The collection depicts aspects of James Weldon Johnson's personal life, as well as the personal lives of his wife, Grace, and her family, the Nails, from around 1911 to the 1970s.
Content: Collection includes work by Carl Van Vechten, Rowan A. Wakefield and Underwood & Underwood, among others
Some items bear photographer's or photo agency's handstamp on verso; some items have news agency or organizational name printed on recto; one item has photography studio blind stamp on photo mount. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso; one item has typewritten photo caption attached to verso. Some photographs are duplicates
Title devised by cataloger
Biographical/historical: James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was a writer, journalist, lyricist, educator, diplomat, civil rights activist and a prominent official in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Extent: 34 items (.2 lin. ft., 1 box); 16 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 18 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b ; 21 x 26 cm. and smaller.