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Series 2
Additions, circa 1960-2022
Boxes 2 - 93, OP 1 - 2, and XOP 1
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of prints, negatives, slides, and contact sheets of photographs by Jim Alexander, as well as printed material and subject files documenting his career from circa 1960-2022. Notable subjects of Alexander's photography include music and musicians, particularly jazz musicians; Atlanta, Georgia, area politicians and public figures; the Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Georgia); protests, particular a series titled "Street Signs;" and portraiture. Proof prints are primarily color, grocery store prints that Alexander made in lieu of more expensive contact sheets from the 1980s-2000s.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order by record type.
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 92 | - | Audiovisual material: Black Enterprises, In Our Footsteps Video Collection, Dreams of Obama, 2010 [originals: DVD] |
| 92 | - | Audiovisual material: Funeral services for Leroy Baskin, 1992 [original: VHS] |
| 92 | - | Audiovisual materials: Salem Bible Church Celebrates Black History Month, guest speaker Al Sharpton, 2013 [original: DVD] |
| 87 | - | Books |
| 71 | - | Negatives: 3rd National Institute |
| 13 | - | Negatives: African American Jazz Caucus (AAJC) |
| 13 | - | Negatives: African American Jazz Caucus Research Institute (NAJRI) |
| 13 | - | Negatives: AIDS Quilt |
| 22 | - | Negatives: Amnesty International |
| 20 | - | Negatives: Art shows |
| 23 | - | Negatives: Arts |
| 20 | - | Negatives: Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) |
| 22 | - | Negatives: Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (CSCAC) |
| 23 | - | Negatives: Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (CSCAC) |
| 8 | - | Negatives: Atlanta, Georgia |
| 8 | - | Negatives: Atlanta, Georgia, missing and murdered children |
| 5 | - | Negatives: Atlanta, Georgia, political figures |
| 22 | - | Negatives: Atlanta, Georgia, political figures |
| 23 | - | Negatives: Atlanta, Georgia, political figures |
| 21 | - | Negatives: Atlanta Tribune (Georgia) |
| 22 | - | Negatives: Atlanta Tribune (Georgia) |
| 5 | - | Negatives: Atlanta University (Georgia) |
| 71 | - | Negatives: Black rodeo |
| 71 | - | Negatives: Black Writers Conference |
| 71 | - | Negatives: Cable ATL (Georgia) |
| 16 | - | Negatives: "Chi Town kids with dad" |
| 5 | - | Negatives: Clark Atlanta University (Georgia) |
| 17 | - | Negatives: Clark Atlanta University (Georgia) |
| 18 | - | Negatives: Clark Atlanta University (Georgia) |
| 20 | - | Negatives: Clark Atlanta University (Georgia) |
| 21 | - | Negatives: Clark Atlanta University (Georgia) |
| 22 | - | Negatives: Clark Atlanta University (Georgia) |
| 23 | - | Negatives: Clark Atlanta University (Georgia) |
| 71 | - | Negatives: Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia |
| 16 | - | Negatives: Dance |
| 5 | - | Negatives: Democratic National Convention (Atlanta, Georgia), 1988 |
| 25 | - | Negatives: Downhome Blues |
| 23 | - | Negatives: Equal Employment Opportunity Ccommission |
| 13 | - | Negatives: Events |
| 17 | - | Negatives: Events |
| 19 | - | Negatives: Events |
| 21 | - | Negatives: Events |
| 22 | - | Negatives: Events |
| 18 | - | Negatives: Events (church, graduations) |
| 25 | - | Negatives: Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund (East Point, Georgia) |
| 22 | - | Negatives: First World Book Store (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 16 | - | Negatives: Hartford Arts Center (Connecticut) |
| 20 | - | Negatives: High schools |
| 19 | - | Negatives: Houses |
| 13 | - | Negatives: International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) |
| 8 | - | Negatives: Just Us/Lolita |
| 25 | - | Negatives: Kwame Toure (Stokely Carmichael) |
| 22 | - | Negatives: The Links, Inc. |
| 25 | - | Negatives: Maynard Jackson |
| 21 | - | Negatives: Miss Black Teen America |
| 20 | - | Negatives: Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 25 | - | Negatives: Morehouse Men calendars (Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 22 | - | Negatives: Morris Brown College (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 11 | - | Negatives: Music |
| 12 | - | Negatives: Music |
| 13 | - | Negatives: Music |
| 14 | - | Negatives: Music |
| 15 | - | Negatives: Music |
| 19 | - | Negatives: Music |
| 27 | - | Negatives: Music N-Z |
| 21 | - | Negatives: NALA |
| 25 | - | Negatives: Nation of Islam |
| 13 | - | Negatives: National Association of Jazz Educators (NAJE) |
| 25 | - | Negatives: National Association of Landowners |
| 11 | - | Negatives: National Black Arts Festival (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 25 | - | Negatives: National Black Musicians Coalition |
| 8 | - | Negatives: National Black United Fund (New Jersey) |
| 16 | - | Negatives: National Black United Fund (New Jersey) |
| 15 | - | Negatives: Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 2 | - | Negatives: New Haven, Connecticut |
| 7 | - | Negatives: New Haven, Connecticut |
| 26 | - | Negatives: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 28 | - | Negatives: New York |
| 13 | - | Negatives: Nile Valley Conference |
| 28 | - | Negatives: NMA, 1981 |
| 16 | - | Negatives: Parents and kids |
| 5 | - | Negatives: Portraits |
| 16 | - | Negatives: Political figures |
| 13 | - | Negatives: Portraits |
| 16 | - | Negatives: Portraits |
| 17 | - | Negatives: Portraits |
| 18 | - | Negatives: Portraits |
| 19 | - | Negatives: Portraits |
| 20 | - | Negatives: Portraits |
| 21 | - | Negatives: Portraits |
| 22 | - | Negatives: Portraits |
| 23 | - | Negatives: Portraits |
| 16 | - | Negatives: Prison fire |
| 20 | - | Negatives: Queen of the Nile |
| 27 | - | Negatives: Roy Innis |
| 16 | - | Negatives: SAE |
| 21 | - | Negatives: Shay Youngblood |
| 23 | - | Negatives: Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 24 | - | Negatives: "Street Signs" |
| 27 | - | Negatives: Tupelo, Mississippi |
| 5 | - | Negatives: Weddings |
| 8 | - | Negatives: Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| 16 | - | Negatives: Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) Black Student Union |
| 79 | - | Negatives and contact sheets: New Haven, Connecticut |
| 10 | - | Negatives and slides: Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (Atlanta) |
| 10 | - | Negatives and slides: Joseph E. Lowery Institute (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 9 | - | Negatives and slides: Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 10 | - | Negatives and slides: Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 10 | - | Negatives and slides: Romare Bearden |
| 10 | - | Negatives and slides: Sisters Network (Houston, Texas) |
| 10 | - | Negatives and slides: Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation (Sausalito, California) |
| 10 | - | Negatives and slides: VSA Arts of Georgia (Atlanta) |
| 3 | - | Negatives, contact sheets, and prints: New Haven, Connecticut |
| 80 | - | Negatives, prints, and slides: CHC |
| 80 | - | Negatives, prints, and slides: Jomandi Theater Productions (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 87 | - | Periodicals |
| 87 | - | Printed material |
| 93 | - | Printed material |
| 92 | - | Printed material |
| 85 | - | Prints: Alexander family |
| 36 | - | Prints: Art |
| 34 | - | Prints: Arts |
| 85 | - | Prints: Black art |
| 59 | - | Prints: Children |
| 84 | - | Prints: Children |
| 47 | - | Prints: Civil rights leaders |
| 35 | - | Prints: Community events, music, arts |
| 52 | - | Prints: Dance |
| 31 | - | Prints: Events |
| 36 | - | Prints: Events |
| 50 | - | Prints: Events |
| 60 | - | Prints: Events |
| 45 | - | Prints: Events (arts, culture) |
| 46 | - | Prints: Events (arts, culture) |
| 34 | - | Prints: Fashion and Modeling Enterprises (FAME) |
| 39 | - | Prints: Fashion and Modeling Enterprises (FAME) |
| 84 | - | Prints: Fashion and Modeling Enterprises (FAME) |
| 36 | - | Prints: Ku Klux Klan |
| 36 | - | Prints: Locations |
| OP2 | - | Prints: Motorcycle club |
| 34 | - | Prints: Music |
| 38 | - | Prints: Music |
| 48 | - | Prints: Music |
| 49 | - | Prints: Music |
| 51 | - | Prints: Music |
| 52 | - | Prints: Music |
| 53 | - | Prints: Music |
| 54 | - | Prints: Music |
| 55 | - | Prints: Music |
| 56 | - | Prints: Music |
| OP1 | - | Prints: Music |
| 58 | - | Prints: Music (Atlanta, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York City, New York) |
| 40 | - | Prints: Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| OP2 | - | Prints: Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 41 | - | Prints: Political figures and gatherings |
| 42 | - | Prints: Political figures and gatherings |
| 57 | - | Prints: Political gatherings |
| 85 | - | Prints: Politics |
| 31 | - | Prints: Portraits |
| 34 | - | Prints: Portraits |
| 37 | - | Prints: Portraits (individual, group, children) |
| 57 | - | Prints: Protests |
| 84 | - | Prints: Protests |
| 43 | - | Prints: "Street Signs" |
| 44 | - | Prints: "Street Signs" |
| XOP1 | - | Prints: "Street Signs" |
| 52 | - | Prints: Theatre |
| 92 | - | Prints: Unidentified |
| 67 | - | Prints and negatives: Duke Ellington |
| 67 | - | Prints and negatives: New Haven, Connecticut |
| 61 | - | Proof prints: Arts and culture |
| 29 | - | Proof prints: Community events |
| 30 | - | Proof prints: Community events |
| 32 | - | Proof prints: Community events |
| 33 | - | Proof prints: Community events |
| 61 | - | Proof prints: Community events |
| 72 | - | Proof prints: Community events |
| 76 | - | Proof prints: Community events |
| 77 | - | Proof prints: Community events |
| 82 | - | Proof prints: Community events |
| 83 | - | Proof prints: Community events |
| 28 | - | Proof prints: Music |
| 33 | - | Proof prints: Music |
| 39 | - | Proof prints: Music |
| 72 | - | Proof prints: Music |
| 76 | - | Proof prints: Music |
| 77 | - | Proof prints: Music |
| 78 | - | Proof prints: Music |
| 73 | - | Proof prints: Unidentified |
| 74 | - | Proof prints: Unidentified |
| 75 | - | Proof prints: Unidentified |
| 68 | - | Slides: CHC |
| 26 | - | Slides: Israel |
| 68 | - | Slides: Jomandi Theater Productions (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 4 | - | Slides: Music |
| 4 | - | Slides: Unidentified |
| 6 | - | Slides: Unidentified |
| 68 | - | Slides: Unidentified |
| 65 | - | Subject files and printed material, circa 1978-2006 |
| 88 | - | Subject files and printed material, circa 1990-2000 |
| 89 | - | Subject files and printed material, circa 1990-2000 |
| 90 | - | Subject files and printed material, circa 1990-2003 |
| 70 | - | Subject files and printed material, circa 1990-2007 |
| 69 | - | Subject files and printed material, circa 1990-2008 |
| 91 | - | Subject files and printed material, circa 1995-2003 |
| 66 | - | Subject files and printed material, circa 1995-2005 |
| 86 | - | Subject files and printed material, circa 1995-2000 |
| 62 | - | Subject files and printed material, 1995-2010 |
| 63 | - | Subject files and printed material, 1995-2010 |
| 64 | - | Subject files and printed material, 1995-2015 |
| 81 | - | Subject files and printed material, 2000-2020 |
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