Ka Morais papers, 1942-1981 (bulk 1970-1981)

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Ka Morais papers, 1942-1981 (bulk 1970-1981)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/700073617

The Ka Morais Papers include family, personal, and professional correspondence. Letters from his brother Michael discuss their collaborations, writing and illustrating poems and other works. Morais' professional papers consist of letters of recommendation, honors and awards, programs and reviews of his exhibits, drawings, and news clippings about him and advertising courses he taught. There are also a few manuscripts by Morais with illustrations (photographs and drawings). Of interest are original and photocopies of letters and postcards written to him by the photographer Ansel Adams, 1975-1981. Also documented is Morais' involvement in the Bahai religion, his period as an English instructor in Japan (Ube Academy of Foreign Languages), and as a volunteer worker at the United Nations refugee camps in Thailand, 1978-1981.

1.2 lin. ft. (3 archival boxes)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8002762

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Morais, Ka, 1942-1981

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rz191v (person)

Kenneth Alan (Ka) Morais, African-American photographer and media artist, studied commercial and fine art, photography and film and television in New York and California. Morais' fine art photography includes constructions and photomontages; his documentary work includes images of New York City and abroad. From the description of Ka Morais papers, 1942-1981 (bulk 1970-1981) (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 700073617 ...

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...