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Title: Reginald Pearman photograph collection
Dates: 1983-1990
Collection number: MS 48
Creator:
Pearman, Reginald.
Creator:
Oakland tribune (Oakland, Calif.).
Collection Size:
3.5 linear feet
(8 boxes)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Abstract: Photojournalist Reginald A. Pearman worked as a staff photographer for the
Oakland Tribune,
Washington Post, and the Associated Press and over his career was a regular contributor to
Time Magazine,
National Geographic, and the
New York Times. The Reginald Pearman photograph collection includes 614 photographic prints and negatives taken by Pearman when he worked
as a photojournalist in the 1980s for the
Oakland Tribune newspaper.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Permission to publish from the Reginald Pearman Photograph Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum &
Library at Oakland.
Reginald Pearman photograph collection , MS 48, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland,
California.
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 08/14/2013.
Biography / Administrative History
Photojournalist Reginald A. Pearman worked as a staff photographer for the
Oakland Tribune,
Washington Post, and the Associated Press and over his career was a regular contributor to
Time Magazine,
National Geographic, and the
New York Times. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for his coverage of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Reginald Pearman photograph collection includes 614 photographic prints and negatives taken by Pearman when he worked
as a photojournalist in the 1980s for the Oakland Tribune newspaper. The photographs document a wide range of subject including
professional baseball and football teams, musical and theatrical performances in Oakland, demonstrations against South African
apartheid and U.S. involvement in Central America, 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, Maurice Sendak’s
20th anniversary book signing for
In the Night Kitchen, and assorted portraits of individuals and street scenes used for various stories in the
Oakland Tribune. The collection is arranged into series by subject and thereafter by photograph identification number.
Series I. Photographs
Series II. Contact sheets
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Pearman, Reginald.
Oakland tribune (Oakland, Calif.).
African American photographers.
Oakland (Calif.) -- Newspapers.
Oakland (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Oakland (Calif.)--Social conditions.