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Jewel Plummer Cobb photograph collection

Title
Jewel Plummer Cobb photograph collection [graphic].
Author
Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924-
Publication
[1955?]-1985.

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Additional Authors
  • Bernard, Lennie.
  • Goodman, Steve.
  • Sarno, H.
  • Siebure, Don.
  • Simmons, Stanley.
  • Stoke, Ron M.
  • Connecticut College.
  • Hemmetmueller Photography (Wayzata, Minn.)
Found In
p1tc Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924- Jewel Plummer Cobb papers, 1944-1990 (CStRLIN)NYPW088000011-A
Description
  • 96 items (.3 lin. ft., 1 box); 28 x 36 cm. and smaller.
  • 47 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 35 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 5 photographic prints : col. ;
  • 7 instant camera photographic prints : b&w ;
  • 2 contact sheets : col. ;
Summary
The Jewel Plummer Cobb Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of her career as an educator, biologist and college administrator from the mid-1950s to 1985.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1950-1989.
  • Group portraits – 1950-1989.
  • Gelatin silver prints – 1950-1989.
  • Dye coupler prints – 1980-1989.
  • Instant camera photographs – 1970-1979.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Some photographs bear photographer or photography studio handstamps; one photograph has photographer's address label on verso; one item, which is matted, has photography studio name printed on matte. Some photographs have handwritten notations on verso; several photographs have printed captions attached to verso; some items have captions printed on recto; one photograph has cropping and retouching marks.
Biography (note)
  • Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator and cancer researcher, was born in Chicago in 1924.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Jewel Plummer Cobb Papers, 1944-1990.
Call Number
Sc Photo Jewel Plummer Cobb Collection
OCLC
NYPG00-F233
Author
Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924-
Title
Jewel Plummer Cobb photograph collection [graphic].
Imprint
[1955?]-1985.
Biography
Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator and cancer researcher, was born in Chicago in 1924. She received her bachelor's degree in biology from Talladega (Alabama) College (1944), and her master's (1947) and doctoral (1950) degrees, both in cell physiology, from New York University. Her educational career included professorships at NYU (1955-1960) and Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York (1960-1969); appointments as professor and dean at both Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut (1969-1976) and Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (1976-1981); and university president at California State University, Fullerton (1981-1990). She is currently a California State University trustee professor at CSU Los Angeles. Cobb is also known for her research into cell morphology and her support for the advancement of women and minorities in the sciences.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Jewel Plummer Cobb Papers, 1944-1990.
Local Note
Sc MG 298
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Added Author
Bernard, Lennie. Photographer
Goodman, Steve. Photographer
Sarno, H. Photographer
Siebure, Don. Photographer
Simmons, Stanley. Photographer
Stoke, Ron M. Photographer
Connecticut College.
Hemmetmueller Photography (Wayzata, Minn.)
Found In:
p1tc Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924- Jewel Plummer Cobb papers, 1944-1990 (CStRLIN)NYPW088000011-A
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Jewel Plummer Cobb Collection
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