Louis Shawl collection
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Not requestable
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several Gelatin Silver Photographs, which include 4 portraits of Louis Shawl by Johan Hagemeyer,10 portraits of unidentified man by unknown photographer and a photocopy of two page article about Johan Hagemeyer by Louis Shawl, Japan, undated. As well, there was an envelope for Shawl that contained the 4 portraits.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Conditions Governing Access
To access materials from this collection, please contact CCP-RefDesk@email.arizona.edu
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Biographical / Historical
Louis Shawl (1905-1998) was a graphic designer and teacher who taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He co-lead the design team Shawl, Nyeland, and Seavey and served as the manager of the Graphic Communications unit of Walter Landor. He was one of the founding members of the San Francisco Advertising Club and the Art Directors and Artists club of San Francisco. During the Great Depression, Shawl was a photographer and became good friends with Johan Hagemeyer, who would later teach him about photography.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 box)
.95 Cubic Feet : 1 box
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
The Louis Shawl collection consists of 11 silver gelatin prints of several unidentified men by an unknown photographer, 4 portraits of Louis Shawl by Johan Hagemeyer, and an article written about Hagemeyer by Shawl.
Custodial History
Collection donated by Stephen Shawl
Processing Information
Finding Aid created by Elias Larralde in 2021
Source
- Hagemeyer, Johan (1884-1962) (Person)
- Title
- Louis Shawl Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elias Larralde
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Center for Creative Photography Archives Repository
