Collection Search Results
Applied Filters: clear all filters
-
Included:
- place: "Humphreys County"
Your search found 3 result(s).
-
Negroes fishing in creek near cotton plantations outside Belzoni Miss. Delta, October 1939
- Photograph by
- Wolcott, Marion Post, American, 1910 - 1990
- Commissioned by
- Farm Security Administration, American, 1937 - 1946
- Printed by
- LIGHT Gallery, American, 1971 - 1987
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Signed by
- Schad, Tennyson, American, 1930 - 2001
- Date
- 1939; printed 1968
- Medium
- dye on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (17.5 × 24.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 9 13/16 × 13 in. (25 × 33 cm)
- Description
- A dye transfer photograph of rural life outside of Belzoni, Mississippi by Marion Post Wolcott. At a daytime muddy creek near a cotton plantation, a man and three women fish, surrounded by dry foliage and dull green mature trees. Seated along the edges of the creek, the man, crouched, wears a sand-colored hat; bright shirt; dark trousers, and holds high a long fishing rod. To his proper left, leaning forward on her knees, is a woman wearing a light-colored long sleeve dress and light-colored wide-brim bucket hat. To her proper left sits another woman, her legs crossed towards the water. She wears a light-colored wide-brim hat and blouse, and holds a fishing rod in her proper right hand. Nearer to the unseen photographer amidst the water dry foliage, at the bottom left of the camera’s frame, stands a woman wearing a long pink dress over a short sleeve shirt and wide-brim hat. She holds a fishing rod in both hands. The back of the photograph from the top left corner to bottom right, features provenance marks and inscriptions: [RWFA 1950 / PF112995-111 / ARTIST: MARION POST WOLCOTT / TITLE: NEGROES FISHING IN CREEK NEAR COTTON PLANTATIONS OUTSIDE BELZONI MISS. DELTA / TRANSPARENCY DATE: OCT. 1939 / PRINTING DATE: 12/86 / LIGHT GALLERY REG. NO.: 107.8]. Beneath the authentication disclaimer is the signature [Tennyson Schad].
- Place captured
- Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- dye transfer prints
- Topic
- American South
- Foodways
- Photography
- Recreation
- Rural life
- U.S. History, 1933-1945
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard Greenberg
- Object number
- 2019.105.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
Negroes fishing in creek near cotton plantations outside Belzoni Miss. Delta, October 1939
- Photograph by
- Wolcott, Marion Post, American, 1910 - 1990
- Commissioned by
- Farm Security Administration, American, 1937 - 1946
- Printed by
- LIGHT Gallery, American, 1971 - 1987
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Signed by
- Schad, Tennyson, American, 1930 - 2001
- Date
- 1939; printed 1968
- Medium
- dye on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (17.5 × 24.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 9 13/16 × 12 11/16 in. (25 × 32.3 cm)
- Description
- A dye transfer color photograph of rural life outside of Belzoni, Mississippi by Marion Post Wolcott. At a daytime muddy creek near a cotton plantation, a man and three women fish. They are surrounded by dry foliage and dull green mature trees. Seated along the edges of the creek, the man, crouched, wears a sand-colored hat; bright shirt; dark trousers, and holds a long fishing rod in his proper right hand. Seated to his proper left, arms crossed, is a woman wearing a light-colored long sleeve dress and light-colored wide-brim bucket hat. To her proper left sits another woman, her legs sprawled towards the water. She wears a light-colored wide-brim hat and blouse, and holds a fishing rod. Nearer to the unseen photographer among the dry foliage, at the bottom right of the camera’s frame, stands a woman wearing a long pink dress over a short sleeve shirt and wide-brim hat. She holds a fishing rod in her proper right hand. The back of the photograph, from the top left corner to bottom right, features provenance marks and inscriptions: [RWFA 1868 / PF113003-111 / ARTIST: MARION POST WOLCOTT / TITLE: NEGROES FISHING IN CREEK NEAR COTTON PLANTATIONS OUTSIDE BELZONI MISS. DELTA / TRANSPARENCY DATE: OCT. 1939 / PRINTING DATE: 12/86 / LIGHT GALLERY REG. NO.: 107.8]. Beneath the authentication disclaimer is the signature [Tennyson Schad].
- Place captured
- Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- dye transfer prints
- Topic
- American South
- Foodways
- Photography
- Recreation
- Rural life
- U.S. History, 1933-1945
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard Greenberg
- Object number
- 2019.105.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
Julia Matilda Burns Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Burns, Julia Matilda, American, born 1938
- Interviewed by
- Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939
- Date
- March 13, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 00:54:32
- Description
- The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.73.1a and 2011.174.73.1b.
- Julia Matilda Burns describes her experience in segregated schools in Humphreys County, Mississippi, where she grew up. After becoming a teacher at Marshall High School in Belzoni, Mississippi, she began to take notice of the Civil Rights Movement, but her involvement was limited because she did not want to lose her job. Burns describes protests by whites against school desegregation in Tchula, Mississippi, and her experiences as a teacher in Tchula. She also discusses her successful election for a position on the school board and the work she accomplished during her tenure.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0073
- Place collected
- Tchula, Holmes County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi, 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
- 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
- 2011.174.73.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress