About the Langmuir Collection

The Rose Library acquired this extraordinary collection in 2012 from Philadelphia rare book dealer Robert Langmuir. Langmuir's interest in black life and culture began with his African American childhood caretaker, Thelma McDaniels. Over more than two decades Langmuir assembled the collection of more than 10,000 vintage photographs. Amidst these historic images, researchers will encounter ordinary people as well as well-known names of the times and find photographs in nearly every available format between the 1840s and the 1970s.

IN THIS VIDEO . . . 

For more information about the Robert Langmuir African American Photograph Collection, please see the online finding aid for it here: http://rose.library.emory.edu/collections/african-american-history-culture/langmuir.html

Note: All images from the Langmuir collection have already been digitzed and are available to browse through here: http://www.digitalgallery.emory.edu/luna/servlet/emoryuniv~2~2