Charlotte A. Quinn photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1127
Scope and Contents
The Charlotte A. Quinn photograph collection contains 296 black-and-white photographs, color photographs, color slides, and negatives primarily gathered for Quinn's scholarship on Islam in southern Africa between 1980 and 1990. The collection also contains 30 color slides of Quinn's family dating from the 1970s.
Dates
- 1970-1996
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Charlotte A. Quinn photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Permission to publish material from the Charlotte A. Quinn photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Biographical Note
Charlotte Alison Quinn was a scholar of African studies, a diplomat, an author, and an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Quinn received a Bachelors of Arts from Bryn Mawr College in 1956 and obtained her Masters and PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles. She worked as a reporter for Life and Time magazines from 1956 to 1960, and as chief of research for Time Life Books from 1978 to 1980. She was director of the African Studies program at Lorton prison in the early 1970s, during which she also ran women’s programs at the American Historical Association.
Between 1981 and 1988, Dr. Quinn worked as a senior political analyst for the CIA, specializing in African and Islamic studies for eight years before shifting to Europe. From 1992 until 1995, Quinn worked for the United States State Department at the United States Embassy in Warsaw. From 1996 to 1998, she was a deputy for Europe on the National Intelligence Council.
Quinn wrote many scholarly articles and completed one book in her lifetime, the 1972 study Mandingo Kingdoms of the Senegambia: Traditionalism, Islam, and European Expansion. She was writing a second book at the time of her death with the working title of "Islam in Africa in the 20th Century." After Dr. Quinn died in 2000, her husband, Frederick Quinn, completed the manuscript, which was published in 2004 as Pride, Faith and Fear: Islam in the Sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: “Obituary: Charlotte Alison Quinn,” The Washington Post, July 21, 2000.)
Between 1981 and 1988, Dr. Quinn worked as a senior political analyst for the CIA, specializing in African and Islamic studies for eight years before shifting to Europe. From 1992 until 1995, Quinn worked for the United States State Department at the United States Embassy in Warsaw. From 1996 to 1998, she was a deputy for Europe on the National Intelligence Council.
Quinn wrote many scholarly articles and completed one book in her lifetime, the 1972 study Mandingo Kingdoms of the Senegambia: Traditionalism, Islam, and European Expansion. She was writing a second book at the time of her death with the working title of "Islam in Africa in the 20th Century." After Dr. Quinn died in 2000, her husband, Frederick Quinn, completed the manuscript, which was published in 2004 as Pride, Faith and Fear: Islam in the Sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: “Obituary: Charlotte Alison Quinn,” The Washington Post, July 21, 2000.)
Extent
296 Items (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Charlotte A. Quinn was a scholar of African studies who worked for the United States government in various capacities. The Charlotte A. Quinn photograph collection contains images of Islamic leaders and mosques in southern Africa gathered in preparation for Quinn's book, the 1972 study Mandingo Kingdoms of the Senegambia: Traditionalism, Islam, and European Expansion, and her 2004 posthumous study Pride, Faith and Fear: Islam in the Sub-Saharan Africa. It also contains color slides of Quinn and her family.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Frederick Quinn in 2004.
Separated Materials
See also the Charlotte A. Quinn papers (ACCN 1977) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Multimedia Archives staff.
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- Title
- Guide to the Charlotte A. Quinn photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa.
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu