The Gordon Parks collection, ca. 1968-2004

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The Gordon Parks collection, ca. 1968-2004

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A collection of photographs, biographical materials, posters, and other items pertaining to the career of Gordon Parks. The materials in this collection mostly concern two movies directed by Parks; The Learning Tree and Leadbelly. A checklist of Parks' published works held by Pittsburg State University is appended to this page.

.5 linear feet

Pittsburg State University, Leonard H. Axe Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8177749

Pittsburg State University, Leonard H. Axe Library

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Leonard H. Axe Library. Special Collections

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Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006

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A versatile and prolific artist, Gordon Parks, Sr., warrants his status as a cultural icon. The poet, novelist, film director, and preeminent documentary and fashion photographer was born on November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the youngest of fifteen children. Parks saw no reason to stay in Kansas after the death of his mother and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, at age sixteen to live with his sister. After a disagreement with his brother-in-law, Parks soon found himself homeless, supporting...