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George Gilbert collection of Photo League materials
- Title
- George Gilbert collection of Photo League materials, 1944-1999.
- Author
- Gilbert, George, 1922-
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | By appointment only | MFWY+ 11-40 | Schwarzman Building - Photography Collection Room 308 |
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- Comprises "Notes on Ansel Adams' lectures delivered at the Photography Center on May 17, 19, 22, 24, and 26, 1944," by George Gilbert (typescript, annotated in ms.; 10 leaves); U.S. camera, Nov. 1947 (containing article "Photo hunt," with photos. by Gilbert documenting the Photo League's "Photo Hunt Party" for 1947, p. 28-29); "The two major photographic movements of the twentieth century: the Photo-Seccession, 1903-1916, and the Photo League, 1946-1951 : a publication of the American Photographic Historical Society," by Gilbert, a presentation to Photo Administrators, Inc., NYC, Oct. 16, 1996, at the National Arts Club, New York (computer printout, 23, [1] leaves); folder containing "The Photo League in Red masquerade" (2 folded sheets with photocopied excerpts from Red masquerade, by Angela Calomiris (Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1950), compiled, annotated and privately published by Gilbert) and related materials (lists of members' names; letter to Gilbert from Nina Rosenblum and Mary Engel, Oct. 18, 1999, about a proposed documentary film; CV for Charles F. Rotkin; photocopy of article from the New York daily news, Oct. 4, 1999; photographic print, inscribed on verso "Sid Grossman--Provincetown School of Photog., ca. 1954").
- Alternative Title
- Photo League materials
- Subjects
- Lecture notes
- Photography > United States > History > Sources
- Grossman, Sid, 1915-1955 > Portraits
- Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984
- Photo-Secession (Association) History
- Gilbert, George, 1922-
- Photography > Philosophy
- Photo League History > Sources
- Calomiris, Angela, 1916-1995 > Red masquerade
- Photographic prints > United States > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- Lecture notes.
- Photographic prints – United States – 20th century.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- George Gilbert, born in New York City in 1922, is an American marketing professional, photographer and writer on photography and a collector of antique photographic equipment and memorabilia. As a writer, he has also used the pseudonyms Gil Jordan and Pam Stevens. He was a member of the Photo League, a cooperative of amateur and professional photographers that existed from 1936 to 1951 in New York City.
- Call Number
- MFWY+ 11-40
- OCLC
- 698213792
- Author
- Gilbert, George, 1922- Collector
- Title
- George Gilbert collection of Photo League materials, 1944-1999.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Photography Collection; Available through the Prints and Photographs Study Room by appointment only.
- Biography
- George Gilbert, born in New York City in 1922, is an American marketing professional, photographer and writer on photography and a collector of antique photographic equipment and memorabilia. As a writer, he has also used the pseudonyms Gil Jordan and Pam Stevens. He was a member of the Photo League, a cooperative of amateur and professional photographers that existed from 1936 to 1951 in New York City.
- Added Author
- Photo League.Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984.Calomiris, Angela, 1916-1995. Red masquerade. Selections.
- Research Call Number
- MFWY+ 11-40