- University of Waterloo. Special Collections & Archives
- Camilla Young photograph album.
Camilla Young photograph album.
collection1946-[198-]SCA393-GA458
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Where
- Held by
- University of Waterloo. Special Collections & Archives via University of Waterloo Special Collections & Archives
- Creator
- Young, Camilla
- Dates
- 1946-[198-] (indexed as 1946)
- Level
- collection
- Extent
- 137 photographs : col. ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller 134 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & content
- Photograph and scrapbook album containing photographs and other materials related to the early life of Camilla Young, an African American woman from New Jersey. Photographs in album cover Young's life from her birth in 1946 to the early 1980s. First sheets include disbound pages from a commercial baby book written and illustrated by Tony Sarg (issued by New Library Inc. for Greenberg Publishers) filled in by Young's mother with Camilla Young's first photographs and baby accomplishments. Rest of sheets include photographs from Young's childhood, teenage, and adult years. Most photographs are ordered chronologically and range in fashion styles and locations. Photographs include family and friends gatherings, school events, celebrations and parties, holiday trips, and other moments in Young's life. Album includes a newspaper clipping with an article about Young published in _The News Tribune of Woodbridge Township_ (today the _Central New Jersey Home News Tribune_) from August 9, 1979, written by Donna Eastman. Also contains Young's certificate of merit for participation and outstanding performance in the Miss Black America Pageant of New Jersey.
- Places
- New Jersey
- Location
- New Jersey, NB · city · confidence 90% · city:geonames · found as “New Jersey”
- Subjects
- Race, racism, and colonialism; Women’s studies, gender, and sexuality
- Genre / form
- Albums (books); Images
- Language
- English
- Access & use
- Copyright status unknown.
- Harvested
- 2026-10-15T07:41:45Z · source datestamp n/a · ead