Papers, 1908-1977.

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Papers, 1908-1977.

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Photographs and papers of Wallace Kirkland (1891-1979) who became well-known as a Life Magazine photographer. The collection includes correspondence, publications to which he contributed, personal writings, financial information, memorabilia, and prints, negatives, and other visual formats mainly documenting his personal work and family. Some photographs are from his early work as director of the Men's and Boys' Club at Hull House in Chicago in the 1920s, a trip to India for a Life story in 1940, and his personal work in photographing nudes. They also include images of artist Robert Rauschenberg working. Some images were made in Wisconsin, espcially in Milwaukee and Door County.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Hull House (Chicago, Ill.)

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Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of the city, Hull House (named after the original house's first owner Charles Jerald Hull) opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had expanded to 13 buildings. In 1912 the Hull House complex was completed with the addition of a summer camp, the Bowen Country Club. With its innovative social, educat...

Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008

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Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) was a painter and photographer from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Rauschenberg, 1965 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646398681 Painter, photographer; New York, N.Y. Born 1925. Died 2008. From the description of Robert Rauschenberg interview, 1965 Dec. 21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78470377 ...

Kirkland, Wallace (American photographer, 1890-1983)

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Wallace Kirkland (1891-1979) was a social worker and professional photographer. From 1921 until 1935, Kirkland served as director of the Boys' Club at the Hull-House settlement in Chicago. In 1935, Kirkland left Hull-House to pursue a career as a photographer. He joined the staff of Life magazine in 1936 where he worked until his retirement in 1956. At Life, Kirkland traveled extensively as a war correspondent during the Second World War including a trip to India where he photographed Mahatma Ga...