Peter Palmquist Collection of Women in Photography circa 1840-2003 1971-2003

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Peter Palmquist Collection of Women in Photography circa 1840-2003 1971-2003

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Peter Palmquist began the Women in Photography International Archive in 1971 as a systematic study of women photographers in California, which then extended to the American West. By 1994, he broadened the collection to include women involved in photography since its beginning to contemporary times around the world. He included amateur and commercial photographers, studio assistants, retouchers, colorists, photojournalists, and filmmakers, as well as early critics of photography and characters in literary works. This collection consists of biographical files collected by Peter Palmquist for over thirty thousand women involved in photography and photographic materials that represent the work of nearly two thousand women. The collection also includes research files for a number of Palmquist's publication and exhibition projects on topics related to women photographers, as well as the organizational records of Women in Photography International, a non-profit group founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1981 to promote women photographers and their work.

471 boxes (including 61 oversize boxes); 294.29 linear feet

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349911

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Palmquist, Peter E.

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Peter Eric Palmquist (1931-2003) of Arcata, California, was a historian of photography who collected historical and contemporary photographs and research materials about photographers. Women in Photography International is an educational nonprofit group founded in 1981 that serves women photographers, photographic educators, photography students, and gallery owners around the world. It promotes women photographers and their work through programs, exhibitions, juried comp...

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Women in Photography (U.S.)

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Palmquist, Peter E

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A photographer, collector, and historian of photography, Peter Eric Palmquist was born in Oakland, California on September 23, 1936. In 1944, he moved with his family to Ferndale, California, and he spent most of his life in Humboldt County. During adolescence, Palmquist trained himself in photography. He served in the United States Army as a photographer from 1955 to 1959, mainly with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Paris, France. Palmquist worked briefly as a phot...