Harry M. Callahan papers, 1943-1975

Collection Information

Size: 1,200 Items, (microfilmed on 3 reels)

Summary: REELS 935-936: Correspondence with the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Witkin Gallery, Ansel Adams and others regarding exhibitions of Callahan's work; publications by Callahan; exhibition material; notebooks; biographical material; reproductions of work by Callahan; and printed materials.

Biographical/Historical Note

Harry Callahan was a photographer in Providence, R.I. Born 1912. Taught at the Institute of Design at the Illimois Institute of Technology in Chicago, 1946-1961. Chair of photography department, Rhoad Island School of Design, 1961-1977. Died March 15, 1999.

Provenance

Lent for filming 1975 by Harry Callahan.

Language Note

English .