Richard Zakia collection on Barbara Morgan 1927-1965

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Richard Zakia collection on Barbara Morgan 1927-1965

Richard Zakia collection on Barbara Morgan 1927-1965

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/757936197

The Richard Zakia collection on Barbara Morgan contains correspondence, invitations, promotional items, publications, news articles, photographs, and biographical materials. The correspondence in the collection is mostly between Zakia and Morgan. The invitations are to several events such as Morgan's 90th birthday celebration and an exhibit featuring her work. Similarly, there are promotional materials such as brochures and exhibit catalogs to related events. The collection also includes several publications. For instance, there is a copy of Aperture magazine that highlights Morgan's career. Incidentally, Morgan was one of the founders of the Aperture Foundation and its magazine. There are also several magazine issues featuring Morgan's work and news articles on the photographer and her career. The photographs in the collection are mostly of Morgan's 90th birthday celebration. There is a portrait of Morgan taken by Marilyn Bridges in 1979 when Bridges was a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), as well as a photograph of Morgan's visit to the Institute in 1989. The collection also includes some pieces of biographical information such as brief biographies and timelines. Materials related to Barbara Morgan, a photographer best known for her black and white dance photographs. Compiled by Richard Zakia, a former professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, the collection contains correspondence, invitations and announcements, promotional items, publications, news articles, photographs, and biographical materials.

3.2 linear feet (1 document box, 1 file box, 1 folder)

RIT Library, Wallace Library