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Words on pictures : Romana Javitz and the New York Public Library's Picture Collection

Title
Words on pictures : Romana Javitz and the New York Public Library's Picture Collection / edited by Anthony T. Troncale.
Author
Troncale, Anthony T.
Publication
  • New York : Photo Verso Publications, 2020.
  • ©2020

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StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextPermit needed *R-Photo 22-329Schwarzman Building - Photography Collection Room 308
TextUse in library JQE 20-70Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300
TextUse in library JQE 22-329 Schwarzman Building - Picture Collection Reference - Rm 119

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Additional Authors
  • Cline, Jessica
  • Javitz, Romana
  • Libsohn, Sol
  • Yampolsky, Robert
  • Doud, Richard
Description
274 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"The texts presented here are the work of Romana Javitz (1903-1980), who, as superintendent of the Picture Collection from 1928 to 1968, was the chief advocate for the organization and circulation of pictures to the public in the country." -- from the Introduction.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Contains bibliographic references.
Contents
On pictures in a public library -- Annual reports, 1929-1939 -- Origins of the Index of American Design -- The organization of pictures as documents -- Words on pictures -- Annual reports, 1940-1953 -- Romana Javitz interviews Sol Libsohn, 1958 -- Robert Yampolsky interviews Romana Javitz, ca. 1964 -- Richard Doud interviews Romana Javitz -- Appendix I: Picture Collection online with links to respective digital collections and a compendium of Picture Collection holdings transferred to the NYPL research libraries -- Appendix II: Staff news announcements regarding the Picture Collection, 1915-1962; and a chronology of newspaper and magazine coverage of the Picture Collection, 1916-2016.
Call Number
*R-Photo 22-329
ISBN
  • 9781734640908
  • 1734640901
OCLC
1233123741
Author
Troncale, Anthony T., editor.
Title
Words on pictures : Romana Javitz and the New York Public Library's Picture Collection / edited by Anthony T. Troncale.
Publisher
New York : Photo Verso Publications, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Contains bibliographic references.
Added Author
Cline, Jessica, writer of preface.
Javitz, Romana, interviewee, interviewer.
Libsohn, Sol, interviewee.
Yampolsky, Robert, interviewer.
Doud, Richard, interviewer.
Research Call Number
*R-Photo 22-329
JQE 20-70
JQE 22-329
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