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Inventory of the James H. Karales Photographs, 1953-2005 and undated

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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Creator
Karales, James H.
Title
James H. Karales Photographs, 1953-2005 and undated
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
9.5 Linear Feet

6021 Items
Abstract
American photojournalist who worked for Look magazine.
The James H. Karales Photographs span the years from 1953 to 2005 and document the life and career of a 20th century American photojournalist. The images in the collection chiefly originated from Karales' documentary work for Look magazine during the 1960s, and are arranged into series named for the locations where Karales worked: Rendville, Ohio; Vietnam; the Lower East Side, New York City; and the Logging Series, based in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Karales also shot many images of individuals and events of the Civil Rights movement; a group of these images focus on Martin Luther King, Jr., a second group on the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and a third group on the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and its participants. Formats in the collection include contact sheets, proof prints of various sizes, negatives, and slides. There is also a small grouping of manuscript, print, and audiovisual materials related to Karales' life and work.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, collection may contain materials to which the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibilities and Privacy Rights form applies. Patrons must sign this form before using this collection.
In addition, original audiovisual materials are closed to patron use. Technical Services staff need to produce use copies before contents can be accessed.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Copyright Notice
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], James H. Karales Photographs, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The James H. Karales Photographs were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library in 2004, 2006, and 2007.
Processing Information
Processed by Rebecca Arnold, John Attaway III, Marlyse H. MacDonald, Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, and Daniel Ruccia, March 2007
Encoded by John Attaway III, Marlyse H. MacDonald, Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, and Daniel Ruccia
Completed June 2007
Accessions 2004-0037, 2006-0041, 2006-0058, 2006-0129, 2006-0130, and 2007-0172 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
            

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Biographical Note

Chronology List

1930 July 15Born in Canton, Ohio
1955
Graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts
Joined the Magnum photo agency and became darkroom assistant to photographer W. Eugene Smith
1956Journeyed to Rendville, Ohio for documentary photography shoot
1958-1959
Edward Steichen purchased several Rendville, Ohio prints for Museum of Modern Art
Helen Gee exhibited Rendville photographs at Limelight Gallery, Greenwich Village
Traveled to the Pacific Northwest to document logging practices and culture
1960Joined the staff of Look magazine
1964-1966Traveled twice to South Vietnam, capturing images from the Vietnam War
1962Photographed Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers in the civil rights movement
1965
Photographed the Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery Ala.
Won award for Pictures of the Year.
1969, 1975, 1985Photojournalistic work on the Lower East Side, New York City
1971 Look magazine folded; Karales launched career as independent photographer
1999First major gallery exhibit, New York City
2002 Apr. 1Died at the age of 71, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.

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Collection Overview

The James H. Karales Photographs span the years 1953 to 2005 and document the life and career of a well-known 20th century American photojournalist. The majority of the images in the collection originated from Karales' documentary work for Look magazine during the 1960s, and are divided into series named for the locations or subjects: Rendville, Ohio, a declining coal mining town and one of the first racially integrated towns in Appalachia; Vietnam, where Karales documented many scenes from the Vietnam War, and the largest series in the collection; the Lower East Side, New York City; and the Logging Series, where Karales documented the Pacific Northwest logging industry's practices and culture. Karales also shot many images of individuals and events of the Civil Rights movement during the 1960s, housed in three inter-related groups: the Martin Luther King Series; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Series; and the Civil Rights Series. A number of Karales' images were adopted as visual icons of the U.S. civil rights movement, and were - and still are - widely reproduced. Publications where Karales' works appeared include Look, Life, Saturday Review, Pageant, Coronet, Popular Photography, Time-Life books, and encyclopedias. Karales also produced photographs for corporate annual reports. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The collection does not include Karales' photojournalistic work from East Germany (1970), or Gheel, Belgium (1961).
Formats in the collection include contact sheets, which serve as a thumbnail guide to almost all of the prints and negatives in the collection; proof prints and exhibit-quality prints of various sizes; negatives, which are closed to research use; and slides. All images are in black-and-white.
There is also a small group of supporting materials in the Manuscript and Printed Materials Series and the Audiovisual Materials Series that includes biographical documents such as Karales' curriculum vitae; Karales' essays on photography and teaching; publicity for exhibits and other events; correspondence with publishers; and clippings, magazine layouts, and other materials related to Karales' published work. The most recently dated item is an audiocassette of remarks on Karales' life and works made by Sam Stephenson at the opening of an exhibit of Karales' work at the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University.
Arrangement Note:
Unless otherwise noted, the photographic items are arranged in the following sequence in each series: contact sheets, prints (from smallest to largest), slides, negatives, and finally, duplicates.
Processing and Research Use Note:
The best starting point for working with individual images is with the contact sheets. From these one can note the identifying codes for each image, which may include the job number, roll number, and frame (item) number, in that order throughout the inventory. Whenever possible, staff have matched these contact sheet numbers with individual prints and negatives and have noted them on the items and in the inventory below.
Most but not all jobs were given numbers. There are a few prints and other images that have no identifying numbers at all and they could not be otherwise identified from contact sheets or negatives. Some prints were given titles, but most are untitled.
Not all prints are represented by contact sheet images, and vice versa. The negatives are also not fully representative of all images in prints and contact sheets.
In order to facilitate the use of the materials, please consult with a Research Services archivist before coming to use the collection.
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Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
  • Alabama--Pictorial works.
  • Appalachian region--Pictorial works.
  • Civil Rights movements--Alabama--Pictorial works.
  • Civil Rights movements--United States--20th century--Pictorial works.
  • Coal mining--Ohio.
  • Documentary photography--United States.
  • Karales, James H.
  • King, Martin Luther Jr., 1929-1968.
  • Logging--Pacific Northwest.
  • Look (serial).
  • Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial works.
  • Montgomery (Ala.)--History--Pictorial works.
  • Pacific Northwest--Pictorial works.
  • Photojournalists--United States.
  • Rendville, Ohio--Pictorial works.
  • Selma (Ala.)--History--Pictorial works.
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.).
  • Timber industry--United States.
  • Vietnam (Republic)--Pictorial works.
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Pictorial works.
  • Black and white prints.
  • Negatives.
  • Slides.
  • Contact sheets.
List of Series in Collection
Rendville, Ohio Series, 1953-1957
Logging Series, 1958-1959
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Series (SNCC), circa 1960-1961
Martin Luther King, Jr. Series, 1962
Vietnam Series, 1964-1966
Civil Rights Series, 1965
Lower East Side Series, 1969, 1975, 1985
Unidentified Materials Series, undated
Manuscripts and Printed Materials Series, 1955-2002 and undated, bulk 1965-2002
Audiovisual Materials Series, 2000-2005 and undated
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Detailed Description of Collection

Rendville, Ohio Series, 1953-1957

(4 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
These black-and-white images are the results of Karales' first major photojournalistic work, a study of a small mining town in Appalachian Ohio which was one of the first racially integrated towns in the U.S. Subjects depicted include adults and children, houses, local stores, miners, street scenes, and social gathering places such as churches and dance halls.

Contact Sheets
 (8 folders)
No job numbers have been identified. Numbers represent rolls.
Box 1
1-44  (6 folders)
1A-5A
Duplicates

Prints (4x6)
 (11 folders)
No job numbers have been identified. Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 1
3:36
4:33
5:24
7:9
8:8
9:23
13:11
14:37
18:17
20:36
21:6,12
22:4
23:10
24:25,34
27:5
28:4,22
29:4,18
30:8
2A:4
Duplicates

Prints (5x7)
 (4 folders)
No job numbers have been identified. Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 1
1:5,8,12-13,17,23,26
2:35
3:16-18,22,33-34,37
4:30-32,35
5:6,8-10,20-21,23
6:12,14,27-28
7:11-12,14-15,23-25,29
8:27
9:6,8-11,15,21-22,27-28
10:3-5,11-12,18-19,22,24,27,32,34-35

Prints (5x7)
 (18 folders)
No job numbers have been identified. Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 2
11:13,15,23,26
12:3,7,9-11,15,19,29-30,35
13:5-6,9
14:25,29,30,35
15:11-12,14,26
16:12,18,26,28-31,33-36
17:5,8,16,18,30
18:5,7,12,16,20,22,26-27,34-35,37
20:5,10-11,13,18-19,27,29-31
21:11-15
22:5,8-11,23,25,27-29
23:3-5,11,13,17-18,24,26,30,33,36
24:4,12-13,22,28-29,31,33
25:4-5,13,16
26:5,26,28-30
27:8-9,11-12,14-16,35
28:4,7,19-20,23,29
29:8,9,11,13,17,23-26,29
30:0-1,3-6,16
42:4
1A:9,13-15,17-18,20-22
2A:3,19
5A:10,12,23-24
Unidentified
Duplicates  (2 folders)

Prints (11x14)
Contact sheet images or negatives have not been identified for these prints. No job numbers have been identified. Numbers represent identification given by donor (addition 2007-0172).
Box 2-A
Thirty-four silver gelatin prints, various subjects and buildings in Rendville, 1953, 1954, 1956, and undated. Itemized inventory with some captions available in repository.

Prints (17x21)
No job numbers have been identified. Numbers represent rolls and frames. One 16x20 print is from 2007-0172 addition.
Box 3
12:15
35:4
2A:5
#198 (16x20 silver gelatin mounted)

Negatives
No job numbers have been identified. Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 4
1:2-31
2:11-36A
3:18-36A
4:2-26A
5:2-30
6:6-29
7:5-36A
8:3-34
9:5-36A
10:2-36A
11:3-35
12:3-36A
13:2-11
14:1-36A
15:4-36A
16:2-36A
17:4-30
18:3-36A
19:1-22
20:3-36A
21:3-19
22:3-33
23:3-36A
24:3-36A
25:3-36A
26:1-32
27:1-36A
28:4-31
29:3-29,33-36A
30:1-18
31 (11 unnumbered frames)
32 (7 unnumbered frames)
33 (9 unnumbered frames)
34 (10 unnumbered frames)
35:1-32
36 (4 unnumbered frames)
37:1-16
38:4-29
39:2-17
40 (29 unnumbered frames)
1A:4-22
2A:3-21
3A (15 unnumbered frames)
4A (24 unnumbered frames)
5A:1-24
6A:10-13,21-30
7A:1-12,14-25
8A:14-39
9A (30 unnumbered frames)
10A (21 unnumbered frames)

Logging Series, 1958-1959

(5 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Black and white images portray individual loggers, logging crews and camp scenes, landscapes and aerial views of forested and logged areas, logging equipment, and logging activities. Identified geographic locations include Oregon (where apparently most if not all the scenes were shot), and Mt. Hood.

Contact Sheets
 (16 folders)
Numbers represent rolls.
Box 5
Job AE6
1-33  (4 folders)
Duplicates
Job AE6 (4x5)
1-3, 5-6, 8-10
Job C267940
Job E
1-70  (7 folders)
Duplicates 1-19, 23-42  (2 folders)

Contact Sheets
 (6 folders)
Numbers represent rolls.
Box 6
Job E
Duplicates 48-70
Job WC/NE
116-140,157-164  (5 folders)

Prints (4x6)
 (4 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 6
Job E
1:28
13:28
16:36
21:24
24:27,35-37
40:20
44:4
Duplicates 1-59

Prints (5x7)
 (18 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 6
Job E
1:3,7-8,11,15,20,36
2:5-6,10,14-16,26,35
3:10,17-18,20,23,26,34
4:8,25-26,29,37
5:11,19
6:3,13,16,19,25,30-32,34-35
7:6-7,17-20,22,25-26,28,32,35-37
8:5,7-8,13,29,32,37
9:5,8-9,13-14,19,33-35
10:8,20,26
11:5,9,12,14-15,19,22-23,27,30-31,33-34
12:8,16-17,19
13:3,9,26-27,35,37
14:6,19,32
15:14
16:15-16,31
17:7
18:17,24,27-28
19:9-10,12,16,22-23,26,33
20:7-9,12,17,21,24-26
21:4,15-16,33-35
22:24-25,30,34
23:26
24:23,30,34
25:11,24,29-31,36
26:5,22,26,28
27:15,30,32,37
28:22,27-29,31
29:7,11
30:15,24
31:4,11-14,17,19-22,26-27,35
32:29
33:11,23
34:11,25

Prints (5x7)
 (14 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 7
Job E
35:6,9-10
36:23,30,33
37:9,27,31-34,37
38:31,33
39:3,23
40:8,10,12
41:4,12,14,32
42:5,11-12,16,27,32-33
43:12,37
44:11,19-21,23,34
45:6-7,10,15,17,22,27,29-31
46:11,31-32
47:5,9,25
48:7,11,15,22,25,27-28
49:6,11,13,15-17,19,23
50:6,35
51:5,13-17,19,23
52:9,21,23-24,28-29,32
54:7,20-21,23,26,28,31,35,37
55:3,6,9
56:11
57:9,11
59:3,77
61:3-4,20,22
62:20
63:11-13,16-19
64:31
65:18
67:7,10
Duplicates 1-31  (3 folders)

Prints (5x7)
 (3 folders)
Numbers represent rolls.
Box 8
Job E
Duplicates 32-52, 54-67  (3 folders)

Prints (8x10)
 (22 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 8
Job AE6
3:6
6:12
7:13
11:15
12:7
14:23
17:8
18:12,14
21:37
22:8
26:26
27:15,21
31:11,14
32:19
Job E
1:15
13:4
Job WC/NE
116:28
123:22
126:21
131:34
140:13
Duplicates

Prints (17x21)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 3
Job E
19:26
25:31
61:22

Negatives
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 9
Job E
1:3-36A
2:1-36A
3:3-36A
4:3-36A
5:3-36A
6:2-36
7:3-36A
8:2-36
9:3-36A
10:3-32
11:3-36A
12:3-36A
13:4-36A
14:3-36A
15:3-32
16:3-36A
17:4-31A
18:5-36
19:3-36A
20:4-36A
21:1-36A
22:4-46A
23:4-36A
24:5-36A
25:3-36A
26:2-36
27:3-36A
28:3-36A
29:1-33
30:4-37
31:4-37
32:3-37
33:5-37
34:4-37
35:3-22
36:3-37
37:3-37
38:2-6,17-36
39:2-37
40:4-22
41:3-37
42:1-33
43:3-37
44:3-36
45:3-36
46:3-36
47:3-37
48:3-36
49:3-31,33-37
50:4-25,34-37
51:1-31
52:3-37
53:3-37
54:5-37
55:3-37
56:2-25
57:0-23
58:2-15
59:1-10,3-12,1-4
60:3-16,23-37
61:1-20
62:4-21
63:1-20
64:3-21
65:6-20
66:2-21
67:3-21
68:4-17
69:4-14
70:3-36A

Negatives (8x10)
 (3 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 8
Job C267940  (3 folders)
1:17
2:4
3:14
4:9
5:24
6:15
7:21
8:10
9:25
10:1
11:26
12:13
13:16
14:1
15:2
16:5
17:27
18:12
19:28
20:6
21:22
22:23
23:7
24:8
25:11
26:19
27:1

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Series (SNCC), circa 1960-1961

(2 boxes)
SNCC was organized in 1960 at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC. According to captions or notes, two images were taken by Karales in 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia, but typically individuals and places are unidentified. There are no contact sheets or negatives for this set of images, only large-format prints.

Prints (11x14)
 (9 folders)
Unable to determine which numbers represent the job, roll, and frame.
Box 11
PF25739:GDC-2713
PF25741:GDC-2712
PF25751:GDC-2716
PF25752:GDC-2714
PF25753:GDC-2721
PF25755:GDC-2720
PF25761:GDC-2717
PF25765:GDC-2718
PF25770:GDC-2711

Prints (17x21)
 (6 folders)
Unable to determine which numbers represent the job, roll, and frame.
Box 3
PF25715:GDC-2751
PF25716:GDC-2774
PF25717:GDC-2753
PF25720:GDC-2775
PF25723:GDC-2754
PF25725:GDC-2776

Martin Luther King, Jr. Series, 1962

(2 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Taken during King's marches and speeches in various locations, the images depict King and his followers, including Rosa Parks. There are a small number of family pictures. Other civil rights movement materials are housed in the Civil Rights Series and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Series.

Contact Sheets
 (3 folders)
Numbers represent rolls.
Box 10
Job 1028
1-6,8-16,18-19,21-22,24-26  (3 folders)

Prints
 (26 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames. Sizes of prints range from 5x7 to 8x10.
Box 10
Job 1028
1:4
3:6,29
4:5,11
5:10,13,24-25,27-28,32
7:16,25,32
8:9,33,35
9:21,23,32
10:11
11:18,23,26
12:9,20,28
13:7
14:26
15:19,25-26
16:5,7,11-12,19,25,30,32
17:28
18:11,13,19
19:21
20:17,27
21:6,17
22:25
24:8
25:8,11,27,36
27:28
28:25
29:15,32
Duplicates

Prints (11x14)
 (7 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 11
Job 1028
3:5,17
4:11
7:22,27-28,32
11:26
20:33
21:17
25:36
26:11
29:32
unidentified

Prints (17x21)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 3
Job 1028
20:17

Vietnam Series, 1964-1966

(9 boxes and 4 oversize folders)
Undertaking two trips to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, Karales captured images of soldiers in combat and at rest; G.I. soldiers in Saigon; Saigon street scenes; U.S. dead; General Westmorland; military chaplains and military medical personnel; Vietnamese civilians; village scenes; Buddhist temples; and landscapes. Some images bear titles assigned by Karales. These images were published in Look magazine, and were reproduced extensively for other publications.

Contact Sheets
 (35 folders)
Numbers represent rolls.
Box 12
Job 1610
1-36,38-112,115-120,122,124-125,127,129-131,133-134,136-139,141-149,153-160,163-168,170-175,177,179-192 and unidentified  (30 folders)
Test Roll
Job 2226
1-9
Job 2735
1-17  (2 folders)
No job number identified
B34856
B34870
B37929
B37930

Prints (8x10)
 (45 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 13
Job 1610
3:23
4:15
9:27-28
10:17
11:6,17
18:19
26:19,29
28:4
29:9 (7x10 print)
32:14
39:12
40:25
41:26,36
42:6-7,27
43:31-32
46:22
47:31
48:17
49:29,32
50:10,16
51:13
52:9
54:25
57:11
58:8
60:5
66:4
67:16
69:18,32
71:11-13,17
72:27
73:30
74:16,30
76:17
80:10,12
84:8
87:24 (6x9 print)
89:7,19
90:15
94:12
97:27
99:15
100:8
101:24
103:27
108:17, 21
109:22,27
111:10,22,37
112:9
116:33
117:4,12-13
120:15,19,26

Prints (8x10)
 (33 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames. There are some prints, which are smaller than 8x10 inches.
Box 14
Job 1610
122:15,22
125:25
127:3,16-17
128:18
133:8,19A,31A
134:13,28
136:6,23
137:7,17
143:6,20,24
144:14,32
145:6-7,9-11
149:25
156:5,9
157:7,15,33
159:6
160:3
164:24-25
165:6,8,11,13,25
166:13-14,16,18,21,23
167:7
170:8,14,17-18,20,31,32
172:13
173:11,13,18,21
174:14,21
175:23,28,31,34,37
177:7,19
178:7,9,11,21,23,27
179:19,20/21,25/26
180:5,7,21
181:4,22,29
182:4,6,10,15,17
184:22/23,32,36
185:14
189:21-22,24,26,29
190:16,19,23,25/26,37
192:12-13,31,33

Prints (8x10)
 (6 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames. There are some prints which are smaller than 8x10 inches.
Box 15
Job 2226
1:17
3:7a,16
Job 2735
2:6
3:30
4:9,36A
10:3A
unidentified

Prints (11x14)
Numbers represent roll and frame.
Box 11
Job 1610
40:25
48:30
49:21
104:15
No job number
B34856:19
B37930:21

Prints (17x21)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 3
Job 1610
43:30
45:31

Prints (20x24)
Numbers represent roll and frame.
Box 16
Job 2735
11:10A
Unidentified images  (2 folders)

Slides
 (14 folders)
Titles supplied by photographer.
Box 15
Job 1610
Buddhist Temple
Job 2226
February 65N
'65 February 26  (3 folders)
'65 March 2  (2 folders)
Helicopters and Wounded
U.S. Dead
American Funeral
Westmorland
Vietnam 1964
Buddhist Demonstration
Wounded

Slides
 (21 folders)
Titles supplied by Karales. Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 17
Job 2226
Helicopters
Hass Fusch Dead
G.I.
B37920K-B37924K
B37927K
Job 2735
F. Communism
Construction
War '66
Vietnamese Scenes
Vietnam Street Scenes
Bar in Saigon
Goods on Street - Saigon
Flea Market
Execution Wall, Main Market
Ship Workers - Saigon
Days in the Trees
Rejects
Field Scenes
G.I. in Saigon
G.I. Buying on Streets
G.I. and Children
B40644:20
B40646:1
B40650:12
B40653:12
B40654:15
Unidentified images

Magazine Layouts
Box 27
Look magazine, 1965 Apr. 6 (pp. 70-75)

Negatives
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 18
Job 1610
1:3-20
2:4-20
3:7-36
4:4-36
5:5-36
6:9-36
7:2-8,14-33
8:5-36
9:4-36
10:4-36
11:1-18
12:1-20
13:2-36
14:2-8,14-18,29-36
15:5-36
16:1-20
17:1-20
18:2-20
19:4-7
20:3-20
21:4-20
22:4-8
23:3-20
24:3-20
25:6-20
26:4-20
27:3-6
28:4-20
29:3-15
30:3-20
31:4-20
32:4-20
33:3-18
34:3-20
35:3-20
36:1-20
37:3-6,14-20
38:4-20
39:3-36
40:3-36
41:4-36
42:4-36
43:4-36
44:5-24
45:4-32
46:4-36
47:3-36
48:3-36
49:4-36
50:3-19
51:4-36
52:6-23
53:3-27,34-36
54:5-36
55:3-31
56:3-31
57:1-36
58:4-36
59:3-18
60:2-36

Negatives
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 19
Job 1610
61:3-25
62:4-36
63:3-36
64:3-22
65:4-36
66:3-23
67:3-36
68:4-36
69:3-36
70:3-36
71:5-29
72:3-33
73:4-36
74:4-36
75:5-23
76:3-36
77:4-36
78:2-10
79:4-36
80:3-36
81:3-21
82:3-27
83:2-14
84:5-36
85:4-36
86:4-36
87:4-36
88:4-36
89:4-36
90:4-35
91:4-36
92:4-36
93:3-34
94:7-36
95:3-36
96:3-16
97:3-36
98:4-36
99:1-36
100:2-36
101:4-32
102:3-36
103:3-36
104:3-30
105:3-13
106:3A-36A
107:1-36
108:2-30
109:3-30
110:3-36
111:4-36
112:5-36
113:4-36
114:1-3
115:3-36
116:4-36
117:1-13
118:3-25
119:3-36
120:4-36

Negatives
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 20
Job 1610
121:4-18,22-36
122:3-36
123:2-36
124:2-36
125:6-36
126:2-36
127:3-18
128:2-20
129:4-36
130:4-36
131:3-21
132:4-32
133:3A-36
134:0A-36
135:4-35
136:4-29
137:3-20
138:4-36
139:3-26
140:4-36
141:3-36
142:2-36
143:3-36
144:2-34
145:2A-12
146:3-36
147:2-33
148:4-36
149:3-35
150:3A-36A
151:4-36
152:2-5
153:13-17
154:5-36
155:3-29
156:4-36
157:4-36
158:6-36
159:4-36
160:3
161:4-36
162:2-5
163:3-36
164:3-32
165:3-36
166:1-34
167:3-11
168:2-30
169:3-11
170:4-36
171:4-12
172:4-33
173:4-29
174:2-27
175:5-36
176:4-36
177:6-36
178:6-30
179:3-36
180:5-36

Negatives
Numbers represent rolls and frames
Box 21
Job 1610
181:3-36
182:3-36
183:4-36
184:4-36
185:4-19
186:9-36
187:3-36
188:4-35
189:3-36
190:4-36
191:6-16
192:3-33
Test Roll:10-13
Job 2226
1:2-36
2:2A-32
3:4-20
4:3-16
5:3-14
6:5-19
7:4A-15
8:3-12
9:4A-10
B37919K:20-23
B37920K:23A-25A
B37921K:1A-2A
B37922K:13A-14A
B37923K:15A-16A
B37924K:16-18
B37925 (unnumbered frame; large format)
B37926:26-27
B37927K:28-29
B37928:32-33
B37931:1-2
Job 2735
1:19A-23A
4:33A-36A
10:4-8,14-18
11:7A-10A
15:31 (large format)
B40640K:8
B40641K:3
B40642K (unnumbered frame)
B40643K:4
B40644K:30
B40645K:33
B40646K:1
B40647K:4
B40648K:7
B40649K:20
B40650K:12
B40651K:24
B40652K:1
B40653K:12
B40654K:15
Unidentified

Civil Rights Series, 1965

(3 boxes and 2 oversize folders)
Series of images taken by Karales during the march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., March 1965. Includes the widely-reproduced photographs of an African American boy enveloped by the U.S. flag, and civil rights marchers with the flag on the crest of a hill.

Contact Sheets
Numbers represent rolls.
Box 22
Job 2309
1-50  (5 folders)

Prints
 (36 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames. Print sizes range from 5x7 to 8x10 inches.
Job 2309
1:3,10,24,32
2:14
3:8,17,19
4:19,25
5:15,21A
6:11A,17A
7:5A,18,30
8:12,29,33
9:3A,13,25,29A
12:16,24,36A
13:10A,18A,21,24
14:16,20A,33
15:8
16:15,19
17:8A,13A,22A
18:10
21:22
22:19A,33A
23:6A,22,24,34
24:19A,20A,28A,32A-33A,35A
26:7A,10,13A,14,
27:12
29:17-18,27
30:8A
31:34
33:7,9,10,17A,
35:12
36:26,30
37:14A,16A,25,37
38:3A,16A-17A,23A,25A,32A,36A
39:10-12,18-19,21
40:5,8,11-13,16,18,21
43:6
44:11,20,22,25,25A-26A
47:13
Duplicates

Prints (11x14)
Numbers represent roll and frame.
Box 11
Job 2309
4:32

Prints (17x21)
 (5 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 3
Job 2309
4:19
7:30
8:27
13:22
17:12A
40:24

Prints (20x24)
Numbers represent roll and frame.
Box 16
Job 2309
1:31A

Negatives
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 23
Job number 2309
1:3-36
2:1-36
3:2-36
4:3-16,17-21,22-36
5:1-36
6:5-36
7:3-36
8:2-25,27 (4x5),29-34
9:2-36
10:3-36
11:2-36
12:3-36
13:3-36
14:5-36
15:3-36
16:3-30
17:3-36
18:2-24
19:4-36
20:3-36
21:3-36
22:1-36
23:2-36
24:1-36
25:2-19
26:3-20
27:3-15
28:3-7
29:3-36
30:1-24
31:2-36
32:3-36
33:3-36
34:3-36
35:4-36
36:3-36
37:3-36
38:2-36
39:4-36
40:4-36
41:3-36
42:3-36
43:3-36
44:3-36
45:3-20
46:2-18
47:2-15
48:3-9
49:1-6
50:2-6

Lower East Side Series, 1969, 1975, 1985

(3 boxes and 2 oversize folders)
Series of black-and-white images taken during three visits roughly ten years apart to New York City's Lower East Side neighborhood. Karales focused on street scenes, individual portraits, and social gatherings. The Reverend Bruce Ritter, the founder of the Covenant House homeless youth shelter, is featured in many portraits and scenes.

Contact Sheets
 (15 folders)
Numbers represent rolls.
Box 24
Job 74
1-19
Job 2175
1-12
Job 5264
1-67,74-84
Job F740
1-26

Prints (4x6)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Job 5264
25:19
30:5

Prints (5x7)
 (14 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Job 2175
1:3,7,9,36
2:6,19,23
3:5,13,18,20,29
4:27,32
5:4,20,30
6:5,29
7:24
8:16,24
9:22,32
10:5A,23A
11:18
Duplicates
Job 5264
6:11
11:7
16:7
17:26
19:20
25:19,21
29:26
31:2
37:21
41:7-8
52:30
59:19
60:13
Duplicates

Prints (8x10)
 (6 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Job 2175
1:13
3:27A
4:24,27
8:25
9:3
10:9A

Prints (8x10)
 (40 folders)
Numbers represent rolls and frames. Some prints measure less than 8x10 inches.
Box 25
Job 2175
11:23
12:36A
Duplicates
Job 5264
7:36A
9:3
18:8
20:8,12-13,18-20
21:10A
22:2
25:13A
28:12
29:10,21,23-24
30:22
31:36
32:19,24
34:15
36:9-10,29
37:15
39:32,36A
43:3,14,36
44:13,16,31
46:11
47:11-12
48:15-16
49:14A-16A,24A
50:25
53:14-15,30
54:3,5,7-9,14A,16,25A,30
58:11,13
61:3A,10A
63:5
65:5,23
66:24
74:8
75:21
76:3,34
78:20,23
82:35
83:17
Duplicates

Prints (17x21)
Numbers represent roll and frame.
Box 3
Job 5264
48:5A

Magazine Layouts
Handle fragile item with care.
Box 27
Unidentified publication, undated

Negatives
Numbers represent rolls and frames.
Box 26
Job 74
1:3-36
2:3-36A
3:4-36A
4:3-36A
5:3-36A
6:2A-20A
7:2A-36A
8:3-12,16-35
9:3A-36A
10:3-30
11:3-36A
12:3-30
13:2-25
14:2-22
15:1-36A
16:3-36A
17:3-36A
18:1-23
19:1-12
Job 2175
1:3-36A
2:2-31
3:2-34
4:3-15,18-36A
5:3-36A
6:3-36A
7:3-36A
8:3-36A
9:3-36A
10:3-31
11:4-36A
12:32-36A
Job 5264
1:2-4
2:2-33
3:1-4
4:1-9
5:2-13
6:2-36
7:2-36
8:2-36
9:2-36
10:3-17
11:2-36
12:1-36
13:5-36
14:3-36
15:3-36
16:2-17
17:2-35
18:2-23
19:3-35
20:2-25
21:3-36
22:2-36
23:2-22
24:1-10
25:1-36
26:2-5
27:1-36
28:2-32
29:2-30
30:3-36
31:2-36A
32:3-36A
33:1-36A
34:3-17
35:3-36A
36:3-34
37:3-21
38:4-36A
39:2-36A
40:2-36A
41:2-8
42:1-28
43:3-36A
44:3-36A
45:2A-36A
46:3-36A
47:3-36A
48:2A-36A
49:1A-33A
50:3-36
51:2-21
52:3-36A
53:2-36A
54:2A-36A
55:2-36
56:2-6
57:2-6
58:2-22
59:2-18
60:2-16
61:1-31
62:2-36A
63:1A-36A
64:2-36A
65:2-24
66:2-36A
67:3-36A
74:3-14
75:4-36A
76:3-36A
77:3-36
78:2-36A
79:2-36A
80:2A-36A
81:8-36A
82:3-36A
83:3-23
84:3-6
Job 86680
C1:1-24
C2:1-19
C3:3-36A
C4:1-36A
C5:3-36A
C6:3-36A
C7:3-29
C8:0A-23A
C9:3-36A
2C1:1-30
2C2:3-36A
2C3:2-31
2C4:1-7
2C5:3-36A
2C6:3-36A
2C7:3-36A
2C8:0A-34A
2C9:1-18
2C10:3-32
2C11:3-36A
2C12:2A-36A
2C13:3-36A
2C14:1-34
2C15:3-36A
2C16:2-36
Box 25

Unidentified Materials Series, undated

(1 folder)
Contains one folder of unidentified contact sheets: three sheets are of individuals or groups of individuals, and seem to be shot in corporate settings; two sheets appear to be abstract images of beads.

Manuscripts and Printed Materials Series, 1955-2002 and undated, bulk 1965-2002

(2 boxes and 5 oversize folders)
Contains biographical information in the form of curriculum vitae, interviews, and personal essays on teaching and photography; printed materials such as clippings, flyers, programs, magazine layouts, and other publicity relating to exhibits and published works; and a small group of correspondence, chiefly with publishers. Arranged within subseries and in chronological order.

Biographical Information Subseries (oversize), 1999
Box 28
McBride, Caryn, "Through the eyes of the witness," Westchester Generations, 1999 Oct.

Biographical Information Subseries, 2000-2002 and undated
 (6 folders)
Box 29
Interview with James Karales by Sam Stephenson, 2000 Sept. 16
Obituary, The New York Times, 2002 Apr. 5  (2 copies)
Curriculum vitae, undated
Essay on teaching by Karales, undated
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation application, supporting documentation, and curriculum vita, undated
Who's Who In America entry submission, undated

Civil Rights Subseries, 1965 and undated
 (7 folders)
Box 29
Negative envelopes for job 2309, 1965 Mar. 26-May 18
"Black emergence," unidentified publication, undated
Image for book, "60s book/Selma march," unidentified publication, undated
"A march for integration in Selma, Alabama," unidentified publication, undated
March from Selma image for exhibit, untitled and undated
Photo cropping guide for March from Selma image, untitled and undated
Photocopy of March from Selma image, untitled and undated

Civil Rights/Martin Luther King, Jr. Subseries, undated
 (2 folders)
Box 29
Photocopies of contact sheets and photos, undated
Photocopies of images, undated

Clippings Subseries, 1955-2002
 (10 folders)
Box 29
"Floats, bands and marchers thrill sesqui parade spectators," The Canton Repository, 1955 Aug. 21
"Eyes on the prize: the prize is civil rights," Dial, 1987 Jan.
Woodstock Times, 1997 Sept. 18
Boxer, Sarah, "Photography review: the night side of black and white," The New York Times, 1999 July 23
Goldberg, Vicki, "Photography review - beyond a famous shot, the art of a lifetime," The New York Times, 1999 July 23
(3 copies)
William Gedney exhibit review, exhibit at Gallery 292, Village Voice, 1999 July 27
Photography exhibit review, exhibit at Howard Greenberg Gallery, Village Voice, 1999 July 28 - Aug. 3
Photography exhibit review, exhibit at Greenberg, The New Yorker, 1999 Aug. 2
William Gedney exhibit review, exhibit at Gallery 292, The New Yorker, 1999 Aug. 2
Westchester Magazine, 2002

Clippings Subseries (oversize), 1987-1994
 (2 folders)
Box 16
Reynolds, Barbara, "TV series teaches how a movement is made," USA Today, 1987 Jan. 21
Goldberg, Vicki, "Photography review: remembering the faces in the Civil Rights struggle," The New York Times, 1994 July 17

Clippings Subseries (oversize), 1994-1997
 (2 folders)
Box 28
Zimmerman, Kevin, "PBS 25th anniversary: making room for quality time: upscale, loyal viewership remains intact; solid fare plays key role in success," unknown publication, 1994 Mar. 14-20
Norklun, Kathi, "Looks like America: classic images from Look magazine at Coffey Gallery," Woodstock Times, 1997 Sept. 18

Correspondence Subseries, 1971-1999 and undated
 (8 folders)
Folders of letters and notes mostly concerning permissions for publication of images. In some cases, Karales was not the direct recipient of the letters, but was copied on the exchange.
Box 29
Smith, Claire, Harold Ober Associates, 1971 July 20
Maxey, David, 1971 July 23 and undated
Zerby, Donna P., Corporate Communications, Scott, 1971 Nov. 18
Matthews, Margaret, Reader's Digest, 1982 Mar. 15
Durland, Steven, General Manager, Astro Artz, Inc., 1983 Aug. 22
Boston Publishing Company, 1984 Mar.-1985 Aug.
Courtwright, David, Professor of History, University of North Florida, 1999 Jan. 25
Carlos from Michigan, undated

Logging Subseries, 1961 and undated
 (2 folders)
Box 29
Smith. Jerome B., Supervisor, Visual Information, Weyerhaeuser Company, Correspondence, 1961 Oct. 4
Weyerhaeuser Company, exhibit, undated

Lower East Side Subseries, 1969 and undated
 (4 folders)
Box 29
Negative envelopes for job 5264, 1969 Aug. 4-Dec. 8
Excerpts from interview with Father Bruce Ritter, undated
"An explosion of aggression," unidentified publication, undated
Photocopies of images, undated

Martin Luther King, Jr. Subseries, 1983 and undated
 (3 folders)
Box 29
"Martin Luther King, Jr. from Montgomery to Memphis," exhibit pamphlet, New York State Museum, 1983 Jan. 15
"King: a photobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.," exhibit pamphlet, Viking Studio, undated
Unidentified publication, undated

Martin Luther King, Jr. Subseries (oversize), 1999
Box 3
Pamphlet, National Historic Site, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1999

Other Printed Materials Subseries, 1972-1999 and undated
 (11 folders)
Box 29
Photocopies of slides of New York City, Pine, New York, Croton, New York, and Townshend, Vermont, 1972-1980
"James H. Karales: an adventure in photojournalism," exhibit at Rizzoli Gallery, N.Y., New York, 1980 May 29-June 30
Images from SEI Corporation annual report (images taken by Karales), 1987
Miscellaneous images, 1993 Oct. 20 and undated
"Look again: photojournalism by Look magazine staffers: Charlotte Brooks, Phillip Harrington, James H. Karales, Tony Vaccaro," exhibit at the Coffey Gallery, Kingston, New York, 1997 Sept. 6-Oct. 1
Witness (exhibit), 1999 June 25-July 31
Map of New York and New Jersey, undated
"1965 (Columbia record cover)," undated
Picture credits and acknowledgments, unknown publication, undated
Sixties (photocopy of poster/pamphlet), undated
"Special pre-schooling for 5-yr-olds with learning disabilities," undated

Other Printed Materials Subseries (oversize), 1983
Box 16
Exhibit poster, New York State Museum, 1983

Published Works Subseries (oversize), 1955-1965 and undated
 (5 folders)
Box 28
Karales, James H., "Ohio sub hunters," Cleveland Plain Dealer Pictorial Magazine, 1955 Aug. 21  (2 copies)
Castan, Sam and James H. Karales, "Vietnam," Look, 1965 Apr. 6
Castan, Sam and James H. Karales, "Saigon: stained pearl of the orient," Look, 1966 May 17
(2 copies)
Spike, Robert W., "Our churches' sin against the negro," Look, 1965 May 18
Castan, Sam and James H. Karales, "The new New York: victims of welfare," unknown publication, undated

Published Works Subseries, 1964-2000 and undated
 (18 folders)
Box 29
Brooks, Charlotte, Look Editorial Preview, 1964 Jan. 28 and Inside Look, 1967 Feb. 3
[Outer space ghost story], Look, 1966 Feb. 22
"1966 All-American cities," Look Editorial Preview, 1967 Apr. 18
"Chapter 2: What teaching is like," unknown publication, 1979 June 14
"Negroes-history/march to Selma," American Heritage, 1982 June/July
"The children's crusade saves the day" and "Bloody Sunday in Selma," unknown publications, 1997 Apr. 24
Photocopies of images from the civil rights series, unknown publication, 2000 Feb. 17
"Chapter 6: African Americans, the struggle for civil rights," unknown publication, undated
"Chapter 32: Leadership of the 1960s," unknown publication, undated
Dulli, five poems, unknown publication, undated
"Helping with drug misuse," unknown publication, undated
Images from book on career options, unknown publication, undated
Images from copy about payroll, undated
"The march from Selma to Montgomery finally begins," Martin Luther King, Jr., undated
"Marchers, Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, 1965," unknown publication undated
[Moral therapy in Gheel, Belgium], unknown publication, undated
Pembroke, Herbert, "10.4 civil rights demonstration," unknown publication, undated
Williams, Juan, Eyes on the prize: America's civil rights years, 1954-1965, New York: Viking Penguin Inc., undated

Published Works Subseries (oversize), 1965
Box 27
Look magazine, 1965 Apr. 6, "Vietnam"

Rendville, Ohio Subseries, undated
 (3 folders)
Box 29
Exhibit materials, undated  (2 folders)
Research notes on Rendville, Ohio and Perry County, Ohio, undated

Vietnam Subseries, 1963-1968 and undated
 (2 folders)
Box 29
Negative envelopes from jobs 1610 and 2735, 1963 Nov. 18-1968 Dec. 10
Photocopies of contact sheets and prints, undated
Box 29

Audiovisual Materials Series, 2000-2005 and undated

(3 folders)
VHS cassette tape of photographs by Karales; a compact disk of an interview conducted with Karales on September 16, 2000; an audiocassette of remarks made by Sam Stephenson at an opening of a Karales exhibit at Duke, April 2005; and a CD-R from 2006 with JPEG files of 31 photos from the Vietnam series (open to use).
[CD-R of Vietnam photos is open to use. Audiovisual originals are closed to use. No use copies are currently available. Technical Services staff need to produce use copies before contents can be accessed. Please contact Research Services staff before coming to use the collection.]