Picture Collection records, 1896-1999.

ArchivalResource

Picture Collection records, 1896-1999.

Records document the creation, operation and administration of the NYPL Picture Collection. Included are correspondence, memos, reports, news clippings and promotional materials. Romana Javitz correspondence includes letters from Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange and Roy Stryker.

6 linear feet (10 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 8245170

New York Public Library System, NYPL

Related Entities

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Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965

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Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), American documentary photographer and photojournalist, was born Dorothea Margarette Nutzhorn in Hoboken, New Jersey. She worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression. From the description of Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582293 In the spring of 1942, Dorothea Lange was hired by the War Relocation Authority to document the movement of Japanese-Americans during relo...

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

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Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), an American photographer, began his career as a teacher at the Ethical Culture School in New York City. He first used a camera to record activities at the school. Subsequently he photographed immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the shocking condition of child laborers throughout the U.S., the activities of the American Red Cross in World War I, and workers in various industries. He was commissioned to create photo-essays for industry and periodicals. His early pho...

New York Public Library. Picture Collection.

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The New York Public Library Picture Collection, comprised of clipped illustrations from books, newspapers and magazines as well as loose photographs, prints and postcards, was established in 1914. The Library assigned Ellen Perkins, a chief cataloger in the Circulation Department, to oversee the program's development. In 1929, Romana Javitz succeeded Perkins as Head of the Picture Collection. During Javitz's long tenure, the collection grew tremendously, access was impro...

Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975

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Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washington, D.C. Under Stryker the Photographic project of the FSA documented the drought, poverty and despair of rural and urban America during the Depression. From the description of Oral history interview with Roy Emerson Stryker, 1963-1965 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79221042 Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washingt...

Javitz, Romana 1903-1980

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Romana Javitz (1903-1980) was Curator of The New York Public Library's Picture Collection from 1929-1968. From the description of Romana Javitz papers, 1923-1980. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 189759079 Romana Javitz (1903-1980) was a photographer and teacher from New York, N.Y. Associated with Farm Security Administration. Director of NYPL Picture Collection. From the description of Oral history interview with Romana Jav...

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975

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Walker Evans (1903-1975) was a photographer. From the description of Oral history interview with Walker Evans, 1971 Oct. 13-Dec. 23 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595155 Photographer and professor at Yale; best known for documenting the people and conditions of the southern United States during the Great Depression. From the description of Walker Evans photographs, 1935-1936. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 55636072 P...