Paul Vanderbilt's subject files, 1951-1971.

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Paul Vanderbilt's subject files, 1951-1971.

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Classified subject files, mainly 1954-1965, and other administrative materials of Paul Vanderbilt (1905-1992), the first curator of the Historical Society's Iconographic Collection, including correspondence, memoranda, reports and writings, reference material, product samples, photographic tests, notes, and reference materials pertaining to the organization of the section, its operation, and the cataloging, exhibit, and promotion of its collections. Prominent correspondents include Ansel Adams, Roy Stryker, George Talbot, and Franklin Wallick, as well as Historical Society administrators Leslie J. Fishel, Jr., J.W. Jenkins, Clifford Lord, and Don McNeil. Numerous films and photographs produced by Vanderbilt as head of Iconography are separately catalogued in the Visual Materials Section.

3.8 c.f. (10 archives boxes and 2 card boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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