Caption
- Simple kindness overwhelms an old man. Frank McCray had a headache one day in 1927, soon was paralyzed, and has been in this chair ever since. He broke down and wept when Maude stopped in.
- W. Eugene, Smith “Nurse Midwife: Maude Callens Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death.” Life, December 3, 1951, 140.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude E. Callen standing behind Frank McCray, who is sitting with his hands covering his face with a towel. Callen's left hand is resting on the back of the man's head and she is holding a bag in her other. A woman is sitting on a bed behind them. The image is inscribed on the back.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (26 × 34 cm)
- Caption
- Incubator is made of box and whiskey bottles full of warm water. The bottles are placed at foot and sides of box, then covered with layers of cloth. This will sometimes work for as long as two or three hours.
- W. Eugene, Smith “Nurse Midwife: Maude Callens Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death.” Life, December 3, 1951, 144.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen pouring water into a glass bottle. On the table next to her is a lantern, more bottles and a crate with a sheet in it. Two pans are hanging on the wall. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 3/8 x 13 7/16 in. (26.4 x 34.1 cm)
- Caption
- Maude at 51 has a thoughtful, weary face that reflects the fury of her life. Orphaned at 7, she was brought up by an uncle in Florida, studied at Georgia Infirmary in Savannah, became a nurse at 21.
- W. Eugene, Smith “Nurse Midwife: Maude Callens Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death.” Life, December 3, 1951, 138.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen holding a flower and leaning on a bag that is on a porch. The back of the photograph is stamped and inscribed.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. (23.5 x 34 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen and three men walking towards a car with its doors open. Two of the men are holding the third man between them. In the background is a home with a woman sitting on the porch. The back of the photograph is inscribed and stamped.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 9 3/16 x 13 1/2 in. (23.3 x 34.3 cm)
- H x W (image): 10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. (27.8 x 35.2 cm)
- Caption
- Outside a clinic held in school, crowd waits to see Maude. On one afternoon, with one assistant, she gave 810 typhoid shots, later went out and delivered another baby.
- W. Eugene, Smith “Nurse Midwife: Maude Callens Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death.” Life, December 3, 1951, 143.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of several men, women and children. There are cars and a building in the background with more people. The back of the photograph is stamped and has the number "92" written on it.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Tomczak, Eric, American, born 1918
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 3/8 × 9 7/16 in. (34 × 24 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen talking to two women on a road. The two women are facing Callen and have their backs turned to the camera. The woman on the left is holding a container on her head while the other woman is holding a cloth bundle on her arm. Callen is holding a notebook. The back of the photograph is stamped and inscribed.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
- H x W (image): 13 7/16 x 10 1/2 in. (34.1 x 26.7 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen walking on logs laying in a muddy road. The back of the photograph is stamped and inscribed.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.15
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Fuller, Annabelle, American, 1930 - 1999
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34.3 x 26.7 cm)
- Caption
- Accident case is brought to Maude's door one night. Annabelle Fuller was seriously cut in an auto accident and Maude had given her first aid. Now the girl returns to have her dressing changed.
- W. Eugene, Smith “Nurse Midwife: Maude Callens Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death.” Life, December 3, 1951, 138.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of two men carrying Annabelle Fuller into a building. Maude Callen is leaning out of the doorway and holding onto her leg, which is in a cast. The back is stamped and inscribed.
- Place depicted
- Pineville, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 1/8 x 14 3/16 in. (25.7 x 36 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen sitting in a chair next to a bed with a patient in it. A nurse stands in the background and looks on. Callen is leaning forward with her right arm resting on the back of the chair while her left arm supports her head. The back of the photograph is stamped and inscribed.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
-
Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Tomczak, Eric, American, born 1918
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (34.3 x 23.5 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen giving a man a shot. They are outside standing next to a porch with several other people waiting in line. The back of the photograph is stamped and inscribed.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (mat board): 20 x 15 15/16 in. (50.8 x 40.5 cm)
- H x W (Image): 13 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (33.7 x 25.7 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a girl sitting down and holding a pair of crutches in her left hand. The photograph has several stamps and inscriptions on the back.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 13 15/16 x 10 15/16 in. (35.4 x 27.8 cm)
- H x W (Image): 12 9/16 x 10 1/2 in. (31.9 x 26.7 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen using a stethoscope on a patient's stomach. Another nurse is standing and watching. A lantern illuminates the background. "B. C." is written on the back.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 3/8 x 10 1/16 in. (34 x 25.6 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of young girls sitting in a room with posters on the far wall. One of the posters is falling down while the other says "A Baby Has the Right To Be Loved." The back is stamped, inscribed and has a sticker that reads "medical care in rural S. Carolina."
- Place depicted
- Pineville, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (32.1 x 25.1 cm)
- Caption
- New Dresses for 9-year old Carrie (right) and 8-year old Marry Jane Covington were dropped off by Maude on her way to a patient. Occasionally, as in this case, she gets clothing from friends or charitable organizations and distributes it where she thinks it is most needed. But sometimes she buys the clothes herself.
- W. Eugene, Smith “Nurse Midwife: Maude Callens Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death.” Life, December 3, 1951, 140.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen leaning slightly to her left while facing a young girl. The young girl facing Callen is leaning to her right and holding the bottom of her dress out. Another girl is in the right side of the picture holding a dress to her chest and smiling. A house is in the background of the picture. A woman stands in the doorway of the house and is holding a baby. The photograph is inscribed on the back.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Jackson, Stella, American, 1924 - 1986
- Jackson, Frank Lemeul, American, born 1951
- Jackson, Francis, American, born 1951
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 5/16 × 10 7/16 in. (33.8 × 26.5 cm)
- Caption
- Healthy twins, who were delivered a day apart last year by Maude, get a quick one-over when she stops in to see them and to pump herself a drink of water. Only about 2% of her patients are white.
- W. Eugene, Smith “Nurse Midwife: Maude Callens Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death.” Life, December 3, 1951, 138.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen working a hand water pump and holding a tin container under the spigot. A woman holding a baby is standing next to her, watching. Another baby is sitting on the floor next to their feet. The back has marks and inscriptions on it.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 5/16 x 9 3/4 in. (33.8 x 24.8 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen sitting at a desk. She is rubbing her eye with her right hand and holding papers with her left. Facing her on the other side of the room is a manikin. Next to the manikin is a table with jars, containers, vegetables and other food on it. The back is stamped and inscribed.
- Place depicted
- Pineville, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
-
Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 7/16 × 10 1/2 in. (34.1 × 26.7 cm)
- Caption
- Making a delivery pad in patient's home according to classroom method, Maude crimps together the edges of several pieces of newspaper. Her materials must be makeshift; even paper is scarce.
- W. Eugene, Smith “Nurse Midwife: Maude Callens Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death.” Life, December 3, 1951, 144.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen rolling a newspaper into a delivery pad. Two children sit on a bench in the background and watch. The back of the photograph is stamped and inscribed.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Dr. Fishburne, William K., American, 1880 - 1968
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 1/4 x 13 15/16 in. (26 x 35.4 cm)
- Caption
- Dr. W. L. Fishburne, head of the Berkeley County health department, examines a patient brought to the hospital by Maude.
- W. Eugene, Smith “Nurse Midwife: Maude Callens Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death.” Life, December 3, 1951, 142.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen and Dr. W. K. Fishburne examining a patient. The patient has her back to the camera. Both Callen and Fishburne have a hand on the patient's back. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.