Burnis McCloud photographs and papers, 1888-1983 1940-1976 [manuscript].

McCloud, Burnis, 1908-1990.

C MSS WH1128

Finding aid available online and in repository.

Digital images from the Burnis McCloud Collection.

2.75 linear ft. (3 boxes), 90 photo boxes, 1 photo oversize box, 1 photo oversize file folder, 2 audio visual boxes

Organized into 5 series: 1. Professional papers, 1935-1991 (box1-3). 2. Personal papers, 1888-1982 (box3). 3. Albums, 1930-1977 (PhotoBox1-22). 4. Negatives, 1930-1980 (PhotoBox23-90, OVPhotoBox1, OVPhotoFF1). 5. Audio-visual, 1947, 1983, n.d. (AVBox1-2).

Burnis McCloud was born in Birmingham, Ala. on May 4, 1908. He worked as a dentist and photographer in Denver, Colo. His father was a Baptist minister. Served in the US Army during WWII. Received BA from University of Denver (1950). Member Zion Baptist Church for 50 years. Documented Denver's African American community (late-1940s-1970s). Died on December 4, 1990.

Collection contains newspaper clippings; event programs; correspondence; invitations; photo album; American Photography magazine with McCloud prize winning photo; business receipts; accounting books; Pastor's Handbook (1890s) with daguerreotype; stamps from around the world; audio tapes. Photographic materials: Group portraits of Denver (Colo.) African American residents; includes dances, receptions, parades, meetings, picnics, and fashion shows. Includes images of unidentified churches, National Youth Congress (1953), Carver Day Nursery (1960-1966), Colored Women's Clubs, Denver Council of Negro Women, and Denver Federation of Colored Women.

McCloud, Burnis, 1908-1990 -- Archives.

Photographers -- Colorado -- Denver.

African Americans -- Colorado -- Denver.

African Americans -- Colorado -- Denver -- Pictorial works.

African American photographers -- Colorado -- Denver.

African American neighborhoods -- Colorado -- Denver -- Pictorial works.

Photographs.

Negatives (photographic).

Personal Papers

Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado.

Burnis McCloud was born in Birmingham, Ala. on May 4, 1908. He worked as a dentist and photographer in Denver, Colo. His father was a Baptist minister. Served in the US Army during WWII. Received BA from University of Denver (1950). Member Zion Baptist Church for 50 years. Documented Denver's African American community (late-1940s-1970s). Died on December 4, 1990.

Purchase; Marsaline McCloud; 1991.