Reginald Pearman photograph collection, 1983-1990

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Summary

Creators:
Pearman, Reginald. and Oakland tribune (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.
Extent:
3.5 linear feet (8 boxes)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Reginald Pearman photograph collection , MS 48, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Processing information:

Processed by Sean Heyliger, 08/14/2013.

Arrangement:

Series I. Photographs Series II. Contact sheets

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

Terms of access:

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.

Location of this collection:
659 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612, US
Contact:
(510) 637-0198
aamlo@oaklandlibrary.org
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