John G. Morris collection
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Not requestable
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of an untitled lecture (?) or reminiscences by John G. Morris (1916-2017), about his career and interaction with other photographers, 1937-1974. Morris was an editor for Life and The New York Times. He also was a founding member of the Magnum Photo Agency. Includes eighteen transparencies and a caption list, circa 1980. The collection is inactive.
Dates
- circa 1937-1994
Creator
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
To access materials from this collection, please contact CCP-RefDesk@email.arizona.edu
Conditions Governing Use
Duplication of unpublished material is prohibited. See the Archivist for information.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission from the copyright owner (which could be the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates or literary executors) prior to any copyright-protected uses of the collection.
The user agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents, the University of Arizona, Center of Creative Photography, including its officers, employees, and agents, from and against all claims made relating to copyright or other intellectual property infringement
Biographical Note
John G. Morris was born on December 7, 1916 in Maple Shade, New Jersey. Morris was a photo editor and was responsible for photographs that were ultimately used in publications such as Life and The New York Times. Morris also worked for Ladies Home Journal and The Washington Post. In 1983 Morris moved to Paris where he worked as the European correspondent for National Geographic. Morris turned 100 years old in December of 2016 and passed away in 2017.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Arrangement
The Collection is arranged into the following series:
- Series 1: Activity files, circa 1937-1994, 1 box
Processing Information
The materials found in this collection were withdrawn from MISCELLANEOUS SMALL COLLECTIONS (AG 8, Subgroup 10) by Kristi Bradford in April, 1990. The finding aid was updated by Phoenix Smithey in March 2017 and by Tai Huesgen in December 2020.
- International herald tribune Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- John G. Morris collection circa 1937-1994
- Author
- Finding aid created by CCP Archives Staff
- Date
- © 2020
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English
Repository Details
Part of the Center for Creative Photography Archives Repository
