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Series III: The Photo League, 1935-2014 (inclusive), 1980-2001 (bulk), inclusive

Language of Materials

Materials are written in English and Italian

Extent

3.31 Linear Feet in 4 manuscript boxes and 1 oversized box

Scope and Contents

The Photo League, founded in 1936, was a cooperative of New York based photographers focused on socially conscious photography. Notable members included Walter Rosenblum, Paul Strand, and Lewis Hine. Series III contains copies of the organzation's official publication (Photo Notes), papers related to social justice and the Photo League's mission, materials related to Walter's time as members of the League, exhibition materials related to the Photo League, as well as Naomi and Walter's research notes about the organization.

Press Clippings - Re: Photo League, 2002

Box: 81, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Paul Strand & The Photo League: A Personal Memoir, 1976

Box: 81, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo League Spain/Italy, 1999-2000, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Photo League" (Naomi Rosenblum), undated

Box: 81, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Spain - Photoespana 99, 1999

Box: 81, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Vigano/Spain (Madrid)/PhotoEspana, 1997, 1999, 2001, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo League Show/Milan, 2000-2001, 2004, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Valladolid, 1999-2000, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo League Greenberg Gallery Jewish Museum, 2007

Box: 81, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYPL/Photo League, 2001-2002, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Colombus Museum Photo League Show, 2002

Box: 81, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo League Women/Spain, 1999-2000, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pordenone/Liva, 2001

Box: 82, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo League Show/Venice/Sept-Oct, 1999-2002, inclusive

Box: 82, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dreaming of Tomorrow: Social Documentaries That Moved American Society (in Japanese), 2005

Box: 82, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mestre/Venice/Vigano/Photo League, undated

Box: 82, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo League Works at Queens College, 1993

Box: 82, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chicago/AIC, 2000-2001, inclusive

Box: 82, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chicago/After the Crash/1/23/01, undated

Box: 82, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbus Museum Photo League, 2001

Box: 82, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photography American - 1940s/Notes for NR, 1983, 1985, 1987, inclusive

Box: 82, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo League Johnson, 1993

Box: 82, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo League - NYPL, 2006

Box: 82, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Camera as Weapon: Working Photography between the Wars, 1991

Box: 82, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Journal of Homer Folks - Survey Trip for American Red Cross of Civilian Population of European Countries Affected by the War, 1918

Box: 82, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo Notes: Official Publication of the Photo League in New York, 1935-1949, 2001, inclusive

Box: 83, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 84, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jewish Museum Exhibit - PL, 2012

Box: 83, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo League, 1976, 1983, inclusive

Box: 83, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PL - Articles, 1986, 2012, inclusive

Box: 83, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. Materials about Photo League, 1978, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2011, 2014, inclusive

Box: 83, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Journey to the Cape (Sid Grossman & Millard Lampell), 1959, inclusive

Box: 83, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press & Articles about Photo League, 1993, 2000-2001, 2014, inclusive

Box: 83, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo League, 1983, 1986, inclusive

Box: 83, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo League, 1936-1951 (College at New Paltz Exhibition), undated

Box: 84, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Article about Photo League - Hadassah Magazine, 2012

Box: 84, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazines with articles about Photo League, 1979, 1983, 2004, inclusive

Box: 84, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYPL: New York's Photo League, undated

Box: 84, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous Photo League, 1938, 1947, 1992, 2001-2003, inclusive

Box: 84, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Women of the Photo League, 1998

Box: 84, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Where Do We Go From Here?" - The Photo League and Its Legacy (1936-2006), 2006

Box: 84, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rome, Photo League, 2004-2005, inclusive

Box: 84, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo League NYPL - Pinson, undated

Box: 84, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster for Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League's New York (film by Nina Rosenblum), undated

Box: 93, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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