Guggenheim Fellowship Project

Abstract Memorabilia, papers, audio tapes, compact disks, and photographic materials, 1947 to the present, relating to the career of Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984), photographer. The collection includes correspondence between Adams and the Polaroid Corporation regarding his books on Polaroid processes; a bound compilation of notices, tributes, and editorials relating to his death; a promotional package by Standard Oil Company entitled Scenic Views containing photographs by...

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Papers and photographic materials, 1873-1990, of Josef Breitenbach (1896-1984), photographer. Includes correspondence, writings, appointment calendars, exhibition announcements, tearsheets, clippings, publications, photographic materials, audiovisual materials, and memorabilia.

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This collection contains a photocopy of the typed manuscript and the dust jacket for Common Ground: An American Field Guide Volume 1, photographs, sequencing, and text by Gregory Conniff (1944 - ), lawyer and photographer. 140 pages, with introduction; New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985. This collection is inactive.

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Papers and photographic materials, 1946-1999, of Barbara Crane (1928-2019), photographer and teacher. Includes photographs, negatives, contact sheets, audiovisual materials, personal correspondence, business correspondence, teaching notes, writings, publication ideas, day calendars, a scrapbook, financial records, and objects.

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Collection contains papers, photographic materials, ephemera and miscellaneous materials documenting the life and career of photographer and teacher, Joe Deal (1947-2010). Included are correspondence, exhibition announcements, lecture notes, clippings, publications, travel documents, rare exhibition posters, memorabilia, photographic prints and negatives.

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Correspondence, 1932-1956, primarily to Christel Gang from Edward Weston (1886-1958), photographer. Also includes correspondence from Edward Weston to Seymour Stern; four letters from Brett Weston to Gang; and clippings and brochures relating to Edward, Brett, and Cole Weston, ca. 1950-1967. Gang was a friend of Edward Weston and briefly provided secretarial services to him.

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Papers, audiovisual materials, memorabilia, artifacts, and photographic materials, 1930s-1990s, of the photographer, teacher, and artist, John Gutmann, (1905-1998). Includes correspondence, lecture notes, biographical information, clippings, publications, photographs, films, videos, proof prints, negatives, transparencies, painting materials, and camera and movie equipment.

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Personal papers, ephemera, publications, audiovisual, and photographic materials related to the career of Charles Harbutt (1935-2015), photographer, teacher, and writer. Includes Magnum story logs, project files, negatives, information on the Salford 80 exhibition, diaries and other material related to Harbutt's book Progreso, Travelog, Departures and Arrivals and eight bound volumes of the magazine Jubilee (1953-1961).

Abstract Correspondence, writings, and subject files, 1930-1983, of Beaumont Newhall (l908-1993), and Nancy Newhall (l908-1974), art historians, curators, teachers, and authors. Includes correspondence with noted photographers Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and others; published and unpublished manuscripts by Nancy Newhall concerning Ansel Adams, such as Death Valley (l953), The Eloquent Light (l963), and The Enduring Moment (ca.1971); writings by Beaumont Newhall including Photography: Essays and...

Abstract Papers and photographic materials, 1920s - 1983, relating to the career of Marion Palfi (1907 - 1978), photographer. The bulk of this collection documents her activities as a photographer, teacher, researcher, and social critic during the period from 1945 to 1978. There is little documentation of her first career in Germany as an actress, model, and dancer. The correspondence contains letters, telegrams, and postcards between Palfi and friends, photographers, scholars, writers, publishers,...

Abstract Lithographs, books and periodicals, and guest books, bulk dates 1973–1978, relating to the career and personal collection of Stephen Shore (1947- ), photographer and editor. Includes three guest books from his exhibition openings; eight issues of The Real World which were edited by him; several issues of Contemporary Photographer and other publications;as well as over two hundred lithographs, some in color, of military scenes,...

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Papers, photographic materials, and memorabilia of photographer Rosalind Fox Solomon (1930- ). Materials include correspondence, biographical materials, activity files, exhibitions, travel files, project files, publications and clippings, business records, as well as audiovisual and photographic materials. The collection actively receives materials on a periodic basis.

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Papers and memorabilia, 1960–1988, of George Tice (1938- ), photographer. Certificates and awards document his many successes in competitions sponsored by local photography clubs in the United States and abroad. Included also are some exhibition catalogs; printed materials from his limited edition portfolios with introductions by Jacob Deschin and Lee D. Witkin; and book dummies. The collection is still active.

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The papers and photographic materials of photographer and educator Laura Volkerding (1939-1996). The collection contains correspondence, biographical materials, negatives, contact sheets, 35mm slides, audio visual materials, work prints, visual artifacts, publications, and ephemera of and about Laura Volkerding.

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Materials in this collection are related to educator and photographer Laura Volkerding.

Abstract Papers and photographic materials, circa 1880-2008 (mainly 1943-2002), created and collected by photographer Todd Webb (1905-2000) and his wife Lucille Webb (1906-2008) documenting Webb’s career in photography. The collection includes correspondence with prominent photographers, artists, galleries, and curators including Harry Callahan, Ansel Adams, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Grace Mayer as well as correspondence relating to a number of Webb’s photographic projects including the Texas...

Abstract Nearly all periods of Weston's life and work are represented in the archive. Little documentation exists, however, regarding his childhood (1886-1906), early years in California (1906-1923), or life after he was stricken with Parkinson's disease (1947-1958). The archive is particularly rich in documentation of his years in Mexico (1923-1926), and years after he returned to California (1927-1940s). It also contains significant examples of Weston's writing. Many of his letters to his sons are...

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Papers (1877-2011) of Charis Wilson (1914-2009), author. Consists primarily of papers and memorabilia from her friendship with and marriage to the photographer Edward Weston.

Abstract Collection contains miscellaneous materials documenting the life of Garry Winogrand, 1947-1984. Each set of materials was collected from a different sources and is divided in subgroups based on the source the materials were acquired from. The materials in the collection include MoMA press releases, Guggenheim Fellowship materials, discs including scanned photographs, music, lectures and PDFs, photographic slides, photographs, correspondence, interviews, contact sheets, exhibition ephemera,...

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The Max Yavno archive contains papers, records of commercial assignments, correspondence, information regarding the Photo League, memorabilia, photographic materials and over 800 fine photographs.