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A. Bruce Goldman Photographs
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A. Bruce Goldman was an American rabbi and amateur photographer known for his progressive views and activism.
Consists of black-and-white negatives, slides, and contact sheets taken by Rabbi A. Bruce Goldman, primarily documenting the southern Civil Rights movement in the United States as well as other events in the 1960s, such as anti-war protests in 1967-1968 and the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961. There are also color transparency slides, from which prints were made. The collection includes photographic prints, which are not original but recently-printed from original negatives. There are a few invoices, receipts, and gallery announcements which relate to Rabbi Goldman's photography work.
The collection primarily documents the Albany Movement in Georgia and the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965. The events documented of the Albany Movement were from late August 1962, and includes images of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young, Dorothy Cotton, Rev. Charles Sherrod, as well as portraits of Albany residents at Shiloh Baptist Church. Photographs of the Selma-Montgomery March were primarily shot in Montgomery at the conclusion of the march, with some photographs of the march in front of the Alabama State Capitol.
The collection contains a total of 266 images, comprising:
Albany, Georgia: 1962. Thirty-seven original black-and-white 35-mm negatives; original (vintage) contact sheet with photographer's ink stamp verso with ink notes. Accompanied by thirty-seven recently-printed photographs from the original negatives, 8" x 10" or the reverse on glossy photographic paper.
Montgomery, Alabama: March 25, 1965. Forty-one color transparency slides (of which five are medium-format, remainder 35-mm), dated from March 7, 1965 to March 25, 1965. Accompanied by thirteen color prints made from selected original transparencies.
Photo portrait of A. Bruce Goldman, undated but circa 1960s. Vintage print (two copies).
One hundred-seventeen black-and-white 35mm negatives documenting Goldman's presence at the October 26, 1967 March on the Pentagon;
Thirty-six black-and-white 35mm negatives labeled "Anti-Vietnam War Protest;" these likely also from the 1967 March on Washington, but not positively identified;
Thirty-five black-and-white 35mm negatives capturing scenes outside the courthouse during the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem, April 1961;
One color transparency, "ca. 1950," of new homes being constructed at the Fair Haven subdivision (an FHA-subsidized community-building project) in Atlanta, with recent print made from the transparency.
Materials are arranged in the order in which they were received.
At the time of Goldman's death in 2020, his photographic archive was acquired by a New York City photographic dealer and collector, from thence into the trade.
Purchased from Lorne Bair Rare Books in January 2024 (AM 2025-085).
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This collection was processed by Amy C. Vo in April 2025. Finding aid written by Amy C. Vo in April 2025, incorporating description provided by the creator.
No materials were removed from the collection during 2025 processing.
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- Manuscripts Division
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- Amy C. Vo
- Finding Aid Date
- 2025
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Collection Inventory
0.2 linear feetin one manuscript box.