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  • U.S. News & World Report magazine photograph collection (Library of Congress) [graphic].

Published/Created

  • 1952-1986, bulk 1955-1979.
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Description

  • whole collection ca. 1,228,000 items.
  • ca. 45,500 contact sheets (1,182,500 images) : b&w and some color ; 9 x 12 in. or smaller.
  • ca. 1,182,400 negatives : film, b&w and some color ; 35 mm., 2 1/4 in., 5 x 7 in., and 8 x 10 in.
  • ca. 100 transparencies : film, color ; 35 mm., 4 x 5 in., and 8 x 10 in.

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Access advisory

  • Negatives and transparencies are not served for regular reference use.

Finding aids

  • Research Guide: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/coll.129.usn
  • Finding aid available online https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp021007
  • Preliminary subject card index and chronological job assignment logbooks created by U.S. News & World Report, inc., are available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. Some subject entries added to the file by Library staff to represent the holdings more fully. (Original logbooks in 4 binders are filed in the P&P Supplementary Archive.)

LC classification

  • Guide Record (Filing series: USN&WR)

Other title

  • USN&WR magazine photograph collection (Library of Congress)
  • USN&WR collection (Library of Congress)

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Biography/History note

  • U.S. News & World Report (USN&WR) began publication of its magazine in 1948 while based in its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Among the principal staff photographers were: Mary Dean (1950s), Warren K. Leffler (hired mid-1950s), Thomas J. O'Halloran (hired 1952), and Marion S. Trikosko (hired 1957). These photographers were primarily responsible for assignments in the Washington, D.C., region, but also went on some special assignments outside the area. Foreign correspondents served as photographers when covering most international news topics and news topics in other parts of the country.

Organized/Arranged

  • Organized into three series (contact sheets, negatives, and transparencies); Contact sheets arranged chronologically by job number. Negatives and transparencies arranged by size and job number in series: U9 (b&w neg., 35 mm. and 2 1/4 in.), U91 (b&w neg., 8 x 10 in.), U92 (color neg., 8 x 10 in., 4 x 5 in.; color transparencies 8 x 10 in., 4 x 5 in., and 35 mm.), and U93 (color neg. and transp., 35 mm.).

Summary

  • Chronological pictorial representation of local, national, and international news topics, with particular emphasis on Washington, D.C., and the United States. Photojournalistic coverage of politics, government, economics, industry, education, domestic life, transportation, communication, health care, and housing. Documents political campaigns and conventions, congressional hearings, press conferences, foreign affairs, as well as space flight, consumer products, gas rationing, and campaigns for African American civil rights. Images related to protests and the aftermath of riots and material related to such issues of the period as civil rights. Covers events including the Vietnam War, Watergate, and statesmen's visits (for example, Richard Nixon's 1958 trip to the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev's 1959 visit to the United States, and Fidel Castro's 1959 trip to the United States). Also includes Washington, D.C., sites, particularly federal government buildings and monuments. Portrayal of national political, religious, and cultural leaders and personalities. U.S. and international leaders include presidents, Martin Luther King, Jr., Fidel Castro, Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, Anwar Sadat, and Menachem Begin.

LC Subjects

Other Subjects

  • United States. Congress. House--1950-1990.
  • United States. Congress. Senate--1950-1990.
  • United States. Supreme Court--1950-1990.
  • United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1950-1990.
  • White House (Washington, D.C.)--1950-1990.
  • African Americans--1950-1990.
  • Business & finance--United States--1950-1990.
  • Cabinet officers--United States--1950-1990.
  • Civil rights--United States--1950-1990.
  • Commerce--1950-1990.
  • Communication devices--1950-1990.
  • Consumer rationing--United States--1950-1990.
  • Crimes--1950-1990.
  • Demonstrations--United States--1950-1990.
  • Domestic life--United States--1950-1990.
  • Economic & political systems--1950-1990.
  • Education--1950-1990.
  • Food--1950-1990.
  • Government facilities--Washington (D.C.)--1950-1990.
  • Governmental investigations--United States--1950-1900.
  • Health care--1950-1990.
  • Housing--1950-1990.
  • Industry--1950-1990.
  • International relations--1950-1990.
  • Judges--United States--1950-1990.
  • Judicial proceedings--1950-1990.
  • Law enforcement--United States--1950-1990.
  • Manners & customs--United States--1950-1990.
  • Military art & science--1950-1990.
  • Monuments & memorials--United States--1950-1990.
  • Political conventions--1950-1990.
  • Political elections--1950-1990.
  • Politics & government--United States--1950-1990.
  • Presidents--United States--1950-1990.
  • Protest movements--1950-1990.
  • Religion--1950-1990.
  • Shopping--United States--1950-1990.
  • Space flight--1950-1990.
  • Strikes--1950-1990.
  • Transportation--1950-1990.
  • Women's rights--United States--1950-1990.
  • Washington (D.C.)--1950-1990.
  • United States--History--1950-1990.
  • Africa--History--1960-1990.

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Notes

  • Captions accompanying contact sheets identify the subject, job number, photographer's initials, and date of the job. Collection title devised.
  • Published volumes of the magazine are available. There are many more images in the U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection than were published in the magazine, although not all published images are in the collection.
  • Collection also includes one box of unprocessed prints controlled under the call number PR 13 CN 1983:R03.

References

  • Washingtoniana : photographs : collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress / Kathleen Collins. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1989, pp. 185.

Acquisition source

  • Gift; U.S. News & World Report, inc.; 1983-1986; (DLC/PP-1983:R03, DLC/PP-1987:116).

Additional formats

  • Contact sheets, proof enlargements, and other miscellaneous photographs available for reference purposes.

LCCN

  • 92517073

Geographic area code

  • n-us---

Other system no.

  • (DLC)11607434

Repository

Type of material

  • Photograph, Print, or Drawing (Collection)

Content type

  • still image

Media type

  • unmediated

Carrier type

  • sheet

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  • LC-U9
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  • Prints & Photographs Reading Room (Madison, LM337)

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