Guide to the Reginald Pearman Photograph Collection
Sean Heyliger
African American Museum & Library at Oakland
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Oakland, California 94612
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African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Reginald Pearman Photograph Collection
Collection number: MS 48
African American Museum & Library at Oakland
Oakland, California
- Processed by:
- Sean Heyliger
- Date Completed:
- 08/14/2013
- Encoded by:
- Sean Heyliger
© 2013 African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.)
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
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the Reginald Pearman Photograph Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum &
Library at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Reginald Pearman photograph collection , MS 48, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland,
California.
Processing Information
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.
Arrangement
Series I. Photographs
Series II. Contact sheets
Indexing Terms
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.
Photographs
Physical Description: 614 photographs
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes 614 photographic prints of various sporting events, musical and theatrical acts, demonstrations, portraits, and social
and street life in Oakland, California.
Arrangement
Arranged into subject series and thereafter by photograph identification number.
Box 1:1
Sixth International AIDS Conference [001]
Box 1:4
Calvaresee courthouse incident [010-012/293]
Box 1:7-19
Disasters/emergency response [036-077]
Box 2:1-5
Education/school [078-102]
Box 4:10
Native Americans [235-242]
Box 2:14-17
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band [128-135]
Box 8:14
Bye-Bye Birdie [negatives]
Box 3:1-2
Children’s theater [136-164]
Box 8:15-16
Children’s theater [negatives]
Box 3:4
Fine Young Cannibals [166]
Box 3:6-10
Huey Lewis and the News [188-191]
Box 3:16
The Pointer Sisters [199-203]
Box 3:21
Bush, George H. W. [211-213]
Box 4:2
Ferrero, Geraldine [215-220]
Box 4:5-6
Jackson, Jessie [225-230]
Box 5:8-9
Sendak (Maurice)
In the Night Kitchen 20th anniversary book signing [348-362]
Box 5:10-11
Assorted/high schools [363-372]
Box 5:12-13
Golden State Warriors [373-405]
Box 6:1
Stanford University [406-407]
Box 6:2-4
University of California, Berkeley [408-412]
Box 6:8-9
Oakland Athletics [430-438]
Box 6:10-11
Richmond High School Oilers [439-440]
Box 6:12
San Francisco Giants [441-445]
Box 7:2-4
San Francisco 49ers [471-495]
Box 8:17
San Francisco 49ers [negatives]
Box 7:5
Stanford University [496-499]
Box 7:12
Track and field [523-526]
Box 7:16-20
Street life/homelessness [531-552]
Box 8:1-3
Street life/homelessness [553-567]
Box 8:11
Veterans/military [613-614]
Box 8:13
Photocopies of photographs with newspaper captions
1983-1989
