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Naomi Rosenblum collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 226

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the working papers of Naomi Rosenblum including research materials, correspondence and manuscripts for her writing projects (including books, articles and reviews) and lectures, materials on her curatorial work and correspondence for her work as a member of various photography-related boards.

Dates

  • 1918-1999

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to Promotion reviews is restricted. To access materials from this collection, please contact CCP-RefDesk@email.arizona.edu

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright to original manuscripts is held by Naomi Rosenblum.

Chronology

1925
Born January 16.
1941-1942
Attends Tyler School of Fine Art, Temple University, Philadelphia.
1943-1948
Attends Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York; graduates with a B.A. in Fine Art; marries Walter Rosenblum.
1950
Daughter Nina born September 20.
195?
Daughter Lisa born.
1959-1962
Adjunct lecturer, Art Education, Engineering Drawing, at Brooklyn College, CUNY.
1962-1972
Teacher of fine art/art history at High School of Music and Art
1974-1976
Adjunct instructor of Art History, York College, CUNY.
1975
Receives master’s degree from the City University of New York (CUNY)
1976
Contributor to “Paul Strand: 60 Years of Photographs,” Aperture.
1976-1990
Adjunct professor, art history department, Parsons School of Design, New York.
1977
Co-author of “America and Lewis Hine,” with Walter Rosenblum and Alan Trachtenberg for Aperture; Co-curator of the Lewis Hine Retrospective, Brooklyn Museum; helps to coordinate the photography section of “The Modern Spirit” shown in Edinburgh.
1978
Receives doctorate from CUNY. Dissertation is “Paul Strand, the Early Years, 1910-1932.”
1979
Co-authors “History of American Art” with Brown, Hunter, Jacobus and Sokol for Harry N. Abrams; Lewis Hine Retrospective travels to the Venice Biennale; chairs “New Perspectives on American Art, 1890-1940,” symposium in honor of Milton W. Brown.
1980
Lewis Hine Retrospective travels to China; Professor of photographic history, Parsons Program at Arles, France (summer).
1981
Contributes to “Contemporary Photographers,” St. James Press.
1983
Publishes “A world history of photography,” Abbeville Press.
1983-1993
Member, Board of Advisors, Paul Strand Archive.
1984-1985
Adjunct professor, history of photography, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
1985
“A World History of Photography” wins best photographic history book from American Photographic Historical Society; adjunct professor, art history department, Graduate Center, CUNY.
1985-1992
Member, Board of Advisory, Aperture Foundation.
1989
Authors “Changing Chicago: A phototdocumentary,” University of Illinois Press.
1990
Getty scholar along with husband Walter; authors “Orgeval: A remembrance of Paul Strand,” Lumiere Press.
1992-?
Member of Acquisitions Committee, International Museum of Photography Eastman House.
1993-?
Member, Advisory Board, Cambridge Perspectives on Photography, Cambridge University Press.
1994
Publishes “A history of women photographers,” Abbeville Press; wins American Photographic History Society Award for best photographic history book for “A history of women photographers.”
1995
Scholar in residence, Ecole Nationale de Photographie, Arles, France.
1998
She and her husband Walter were awarded the Infinity Award for Lifetime Achievement by the International Center for Photography.
1998
Co-author of “Berenice Abbott: New York Anni Trenta,” with Italo Zannier, Art Books International, Ltd.
1999
Co-authored “Documenting a myth: The South as seen by three women photographers, Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, Doris Ulmann, Bayard Wootten 1910-1940,” with Susan Fillin-Yeh, University of Washington Press.
2003
Authors “Women seeing women: a pictorial history of women’s photography from Julia Margaret Cameron to Annie Leibovitz,” W W Norton and Co. Inc.
2007
Co-authors “Chernobyl: the hidden legacy,” with Pierpaolo Mittica and Rosalie Bertell, Trolley Books.
2008
Women in Photography International, an online resource center , uses her text to establish their list of the top 100 women photographers.
2021
Passed away on February 19, 2021

Biographical

Born Jan. 16, 1925. [info from 2 sources: copy of insurance card in Box A Folder 16, and copy of passport in Box A Volga Peace Cruise folder] Rosenblum is an independent scholar who has taught, written photography history books, articles, book reviews, lectured widely and co-curated several exhibits. Her texts, “A World History of Photography” and “A History of Women Photographers” are used in photography and photo history classes worldwide. Her husband was Walter Rosenblum, (1919-2000) a photographer, professor and member of the Photo League.

Extent

13.5 Linear Feet

Metadata Rights Declarations

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Abstract

Papers and research materials (1918-1999, bulk 1976-1998) for books, articles, and reviews by noted photography historian, Naomi Rosenblum (1925-2021). Includes notes, clippings, publications, correspondence, and slides that were collected as research materials for the 2009 revision of Rosenblum’s 1994 monograph A History of Women Photographers; lecture notes; and exhibition materials. Of special note are her research files assembled while writing her 1978 dissertation on Paul Strand.

Arrangement

Series List:

  1. Series I: Research files, alphabetical
  2. Series II: Research files, miscellaneous
  3. Series III: Paul Strand research files
  4. Series IV: Project files
  5. Series V: World history of photography files
  6. Series VI: Women photographer files
  7. Series VII: Color snapshots

Custodial History

Gift of Naomi Rosenblum starting in 2008.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Book Index

Books

  1. Contributor,Paul Strand: 60 years of photographs, Aperture, Millerton, New York, 1976.
  2. Co-author,America and Lewis Hine, with Walter Rosenblum and Alan Trachtenberg. Aperture, Millerton, New York, 1977.
  3. Author,Paul Strand, the early years, 1910-1932, PhD thesis for City University of New York, 1978.
  4. Co-author,History of American art, with Brown, Hunter, Jacobus and Sokol. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1979.
  5. Contributor,Contemporary photographers,St. James, London, 1981.
  6. Author,A world history of photography, Abbeville Press, New York, 1983.
  7. Author,Changing Chicago: a photodocumentary, University of Illinois Press, 1989.
  8. Author, Orgeval: a remembrance of Paul Strand, Toronto: Lumiere Press, 1990.
  9. Author, A history of women photographers, Abbeville Press, New York, 1994.
  10. Co-author,Berenice Abbott: New York anni Trenta, with Italo Zannier, Art Books International, Ltd., 1998.
  11. Co-author,Documenting a myth: the South as seen by three women photographers: Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, Doris Ulmann, Bayard Wootten 1910-1940, with Susan Fillin-Yeh, University of Washington Press, 1999.
  12. Author,Women seeing women: A pictorial history of women’s photography from Julia Margaret Cameron to Annie Leibovitz, W. W. Norton and Co. Inc., New York, 2003.
  13. Co-author,Chernobyl: the hidden legacy, with Pierpaolo Mittica and Rosalie Bertell, Trolley Books, London, 2007.

General

Catalogues and portfolios

  1. Portfolio essay inThe Lewis W. Hine document, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 1977.
  2. “Photography, 1908-1935” inThe modern spirit, American painting 1908-1935, by Milton W. Brown, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1977.
  3. “Paul Strand Chronology” inThe collection of Alfred Stieglitz, by Weston Naef, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1978.
  4. “Lewis W. Hine” inPhotography: Venice ’79, Rizzoli, New York, 1979.
Title
Naomi Rosenblum collection1918-1999AG226
Status
Edited Full Draft
Author
Processed by Christine Seliga and James Uhrig
Date
2012
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding guide is in English

Repository Details

Part of the Center for Creative Photography Archives Repository

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