Beaumont and Nancy Newhall papers, 1930-[ongoing].

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Beaumont and Nancy Newhall papers, 1930-[ongoing].

Personal and business correspondence including correspondence between Nancy Newhall and Ansel Adams relating to their joint projects, including books, exhibitions, portfolios, and workshops, correspondence of Edward Weston with both Newhalls relating in part to their curatorial activities at Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., and George Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y., and correspondence of the Newhalls with editors, publishers, artists, authors, museums, and universities; writings file of both Newhalls but chiefly Nancy Newhall, containing correspondence, research materials, and drafts; subject files relating to topics of interest to both Newhalls, but especially Nancy Newhall; bibliographies relating to Beaumont Newhall; and photocopy (243 p.) of course outline of a Harvard University museum studies course taught by Paul Sachs and attended by Beaumont Newhall.

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University of Arizona Libraries

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Museum of modern art New York, N.Y.

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Died 1989. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Titus, Roy V. : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83119924 Art museum; New York, N.Y. From the description of Museum of Modern Art first loan exhibition : November 8th to December 7, 1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557713 d. 2001. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Matisse, Maria-Gaetana : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unk...

Weston, Edward, 1886-1958

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Edward Weston, (American, 1886-1958), was born in Highland Park, Illinois and from an early age was involved with photography. He studied at the Illinois College of Photography in 1908, afterwards moving to Los Angeles to work for a commercial portrait studio and eventually starting his own. Weston exhibited his works in many salons and exhibitions, making his works known in the photographic community. In 1929 Weston moved to Carmel, California, where he would spend the rest of his...

George Eastman House

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Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965

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Harvard Professor of Museology. From the description of Lecture notes and related manuscripts, 1926-1955. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80369439 Professor of fine arts. From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Joseph Sachs : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726511 Paul Joseph Sachs, the first associate director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University and a Harvard profes...

Newhall, Nancy Wynne

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Photographer, art historian, curator, teacher, and author; b. 1908; d. 1974. From the description of Beaumont and Nancy Newhall papers, 1930-[ongoing]. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28408904 ...

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984

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Ansel Adams, American photographer, was born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He was tutored privately at home where he studied piano, San Francisco, from 1914 to 1927, then studied photography with the photofinisher Frank Dittman, in San Francisco, in 1916 and 1917. He married Virginia Best in 1928, and had two children, Michael and Anne. Adams began his career as a photographer, 1927, and worked as a commercial photographer, from 1930 to 1960. He was a photography correspond...

Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993

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Beaumont Newhall, the founder of the art history of photography, was the first Curator of Photography at MOMA and then at George Eastman House. He authored numerous books, articles and reviews about photography. From the description of Beaumont and Nancy Newhall papers, 1843-1993. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79626249 Beaumont Newhall (1908-1993) was an art administrator and art historian from Rochester, N.Y. From the description of Oral histor...