Scope and content:

This series contains photographs of Bunche throughout his entire life, beginning with his early childhood and ending with his final days at the United Nations. Bunche is pictured in candid shots and portraits with many notable figures of the day, and colleagues from Harvard University, Howard University and the United Nations. Also included are photographs of Bunche at social events, often accompanied by his wife or other family member, and at speaking engagements or other ceremonies. Persons pictured include Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjold, U Thant, Adlai Stevenson, Count Folke Bernadotte, Moshe Dayan, General William Riley, Jawaharlal Nehru, Eleanor Roosevelt, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Moise Tshombe, Patrice Lumumba, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, Brian Urquhart, Jackie Robinson, Marc Chagall, Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King, and many others. Many photographs were taken by United Nations photographers, as indicated on the verso.

Photographs are arranged chronologically. Three or more photographs of a particular event or trip are filed separately within each year (e.g., "Photographs 1960� is followed by "Photographs, Somalia, January 1960. Family photographs are found at the beginning of this series.

Physical description:

15 boxes

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