Guide to the Susanna Lucia Lamaina photographs of former Black Panther Party members MSS.PHOTO.0283

Malgorzata Schaefer
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
April 2018
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu


Language of Material: Undetermined
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Susanna Lucia Lamaina photographs of former Black Panther Party members
creator: Lamaina, Susanna Lucia
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.PHOTO.0283
Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet (2 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1984-2010
Date (bulk): bulk

Biographical / Historical

Each photograph in Box 2 has a separate sheet with some background information about the subject, written by the photographer

Biographical / Historical

Susanna Lucia Lamaina is a fine art photographer and a professor from California. Under the name Suzun Lucia Lamaina, she published the book Revolutionary grain : Celebrating the spirit of the Black Panthers in portraits and stories in 2016 using these portraits.

Scope and Contents

Photographs of former Black Panther Party members, including Angela Davis, Emory Douglas, Ericka Huggins, David Hilliard, Yvonne King, Cleo Silvers, Barbara Easley Cox, Celia Turner, Gladys Anderson, Kiilu Nyasha, Terry Cotton, Elbert "Big Man" Howard, Barbara Easley Cox, Cyris Innis, Jr., Pamela Hanna, Jasmine Sutton, William Johnson, Gladys Anderson, Steve Long, Sherwin Forte, John ("Long John") Washington, Eddie Conway, Hazel Mack, Michael Torrance and Robert Greer, as well as Black Panther Party associate Father Eugene Boyle. The prints are signed and dated by Lamaina on the verso, and are accompanied by printed descriptions and technical information about the photographs.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research; material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased, 2010, 2011, and 2018. Accessions 2010-208, 2011-074, 2018-058, 2018-059, and 2018-060.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Susanna Lucia Lamaina photographs of former Black Panther Party members (Mss Photo 0283). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Portrait photographs
Lamaina, Susanna Lucia
Black Panther Party

flat-box 1

Angela Davis, Ericka Huggins, David Hilliard and Emory Douglas 1984-2011

Scope and Contents

Three prints of ex-Black Panther Party member Angela Davis, 1984; two prints of ex-Black panther Party member David Hilliard, 2008; two prints of ex-Black panther Party member Ericka Huggins, 2010, and two prints of Emory Douglas, 2011. The photographs of Emory Douglas were taken at his home in San Francisco, California. The photographs are printed on silver gelatin Ilford paper ("11x14"). The film used was Ilford HP5 400 ASA.
flat-box 2, folder 1

Barbara Easley Cox, member of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Oakland, California; San Francisco, California; International Chapter 2013-04

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Yasmeen Sutton, Barbara Easley Cox, Pamela Hanna, Cyril Innis Jr. (aka Bullwhip), Claudia Williams, New York, New York chapter members 2014-03

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Gladys Anderson, Celia Turner, Barbara Easley Cox, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania members 2014-03

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Gladys Anderson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania member 2014-04

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Terry Cotton, Elbert "Big Man" Howard, Oakland, California members 2014-03

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Terry Cotton, Oakland, California member 2013-04

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Sister Sheba (Claudia Grayson), Oakland, California member 2013-04

flat-box 2, folder 8

Kiilu Nyasha, New Haven, Connecticut; Oakland, California member 2014-03

flat-box 2, folder 9

Sherwin Forte, Oakland, California member 2015-06

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Michael Torrence, San Francisco, California; Oakland, California member 2015-06

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Ronald "Elder" Freeman, Los Angeles, California member 2013-04

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John (Long John) Washington, Los Angeles, California member 2015-06

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Robert Greer, Winston-Salem, North Carolina member 2015-05

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Hazel Mack, Winston-Salem, North Carolina member 2015-05

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Eddie Conway, Baltimore, Maryland member 2015-05

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Dr. Yvonne King, Ph.D., Chicago, Illinois member 2014-03

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William Johnson, New York, New York member 2014-03

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Cleo Silvers, New York, New York member 2014-03

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Steve Long, New York, New York member 2014-03

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Father Eugene Boyle, hosted the Free Breakfast for School Children Program for the Black Panthers at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, San Francisco, California 2013-08