George Gilbert collection of Photo League materials, 1944-1999.

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George Gilbert collection of Photo League materials, 1944-1999.

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Comprises "Notes on Ansel Adams' lectures delivered at the Photography Center on May 17, 19, 22, 24, and 26, 1944," by George Gilbert (typescript, annotated in ms.; 10 leaves); U.S. camera, Nov. 1947 (containing article "Photo hunt," with photos. by Gilbert documenting the Photo League's "Photo Hunt Party" for 1947, p. 28-29); "The two major photographic movements of the twentieth century: the Photo-Seccession, 1903-1916, and the Photo League, 1946-1951 : a publication of the American Photographic Historical Society," by Gilbert, a presentation to Photo Administrators, Inc., NYC, Oct. 16, 1996, at the National Arts Club, New York (computer printout, 23, [1] leaves); folder containing "The Photo League in Red masquerade" (2 folded sheets with photocopied excerpts from Red masquerade, by Angela Calomiris (Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1950), compiled, annotated and privately published by Gilbert) and related materials (lists of members' names; letter to Gilbert from Nina Rosenblum and Mary Engel, Oct. 18, 1999, about a proposed documentary film; CV for Charles F. Rotkin; photocopy of article from the New York daily news, Oct. 4, 1999; photographic print, inscribed on verso "Sid Grossman--Provincetown School of Photog., ca. 1954").

4 items (1 envelope)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8000284

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Calomiris, Angela, 1916-1995

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Photo-League

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Gilbert, George, 1922-

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George Gilbert, born in New York City in 1922, is an American marketing professional, photographer and writer on photography and a collector of antique photographic equipment and memorabilia. As a writer, he has also used the pseudonyms Gil Jordan and Pam Stevens. He was a member of the Photo League, a cooperative of amateur and professional photographers that existed from 1936 to 1951 in New York City. From the description of George Gilbert collection of Photo League materials, 1944...

Photo-Secession (Association)

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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...

Grossman, Sid, 1915-1955

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Photographer, writer; New York, N.Y. and Provincetown, Mass. From the description of Sidney Grossman papers, 1933-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78216355 ...