Wedding album with photographs by Tōyō Miyatake, ca.1950
Overview
Photograph album containing 13 photographs taken by Tōyō Miyatake of the wedding of an unidentified Asian American couple.
Dates
- Creation: 1950
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the photographs by Tōyō Miyatake may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Photographs may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1 folder (1 folio photograph folder)Collection consists of a photograph album containing 13 photographs taken by Tōyō Miyatake of the wedding of an unidentified Asian American couple. Photographs document the bride and groom, the wedding party, the wedding ceremony, and the wedding reception, including the cutting of the wedding cake. Most of the photographs in this collection are or will be digitized and available online.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2024-M27
The wedding album with photographs by Tōyō Miyatake was acquired by the Schlesinger Library from Caroliniana in February 2024.
Processing Information
Processed: May 2024
By: Johanna Carll
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Wedding album with photographs by Tōyō Miyatake, ca.1950: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by [list all funding sources.]
- EAD ID
- sch02290
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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