Guide to the William Gedney Photographs and Writings, 1950s-1989
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleWilliam Gedney Photographs and Writings, 1950s-1989
Creator
Gedney, William (William Gale), 1932-1989
Extent
51.3 Linear Feet
49,870 Items
Repository
49,870 Items
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
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Use Restrictions
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Provenance
The William Gedney Photographs and Writings was a gift from Richard T. Gedney and Lee Friedlander to the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library in 1992.
Processing Information
Processed by: Donna Longo DiMichele and Phoebe A. Evans
Completed July 26, 1994
Encoded by Stephen D. Miller
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
| 1932, Oct. 29 | Born, New York |
| 1955 | B.F.A., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1955-1965 | Graphic designer for magazine layout and book design |
| 1964 | Photographed in Eastern Kentucky |
| 1965-1969 | Photographed American composers |
| 1968, Dec.-1969, March | Exhibit: "Eastern Kentucky and San Francisco: Photographs by William Gedney," Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| 1969, Summer | Documented work of the Social Security Administration, Hays, Kansas |
| 1969-1971 | Photographed in India |
| 1969-1989 (?) | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cooper Union, New York |
| 1971-1989(?) | Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, New York |
| 1972 | Photographed in Kentucky |
| 1978-1980 | Exhibit: "Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960," Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| 1980 | Photographed in Calcutta, India |
| 1989, June 23 | Died, New York, N.Y. |
| 1990 | William Gedney Collection of photography books and equipment presented to Chitrabani Center, Calcutta, India |
William Gedney received the following fellowships and grants: a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship, 1966-1967; a Fulbright Fellowship for photography in India, 1969-1971; a New York State Creative Artists Public Service Program (C.A.P.S.) grant, 1972-1973; and a National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1975-1976.
Group shows in which Gedney's work was exhibited include Museum of Modern Art shows, Photography Current Report in 1968, Ben Schultz Memorial Collection in 1969, and Recent Acquisitions in 1971; Vision and Expression, George Eastman House, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1972.
[top]Collection Overview
William Gedney Photographs and Writings spans the 1950s to 1989 and includes negatives; contact sheets; proofs; prints; slides; indexes; handmade, illustrated books; journals, notebooks; and diaries. The collection documents Gedney's work as a photographer and his bookbinding expertise and interests. The photographs primarily document life in the United States, particularly in New York, rural Kentucky, and San Francisco; life in India, particularly Benares and Calcutta; and American composers. Two themes in Gedney's oeuvre are his "Night" series and nudes. The "Night" series was created throughout most of Gedney's career and spanned all geographic locations. The nudes were primarily photographed at the Pratt Institute where Gedney taught. The handmade books were designed and made by Gedney and are illustrated with his photographic prints. More than half of the collection's series are photographs, including Negatives, Contact Sheets, Proofs, Prints, Film Development Tests, and Slides (transparencies) series. Since the collection follows Gedney's arrangement by photograph formats, not subjects, images of most subjects are scattered throughout all of the series in the collection.
A predominant subject in the collection, one that appears in most of the series, is New York, especially Brooklyn. Subjects, both in Brooklyn and elsewhere in metropolitan New York, include religious festivals, such as the Italian-American feast of San Gennaro, Sunday School parades, first communion parades, and Good Friday processions; gospel revivals; the Washington Market; a bar named O'Rourks; the Brooklyn Bridge; Coney Island; the subway and "the El"; St. Joseph's School for the Deaf; crowds; the Salvation Army; and Myrtle Ave. Gedney lived on Myrtle Ave., and many of his New York street scenes were made there. Gay rallies and marches in New York City were photographed, and the dates of these events usually coincide with the anniversary dates of the Stonewall riots. Other events Gedney photographed include car shows, flower shows, and body building exhibitions. There are photographs of Diane Arbus, a photographer, at the body building exhibitions. The "Farm," which Gedney photographed, was located in Norton Hill, N.Y. Gedney also photographed in Rochester, Albany, and Greenville, N.Y. Photographs of friends and family, as well of Gedney, are scattered throughout the collection. His notebooks and writings also document life in New York; some of them are titled "Myrtle Avenue."
Among Gedney's other American subjects are 100 composers who were photographed between 1965 and 1969. The composer series forms a significant body of work, although the photographs are scattered throughout the collection. A partial list of the composers is in the collection's Information Folder in the inventory drawer. The San Francisco photographic work, also a substantive series, focused on hippies and youth from 1966 to 1967. Another significant body of American work in the collection is Gedney's extensive photographic studies of rural Kentucky in 1964 and 1972. The Couch family in Leatherwood, Ky., and the Cornett family in Big Rock, Ky., were the central characters in his photography: The Kentucky works were created in the Blue Diamond Mining Co. camp, Grassy Branch Holler, Two Forks Holler, and in Hazard.
Gedney made one or two trips across the United States by car during the years 1965 to 1967. During the trip(s) he photographed "Night" scenes in various towns. He also photographed Indian reservations, a monastery, farm workers, and various cities. One of six photographers hired to document the work of the Social Security Administration in 1968, Gedney was assigned to the Hays, Kan., bureau. Kansas subjects include the Norton County Hospital, Hadley Hospital, Social Security client interviews, and Fort Hays College.
Gedney produced a large corpus of photographs of India. Indian subjects include wall paintings; ritual wrestlers; temple scenes and activities; bathing in the Ganges; festivals such as Holi; a Krishna festival; a monkey temple festival; Yantra and Shiva pujas; a wedding; street scenes; actors, acrobats, and other entertainers; artisans, such as painters, sculptors, and photographers; merchants and markets; and religious men. The Slides Series primarily includes the Indian wall paintings, which were created by the Kumbhar caste. The slides are the only color photographs in the collection. Other subjects or locations photographed by Gedney include England, Ireland, and Paris.
The Indexes Series consists of small prints attached to 5x7 cards or to 8.5x11 sheets that contain notes about the subject and printing specifications. They appear to have been created by Gedney to serve as references to his prints.
The Writings and Notebooks Series is a source for information about Gedney's interests; his personal reflections, including his thoughts about the subjects he was photographing; and technical information about his camera and darkroom procedures. Gedney copied quotes and kept clippings about subjects in which he was interested, and often photographing, in handmade notebooks. Different notebooks dating from the same period often complement each other, one giving a more diary-like account and the other more factual information.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Gedney, William (William Gale), 1932-1989
- Photography--United States.
- Photography--India.
- Photography--New York (N.Y.).
- Photographers--Diaries.
- Documentary photography--United States.
- Documentary photography--New York (N.Y.).
- Documentary photography--India.
- Documentary photography--Kentucky.
- Art and photography--United States.
- Art and photography--India.
- Art and photography--New York (N.Y.).
- Photography of the nude.
- Composers--United States.
- Gays--New York (N.Y.).
- Hippies--California--San Francisco.
- Kentucky.
- Myrtle Avenue (New York, N.Y.).
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.).
- Benares (India).
- Calcutta (India).
- Photographs
- Bookbinding
- Diaries
Detailed Description of Collection
Negatives Series, 1950s-1987, undated
Includes negatives from the following size films: 35mm (bulk), 120mm, 4x5 in., and 8x10 in. Some of the 35mm negatives were cut into individual frames by Gedney. Boxes 1-4 are in 2 sets of chronological order. Boxes 5-15 are in order by the numbered Contact sheets made from those negatives. Box 16 holds Film Development Tests. Boxes 17-21 are pictures chiefly of India but also of Ireland and England and are arranged by contact sheet numbers. Box 22 includes rolls of exposed film that was not printed.
Chronological Order (Set 1)
1954-1959:
Brooklyn, Contact sheets 1-24
1954-1961, and
undated:
Brooklyn, miscellaneous
1955, Oct.
1955-1958:
Albany, N.Y.;
Greenville Woods
1955-1959:
Brooklyn (old negatives)
1955-1959, and
undated: Personal
1956, June:
New Orleans
1956, Summer: Farm [?]
1957, June:
Lawrence, Gwen
1957, Sept.: Ghosts
1957, Dec. 31: New Year's Eve
1958, Feb. 16: Breadlove
1958, May:
Allan, Penny
Laughten, Charles
Laughten, Charles and Penny;
Patterson, N.J.
Painting: Arnold
1958, Aug.:
Bees
Edward, boy on farm, Shady Glen
1958, Nov.:
Foster, Judy
1959, Aug. 4:
Salvation Army
1959: Brooklyn, People upstairs at 468 Myrtle Ave.
1950s: First Communion and Classroom
1962, Oct.:
Johannessen, Grant, Row nos. Grant 1-21
1963, June 6, and
undated:
Brooklyn Sunday School Parade; Contact sheets: 1-12, BSP 1-25, several unnumbered
1969-1976, and
undated: Film Development Tests: Myrtle Ave.; Miscellaneous wall paintings
Box 2
1969-1976, and
undated: Film Development Tests: Maltese Falcon; Roof; Miscellaneous
1972[?]: Gas Station
1980[?]: Classroom
1983, Nov. 30: Electronic Flash Test,
Pratt Institute;
Chicago, old negative
1985, Aug.: Metropolis, rolls 1-25
1985, Aug. 16:
David Raney
(Artcessories)
undated:
Brooklyn Gospel, Contact sheets BRG 1-43,
1023-1030, unnumbered
Copy negatives of 19th Century Prints; Miscellaneous
David in Hospital
Indian painting
[male]
Mice and frog
Unidentified woman, Contact sheets 1-12
Miscellaneous
Chronological Order (Set 2)
1954, Nov.: Farm
1954, Dec.: Renserville, Irma
1954-1955:
Brooklyn; The El; Coney Island
People and Miscellaneous; Irma, Eichenberg
1955, Jan.:
Chinese New Year
1955, Aug.:
Albany,
Greenville,
Saratoga
Altomont Fair
Auction
Cooperstown primitive paintings
Farm
New York ferry
1955:
Antigone Play shop
Larkin, Phillip;
William G. Gedney (subject)
Lobel, Arnold and Anita
Pratt Institute
Works of Art
1955, and undated: Play
1955-1961 and
undated,:
Lobels, Adrienne and Belia (baby), Bread Ad
1957-1961: Parades
1958, March:
Kellner wedding, Contact sheets A-F
1958: William G. Gedney (subject)
1959-1961:
Watson Flour,
First National Bakery, Children, Vitamin
1950s: Works on paper by William Gedney
1950s-1960s?: Summer stock, Contact sheets 1-2 and A-L
1961, Aug. 26:
Flour Enrichment product Co., Inc. (includes contact prints) Mirocal, Flav R Save, Les Cal, Flexical, Alaskan Sourdough Pancake Mix
1964, July: Film Development Tests, Miscellaneous people
1968, Sept.: Nude Male, Contact sheets: 1-2
1973, June 8: Film Development tests;
Tryon, Charles and Mervin; Norton Hill, New York
1973-1975: Film Development tests
1973-1978, and
undated: Film Development tests
1975: Film Development tests
1976, April 24: Film Development tests,
Adrienne Lobel
1977, and undated: 100 Wall St., Job LIND BRS
1978-1983: Test
1970s: Indian wall painting
1983, March: Film Development tests, Still Life
1992: Film developed by Peter Bellamy, Nudes
Box 4
undated:
Car, motor, Miscellaneous
Copies of sketches and artwork
Film Development test, Gas station
Heads (includes contact prints)
India,
Atget,
Tulsa
undated:
Nude male, Contact sheets 1-5
Play
Photo 201
Photographer photographing himself [Gedney], restaurant, people, miscellaneous
St. Joseph's School for the Deaf, Row nos. SJ 1-224
Contact Sheet Numbers Made From These Negatives
Numbers 1-80 (1955-1962)
Numbers 59-73 (1974): Ireland and
England
Box 6
Numbers 1001-1210 (1964-1965)
Box 7
Numbers 1211-1315 (1965-1966)
Box 8
Numbers 1316-1423 (1966-1967)
Box 9
Numbers 1424-1517 (1967)
Box 10
Numbers 1518-1614 (1968-1969)
Box 11
Numbers 1615-1720 (1972)
Box 12
Numbers 1721-1838 (1971-1975)
Box 13
Numbers 1839-1958 (1976-1980)
Box 14
Numbers 1959-2076 (1980-1982)
Box 15
Numbers 2077-2140 (1974-1984)
Film Development Tests
1973-1983, n.d: Film Development tests:
Tree and Fence
Woman on steps
Easter Sunday, Vanderbuilt Ave.
Adrienne Lobel
Tryon Farm,
Norton Hill, N.Y.
Brooklyn Waterfront
Backyard
Still Life
Protest
Gas Station
Brooklyn El
Roof
Pictures of India, Ireland, and England
Numbers 1-130 (Benares, India),
1969-1971
Box 18
Numbers 131-261 (Benares, India),
1969-1971
Box 19
Numbers 262-339 (Benares, India),
1969-1971
Numbers 1-58 (Ireland and
England),
1974(continues in Box 5)
Box 20
Numbers 1-120 (Calcutta, India),
1979-1980
Box 21
Numbers 121-243 (Calcutta, India),
1979-1980
Unprinted Exposed Film
1984, Oct. 31: Exposed Tx, Halloween Parade, Rolls 1, 8, 9, 14 (this roll came off spool exposed Halloween Parade), 16, 20; 3 unnumbered rolls, (9 rolls total)
[1984, June 23, loaded: TRIX, expires
1985, Dec., 15 rolls?]
1985, Feb. 4: Exposed rolls: Cooper Union,
Stephanie Taddeo, rolls 7, 12, 13, 15, 19
1985, June 30: Gay March (2 rolls)
1987, March: Finished roll, Cooper Nude, Tx 1 roll
1982, loaded: Trix, ex. 1984, rolls 21-30
Contact Sheets Series, 1950s-1987, undated
Includes contact sheets. Box 23 and part of Box 24 are in rough chronological order; some of these contact sheets have numerical or letter identification. Boxes 24-31 are arranged in contact sheet number order with corresponding row numbers listed adjacent to the contact sheet numbers. The second part of Box 29 is a separate sequence of photographs of England and Ireland which are arranged in contact sheet number order (nos. 1-73). Boxes 30-33 are a separate sequence of photographs of India and are arranged in contact sheet number order by city (nos. 1-339 Benares, 1-243 Calcutta). Boxes 32-33 do not have row numbers.
See also Users' Pathfinder Note in this collection inventory.
Rough Chronological Order
1954-1959:
Ventrue, Tony, Contact sheet 1; Brooklyn, Contact sheets 2-24
1955, March:
Pratt Institute
1955, Aug.:
Cooperstown primitive paintings
1955: Larkin, Contact sheets 1-3;
Gedney, William G. (subject), Contact sheet 3
1955-1958:
Albany, N.Y.;
Greenville Woods
1955-1959:
Farm, no contact sheet numbers
Farm, Contact sheets 1-15
1955-1961: Farm, Contact sheets 16-29, eight unnumbered Contact sheets
1955-1961,
undated:
Lobels, Adrienne and Belia (baby), Bread Ad
1956-1958,
undated: Farm(?), Greenville Woods;
Edward, Boy on Farm
1957, Dec. 31: New Year's Eve
1957-1958:
Allan,
Penny;
Breadlove;
Foster,
Judy;
Laughten, Charles and Penny in
Patterson, N.J.;
Lawrence, Gwen
1957-1961: Parades
1958, March: Kellner wedding, Contact sheets A-F
1958, Summer:
Bees, Beandard [?]
1958:
Gedney, William G. (subject)
1959-1961: Watson Flour, First National Bakery, Children
1950s: First Communion and Classroom
1950s-1960s?: Summer stock, Contact sheets 1-2, A-L
1985, Aug.: Metropolis, Contact sheets 1-25
1992: Film developed by
Peter Bellamy, Nudes
undated
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn and Miscellaneous, Parade,
Salvation Army,
Coney Island, Street scenes, Snow, People upstairs at 468 Myrtle Ave., Child's school,
Brooklyn Sunday School parade
Nude male, Contact sheets 1-5
Box 24
undated:
St. Joseph's School for the Deaf
1955-1959:
Brooklyn (old negatives)
1962, Oct.: Johannessen, Grant
1963, June 6:
Brooklyn Day Sunday School parade, Clinton Ave., Contact sheets 1-3 and BSP 1-25
1968, Sept.: Nude male, Contact sheets 1-2
undated: Unidentified preacher
Contact Sheet Number Order
Sheet_no.
1-11
Row
1-106
Brooklyn Bridge
Sheet_no.
11
Row
107
Brooklyn,
1959, July
Row
108
Albany,
1950s
Row
109
New Orleans,
1956, June
Row
110
Brooklyn,
1957
Sheet_no.
12-29
Row
111-432
Farm, 1955-1959
Sheet_no.
24
Norton Hill Fair
Sheet_no.
29-30
Row
433-450
Farm Auction, 1961, May 27
Sheet_no.
31-45
Row
451-530
Washington market, 1962
Sheet_no.
46-61
Row
531-614
Bar: O'Rourks,
1959-1960
Sheet_no.
62-63
Row
615-633
Brooklyn: Myrtle Ave. [Brooklyn Gospel Revival]
Sheet_no.
64
Row
634-642
Brooklyn playground, Myrtle Ave., 1962, Oct. 23
Sheet_no.
65-68
Row
643-683
Wedding Lore-Baer-Levenberg, Washington Heights,
1962, Dec. 19
Sheet_no.
69-75
Row
684-747
Italian Festival, San Gennaro,
1960, Sept.; 1962
Sheet_no.
74
Row
730-738
Times Square,
1962, Oct.
Sheet_no.
76-79
Row
748-787
Office Party, Time, Inc.,
1962, Dec.
Sheet_no.
78-78A
Row
770-773
David in hospital?
Sheet_no.
78-78B-F
Row
774-776
Brooklyn Gospel Revival, Washington Temple, 1962, Sept. 26, Oct. 2, Nov. 18
Row
778-782
Miscellaneous, including museum
Sheet_no.
80
Row
788
Richard Lindner teaching at Pratt Institute,
1955, Feb.
Box 25
Sheet_no.
1000-1003
Row
1000-1021
Brooklyn Day Sunday School parade, 1964, June 4
Sheet_no.
1003
Row
1022-1026
Wheeling, W. Va.,
1964, June 25-30
Sheet_no.
1004
Row
1027-1030
Hazard, Ky., Revival Tent, 1964, July 1
Sheet_no.
1004-1005
Row
1031-1038
Leatherwood, Ky.,
Blue Diamond Mining Camp, Family of
Boyd Couch,
1964, July 3-14
Sheet_no.
1005-1008
Row
1039-1068
Big Rock, Ky.: Family of Willie Cornett
Sheet_no.
1008-1011
Row
1069-1098
Wheeling, W.Va.,
1964, July
Sheet_no.
1012
Row
1099-1104
Hazard, Ky.,
1964, July
Sheet_no.
1013-1015
Leatherwood, Ky.:
Row
1105-1108
Boyd Couch Family, 1964, July
Row
1109-1111
Felix Blevin,
1964, July
Row
1113-1126
Blue Diamond Mining Camp,
1964, July
Sheet_no.
1015-1016
Row
1127-1136
Grassy Branch Holler: relations of Boyd Couch,
1964, July
Sheet_no.
1016-1017
Row
1137-1150
Leatherwood, Ky.:
Buck Couch;
Cathy Burhart's mother;
Cooper Blevins
Sheet_no.
1017-1018
Row
1151-1152
Two Forks Holler,
1964, July
Sheet_no.
1018
Row
1153-1160
Buckharts;
Cornetts;
Couchs,
Rob McDernetts
Big Rock, Ky.:
Sheet_no.
1019-1028
Row
1026
Willie Cornetts,
1964, July
Sheet_no.
1161-1251
Row
1227-1230
Bidge Williams
Sheet_no.
1029-1052
Row
1252-1478
St. Joseph's School for the Deaf
Sheet_no.
1052
Row
1479-1484
Staten Island:
Lobel Family,
1965, June
Sheet_no.
1053-1071
Row
1485-1687
Miscellaneous [US Trip 1960s]. Small towns and agriculture;
California; Farm workers; Strike
Sheet_no.
1072-1091
Row
c. 1688-1887
San Francisco (and surrounding area) "Night," c. 1966
Composers:
Sheet_no.
1092-1093
Row
1888-1907
Virgil Thomson,
1965, Oct.
Sheet_no.
1094
Row
1908-1915
Stefan Wolpe,
1965, Nov.,
New York
Sheet_no.
1095-1097
Row
1916-1938
Carl Ruggles:
Arlington, Vt.,
1965, Nov.
Sheet_no.
1097
Row
1939-1943
Eva Hoose: Librarian, Greenville, N.Y.,
1965, Nov.
Sheet_no.
1098-1200
Row
1944-1969
Composers
Sheet_no.
1200-1201
Row
1969-1977
Stefan Wolpe
Sheet_no.
1201
Row
1978-1982
Nabokor Ches
Sheet_no.
1201-1204
Row
1982-2006
Daniel Pinkim
Sheet_no.
1204-1243
Row
2009-3300
Composers
Sheet_no.
1244-1245
Row
3301-3319
Brooklyn: Includes Flower Show, 1966, March
Sheet_no.
1245-1247
Row
3320-3339
Composer
Sheet_no.
1248-1253
Row
3341-3393
New York: Car show; Model train; Car demolition
Sheet_no.
1253-1256
Row
3394-3421
Composer
Sheet_no.
1256
Row
3424-3428
Brooklyn,
1966, May
Sheet_no.
1257-1258
Row
3429-3452
Miss Muriel Wooster:
Greenville Central School,
Greenville, N.Y.,
1966, May
Sheet_no.
1258
Row
3453-3458
Rehearsal of My Fair Lady,
Greenville,
1966, May
Sheet_no.
1259-1260
Row
3459-3476
New York: Motorcycles; Car demolition; Male
Sheet_no.
1260-1263
Row
3477-3459
Monks, Religious Order
Sheet_no.
1264
Row
3460-3463
Rehearsal ofMy Fair Lady,
Greenville Central School,
1966, May
Row
3464-3470
George Plimpton;
Janet Falmener;
Genway Wescott;
Ned Rorem
Sheet_no.
1265-1267
Row
3471-3492
New York: Motorcycles
Sheet_no.
1267
Row
3493-3500
Brooklyn; Archery
Sheet_no.
1268-1272
Row
3501-3549
Monks, Religious Order
Sheet_no.
1272-1273
Row
3550-3555
"Night"
Sheet_no.
1273-1288
Row
3556-3705
Miscellaneous and Factory-Automobiles-Mustang
Sheet_no.
1288-1292
Row
3705-3752
Miscellaneous; "Night," Detroit?;
Detroit Museum;
Row
3729-3740
Religious order
Row
3747-3752
"Night"
Sheet_no.
1292-1295
Row
3753-3775
Composers
Sheet_no.
1295
Row
3776-3781
"Night"
Row
3782-3784
Dance
Sheet_no.
1296
Row
3785-3787; 3794
Composers
Row
3788-3791
"Night"
Row
3792-3793
Child
Sheet_no.
1297-1300
Row
3795-3835
Composers
Box 26
Sheet_no.
1301-1311
Row
3836-3943
Composers
Sheet_no.
1309
Row
3920-3925
Protesters
Sheet_no.
1311-1325
Row
3944-4089
Chicago
Sheet_no.
1314-1315
Row
3975-3985
"Night"
Sheet_no.
1316
Row
3991-3992
Composer
Sheet_no.
1317
Row
3997-3999
Protesters
Sheet_no.
1326-1330
Row
4091-4136
Iowa
Sheet_no.
1330-1338
Row
4137-4186
"Night"
Sheet_no.
1335-1337
Row
4152-4181
Reservation, South Dakota
Sheet_no.
1338-1341
Row
4189-4216
Composers
Sheet_no.
1341-1348
Row
4217-4290
Factory: Airplane
Sheet_no.
1348
Row
4291-4292
Composer?
Sheet_no.
1348-1350
Row
4293-4312
San Francisco, Youth, 1966-1967
Sheet_no.
1350-1354
Row
4313-4366
Composers
Sheet_no.
1354-1358
Row
4366-4400
San Francisco
Sheet_no.
1358-1364
Row
4400-4443
Composers, including Eric Hoffer,
1966, Oct.
Row
4447-4449
Eric Hoffer at Lili Osborn's with
Art Hough
Sheet_no.
1362-1365
Row
4444-4446, 4449-4473
San Francisco
Sheet_no.
1365-1366
Row
4474-4482
Eric Hoffer:
San Francisco,
1966, Nov.
Sheet_no.
1366-1388
Row
4482-4728
San Francisco,
1966-1967
Sheet_no.
1370-1371
Row
4530-4533, 4538-4539, 4655-4656
Composer
Sheet_no.
1375
Row
4583A-B
"Night": San Francisco
Sheet_no.
1379;1386
Row
4617-4623, 4700-4703
Composers: Eric Hoffer,
Lili Osborn;
Steve Dolorn,
1967, Jan. 1-5
Sheet_no.
1381-1383
Row
4644-4649, 4464-4466
"Night": San Francisco
Sheet_no.
1384
Row
4668-4669
Composers
Sheet_no.
1388-1389
Row
4720-4726, 4729-4738
Composers: Eric Hoffer, at UCLA,
Berkeley and Osborns,
1967, Jan.
Sheet_no.
1390-1403
Row
4739-4879
San Francisco
Sheet_no.
1403-1404
Row
4880-4884
Composers?
Sheet_no.
1404-1410
Row
4884-4946
San Francisco
Sheet_no.
1410-1428
Row
4946-5134
Composers (contact sheet 1425 some San Francisco)
Sheet_no.
1427-1430
Row
5121-5124
San Francisco
Sheet_no.
1430-1437
Row
5155-5223
Composers
Sheet_no.
1437-1438
Row
5224-5238
Monks, Religious Order
Sheet_no.
1438-1459A
Row
5239-5454
US trip: Miscellaneous small towns, harbor; "Night," wrecked car, car show, train station
Row
5306-5310
Composer?
Rodeo, church
Sheet_no.
1446-1452
Reservation (Sioux?) ranch
Sheet_no.
1452-1454
Row
5402-5422
Composers
Sheet_no.
1456-1459A
Row
5442-5445, 5455-5470
Composers
Sheet_no.
1459B
Row
5472-5475
Roy Harris at Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn,
1967, Feb.
Sheet_no.
1459B-1461
Row
5476-5497
New York: Auto show
Sheet_no.
1461-1473
Row
5498-5617
Composers
Sheet_no.
1473-1476
Row
5618-5644
Brooklyn Sunday School parade, 1967
Sheet_no.
1476-1512
Row
5645-6003
Composers
Sheet_no.
1479-1482
Row
5671-5708
Composers, including William Shuman,
New York City,
1967, June
Sheet_no.
1500-1503
Row
5881-5915
William Sydman,
New York City,
1967, July
Sheet_no.
1503-1505
Row
5915-5934
William Shuman,
Greenwich, Conn.,
1967, July
Sheet_no.
1505-1509
Row
5935-5979
John Cage,
New York City,
Stoney Pt., N.Y.,
1967, June
Sheet_no.
1510-1512
Row
5980-6003
Earl Brown,
New York City,
1967, Dec.
Sheet_no.
1512-1516
Row
6004-6045
Brooklyn: Downtown crowds, 1967, Dec.
Sheet_no.
1516;1519
Row
6046-6048; 6070-6074
New York City: Custom car show
Sheet_no.
1517-1522
Row
6049-6109
Brooklyn: Fulton St.
Sheet_no.
1523-1534
Row
6110-6222
Composers
Sheet_no.
1523-1526
Row
6110-6141
Samuel Barber,
Mt. Kisco, N.Y.,
1968, May
Sheet_no.
1526
Row
6142-6149
Party after concert at Hunter University,
1968
Sheet_no.
1527-1534
Row
6150-6222
John Cage, including interview by Arlene Francis and with
Allison Higgens,
Something Else Press at
Jasper Johns; with Merce Cunningham,
Caroline Brown,
Gordon Mumma,
David Tudor,
David Behrman--Electric Circus set up, John Kobler performance of Reunion,
1968
Sheet_no.
1531
Row
6193-6194
Brooklyn: Myrtle Ave.
Sheet_no.
1534-1536
Row
6223-6249
Composers: Hugo Weisgall,
Great Rock, N.Y.,
1968, May
Sheet_no.
1537-1538
Row
6250-6262
New York state
(Walt Whitman's grave)
Sheet_no.
1538-1542
Row
6263-6309
New York City: Parade? lines; Robert Kennedy buttons
Sheet_no.
1543
Row
6310-6319
Brooklyn: Myrtle Ave., 1968, Oct.
Sheet_no.
1544-1546
Row
6320-6349
New York City: Bodybuilders; Diane Arbus
Sheet_no.
1547-1549
Row
6352-6357
Joan Crawford;
Edith Head,
1969, Jan.
Row
6360-6371
Gallery opening for Edith Head
Sheet_no.
1549-1554
Row
6372-6429
Brooklyn: Myrtle Ave., 1969., Feb., Snow, day and night
Sheet_no.
1555-1556
Row
6430-6436; 6440-6441
New York: Auto show, 1969, Apr.
Sheet_no.
1555
Row
6437-6439
[Female]
Sheet_no.
1556-1557
Row
6442-6454
Hays, Kansas:
Office of Social Security;
Hadley Hospital,
1969, May
Sheet_no.
1557-1566
Row
6455-6549
Philipsburg, Kansas:
Gery Hana field rep., Social Security; Courthouse;
Norton, Kansas: including home of Mrs. Clara Byrd;
Alan Meskimenn, field rep.; Ness City,
Bondurant, Grain Co., Wendel Rohl, worker;
1969, May
Sheet_no.
1567-1573
Row
6550-6612
Hays, Kansas: Social Security: Fort Hays College;
McCunningham;
Myrtle Walker;
Mr. R.E. Ekey and
Paul Young, head of office of Social Security; Harold Kraus;
Norton, Kansas:
Mr. and Mrs. Rymph;
Mr. and Mrs. Ostrum;
Harold Elder;
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kraus and son;
Anton Herl and Leo Rajewski,
1969
Sheet_no.
1573
Row
6613-6615
Kansas City, Mo.,
1969, June
Sheet_no.
1573-1578
Row
6616-6669
Norton State Hospital,
Kansas,
1969, May (some duplicates)
Sheet_no.
1579-1586
Row
6670-6749
Brooklyn: Myrtle Ave., 1969
Sheet_no.
1587-1589
Row
6750-6781
Miscellaneous unknown; photographer photographing self [Gedney?]; New York City: Tests
Sheet_no.
1589
Agitation test for Time-Life Books Photo Series
Sheet_no.
1590-1614
Row
6782-7129
Brooklyn: Myrtle Ave.
Row
6985
Gedney: Photographing self
Box 27
Sheet_no.
1615-1619
Row
7130-7174
Brooklyn: Myrtle Ave.: El
Sheet_no.
1619-1620
Row
7175-7181
Farm?: Cows
Sheet_no.
1620-1624
Row
7182-7230
People: Miscellaneous, possibly people upstairs; Adrienne Lobel;
Lobel family;
Eric Hoffer;
Lili Osborn
Sheet_no.
1625-1629
Row
7231-7279
Nudes: Pratt Institute, Higgens Hall,
Tina,
1972, Apr. (Nudes continued on contact sheet 1736, Row 7280)
Sheet_no.
1630-1692
Row
7280-7918
Kentucky,
1972, Aug.
Sheet_no.
1692-1700
Row
7919-7999
"Night": Knoxville,
1972, Aug.
Sheet_no.
1701
Row
8000-8009
Myrtle Ave.: Test at playground, 1972?, Aug. 2
Sheet_no.
1702-1710
Row
8010-8100
"Night," 1972
Sheet_no.
1711-1716
Row
8102-8161
Miscellaneous: People; Brooklyn;
Pratt Institute?;
Eric Hoffer and Lili Osborn; Election campaign headquarters:
Lowenstein for Congress; Palm trees, 1972?
Sheet_no.
1717-1718
Row
8162-8178
Brooklyn Sunday School parade
Sheet_no.
1718-1719
Row
8178-8190
Brooklyn?
Sheet_no.
1719-1723
Row
8190-8226
Park
Sheet_no.
1723-1726
Row
8227-8261
Miscellaneous unidentified: Urban; roof, Myrtle Ave.; people, family;
Brooklyn:
Pratt Institute?
Row
8232
Gedney?: Photographing self
Sheet_no.
1727
Row
8262-8265
Parade
Row
8266-8271
Brooklyn,
1971, July
Sheet_no.
1728-1729
Row
8272-8289
Brooklyn: Photographers and Urban
Sheet_no.
1729-1730
Row
8290-8295
Indian paintings
Sheet_no.
1730-1733
Row
8296-8325
Nude: Adrienne Lobel?,
1973, Mar.
Sheet_no.
1733
Row
8326-8331
Brooklyn: Snow
Sheet_no.
1734
Row
8332-8334
Copy of snapshots
Sheet_no.
1734-1735
Row
8335-8351
Indian art
Sheet_no.
1736
Row
8352-8355
Nude (continued from Contact sheets 1625-1629)
Sheet_no.
1736-1740
Row
8356-8398
Brooklyn,
1975
Sheet_no.
1741
Row
8399-8403
Catskill and Granville, N.Y.,
1975
Sheet_no.
1741-1742
Row
8404-8418
Coney Island,
1975
Sheet_no.
1743-1746
Row
8419-8458
Catskill, N.Y.,
1975, July
Sheet_no.
1747-1748
Row
8459-8478
Brooklyn,
1975, July
Sheet_no.
1749
Row
8479-8484
Nude: Adrienne Lobel?
Sheet_no.
1750
Row
8485-8492
Miscellaneous unknown
Sheet_no.
1751-1762
Row
8493-8588
Brooklyn, including Vanderbuilt Ave.,
1974; "Night" test, 1975, Sept.
Sheet_no.
1759-1761
Coney Island?, beach
Sheet_no.
1760
Gedney?
Sheet_no.
1763
Row
8589-8590
New York City: Test of new lens, 1976, Jan.
Sheet_no.
1763-1769
Row
8591-8646
Bethlehem, Penn.: some "Night,"
1975, Sept.; 1976, Sept.
Sheet_no.
1769-1782
Row
8646-8733
North Omstead and Cleveland, Ohio,
1975, Sept.-Oct.;
Sheet_no.
1776-1777; 1779-1782
Row
8714-8720
Chicago,
1975, Oct.
Sheet_no.
1782-1807
Row
8734-8766
San Francisco, includes "Night,"
1975, Nov.
Row
8767-8987
Eric Hoffer and Lili Osborn
Sheet_no.
1794-1798
Row
8864-8906
Gay Motorcycle/10th Annual CMC Carnival
Sheet_no.
1806-1807
San Francisco and Los Angeles, Calif.
Sheet_no.
1807-1809
Row
8988-9008
Redwood City, Calif.,
1975, Dec.
Sheet_no.
1809-1830
Row
9009-9194
Los Angeles,
1975, Dec.
Sheet_no.
1830-1848
Row
9195-9360
San Francisco:
Eric Hoffer and
Lili Osborn,
1975, Dec.; "Night,"
1976, Jan.
Row
9243
Gedney photographing self
Sheet_no.
1845-1846
Disneyland;
Los Angeles; Movie sets?
Box 28
Sheet_no.
1849-1855
Row
9361-9423
Gay march and rally, New York City,
1977, June 24
Sheet_no.
1854
Row
9414-9420
New York City
Sheet_no.
1855-1859
Row
9425-9455
Nudes: Pratt Studio:
Patricia Keay;
Nanie Morris,
1977, Oct. 25
Sheet_no.
1860-1862
Row
9456-9482
New York City:
Central Park
Sheet_no.
1862-1867
Row
9483-9530
Nudes: 1977, Nov. 9
Sheet_no.
1867-1868
Row
9531-9541
Peter Bellamy: Lens test, 1976, Feb. 28
Sheet_no.
1868
Row
9541-9544
New York City?
Sheet_no.
1869-1876
Row
9545-9615
Nudes: Pratt Institute:
Ross Calabrero,
1978, July 14
Sheet_no.
1876-1877
Row
9616-9634
Gay march and rally, New York City,
1978, June 25
Sheet_no.
1878-1917
Row
9635-10034
Paris,
1978
Sheet_no.
1918-1921
Row
10035-10073
Nudes: Pratt Institute,
1978, Oct. 12
Sheet_no.
1922
Row
10074-10085
Brooklyn: Carnival, 1978, Sept. 4
Sheet_no.
1923-1925
Row
10086-10113
Paris
Sheet_no.
1926-1932
Row
10114-10182
New York City
Row
10132
Gay rally, 1978
Sheet_no.
1932-1935
Row
10183-10214
Damaged negatives: Revolutionary War Reenactment, New York, St. Patrick's Day Parade, 1976
Sheet_no.
1936-1940
Row
10215-10264
Gay march and rally, New York City,
1979, June 24
Sheet_no.
1941-1943
Row
10265-10289
Coney Island; Evangelists; 1979, July
Sheet_no.
1943
Row
10290-10294
Damaged negatives: Revolutionary War Reenactment, 1976
Sheet_no.
1944
Row
1-10
Party
Sheet_no.
1945-1949
Nudes: Cooper Union, New York City;
Nancy Smither;
Aline de Montfout;
Lisa DeAngelis;
1980,Nov. 13
Sheet_no.
1950-1951
50th Anniversary party
Sheet_no.
1951-1952
Pigeons
Sheet_no.
1952
Coney Island?
Sheet_no.
1953-1957
Revolutionary War Reenactment
Sheet_no.
1958-1962
Central Park,
1980, Sept. 13
Sheet_no.
1963-1967
New York City Marathon
Sheet_no.
1968-1972
The drawings of Pontormo
Sheet_no.
1973 to 1980-6
Good Friday; East Tremont,
Bronx; Procession, St. Joseph's Parish,
1981, April 17
Sheet_no.
1980
Row
7-10
Metropolitan Museum, 1981
Sheet_no.
1981
Row
1-2
Marathon
Row
3-6
Gay march and rally, New York City, 1981, June 28
Row
7-9
New York City
Sheet_no.
1981-10 to 1985-2
Gay march and rally, New York City, 1981, June 28
Sheet_no.
1985
Row
3-7
Central Park Folk Dance, 1981, June 28
Sheet_no.
1985-8 to 1986-10
[Mothers and babies]
Sheet_no.
1987 to 1991-2
Nudes: Cooper Union;
Laurie Spivack,
Wendy Roberts,
1981, Oct. 3
Sheet_no.
1991
Row
3-5
Gay march and rally, 1981, June 28
Sheet_no.
1991-6 to 1994-2
[Christmas party]
Sheet_no.
1994-3 to 1995
Nudes: Cooper Union;
Laurie Spivack,
1982, Feb. 1
Sheet_no.
1996
Andre Kertesy at Cooper Union,
1982, March 18
Sheet_no.
1997 to 2002-5
Nudes: Laurie Spivack and Kasanndra,
1982, Apr. 17
Sheet_no.
2002
Row
6-10
Brooklyn, 1982, Apr.
Sheet_no.
2003 to 2007-5
Nudes: Pratt Institute;
Bev Sandwith and
Shona Wilson,
1982, Apr. 24
Sheet_no.
2007-6 to 2008-1
Nudes: Cooper Union;
Laurie Spivack,
Kasanndra,
1982, Apr. 17
Sheet_no.
2008-2 to 2009-7
Anita Lobel;
Brooklyn,
1982, Sept. 11
Sheet_no.
2009-8 to 2013
Nudes: Pratt Institute;
Suzanne Cosby and
Bina Sharif,
1982, Oct. 2
Box 29
Sheet_no.
2014 to 2085-2
Paris,
1982,summer
Sheet_no.
2085-3 to 2087-2
Halloween, New York City, Parade in Village,
1982
Sheet_no.
2987-3 to 2089-7
Lobels, Christmas party, 1982, Dec. 25
Sheet_no.
2089-8 to 2092-1
Nudes: Cooper Union;
Taula Makonlahti and
Katheryn Medenos,
1983, Feb. 25
Sheet_no.
2092-2 to 2093-9
Brooklyn; "Night," 1983, Feb. 25
Sheet_no.
2093-10
Chicago, 1975
Sheet_no.
2094 to 2098
Art: Kirchner;
Beckman;
Schad,
1983, Mar.
Sheet_no.
2099 to 2104-6
East Tremont Bronx, Procession, 1983, April
Sheet_no.
2104
Row
7-8
Subway, 1983, Apr.
Sheet_no.
2104-9 to 2106-8
Nude: male
Sheet_no.
2107 to 2112-4
Nudes: Pratt Institute Studio; Rahashuin Aba Akmid;
Laurie Spivack;
Denise Beauchamps;
Kathryn Medenos,
1983, Apr. 30
Sheet_no.
2112-5 to 2118-7
Brooklyn Bridge Centennial parade, 1983, May 24
Sheet_no.
2118-8 to 2127-9
Gay march and rally, New York City, 1983, June 26
Sheet_no.
2127
Row
10
Brighton, England,
1974,summer
Sheet_no.
2128
Row
1-10
Halloween, New York City, Parade in Village,
1983, Oct. 31
Sheet_no.
2129-1 to 2131-4
Nudes: Cooper Union;
Ruth Weitman and
Cindy Pack,
1983, Dec. 5
Sheet_no.
2131
Row
5-10
Brooklyn,
Tod Smith test of Sumilux lens 1.4;
1976, Feb.
Sheet_no.
2132-1 to 2135-6
Nudes: Cooper Union;
Ruth Weitman and
Betsy Witham,
1984, March 19
Sheet_no.
2135
Row
7-10
Old negatives; Lens test, Denosis Barna[?],
1970?
Sheet_no.
2136-2137
Nudes
Sheet_no.
2138-2140
Gay march and rally
Sheet_no.
1-44
Row
1-306
Ireland,
1974
Sheet_no.
45-60
Row
307-c. 415
London,
1974
Sheet_no.
60-72
Row
c. 415-c. 497
Brighton,
1974
Sheet_no.
72-73
Row
c. 497-508
London,
1974
Box 30
Photographs of India
Sheet_no.
1-4
Row
1-27
Old Delhi, India,
1969, Dec.
Sheet_no.
5-8
Row
28-49
New Delhi, India,
1969, Nov.
Sheet_no.
8-11
Row
50-71
Old Delhi, India, Sikh parade; 1969, Nov.-Dec.
Sheet_no.
12-112
Row
72-883
Benares, India,
1969-1971
Box 31
Sheet_no.
113-338
Row
884-2714
Benares, India, 1969-1971
Sheet_no.
339
Row
8122-8127
Benares, India,
1969-1971
Box 32
Sheet_no.
1-150
Calcutta, India,
1979-1980
Box 33
Sheet_no.
151-243
Calcutta, India,
1979-1980
Proofs Series, 1950s-1987, undated
Includes proof photographs. Boxes 34-35 are arranged in rough chronological order. Boxes 36-43 are arranged by contact sheet numbers (nos. 1-2137), or row numbers when listed (nos. 6 to 10294), which roughly coincide with chronological order. Box 44 contains proofs from the "Night" series and are arranged in row number order. Box 45 contains a separate number sequence of proofs of
England and Ireland. Boxes 46-60 contain a separate number sequence of proofs of
India: Boxes 46 through part of 54 contain images of Benares, India and Boxes 54-60 contain images of Calcutta.
*
See also Users' Pathfinder Note in this collection inventory.
Box 34
Rough Chronological Order
1954-1959:
Brooklyn, Contact sheets 1-24
1955-1959:
Brooklyn, (old negatives)
1962, Oct.:
Johannessen, Grant
1968, Sept.: Nude male
undated:
Brooklyn and miscellaneous
Children on stage