Clinton Mack Jr. Collection, Circa 1920-1960, 1998
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1 Hollinger Box
- 4 Photograph Binder Boxes
- 4.59 Linear Feet (5 containers)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Clinton Mack Collection, African American Research Library and Cultural Center, Broward County Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
The Clinton Mack Collection contains more than 290 images of the Black community in Pompano Beach taken during the 1930s. The photographs are primarily portraits of African-American and Bahamian men, women, children, and families, but there are also group photographs, images of parades, Masons, and church groups. The original negatives from the 1930s form the bulk of the collection, along with the original box they were stored in. The collection also includes materials from Bob Pool Jewelry and Photo, and materials documenting Kurt Mulder's efforts to preserve the images and identify the people in them.
- Biographical / historical:
In Pompano, Clinton Mack Jr. worked as a shoeshine and had a stand outside of Bob Poole's photograph business. He borrowed a camera from R. A. "Bob" Pool and took numerous photographs of people in Pompano. Pool was owned a jewelry and photograph business at 35 NE First Street from the 1930s through the 1990s.
Clinton Mack Jr.'s father, Reverend Clinton Mack Sr. was born in 1897 Georgia. He began his ministerial career in Augusta, georgia. In 1828 he moved to Pompano Beach, Florida with his wife Leola and children circa 1930s. In 1943, Mack purchased land and helped to found Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Pompano Beach. On January 1, 1977 he retired as pastor of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Reverend Mack passed away in 1981 and is buried in the Pompano Beach Cemetery.
In 1998 Bob Pool's friend and colleague Kurt Mulder, owner of Royal Photo, made contact prints of Mack's negatives and sought help identifying the people in the photographs from the local community. Mulder and Pamela DeVelder donated the materials to the African American Research Library and Cultural Center in 1998.
- Acquisition information:
- Kurt Mulder and Pamela DeVelder donated the materials to the AARLCC Special Collections in 1998 (Accession AARLCC-1998.1).
- Processing information:
This collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.
- Physical description:
- Good
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
The Clinton Mack Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
Clinton Mack Collection, African American Research Library and Cultural Center, Broward County Library.
- Location of this collection:
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African American Research Library and Cultural Center, Broward County Library2650 Sistrunk BoulevardFort LauderdaleFL33311USA
