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Wallace Kirkland papers and photographs, 1908-1977
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Papers and photographs of Wallace Kirkland (1891-1979) who became well-known as a Life Magazine photographer. The collection includes correspondence, publications to which he contributed, personal ...
Papers and photographs of Wallace Kirkland (1891-1979) who became well-known as a Life Magazine photographer. The collection includes correspondence, publications to which he contributed, personal writings, financial information, memorabilia, and prints, negatives, and other visual formats mainly documenting his personal work and family. Some photographs are from his early work as director of the Men's and Boys' Club at Hull House in Chicago in the 1920s, a trip to India for a Life story in 1940, and his personal work in photographing nudes. They also include images of artist Robert Rauschenberg working. Some images were made in Wisconsin, especially in Milwaukee and Door County.
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- Mixed Materials
- Language
- English
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- 5.2 cubic feet
- 14,991 photographs
- 32,129 negatives
- 2,323 transparencies
- 21 drawings
- 2 pieces of ephemera
- 1.0 cubic foot of uncounted photographs and negatives, and
- some films
- OCLC
- ocn173699532
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- RESTRICTED: Access to visual materials in this collection requires three days notice and permission of the Visual Materials Curator or Visual Materials Archivist. Access is limited to one box of visual materials at a time.
- COPYRIGHT RESTRICTION: Individuals or corporate bodies other than the Wisconsin Historical Society may hold the copyright for a portion of this collection. Permission from the appropriate copyright holder(s) may be required before reproducing items from this collection.