Series IV: 2015 Accruals, 1958-1995, inclusive
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This series consists of material donated by Katja B. Goldman and Michael Sonnenfeldt in 2015. It includes photographs by Jill Freedman, Fred McDarrah, and Ken Regan and Camera 5.
Arrangement
The series is arranged into subseries by photographer, and each subseries is arranged by subject.
Subseries IV.1: Jill Freedman, 1969-1986, inclusive
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This subseries contains documentary photographer Jill Freedman's work focusing on New York City police, firefighters, and street scenes.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by subject
Firefighters and Police Officers, 1977-1981, inclusive
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images of New York City firefighters and police officers on the job, from Freedman's books "Firehouse" (1977) and "Street Cops" (1981).
New York City Scenes, 1969-1986, inclusive
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includes images of the Brooklyn Bridge; Central Park; Feast of San Gennaro; Greenwich Village; parades; people in costumes; people on the street; Soho; street musicians and performers.
Subseries IV.2: Fred McDarrah, 1958-1995, inclusive
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This subseries contains the work of Village Voice photojournalist Fred McDarrah. During his 50-year career at the Voice, McDarrah documented the galleries, lofts, cafes, bars and streets of Greenwich Village and Soho, and the artists, musicians, Beat poets, and writers who populated them. Included are photos of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Edward Hopper, Willem de Kooning, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Sly Stone, Patti Smith, Hugh Carey, and John Lindsay, among many others. Also included are images of Act-Up demonstrations, Gay Pride marches, sit-ins, and the Woodstock music festival.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Actors, 1972, undated, inclusive
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Susan Anspach; Fred Astaire; Warren Beatty; Ellen Burstyn; Dyan Cannon; Marilyn Chambers; Candy Darling; Brad Davis; Robert De Niro; Gene Kelly; Ben Kingsley; Roy Rogers; Jimmy Stewart; Meryl Streep; Donald Sutherland; Elizabeth Taylor; Lily Tomlin; Liv Ulmann; Jennifer Warren; Leslie Ann Warren; Sigourney Weaver
Artists, 1959-1979, inclusive
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Tony Smith (sculptor)
Hans Hoffman (painter)
Edward Hopper (painter)
Willem de Kooning (painter)
Events, 1970-1992, inclusive
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ACT-UP demonstrations; Democratic National Convention NYC; Gay Pride/Stonewall Anniversary demonstrations; NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt display; Police negotiating a hostage crisis in a bank; Watkins Glen Music Festival; Welfare Sit-in; Woodstock
Musicians, 1974-1975, undated, inclusive
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono with Simon and Garfunkel and Roberta Flack; Diana Ross; Patti Smith; Sly Stone; Barbra Streisand; Sarah Vaughn; Mary Lou Williams (jazz pianist); Stevie Wonder
New York City Scenes, 1959-1979, inclusive
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Bars and taverns, including the Lion's Head and Costello's; the Dakota; the Garment District; Soho, including the E.V. Haughwourt building, the Little Singer building, and the 1971 opening of an art gallery at 420 Broadway; the subway; Times Square; Washington Square Park; construction site of World Trade Center; abandoned buildings and urban blight; newstands, traffic, street art fairs, street life.
Politicians, 1968-1972, undated, inclusive
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Hugh Carey; Hubert Humphrey; Robert F. Kennedy's funeral; Ted Kennedy; John V. Lindsay; George McGovern; Arthur Schlesinger; Robert F. Wagner.
Writers, 1958-1995, undated, inclusive
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Allen Ginsberg; Barbara Guest (poet); Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris (film critics); Jack Kerouac; Norman Mailer; Also includes images related to the Beat literary scene: a rack of Beat poetry books, closing night of the Beat hangout the Cedar Street Tavern, and photos of the "Beatnik presidential candidate," and "Miss Beatnik of 1959."
Subseries IV.3: Ken Regan and Camera 5, 1964-1989, inclusive
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This subseries contains the work of photojournalist Ken Regan and Camera 5, the photo agency he founded to cover wars, riots and demonstrations, and other national and international hard news and human interest stories. Regan worked for over five decades documenting pop culture, celebrities, sports, foreign conflicts, and other current events.
Arrangement
This subseries is organized into six further subseries, arranged alphabetically by subject:
Subseries IV.3 A: Events
Subseries IV.3 B: Film, Music and Theater
Subseries IV.3 C: News Broadcasting
Subseries IV.3 D: Political Figures
Subseries IV.3 E: Sports
Subseries IV.3 F: Sports Figures
Subseries IV.3 A: Events, 1969-1973, inclusive
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includes photographs of a parade honoring returning Vietnam veterans; Dancer Sally Rand performing at the Museum of the City of New York (Rand donated the fans from her fan dance performance at the 1939 World's Fair to MCNY); a Republican Party dinner at the Waldorf Astoria; and restauranteur Toots Shor's 70th birthday party.
Home With Honor Parade, 1973, inclusive
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images for a parade held for returning Vietnam War veterans in New York City.
Sally Rand fan dance performance at the Museum of the City of New York, 1969, inclusive
Republican party dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, undated, inclusive
Toots Shor's 70th Birthday party, 1973, inclusive
Subseries IV.3 B: Film, Music, and Theater, 1967-1983, inclusive
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This subseries includes images of film and stage actors, directors, producers, and critics, as well as musicians.
A.J. Antoon, undated, inclusive
Joe Papp, 1971, undated, inclusive
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includes images of Shakespeare in the Park
Arthur Penn, 1968-1969, inclusive
Peter, Paul and Mary, 1967, inclusive
Tony Randall, 1970, inclusive
Rex Reed, circa 1970, inclusive
Susan Sarandon, 1981, inclusive
Jonathan Schwartz, 1980, inclusive
Maxim Shostakovich, 1969, inclusive
Helen Slater, 1983, inclusive
Anna and Lee Strasberg, 1976-1982, inclusive
Gay Talese, undated, inclusive
Subseries IV.3 C: News Broadcasting, 1974-1981, inclusive
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This subseries consists of images of television news broadcasters, journalists, and reporters on and off set. Includes the sets of ABC News, the Today Show, Good Night America, and CBS Morning News. Features photos of news personalities Tom Brokaw, Walter Cronkite, Jane Pauley, Sally Quinn, Dan Rather, Harry Reasoner, Geraldo Rivera, Jessica Savitch, and Liz Smith.
Geraldo Rivera, 1974, inclusive
Television News, 1980-1981, undated, inclusive
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Images of television news broadcasters on and off set. Includes the sets of ABC News, CBS Morning News, the Today Show, and Good Night America. Features photos of news personalities Tom Brokaw, Walter Cronkite, Jane Pauley, Sally Quinn, Dan Rather, Harry Reasoner, Jessica Savitch, and Liz Smith.
Subseries IV.3 D: Political Figures, 1964-1989, inclusive
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This subseries features photographs of the Kennedy family; David and Nelson Rockefeller; activist turned businessman Jerry Rubin; feminist leader Gloria Steinem; and U.S. ambassador Sichan Siv.
Kennedy Family, 1964-1981, inclusive
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includes images from Robert F. Kennedy's funeral train.
David Rockefeller, undated, inclusive
Nelson Rockefeller, 1968-1972, inclusive
Jerry Rubin, 1980, inclusive
Sichan Siv, 1989, inclusive
Gloria Steinem, undated, inclusive
Subseries IV.3 E: Sports, 1960-1983, inclusive
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This subseries features images of athletes and fans at sporting events, icluding baseball, boating and sailing, boxing, football, horse racing, karate and squash. Photographs of the New York Mets and New York Yankees baseball teams make up the bulk of this subseries.
Baseball - New York Mets, 1966-1983, inclusive
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images of Mets players on the field, in the dugout and the clubhouse. Team members pictured include manager Casey Stengel, Cleon Jones, Tom Seaver, Ron Swoboda, and Jerry Koosman, Ed Kranepool, and Marv Thornberry. There are also images from the Mets' 1969 World Series victory, as well as photos of Mets fans in the stands.
Baseball - New York Yankees, undated, inclusive
Boating and Sailing, 1966-1970, inclusive
Boxing, 1960, inclusive
Football, 1968, undated, inclusive
Horse racing, 1966-1981, inclusive
Karate, 1981-1982, inclusive
Squash, 1970, inclusive
Subseries IV.3 F: Sports Figures, 1966-1974, inclusive
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This subseries consists of photographs of sports figures on and off the playing field. Included are basketball player Wilt Chamberlain, bull rider Bobby Del Vecchio, football player Dick Lynch, swimmer Diana Nyad, and chess player Boris Spassky.
Wilt Chamberlain, undated, inclusive
Bobby Del Vecchio, 1978, inclusive
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Bull rider and rodeo star from the Bronx, NY.
Dick Lynch, 1966, inclusive
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images of New York Giant football player Dick Lynch on the field and at home with his family.
Diana Nyad, 1978, inclusive
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images of the long-distance swimmer running, reading, and playing badminton.