Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971

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Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was an American photographer, war correspondent, author and photojournalist. Among her many achievements, she was the first foreign photographer allowed to take pictures in the USSR of Soviet industry, the first female war correspondent, and the first female photographer for Life magazine, where her photograph appeared on the first cover. She was the author of more than ten books, including her autobiography Portrait of Myself (1963). She received numerous awards over her career, including honorary doctorates from Rutgers University and the University of Michigan, and in 1997 she was designated a Women's History Month honoree by the National Women's History Project.

From the guide to the Margaret Bourke-White Papers, 1863-1984, 1928-1964, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

B. June 14,1904 in Bronx, NY;d. in Connecticut, August 1971.

From the description of Margaret Bourke-White : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 680517953

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From the description of Margaret Bourke-White photographs, 1927-1972. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64075182

BIOGHIST REQUIRED Margaret Bourke-White was born in New York City and grew up in Bound Brook, New Jersey. She enrolled at Columbia University in 1921 where she studied photography under Clarence H. White (no relation), a noted photographer in the Photo-Secession movement. She transferred to the University of Michigan in 1922, later took courses at Western Reserve University, and ultimately received her bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1927. Her first book, Eyes on Russia, resulted from an assignment documenting Russian industrialization for the magazine Fortune.

By 1931, Bourke-White was a widely recognized photojournalist when she photographed the Morningside Campus for the Columbia University Press, offering six total views for sale to the public. She continued to receive accolades for her work in photojournalism, joining the staff of Life Magazine in 1936 and serving as a correspondent in the Soviet Union during the Second World War. She was married to Everett Chapman 1924-1926 and writer Erskine Caldwell 1939-1942.

From the guide to the Margaret Bourke-White Photographs, 1931, (Columbia University University Archives)
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referencedIn Society of Woman Geographers. Records, 1925-1987. Library of Congress
creatorOf Imogen Cunningham papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Simon, Richard L. (Richard Leo), 1899-1960. Papers, 1915-1992. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Vicki Goldberg Research Files, before 1992 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Steinway and Sons. Records, 1853-1977, 1900-1968 (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Margaret Bourke-White Photographs, 1931 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn F.A. Gilfillan Papers, 1909-1984, 1921-1977 Oregon State University Libraries University Archives
referencedIn Erskine Caldwell Papers, 1936-1942 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Lillian Gish papers, 1909-1992 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971. Margaret Bourke-White : Artist File. International Center of Photography
creatorOf American Museum of Natural History. Fortune Magazine and American Museum of Natural History reprints, April 1937 American Museum of Natural History
referencedIn Roemmelt, Chester W., 1902-1981. Chester William Roemmelt Papers, 1917-1977. Norwich University, Kreitzberg Library
referencedIn Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Fred C. Kelly Papers, 1867-1966 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Altschul, Frank, 1887-1981. Frank Altschul papers, 1900-1981. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Downtown Brooklyn Development Association records, 1929-1971 Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)
referencedIn Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning records, 1905-2004 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971,. Colonial Society of Massachusetts visual materials collection, ca. 1860-1961. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Society of Woman Geographers Records, 1910-1998 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Letters of tribute to Carl Sandburg [manuscript], 1951-1952. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Cornell University. College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning records, 1905-2004. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Blackwell Markham Papers, 1879-1988 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Imogen Cunningham papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Ackerman, Caroline Iverson. Papers of Caroline Iverson Ackerman, 1927-2004 (inclusive), 1939-1949 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Keller, Kaufman Thuma, 1885-1966. Kaufman Thuma (K.T.) Keller Collection, 1885-1966. Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library
referencedIn Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987. Erskine Caldwell letters, 1929-1973 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. Photograph collection, 1870-1987. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Women's Project of New Jersey. Records, 1984-2004 Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Peter L. Goss Collection on Margaret Bourke-White, 1966 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Bourke White, Margaret. Bourke White, Margaret : [photography bio file]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Gumberg, Alexander, 1887-1939. Papers, 1904-1939. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn White, Margaret Bourke : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Mattie E. Hewitt & Richard A. Smith Photograph Collection, 1919-1961 (bulk 1920-1939) New-York Historical Society
referencedIn J. Walter Thompson Company. Staff Meeting Minutes, 1927-1952. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987. Photographs [manuscript], 1936-1978. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Angell, Norman, 1874-1967. Gilbert F. White papers, 1942-1957. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Gray, A. Donald (Albert Donald), 1891-1939. Papers, 1917-1939. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
creatorOf Margaret Bourke-White Papers, 1863-1984, 1928-1964 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Fogg Art Museum 20th-century history of photography collection, 1900-1984 (inclusive). Harvard University Art Museum
referencedIn Photographer File, ca. 1882-present New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Marshall, Alice Kahler,. Women illustrators and photographers graphics collection, 1800-1987. Penn State Harrisburg Library
creatorOf Gilfillan, F. A. (Francois Archibald), 1893-1983. F.A. Gilfillan papers, 1909-1984 (bulk 1921-1977). Oregon State University Libraries
creatorOf Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987. Erskine Caldwell papers, 1932-1941. Library of Congress
creatorOf Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Dept. Photographs for the company series, 1918-1954. The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center
referencedIn Freeman, Joseph, 1897-1965. Joseph Freeman papers, ca.1920-1965. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Farrand, Margaret Carleton. Margaret Carleton Farrand miscellany, [ca.1926]-1988. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Letters of Carl Sandburg [manuscript] 1951-1952. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Horton, Sam. The eleventh commandment and Margaret Bourke-White, n.d. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Bourke-White, Margaret, 1906-1971. Muncie, Indiana--"Middletown" ... : photographs ... / by Margaret Bourke-White. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971. Margaret Bourke-White photographs, 1927-1972. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Bourke-White, Margaret. [Margaret Bourke-White] : artist file John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Ringling Museum Library
referencedIn Adams, Bristow, 1875-1957. Bristow Adams papers, 1853-1970, 1862-1957 (bulk). Cornell University Library
referencedIn Croswell Bowen papers Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Bristow Adams papers, 1853-1970, 1862-1957 (bulk) Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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Death 1971-08-27

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