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Photograph Albums

Many photographers compile their work into albums. The Denver Public Library's large format digital camera enables us to scan entire album pages without cutting or damage. Examples of albums done for the NEH Grant are the Lang & Pugh Architects Album and the Denver Historic Parks Album. Below is a description of the Marie Greenwood Album.

This album was loaned to the DPL African American Research Library by Marie L. Greenwood, and scanned and cataloged by the Denver Public Library Western History and Genealogy Department Photodigitization Program. The album was untitled, a title was assigned: "Album Camp Nizhoni, 1928-1937, Phyllis Wheatley YWCA."

The album contains images of Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado, an African American resort located in the mountains west of Denver Colorado. Camp Nizhoni was operated by the Phylis Wheatly chapter, of the Young Women's Christian Association in Denver, Colorado. The album contains images of campers and counselors at Camp Nizhoni, views of the camp, and field trips and activities. It also contains photographs of Mrs. Greenwood and her family, and views of social events, such as picnics and parties, in the Denver metropolitan area.

This is a significant album because it shows Denver had an established and successful African American middle class in the twenties and thirties and it introduces contemporary database users to Lincoln Hills, Camp Nizhoni, and the African American presence in Colorado.

 


ARL-12

Title   The gang
Call Number   ARL-12
Summary   Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-7] Two happy weeks at camp, [ARL-8] Waiting for the train, [ARL-9] First year at camp! Boy, oh, boy!, [ARL-10] A trip to the old mine, [ARL-11] Are we happy?." The photographic prints on the album page show: a group of African American teenagers who include Ethel Hawkins and Marie Anderson with a counselor; a group of African American teenagers who include Charlotte Mosley, Jessie Sharp, Katherine Norton, Marie Anderson, and Ethel Hawkins with a counselor; Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), an African American teenage woman in overalls; a group of African American teenagers on a tailings pile; Marie Anderson and Ethel Hawkins, two African American teenage women, Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado.
Date   1928
Collection   Album Camp Nizhoni, 1928-1937, Phyllis Wheatley YWCA
Notes   Title inked on album page with identification and annotations.
  Scanned image from photograph album loaned to the DPL African American Research Library by Marie L. Greenwood.
  For verso of album page see ARL-6.
  For individual scans of items on album page see ARL-7, ARL-8, ARL-9, ARL-10, ARL-11.
  Source: Marie L. Greenwood.
Photo Materials   5 photographic prints mounted on album page ; 18 x 28 cm. (7 x 11 in.)
Copyright   Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
See Also   Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch 1920-1930. People
  Camp Nizhoni (Colo.) People 1920-1930.
  African Americans Colorado Lincoln Hills 1920-1930.
  Camps Colorado Lincoln Hills 1920-1930.
  Women Colorado Lincoln Hills 1920-1930.
  Teenagers Colorado Lincoln Hills 1920-1930.
  Young Women's Christian associations Colorado Lincoln Hills 1920-1930.
  Lincoln Hills (Colo.) 1920-1930.
  Imaged.
URL   http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?00600012+ARL-12

 

 


ARL-8

Title   Waiting for the train
Call Number   ARL-8
Summary   A group of teenage African American girls, who include Charlotte Mosley, Katherine Norton, Jessie Sharp, Ethel Hawkins and Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood) and a counselor, wait for a train at Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. They wear skirts, blouses, hats, coats, jackets and sweaters. Marie Anderson wears a cap, jacket, shirt and tie. Shows baggage, a bed roll and a rolled up flag (to flag down the train).
Date   1928.
Collection   Album Camp Nizhoni, 1928-1937, Phyllis Wheatley YWCA
Notes   Title inked on album page with identification and annotations.
  Scanned image from photograph album loaned to the DPL African American Research Library by Marie L. Greenwood.
  For full image of album page with annotations see: ARL-12.
  For verso of album page see: ARL-6.
  Mounted on album page with ARL-7, ARL-9, ARL-10, ARL-11.
  Source: Marie L. Greenwood.
Photo Materials   1 photographic print ; 6 x 11 cm. (2 1/2 x 4 in.) mounted on album page 18 x 28 cm. (7 x 11 in.)
Copyright   Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
See Also   Mosley, Charlotte, Colorado resident
  Norton, Katherine
  Sharp, Jessie
  Hawkins, Ethel
  Greenwood, Marie L.
  Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch 1920-1930. People
  Camp Nizhoni (Colo.) People 1920-1930.
  African Americans Colorado Lincoln Hills 1920-1930.
  Women Colorado Lincoln Hills 1920-1930.
  Girls Colorado Lincoln Hills 1920-1930.
  Teenagers Colorado Lincoln Hills 1920-1930.
  Lincoln Hills (Colo.) 1920-1930.
  Group portraits.
  Imaged.
URL   http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?00600008+ARL-8