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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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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. | Text | Permit needed | *R-Photo 22-329 | Schwarzman Building - Photography Collection Room 308 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Use in library | JQE 20-70 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQE 22-329 | Schwarzman Building - Picture Collection Reference - Rm 119 |
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- 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
- textstill 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 22-329JQE 20-70JQE 22-329