The Weekly Challenger photograph collection, bulk 1900-2025
Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Collection of photographs from The Weekly Challenger newspaper
- Extent:
- 10 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
The Weekly Challenger photo collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.
Background
- Scope and content:
Materials of photographs are in a sub-series of subject files and unprocessed boxes.
- Biographical / historical:
The Weekly Challenger newspaper was established by Cleveland Johnson, Jr., in 1967 to document St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay's African American community.
- Acquisition information:
- The Johnson family donated The Weekly Challenger's archive of existing newspaper issues and photographs to the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library in 2013. Special Collections University Archives published The Weekly Challenger Digital Archive in 2018 that hosts digitized photographs and newspaper issues going back to 1973.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- African American communities
Black people
African American entertainers
African Americans -- Florida -- Social life and customs
Community development -- Florida -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Community development -- Florida -- Social life and customs
Fashion -- Photographs
African American publications
Florida -- History, Local
African Americans -- Florida
Access and use
- Restrictions:
None
- Terms of access:
None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.
- Preferred citation:
The Weekly Challenger photo collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.
- Location of this collection:
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140 7th Avenue SouthSt. PetersburgFL33701USA
