Papers, ca. 1920-1983.

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Papers, ca. 1920-1983.

Correspondence, project files, mss. of writings, biographies, teaching materials, field notes, exhibition files, reference files, publications, résumés, scrapbooks, clippings, artifacts, audiovisual materials, and photographic materials including contact sheets, study and work prints, and negatives, relating to Palfi's career as photographer and social critic. Topics include race relations, discrimination, child neglect, juvenile delinquency, treatment of the elderly, conditions of American Indians, and the criminal justice system. Correspondents include John Collier, Langston Hughes, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Edward Steichen.

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University of Arizona Libraries

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Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973

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Edward Jean Steichen, born Eduard Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973), was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter, and curator. His were the photographs that most frequently appeared in Alfred Stieglitz's groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its publication from 1903 to 1917. Steichen laid claim to his photos of gowns for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911, being the first modern fashion photographs ever published. Steichen used his talents in the military in ...

Collier, John, 1913-1992

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John Collier took these photographs during the period Bernard J. Siegal was doing fieldwork in the Picuris Pueblo, ca. 1950-1965. From the description of Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico : photographs and sound recordings, ca. 1950-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863679 Photographer, California; Died 1992. From the description of John Collier monologue, 1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515812 John Collier (1913- ) was a photographer. ...

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Poet, author, playwright, songwriter. From the guide to the Langston Hughes collection, [microform], 1926-1967, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) From the description of Langston Hughes collection, 1926-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652168 Langson Hughes: African-American poet and writer, author of Weary Blue (1926), The Big Sea (1940), and other works. ...

Palfi, Marion, 1907-1978

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Photographer, teacher, and social critic. From the description of Papers of Marion Palfi, 1920-1983. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 606613659 From the description of Papers, ca. 1920-1983. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28421064 ...